The concession by the NCAA would be to allow games between the Ivy League and FBS teams to count toward bowl eligibility. UConn's win over Texas Southern last Saturday, for instance, counts toward bowl eligibility for UConn because Texas Southern is an FCS athletic scholarship school -- as is most of the FCS. The Ivy League is not an athletic scholarship league, so at this point it wouldn't be a bowl eligible game for the FBS opponent. And unless the NCAA grants a waiver for games against the Ivy League to count toward bowl eligibility -- which is pending as we speak -- there would be little incentive for an FBS team to schedule one of Ancient Eight.
Yale's 2014 season opener against Army -- to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Yale Bowl -- will be a test case of whether the NCAA is inclined to give Army a waiver to count the Yale game toward bowl eligibility. Army is committed to play either way, but the NCAA isn't likely to give its answer until the year before the game.
Just hope we won't get humiliated every year.
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