Don't compare Idaho's drop to FCS to New Mexico State
By: Jason Groves of the Las Cruces Sun News
In the hours since Idaho announced its decision to play FCS football in 2018, some have expressed concern that NMSU President Garrey Carruthers can use it as an opening to follow suit.
It's a legitimate fear as some of the rhetoric that Idaho President Chuck Staben used on Thursday, basically downplaying the importance of college athletics, is not too far from words Carruthers himself has used in recent years and months. Carruthers has also tried to sell FCS football as something that people actually watch and identify with. Not to mention the fact that the Big Sky has only one postseason auto bid to split between 15 teams and neither Idaho or NMSU would likely challenge top tier Big Sky schools after a transition would be completed. This is not a slight to the top FCS programs in the country, but to put NMSU in that conversation is actually more of a longshot than the Aggies qualifying for a FBS bowl game.
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http://www.lcsun-news.com/story/spo...op-fcs-and-new-mexico-states-future/83724144/
By: Jason Groves of the Las Cruces Sun News
In the hours since Idaho announced its decision to play FCS football in 2018, some have expressed concern that NMSU President Garrey Carruthers can use it as an opening to follow suit.
It's a legitimate fear as some of the rhetoric that Idaho President Chuck Staben used on Thursday, basically downplaying the importance of college athletics, is not too far from words Carruthers himself has used in recent years and months. Carruthers has also tried to sell FCS football as something that people actually watch and identify with. Not to mention the fact that the Big Sky has only one postseason auto bid to split between 15 teams and neither Idaho or NMSU would likely challenge top tier Big Sky schools after a transition would be completed. This is not a slight to the top FCS programs in the country, but to put NMSU in that conversation is actually more of a longshot than the Aggies qualifying for a FBS bowl game.
Complete Story Here
http://www.lcsun-news.com/story/spo...op-fcs-and-new-mexico-states-future/83724144/
