FanofFCS
April 8th, 2012, 04:38 AM
TSN looked at the FCS/FBS schedule of Games
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/writers/infcshuddle/archive/haley_4_7_2012.htm
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - March Madness may have whet the appetite with dreams of upsets, but the small-school triumphs are much easier to be had on the hardwood than the gridiron.
Last year, six FCS programs did more than take a guaranteed payday from an FBS school, they went out and beat the big boys on their home fields.
It doesn't happen often, so the wins stand out.
That made it easy to see in September what was coming in January. North Dakota State and Sam Houston State beat Minnesota and New Mexico, respectively, on the same day. The momentum helped guide them to the FCS national championship game, where North Dakota State beat Sam Houston.
This season, there will be 106 FCS-versus-FBS matchups, including four games involving South Alabama, Texas State and UTSA, programs which are transitioning out of the FCS to the FBS.
Following is a conference-by-conference breakdown of the matchups (the non- scholarship Ivy and Pioneer leagues don't play FBS schools):
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/writers/infcshuddle/archive/haley_4_7_2012.htm
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - March Madness may have whet the appetite with dreams of upsets, but the small-school triumphs are much easier to be had on the hardwood than the gridiron.
Last year, six FCS programs did more than take a guaranteed payday from an FBS school, they went out and beat the big boys on their home fields.
It doesn't happen often, so the wins stand out.
That made it easy to see in September what was coming in January. North Dakota State and Sam Houston State beat Minnesota and New Mexico, respectively, on the same day. The momentum helped guide them to the FCS national championship game, where North Dakota State beat Sam Houston.
This season, there will be 106 FCS-versus-FBS matchups, including four games involving South Alabama, Texas State and UTSA, programs which are transitioning out of the FCS to the FBS.
Following is a conference-by-conference breakdown of the matchups (the non- scholarship Ivy and Pioneer leagues don't play FBS schools):