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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4120435, member: 289"]
I'd love to re-unite the Group of 5 with FCS from whence they came and give North Dakota State some competition. But I don't know what means they could use. There was a proposal back in the 70's to have a 50,000 seat stadium requirement for FBS. That's why the Carrier Dome was designed for that many seats. I remember the president of Kent State said that if that's what it took to remain in 1A, they would build a 50,000 seat stadium because "We consider ourselves to be on the same level as Ohio State".  Eventually the NCAA gave up trying to re-order things and instead of 1A schools dropping down to 1AA we had D2 schools moving up into what became FCS - and many of them then advanced to FBS, eventually resulting in the Group of 5.

I still maintain that if they are going to be in FBS, they should have a change to compete for the title there. And I like the idea of automatic bids to all conferences because it makes the conference races a part of the tournament. And I don't mind Northern Illinois - Alabama type match-ups because you get them in every division and every sport. Today I watched the first half of the Bison's 38-10 FCS championship game victory over Montana State. It doesn't prevent them from putting on a 24 team tournament in that division, just as the dominance of other schools in the other divisions didn't prevent them from having a comprehensive tournament. If you want to do it with byes so the lesser team will have to play each other before they take on one of the powers, fine. We don't need still another division.
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