FCS In The Spring - Who Are You Rooting For?

[APPdiesel]

Are they really going to do this? Do they play again in the fall?

They plan to have a 16 team playoff ending around mid May.

[NavyApp]

Are they really going to do this? Do they play again in the fall?

They plan to have a 16 team playoff ending around mid May.

Wow! So the added benefit of winning the championship is essentially a 3.5 month break to recover and then do it all over again! I hope this doesn't led to a rash of injuries next fall, but that is a lot of potential hits for a body to take in a calendar year.

I wonder what the possibility is for the FCS to move to the spring all together moving forward? Keep one or two pay games in the fall as a pseudo spring game, then the full season in the spring. They could possibly get more national tv games as we are starved for football in the spring, so people would definitely watch. Just a thought, i knkw it won't happen.

[Saint3333]

Are they really going to do this? Do they play again in the fall?

I'm glad they are doing it. The kids put the work in, they should get a season.

I'm pulling for Campbell. I like their style of play. Also, may go check out a Davidson game. I have a work colleague who's son is a Senior LB.

No XFL this year, so why not watch FCS?

I think Campbell opted out due to issues with playing a Spring season and turning right around and playing again in the Fall.

They indeed did. It is smart too because those teams are going to turn around and play in the fall. I think Minter was smart to do that. His players will be fresher for sure.

Here's the current list of opt outs: 29 and counting per herosports.com
Big Sky
Sacramento State — Not playing any games this academic year
Montana — Hope to play 2 non-conference games this spring
Montana State — Hope to play 2 non-conference games this spring
Portland State — Hope to play 2 non-conference games this spring

Big South
Campbell — Played 4 games in the fall
Hampton — Not playing any games this academic year
North Alabama — Played 4 games in the fall

CAA
Towson — Not playing any games this academic year

Ivy League
*The Ivy League decided it will not play a spring season
8 Teams — Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale

OVC
Eastern Kentucky — Played 9 games in the fall

Pioneer
Dayton — Not playing any games this academic year
Marist — Not playing any games this academic year

Patriot
Georgetown — Not playing any games this academic year

MEAC
Bethune-Cookman — Not playing any games this academic year
Florida A&M — Not playing any games this academic year
North Carolina Central — Not playing any games this academic year

MVFC
Indiana State — Not playing any games this academic year

NEC
Saint Francis — Not playing any games this academic year

Southland
Abilene Christian — Played 6 games in the fall
Central Arkansas — Played 9 games in the fall
Houston Baptist — Played 4 games in the fall
Stephen F. Austin — Played 10 games in the fall

Kudos to the teams that elected not to play spring football as the rational to not play remains the same as it did in the fall. These players based upon age will not have received the vaccine by the start of the season.

While I didn't agree with not playing in the fall, I do appreciate consistency applied, which is difficult to find with treatment of this virus.

[ASUPATCH]

I have to go with UNC. Not the Tarholes but Northern Colorado. Closest FCS team to me here in Denver. Ed Mcaffrey is the head coach there now. I have a friend coaching Dline on his staff. Most famous football alum: Vincent Jackson

[beav910]

I have to go with UNC. Not the Tarholes but Northern Colorado. Closest FCS team to me here in Denver. Ed Mcaffrey is the head coach there now. I have a friend coaching Dline on his staff. Most famous football alum: Vincent Jackson

Pretty sure they just opted out of the spring season a couple days ago..

[beav910]

I was looking for a SoCon school to pull for an what do you know we're still listed as a SoCon football team according to the Google machine

[ASUPATCH]

I have to go with UNC. Not the Tarholes but Northern Colorado. Closest FCS team to me here in Denver. Ed Mcaffrey is the head coach there now. I have a friend coaching Dline on his staff. Most famous football alum: Vincent Jackson

Pretty sure they just opted out of the spring season a couple days ago..

They opted out of Big Sky confernce games. They are working on a more region schedule. My guess, a bunch of D2 games as there are not many close FCS school.

[MAD Doctor]

1. The vaccine
2. September
3. ETSU

[Yosef84]

Always root for the SoCon. Yes that includes Furman Western and Wofford. We had healthy rivalries and none of their fanbases are off putting. Plus they are regional. I’d rather see wofford or another so con team do well vs some school in Utah I’ve never heard of.

Same here! Within the SoCon, I'd actually like to see WCU doing well. Once upon a time, that was a good rivalry, and they are a sister school in the UNC system....not to mention the Speir connection. One of these days, they'll finally put things together.

[AppStFan1]

Are they really going to do this? Do they play again in the fall?

I'm glad they are doing it. The kids put the work in, they should get a season.

I'm pulling for Campbell. I like their style of play. Also, may go check out a Davidson game. I have a work colleague who's son is a Senior LB.

No XFL this year, so why not watch FCS?

I think Campbell opted out due to issues with playing a Spring season and turning right around and playing again in the Fall.

They indeed did. It is smart too because those teams are going to turn around and play in the fall. I think Minter was smart to do that. His players will be fresher for sure.

Here's the current list of opt outs: 29 and counting per herosports.com
Big Sky
Sacramento State — Not playing any games this academic year
Montana — Hope to play 2 non-conference games this spring
Montana State — Hope to play 2 non-conference games this spring
Portland State — Hope to play 2 non-conference games this spring

Big South
Campbell — Played 4 games in the fall
Hampton — Not playing any games this academic year
North Alabama — Played 4 games in the fall

CAA
Towson — Not playing any games this academic year

Ivy League
*The Ivy League decided it will not play a spring season
8 Teams — Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale

OVC
Eastern Kentucky — Played 9 games in the fall

Pioneer
Dayton — Not playing any games this academic year
Marist — Not playing any games this academic year

Patriot
Georgetown — Not playing any games this academic year

MEAC
Bethune-Cookman — Not playing any games this academic year
Florida A&M — Not playing any games this academic year
North Carolina Central — Not playing any games this academic year

MVFC
Indiana State — Not playing any games this academic year

NEC
Saint Francis — Not playing any games this academic year

Southland
Abilene Christian — Played 6 games in the fall
Central Arkansas — Played 9 games in the fall
Houston Baptist — Played 4 games in the fall
Stephen F. Austin — Played 10 games in the fall

I think it is very smart not to play. If I'm NDSU and the other powers I back out as well. Go through spring ball and save your resources for the fall. You also don't want major injuries in the next two months that hurt your chance in an normal year this fall.

[Cro-Magnon App]

Wofford. In respect to my good friend Mike Ayers and acquaintance Nate Woody.

[t4pizza]

I doubt I will watch a single fcs game this spring, let alone pull for anyone. I haven't watched a complete one since we moved up. Just doesn't do it for me anymore which kind of surprised me at first because I was sure that I would continue to follow fcs after we moved up.

[mike87]

I'll be pulling for The Citadel. Always a tough hard-nosed bunch. Glad to see them strapping up! Go Dogs.

[Neer86]

I completely forgot there was going to be spring football. Great news, it's almost impossible for me to find something to watch on tv already.

I assume ESPN will be airing a lot of games? I'll be watching. Don't know who I'll be pulling for.

[APPdiesel]

I wonder what the possibility is for the FCS to move to the spring all together moving forward? Keep one or two pay games in the fall as a pseudo spring game, then the full season in the spring.

I'm down here in Clemson country where they and USC are "obliged" (not obligated) to play an in-state FCS each year. I've suggested on our show that Clemson and SC move their FCS games to their spring game. Pay them a big chunk of money, sell tickets concessions, merch, etc etc...maybe even host it at a neutral site or on the campus of the FCS school.

It'd help Clemson and SC (and by extension all FBS programs) get a blow-out game off their schedule and open up an additional OOC scheduling opportunity.

[Cro-Magnon App]

The Citadel has the two Carley brothers playing - use to play high school ball here. One just transferred over from USC. Linemen. Keep an eye on them. Be interesting to see how they do.

[Bootsy]

Tough to say. If the weather's bad, watching FCS ball might be a decent excuse engage in a bit of day drinking.

But If the weather's good I'll prolly be outside and not watching any TV...but maybe still day drinking. As I mentioned, it's tough to say.

[AppinATL]

Always root for the SoCon. Yes that includes Furman Western and Wofford. We had healthy rivalries and none of their fanbases are off putting. Plus they are regional. I’d rather see wofford or another so con team do well vs some school in Utah I’ve never heard of.

None of Western an Furman fans were off-putting?!? My, some people’s memories are short!

[Seattleapp]

Always root for the SoCon. Yes that includes Furman Western and Wofford. We had healthy rivalries and none of their fanbases are off putting. Plus they are regional. I’d rather see wofford or another so con team do well vs some school in Utah I’ve never heard of.

None of Western an Furman fans were off-putting?!? My, some people’s memories are short!

Brother do you know how many people say that about our fans? I try not to hold a standard to other school’s I wouldn’t hold to ours. All schools have bad fans. But compared to some fanbases, none of those schools make me not want success for their teams. I try to stay focused on the schools I root against and not devolve into hating every school that ever gave App a tough game.

[appstate77]

Furman still sucks.