OT: Notre Dame playing Tennessee St in 2023 (1st ever FCS foe)
And with that, we're down to 1 FBS school (USC) that will have never played an FCS school. (UCLA was on this list too but they play Alabama State this September)
I'm not a fan at all of FBS vs FCS match-ups. But it is what it is - the way scheduling works these days.
https://irish.nbcsports.com/2022/04/05/notre-dame-adds-tennessee-state-…
Go State.
NTstaee
The Fig Things suck and so does South Bend.
the end
I was today years old when I learned that Tennessee State was an HBCU. That gives me one more reason to hope the Irish get the "Appalachian State" treatment...
So I guess that you didn't know they are coached by Eddie George
I'm not going to hold his choice of universities against him forever. It's not like Michigan hasn't had former Ohio State team captains as coaches, after all. Like Gary Moeller.
I would however never get tired of reminding Eddie of how during his Heisman Trophy-wnning season he and the entire Ohio State team were thoroughly outplayed by Tshimanga Biakabutuka.
Or hearing how his Heisman Trophy got stuck in the airport x-ray machine and broke the middle finger.
Well at least we played a 3x running FCS champ.
Tenn St. not so much. Before you neg me to death know that I watched that game at a Michigan bar here in San Diego. It was BTN first game I believe but that wasn't available to me yet. Right next door was the Ohio bar. The M bar was easily 4x the size with 5x the people. We all got to walk out to the Ohio fucks serenading us in the street singing all their Ohio fuck songs about Michigan. It sucked.
Why would someone neg you for that? It's true, Appalachian was an FCS dynasty at the time. Talk about an absolute no-win game to schedule.
I believe the reason at the time was that Oregon was on the schedule and the thought was that playing Appalachian State would give the defense a good look of what to expect albeit against a FCS opponent. History has proven that it was a sound game plan but like Mike Tyson said, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.
I was at the same bar for that game, PB Bar and Grill. Those ass hats from Moondogies or whatever that shithouse bar was starting walking into our bar at the end on the game and starting shit. Man that sucked.
I knew you looked familiar.
I was at the actual game....in the end zone where the field goal was blocked...in row 2.
I wasn't surrounded by Ohio trash but it was no picnic.
I was at App St game as well in the opposite end zone. Not a great time. The next game I went to was the Toledo game the following season…. I thought I was bad luck for a while.
You slink away from the Michigan rivalry to play TSU - shame…
Notre Dame straight up cowards
But we already knew that
I don't know if ND needs to do anything that makes their schedule any tougher. I mean they already have to deal with teams like Navy and Boston College on an annual basis- and they had a dogfight against Toledo last year!
[EDIT: ND's schedule was fairly decent ast year but generally I think it's pretty soft. They cling to their independence so the strength of schedule really fluctuates on how good their ACC draw is and if USC and Stanford are worth a damn. Wisconsin isn't typically on the schedule and it looks like they play Ohio State next year but that is not usually the case (GO IRISH!!!). But I had to diss them for this.]
TO HELL WITH NOTRE DAME!!!
TSU Tigers my alma mater —- Go Tigers
If I was dictator of college football, any D-I school that played an FBS school would be automatically ineligible for the playoffs.
Not HBCUs. They need the money and attention.
I'd be willing to make an exemption for the reasons you state.
I don't understand why they don't do better than they do. I was doing research on my masters program 10-12 years ago when I lived near Huntsville AL. Alabama A&M was so much cheaper than UA-Huntsville, why would I have gone to UA-Huntsville?
It's just a piece of paper and 3 letters after your name once you get far enough into your career, I don't get why you would pay more.
I have always argued that any games played against FCS schools should not count as a win or a loss but will still count as one of your 12 seasonal games. The committee should weigh a loss to a FCS school even though it doesn't show in your record.
BOOOOOOO!!!!
I share your disdain for FCS games, OP. Fuck ND, also...
I hate to commend ND on anything good. But good for you TSU!!!
Notre Dame has played more than 200 games vs NON D1 schools ,including multiple high school teams
As noted TSU is a HBCU. I think HBCU should be exempt from the “No FCS” because so many are underfunded and could use the large payouts associated with payday games.
Tennessee St is FCS like Princeton another team NDame has played --no idea where some of these "lists come from" but once again its false --N Dame has played FCS and lower schools 200+
Well, it'll be a good payday for TSU and get them more exposure as a program.