Little after that, but around the same time.gman84 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:08 amIf I'm not mistaken that's about the time, 04/05, that the Dakota schools made the move from DII to FCS.The Jackal wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 6:18 amThe playoff field also looks a lot different than it used to.purplehorse123 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 2:11 amAmazing the way the top two seeds do so well in the playoffs!
https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/arti ... ne-article
In Furman's last semi final run in 2005, the FCS was a lot more east heavy.
In the modern FCS, if you are not one of those top two seeds, you are looking at a cross country flight to play, and maybe several.
Those western schools really didn't fill the void until after the departure of App and GSU.