TexasTerror
January 9th, 2011, 05:18 PM
An article from the NCAA - the teams enjoyed the format change. Positive remarks fro Frisco too...
FRISCO, Texas -- Travel. Missed classes. Fan support. Injuries.
The myriad of good reasons for moving the FCS Championship Game back three weeks after the semifinals -- this year to Jan. 7 -- that outweighed the bad ran across the spectrum. But one may have stood above the others as far as the biggest positive associated with the date change: giving the student-athletes the best possible experience.
“You never could enjoy it before,” Delaware head coach K.C. Keeler said earlier this week before his team fell in the title game for the second time in four years. UD lost 20-19 on Friday as Eastern Washington scored three touchdowns in the final 17 minutes against the nation’s top scoring defense.
Keeler has some experience to back up his claim.
He was coaching in his eighth national title game, including five appearances at the Division III level and three at the FCS level. He said it always felt like his teams were “scrambling” to get to the next site, sometimes on a short schedule.
http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/2011-01-08/teams-enjoy-fcs-format-change
FRISCO, Texas -- Travel. Missed classes. Fan support. Injuries.
The myriad of good reasons for moving the FCS Championship Game back three weeks after the semifinals -- this year to Jan. 7 -- that outweighed the bad ran across the spectrum. But one may have stood above the others as far as the biggest positive associated with the date change: giving the student-athletes the best possible experience.
“You never could enjoy it before,” Delaware head coach K.C. Keeler said earlier this week before his team fell in the title game for the second time in four years. UD lost 20-19 on Friday as Eastern Washington scored three touchdowns in the final 17 minutes against the nation’s top scoring defense.
Keeler has some experience to back up his claim.
He was coaching in his eighth national title game, including five appearances at the Division III level and three at the FCS level. He said it always felt like his teams were “scrambling” to get to the next site, sometimes on a short schedule.
http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/2011-01-08/teams-enjoy-fcs-format-change