IA preps

[JayJ79]

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I didn't even know they were Methodist. ;op

[Big_Al]

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Re-read your post. Think about the bold italicized part. Think about whether the OP was either a)mistyping I-A or b)was uninformed. Now, thinkg about whether you were a) mistyping 80s or b) are uninformed.

Kinda seems like you overreacted a little bit, doesn't it? Settle down, it's just a message board.

Not a big fan of the FCS/FBS thing? Do you know how stupid that makes you sound? That is what it is. It is not what you want it to be, but it is what it is. UNI is not only in DI, but they have always been...all the way back to the early '90's. Are you a UNI fan? If so, that is even more lame. Beyond that, no I sure did not confuse SMU w/ SMS. The whole success of the UNI football program has been not simply competing w/ all the best of the FCS through the years, but also at least the lower 1/3rd of FBS. UNI has wins over numerous IA/FBS schools. To the hardcore UNI fan, SMU is certainly within reach as well. That is the surprising thing to me.

[9YRPLAN]

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Boy, I know there are some Hawk fans really struggling to accept UNI's basketball superiority when I see them try to diminsh a UNI recruit with this kind of buffalo dung.

get over it dude. this has nothing to do with iowa and everything to do with evaluation.

[Big_Al]

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Agreed. I can't think of something less exciting than going to college in the town where I grew up.

Now, having said that, playing football for SMU comes in a close second.

I don't have any problem with JFarley playing at a school like SMU.

Everybody's looking for something different in their college experience.

I would NOT have wanted to stay in my hometown and play for my dad at that point in my life (not that I was a college fball player nor was my dad a coach). But I wanted to taste a bit of life on my own when I was that age.

Hopefully JFarley found a place he could get what he wants out of college.

[Herdman]

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Re-read your post. Think about the bold italicized part. Think about whether the OP was either a)mistyping I-A or b)was uninformed. Now, thinkg about whether you were a) mistyping 80s or b) are uninformed.

Kinda seems like you overreacted a little bit, doesn't it? Settle down, it's just a message board.

Hey Al, wasn't it actually during the 70's that UNI left D2 and the NCC to went D1-AA?

[JayJ79]

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Hey Al, wasn't it actually during the 70's that UNI left D2 and the NCC to went D1-AA?

1981 was the first season in which UNI was listed as I-AA.
Not sure how the "provisional/transitional" period figures in, or if there even was such a process back then, though.

[Herdman]

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1981 was the first season in which UNI was listed as I-AA.
Not sure how the "provisional/transitional" period figures in, or if there even was such a process back then, though.

Yeah, then that makes sense from what I recall. The transition period would have been 5 years(76 to 80) giving team time to decide if they wanted to be 1A or 1-AA. Conferences like the MAC went from D2 to D1 while others like the Gateway, a completely new conference went D1-AA.

[Mudrafan]

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Re-read your post. Think about the bold italicized part. Think about whether the OP was either a)mistyping I-A or b)was uninformed. Now, thinkg about whether you were a) mistyping 80s or b) are uninformed.

Kinda seems like you overreacted a little bit, doesn't it? Settle down, it's just a message board.

Big Al...not an overreaction at all. There was an underreaction though by the guy who wrecklessly posted it in the first place. Being seen as a DI school is a big thing when so many idiots running around do not believe it is true. Perception is reality. In fact, there are still many coaches & writers who are lazy w/ it. Listen to Kirk Ferentz sometime. He misrepresents it constantly.

[Herdman]

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Big Al...not an overreaction at all. There was an underreaction though by the guy who wrecklessly posted it in the first place. Being seen as a DI school is a big thing when so many idiots running around do not believe it is true. Perception is reality. In fact, there are still many coaches & writers who are lazy w/ it. Listen to Kirk Ferentz sometime. He misrepresents it constantly.

Then you would also fall into that catagory of misrepresentation as well.

BCS = 85 full scholarships. The top D1 programs that only go to certain high paying bowl games.

FBS = 85 full scholarships. The next level of D1 programs that DO NOT belong to the BCS, but can play in very low level bowl games.

FCS = 63 full and partical scholarships. The programs that do not play in any bowl games at all, but qualify for play-off berths the same as D2 and D3.

UNI participates in D1 sports other than football because there are no other break downs except for D2 and D3. So in that regard Kirk Frentz, a BCS HFC would be right in recognizing the differentiation.