When it gets talked about that Sun Belt schools should be forced down to FCS...would you be in favor of moving the smaller FCS conferences to D2? Like the NEC? Most D2 schools have better facilities than the majority of that conference. Actually, quite a few D3 schools have better facilities than the NEC. I suspect there wouldn't be a lot of people in favor of moving schools down from FCS but more people on here in favor of moving FBS teams down to FCS.
I wouldn't have a problem with moving some NEC schools to D3. Heck, some of the NEC and Pioneer played at lower levels before the NCAA changed the rules.Originally Posted by doolittledog
This isn't about the NEC. The NEC is actually a conference on the rise. With the 40-scholarship rule in the conference starting to take flight, the play has never been better in that league. Some of the stadiums in the league are actually quite nice. Ever seen Robert Morris, Duquesne, or Albany? CCSU is small, but quite okay among the middle of the road FCS stadiums.
Now back to the thread and WKU. The reason that WKU went FBS had almost nothing to do with football. It had everything to do with positioning the Hilltoppers in a better place for basketball when the right conference invite came along (WKU has longed for the MAC for some time). Like others have said, the program was eroding after Jack Harbaugh retired (let's remember that Harbaugh basically saved football at WKU), so the struggles have not been surprising in FBS. Central Arkansas, which was a middle-of-the-pack FCS team last year, trounced WKU. It is interesting though, that WKU has done as well attendance-wise as it has since going FBS. The Hilltoppers didn't really draw flies as an FCS school.
Robert Morris?? It's nice, but tiny.
Duquesne?? Doesn't that place only have 5 rows of seating??
Albany?? Don't make me laugh.
(Didn't want to hijack the thread. Please continue discussing WKU's situation.)
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