How luxurious will these suites be? The suite I was in the AT&T park in SF was nice, but not luxurious. It had a living room decor, a refrigerator, a counter, but the coolest feature was that the front of the suite had a box of stadium seating, so you could watch the game from there and feel the atmosphere. But it wouldn’t be that attractive without the event. I imagine the truly luxurious suites are mostly customized by lease owners.

He is gone.
Big Sky Leon Costello Montana State Aug-2028
CAA Mark Benson UAlbany Aug-2026
Ivy John Mack Princeton Aug-2029
MVFC Bill Chaves North Dakota Aug-2029
NEC Elliott Charles LIU Aug-2029
OVC-Big So Michael Allen Tennessee State Aug-2028
Patriot Kit Hughes Holy Cross Aug-2027
Pioneer Phil Esten St. Thomas Aug-2029
SoCon **Mark Wharton Chattanooga Aug-2026
Southland Richard Duran UIW Aug-2029
UAC Josh Looney North Alabama Aug-2028

https://herosports.com/fcs-football-2025-playoff-committee-members-bzbz/

ok, 8-4. Which in Sacs case would be 8-3 against FCS teams

Not saying it was a high level of competition, but Sacs upcoming games aren’t much either. Wouldn’t be surprised if they win until Montana. Montana, Idaho and Davis are the only teams remaining who they wouldn’t be favored against, and that may change by the time the games are played. At 7-5 or better they are going to make the playoffs, barring selection committee bias against them. Due to their weaker schedule they are better positioned to make the playoffs than Davis.

Cal Poly beating SF Austin in Texas is a bold prediction.

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After the first quarter of the Mercyhurst game every Sac possession until the last one that was ended by the clock was a TD. They averaged over eight yards a carry.

Starters or reserves every possession was a touchdown.

Bronson Barron is a pretty good QB, seven TD, no interceptions, 66% completions.
I think he would have had a good career if he had stayed at Weber.

Davis, after playing what was expected to be a bad team and winning a close game, and then playing a game where they were completely outclassed, finally has a game that is a good yardstick of how good they are. Southern Utah averaging over forty points a game is a good test for the defense. Davis is arguably the most underperforming team among big sky preseason contenders. Sagarin has two projections, one giving SUU a 70% likelihood of winning, one giving Davis a 73% chance of winning, so who knows.

I’m curious about who buys the suites. Is it donors who want to attend and entertain themselves, or is it businesses who want to enhance customer relationships. The functional difference is the later requires the game to be attractive to clients who may have no tie to the school. I suspect random people in South Dakota have more interest in attending a game, than random people in Sacramento Metro area. My limited experience with suites was as a guest at the AT&T suite at then AT&Tpark, where not too many AT&T clients wouldn’t want to see the Giants, so it was useful as a sales tool.

It isn’t so much that money begets money, it is that teams that have a hundred years of success, have built advantages. They have fan bases, 100,000 seat stadiums, that they can fill, the multigenerational traditions in communities, and mind share. The NCAA for generations created rules which maintained a higher level of competitiveness by keeping the wealthy from using their money advantage to directly purchase talent. Now the courts, totally disregarding the public interest in having parity as the public were not parties before the court, have eliminated those rules, creating a situation where only the rich can compete. It is for the best that P4 teams don’t play lower tier D1 teams in games which the lesser teams have little chance of making look like a contest, much less win.

Or any of the other three Dakotas. What is SDSU spending money on? Their tuition is quite low.

Essentially a 3 year starter at Weber, including the five game spring season. Then played 2 games at Western Kentucky, and now this is his second year at SUU.

Weird that the scores were right but some of the defeated team was wrong. Corrected now.

Now you are going to make me check all these as i got that from an AI query.

Games decided by more than 50 points. Note a couple of FCS vs FCS matchups
Just imagine how many interesting games will never be played because these took their spot on the schedule.

Ohio State vs. Grambling State
70-0
Florida State vs. East Texas A&M
77-3
Oregon vs. Oklahoma State
69-3
Tennessee vs. ETSU
72-17
Alabama vs. UL Monroe
63-0
Minnesota vs. Northwestern State
66-0
Utah vs. Cal Poly
63-9
Washington vs. UC Davis
70-10
East Carolina vs. Campbell
56-3
UCF vs. North Carolina A&T
68-7
North Dakota State vs. Tennessee State
59-3
Tarleton State vs. Mississippi Valley State
59-3

The computer rankings have little data until there are a few games played and they have comparative scores. At this point in the season most or all computer rankings are still influenced by last season or preseason predictions, so garbage in garbage out. Last season is largely irrelevant this year due to player movement. I’m a believer in computer rankings but only after five or six games,

I find it irritating that analysts keep touting the five returning O linemen, when one is not going to play until later in season. Porotesano is a red shirt freshmen who played in two games prior to this season. ( I don’t know why the team does not classify anyone besides transfers as a redshirt-whatever, makes the team look older than it is,)

Does Washington deserve to be ranked? Time will tell.
Obviously they looked pretty good, but they haven’t played a tough enough schedule to overcome their initial placement. Pretty depressing if thats not a top 25 team.

Arizona knocked off Weber State 48-3

The imbalance is getting worse. Big Sky teams don’t have as many five and six year players due to COVID extra year phasing out and most Big Sky teams have been pillaged by FBS. The Big Sky isn’t what it was last few years. Add to that the migration of talent to the biggest P4 programs and you get completely uncompetitive games. Eventually these games won’t draw viewers.
Sac isn’t right often but give them credit for recognizing the uncompetitive situation the courts have put FCS football in.