Quote Originally Posted by bdoughty View Post
I thought it was a bad idea when they announced it last year. It hurts the FCS schools by not getting a big payday and it also was a showcase for star FCS players to play against FBS competition. Northern Iowa always gave Iowa and Iowa St a run for their money. Still a bunch of teams with FCS opponents on Big Ten schedules for 2015 and 2016. Personally, I hope they reconsider. Nothing better than an FCS upset, unless it happens to be your team they upset.
Yeah, there's been a lot of discussion that they may have to reconsider because the FCS teams were at least a guaranteed home date, and schools are fretting that their cash cows won't make enough cash without every home date they can get. The model's going to have to change, because the way it's going now the Power 5 schools are only going to be playing FCS schools for home dates at some point, because BCS schools are too much of a threat to win (not that FCS schools don't do that plenty too).