Robert Morris, previously scheduled to begin play in the Big South in the fall of 2021, will officially join the Big South this Spring and will be eligible for the conference title and FCS Playoffs.
Saturday, March 13
Charleston Southern at Kennesaw State
Monmouth at Robert Morris
Saturday, March 20
Robert Morris at Charleston Southern
Monmouth at Gardner-Webb
Saturday, March 27
Charleston Southern at Monmouth
Kennesaw State at Gardner-Webb
Saturday, April 3
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern
Robert Morris at Kennesaw State
Saturday, April 10
Gardner-Webb at Robert Morris
Kennesaw State at Monmouth
Contingencies were built into the schedule to allow flexibility for completing the conference season in full, and the week of April 11-17 has been left open to allow any games impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to be made up. Big South members are also permitted to play up to four (4) non-conference games during the spring.
Tank55 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:46 pmBig South releases schedule
Saturday, March 13
Charleston Southern at Kennesaw State
Monmouth at Robert Morris
Saturday, March 20
Robert Morris at Charleston Southern
Monmouth at Gardner-Webb
Saturday, March 27
Charleston Southern at Monmouth
Kennesaw State at Gardner-Webb
Saturday, April 3
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern
Robert Morris at Kennesaw State
Saturday, April 10
Gardner-Webb at Robert Morris
Kennesaw State at Monmouth
Contingencies were built into the schedule to allow flexibility for completing the conference season in full, and the week of April 11-17 has been left open to allow any games impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to be made up. Big South members are also permitted to play up to four (4) non-conference games during the spring.
NMSU (FBS Ind.) adds New Mexico Highlands (D-II) to schedule
The Aggies added Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (DII) member New Mexico Highlands to their revised schedule on Thursday. The in-state foes will meet for the 14th time overall and the first time since 1999 when they square off on Feb. 27, 2021, inside Aggie Memorial Stadium.
NMSU was already the weirdest team in the weirdest season of football ever, and now they have their weirdest game yet. When was the last time an FBS school played a D-II school?
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Report: Ivy League will not play fall sports in spring
The Ivy League is canceling winter sports for the 2020-21 season, sources told ESPN on Thursday.
The conference is also postponing spring sports until at least the end of February and won't conduct competition for fall sports during the spring semester, sources said.
Tank55 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:24 pmNMSU (FBS Ind.) adds New Mexico Highlands (D-II) to schedule
The Aggies added Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (DII) member New Mexico Highlands to their revised schedule on Thursday. The in-state foes will meet for the 14th time overall and the first time since 1999 when they square off on Feb. 27, 2021, inside Aggie Memorial Stadium.
NMSU was already the weirdest team in the weirdest season of football ever, and now they have their weirdest game yet. When was the last time an FBS school played a D-II school?
Answer: NMSU (of course), when they played transitioning (still D2 at the time for scheduling purposes) Abilene Christian in 2013
- Teams to play a 4-game conference schedule starting on March 5-7, 2021
- Games will take place on Sundays or midweek
- NEC Championship game will be contested on April 16 or 17 with the No. 1 seed hosting the No. 2 seed to determine the conferences automatic qualifier to the FCS playoffs
Seeing that Mike Florio's on his soapbox again about how alt leagues need to play "during football season" (and yet he wasn't exactly a proponent of either the UFL or FXFL, or for this year TSL), I'd love to see this FCS mini-season, granted in the ultimate break-glass scenario, be the one to bust that myth once and for all. Unfortunately there's a couple obstacles in the way:
1)I don't expect many games to be nationally televised, especially in the early season. Probably Deion's debut (2/21) but likely only ESPN2 or ESPNU and that's it until after the conference tournaments. I could see ESPN doing some Saturday nights games in April in the playoff runup.
2)Teams will be without their best draft prospects, most notably possible first rounder Trey Lance (the Zach Wilson hype train seems to have passed him by), which will lead to the uber-annoying casual "scrub" whine (yeah Cooper Kupp, some scrub.......).
Nevertheless as an alum of an FCS school why the hell not?
MGB01 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 4:53 pm
Seeing that Mike Florio's on his soapbox again about how alt leagues need to play "during football season" (and yet he wasn't exactly a proponent of either the UFL or FXFL, or for this year TSL), I'd love to see this FCS mini-season, granted in the ultimate break-glass scenario, be the one to bust that myth once and for all. Unfortunately there's a couple obstacles in the way:
1)I don't expect many games to be nationally televised, especially in the early season. Probably Deion's debut (2/21) but likely only ESPN2 or ESPNU and that's it until after the conference tournaments. I could see ESPN doing some Saturday nights games in April in the playoff runup.
2)Teams will be without their best draft prospects, most notably possible first rounder Trey Lance (the Zach Wilson hype train seems to have passed him by), which will lead to the uber-annoying casual "scrub" whine (yeah Cooper Kupp, some scrub.......).
Nevertheless as an alum of an FCS school why the hell not?
Florio's recent rants have been all of the COVID violations by NFL teams.