Wash St needs 16 pt 4Q comeback to beat D-II Mont St

[LA_Mustang]

Wash St 23
Montana St 22
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=302540265

[peruna81]

problem is they DID make the comeback...until passing offense is fully functional, we are vulnerable

[CA Mustang]

Montana State is FCS, not D-II.

[LA_Mustang]

okay they used to be D I-AA, but great point......good win for Wash St

[GoRedGoBlue]

They are "still" Div 1aa (now called FCS). Div-II is a separate division of cfb

[PonyKai]

We will beat them like a step-child. Book it.

[MrMustang1965]

We will beat them like a step-child. Book it.

Sweet Christmas, I sure hope so! What I saw tonight didn't exactly look like a high-scoring offensive unit. Just sayin'.

[planoponyfan]

FBS = Div 1-A
FCS = Div 1-AA
Then you have Division II and Division III

I believe that the NCAA has a rule that you can only play teams from one classification lower, not two. In other words, an FBS team can play an FCS team, but not a Division II team. The only exception to that is if a team has moved up a classification and has already has someone on their schedule from a lower classification. I think Western Kentucky played one or two D2 teams their first year in FBS because of that.

[CA Mustang]

FBS = Div 1-A
FCS = Div 1-AA
Then you have Division II and Division III

I believe that the NCAA has a rule that you can only play teams from one classification lower, not two. In other words, an FBS team can play an FCS team, but not a Division II team. The only exception to that is if a team has moved up a classification and has already has someone on their schedule from a lower classification. I think Western Kentucky played one or two D2 teams their first year in FBS because of that.

I didn't know that. A few years ago (10?) ULL lost at HOME to North Alabama (a perennial D-II power). If losing to a FCS school is bad, how bad is it to lose to a D-II school?