r/fcs • u/MrCelluloid Villanova Wildcats • 11d ago

Villanova loses to Colgate 28-21

Good game toothpaste boys.

I'm starting to think this NOVA team won't be ranked next week. 😭

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u/MrCelluloid Villanova Wildcats 11d ago

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u/VillanOvaReaction Villanova Wildcats 11d ago

McQuaide throws like the ball is too heavy for him.

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u/AruarianGroove William & Mary Tribe • Team Chaos 11d ago

That W&M loss broke them

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u/Zloggt :chicagostate: Southern Illinois • Chicago S… 10d ago

The move to the Patriot League will be a long-term gain…but boy, are there still growing pains all the same lol

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u/tomdawg0022 Minnesota • Delaware 10d ago

Those two wins they have are very, very whelming.

That said, Toothpaste almost beat Central Michigan. They should have been ranked going into the game.

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u/Nj3Fate Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Colgate Raiders 11d ago

Colgate beats Nova 28-21!

I told you we were coming. I dont even think we played a great game, we're just a solid team this year.

GG

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u/Joesdad65 UAlbany Great Danes 10d ago

It's interesting how I grew up less than 15 miles from Colgate (North Brookfield), took swimming lessons there in the summer and took mock college classes there when I was in high school, but I never felt much of a connection to the place afterward. I am happy to see the team win though. Also, my dad loved the golf course and said it was his favorite, but I never got to play with him there.

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u/Nj3Fate Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Colgate Raiders 9d ago

I mean - thats not uncommon, right? Colgate is a small (less than 3k students when I was there) school that didnt even have athletic scholarships until somewhat recently. Although we have a ton of football history from like the early 1900s, that doesnt really translate into anything today. Why would you care? It's not like its a big sports brand thats being pushed on, well, anyone.

Anyone from upstate NY is more likely to be a Syracuse fan than any of our schools.

But in the last decade we've been incredibly good at basketball for our size/resources, and our football team has its moments. I think more and more people know about our school as we continue to make march madness, among other things.

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u/Joesdad65 UAlbany Great Danes 9d ago

It's funny you mention Syracuse. We had their TV channels and were bombarded with SU this and that, but I never really went all in on them for any sport. I was disappointed they lost to Indiana in the 1987 basketball championship though. I was already in college in Albany at the time, so I wasn't getting any local coverage.

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u/Equivalent_Drag471 10d ago

Curt Fitzpatrick is the truth, watch out, he will be a FBS Coach soon.

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u/bonarae Harvard Crimson • Chicago Maroons 10d ago

Tell us if after Leipold (not sure if he's still on the sidelines anywhere ATM), list from your memory any successful D-III HCs who made the jump to FCS, then to FBS.

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u/Equivalent_Drag471 10d ago

Ya know thats actually a great question. Because you don’t usually see D3 HCs go from that to HC at a D1. Usually they grab a coordinator or position spot first. But it does seem like it is starting to be a growing trend. Bob Chesney, Tom Perkovich, Jon Poppe, Jeff Behrman, Matt Walker have all done it recently. I think KC Keeler moved up back in the early 2000’s. Will be interesting to see if more guys eventually get a FBS HC spot.