Re: Game thread: NCAA FCS championship
Think the previous coach left for Wyoming and didn’t do so well.
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He won the Mountain West in 2016 his third year there and got the MW Coach of the Year award and has been bowl eligible 2 of 5 years.
From a football only perspective Wyoming was likely a step down from NDSU and the MWC was likely a lateral move talent wise from the MVFC. However, money talks and he tripled his salary.
Why do I say Wyoming is a step down? Well, for starters they are more remote/desolate than any out the Dakota schools or even Montana, getting recruits in and out rewrites that they fly into Denver (iirc) and then get bused to Laramie. Fargo has an international airport less than a mile from campus. Even at Wyoming he's often going after the same level of recruits that ND State does and loses those battles because, let's be honest, there is zero chance that Wyoming will ever play in the CFP or a really good bowl game. How do you pitch that to a recruit:
Yeah, if you go to Fargo you'll get to play for national championships, but if you come to Laramie there's a good chance that you'll get to play in the Drano Toilet Bowl!
I'd argue that FCS is tier 2 behind P5 and ahead of G5 conferences.
Sorry for the long rant (especially for a first post)
Good luck in your upcoming game. Go get another Natty
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