I’m awake - UD to CUSA

[rooneyguy]

They are moving to a true playoff next season with 12 teams. And one of those spots will be reserved for a G5 team.

These two things are not the same: Power 4 and G5.

Not sure I'm following...you made a comment that the P5 should go to a playoff format like the FCS??? And they are next season with 12 teams, including a spot reserved for the smaller BCS conferences. Apologies if I'm missing your point...

I think the arrangement or next year is that ONE G5 team will be included in the 12 team playoff. How is that determined? I don't know, but I imagine that some committee gets to pick that team. My comment was that perhaps the remaining G5 teams could organize a similar 4-8 team playoff format so that the best we could hope for is not a "one and done" game in some God-forsaken place that we would never imagine visiting otherwise. I hope that clarifies my comment.

[Hens79]

These two things are not the same: Power 4 and G5.

Not sure I'm following...you made a comment that the P5 should go to a playoff format like the FCS??? And they are next season with 12 teams, including a spot reserved for the smaller BCS conferences. Apologies if I'm missing your point...

I think the arrangement or next year is that ONE G5 team will be included in the 12 team playoff. How is that determined? I don't know, but I imagine that some committee gets to pick that team. My comment was that perhaps the remaining G5 teams could organize a similar 4-8 team playoff format so that the best we could hope for is not a "one and done" game in some God-forsaken place that we would never imagine visiting otherwise. I hope that clarifies my comment.

Phew! Calling the potential to be in the 12 team CFP a “one and done in some God-forsaken place”?????

We get it. There are some that don’t like the move. But c’mon. It would be better to just suffer in silence.

Waiting to see the latest KenPom, YouGov, Joe Schmo etc …, etc … ranking of South Dakota State and maybe another score from one of CUSA’s teams with the implied intent being UD really isn’t making much of a move.

Happy New Year!!! Onward and upward for UD football!

[mpwerrell]

Calling New Orleans, Charlotte, Albuquerque, and Glendale (bowl locations hosting CUSA) “god forsaken” is not only extreme but highly inaccurate even metaphorically. Sorry you are still not on board with the move to FBS.

[finpxz1]

How I wouldn’t wish for UD to go to the godforsaken Fiesta Bowl against Oregon.

[Housthen18]

How I wouldn’t wish for UD to go to the godforsaken Fiesta Bowl against Oregon.

Some fans here rather would UD make a deep FCS playoff run with the hopes of a national championship then go to an NY6 bowl and lose badly to an Oregon.

It's a mentality I don't really understand. It's like holding your son back in JV his senior year because you prefer him to be the #1 ranked JV athlete in the country than the #15 ranked varsity athlete.

[Hengrad07]

A home game vs Liberty in Newark for the ‘25 schedule would be outstanding!

[Caribbean Hen]

They are moving to a true playoff next season with 12 teams. And one of those spots will be reserved for a G5 team.

How will they determine the G5 team?

The new 12-team College Football Playoff field will include the six highest-ranked conference champions, which will receive automatic bids. The top four teams will receive a first-round bye to the quarterfinals. The six highest-ranked teams remaining will round out the 12-team format. The final spot would have been Liberty this year, as the Flames are the sixth highest-ranked conference champion in the final CFP rankings.

Great explanation

Thank you for that!

So is the PAC 2 still a P5 conference ?

[dovetail]

Liberty up early over the Ducks 6-3

[Caribbean Hen]

A home game vs Liberty in Newark for the ‘25 schedule would be outstanding!

It would be nice but prepare yourself for a Blue Hen beat down….. that comment was just from watching the Liberty
game right now so we still have time to get much better

CUSA seems to be a little like the CAA, pretty good at the top but embarrassingly bad at the bottom

[93BlueHen]

CUSA seems to be a little like the CAA, pretty good at the top but embarrassingly bad at the bottom

G5 in a nutshell, especially during these rapid reshuffling years.

[Hengrad07]

A home game vs Liberty in Newark for the ‘25 schedule would be outstanding!

It would be nice but prepare yourself for a Blue Hen beat down….. that comment was just from watching the Liberty
game right now so we still have time to get much better

CUSA seems to be a little like the CAA, pretty good at the top but embarrassingly bad at the bottom

I'd rather see a “beat down” then blowing out DSU & that other “slop” that's been on the home schedule recently!

[Caribbean Hen]

A home game vs Liberty in Newark for the ‘25 schedule would be outstanding!

It would be nice but prepare yourself for a Blue Hen beat down….. that comment was just from watching the Liberty
game right now so we still have time to get much better

CUSA seems to be a little like the CAA, pretty good at the top but embarrassingly bad at the bottom

I'd rather see a “beat down” then blowing out DSU & that other “slop” that's been on the home schedule recently!

Well ok, I might have gotten ahead of myself on Liberty

[BlueHenBobby]

It would be nice but prepare yourself for a Blue Hen beat down….. that comment was just from watching the Liberty
game right now so we still have time to get much better

CUSA seems to be a little like the CAA, pretty good at the top but embarrassingly bad at the bottom

I'd rather see a “beat down” then blowing out DSU & that other “slop” that's been on the home schedule recently!

Well ok, I might have gotten ahead of myself on Liberty

45-6 would confirm that. CUSA is not ready for prime time against P4 (or is it P5?) teams and they were the top of CUSA. Yet when watching the CUSA championship game I came to the conclusion that either team would have cleaned UD's clock. PS: I watched as many of the FCS playoff games as I could and concluded Delaware was not even close to almost all of them.

[Udforever1]

I'd rather see a “beat down” then blowing out DSU & that other “slop” that's been on the home schedule recently!

Well ok, I might have gotten ahead of myself on Liberty

45-6 would confirm that. CUSA is not ready for prime time against P4 (or is it P5?) teams and they were the top of CUSA. Yet when watching the CUSA championship game I came to the conclusion that either team would have cleaned UD's clock. PS: I watched as many of the FCS playoff games as I could and concluded Delaware was not even close to almost all of them.

I watched as many as I could as well and I’ll give you maybe the top 8, but outside that I completely disagree.

[akashaquest]

The quality of your recruits is related to the quality of your competition and the conference you play in.

If the University of _________ plays Alabama, Auburn, Florida, LSU, etc., they get SEC level recruits to come.

If they play Richmond, Elon, and Albany, they get CAA level recruits.

So it's not an apples-to-apples comparison to look at a strong FCS Delaware program, with a very strong CAA roster, and say that we can't compete with CUSA teams; give this coaching staff a chance to go after CUSA recruits and build; this whole situation is strongly analogous to the promotion relegation system in European Rugby and Soccer where the first few years after promotion can be rough until you get the right level roster.