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Ivy League Football to FCS Post-Season Play in 2025

coachcap said:
Can you imagine what type of crowd would inhabit the Yale Bowl to see a potential game against North Dakota State in the playoffs? It may not get to the capacity oF THE GAME, but it might be significant.
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What makes you think that coach?
 
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LIUCHusky said:
What makes you think that coach?
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A) It's the playoffs
B) North Dakota State is a perennial power in FCS, having won multiple FCS titles
C) NDSU also travels well, with knowledgeable fans who might be interested in seeing the stadium that's the blueprint for Michigan Stadium & the Rose Bowl.
D) Novelty factor-first time ever that Yale participates in the post-season.

As a kid, I remember going on bus trips to see the Eli's play Colgate or Cornell in early season games with our local midget football league. Our group was always given seating directly under the stadium scoreboard. The future Mrs. coachcap & I watched the 100th edition of THE GAME in the same seating area. I would take the grandkids to an FCS tournament game just for the experience so that they could experience the grandeur of the building.
 
I don't think the Ivies would be hosting a playoff game against the likes of NDSU any time soon. They might get the pleasure of traveling to Fargo for a playoff game though. Higher seeded teams host games and NDSU is always highly seeded.
 
I don’t know much about Ivy League football, would any of them be able to hang with good FCS teams this year?
 
DawgEnjoyer said:
I don’t know much about Ivy League football, would any of them be able to hang with good FCS teams this year?
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Every few years one or two of the Ivy teams inevitably have very solid rosters/coaches that could compete w/ @large teams/lower ranked conference champs in the 24 team field.
 
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DawgEnjoyer said:
I don’t know much about Ivy League football, would any of them be able to hang with good FCS teams this year?
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This year, nobody can really hang with the top 5 teams. Could an Ivy sneak into the quarterfinals once in a while? Sure. They can maybe Cinderella their way to a final four once every 15 years. But right now there is a huge talent gap between the MVFC, the Big Sky, and everybody else.
 
One thing's for sure, if it comes down to the Ivys have an absolute NIL advantage.....Yale's endowment is ~30 billion.
 
In 2014, Yale beat an Army team that beat UConn. Brains over brawn, you never know!
 
Rich said:
One thing's for sure, if it comes down to the Ivys have an absolute NIL advantage.....Yale's endowment is ~30 billion.
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One half of one percent of that is 15 million. Certainly far less than their investment returns. Also double what AAC teams get from ESPN. That doesn't mean Yale would consider football a great investment as that money goes into a variety of academic and capital projects.

Overview of Yale’s Endowment

www.yale.edu www.yale.edu
 
Purple Stein said:
This year, nobody can really hang with the top 5 teams. Could an Ivy sneak into the quarterfinals once in a while? Sure. They can maybe Cinderella their way to a final four once every 15 years. But right now there is a huge talent gap between the MVFC, the Big Sky, and everybody else.
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If the major Ivies (Yale, Harvard, Princeton) ever decided to go FBS under the current model, the college football world would shake.

Imagine the ability to throw a billion dollars (with a "b") into a transfer portal and offer a degree from those institutions? ? They'd rock Oregon in 2 years time...
 
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I wonder if this will lead the Ivies to change their stance on fifth year of eligibility?

None of the Ivies are going to move up tp FBS. Once every few years an older alumnus of one of the schools will float a "rumor that his alma mater is finalizing plans of leaving the Ivy League to play FBS football" (these rumors have popped up a number of times since the internet came about) but it never comes to anything as they were little more than wishful thinking by someone who believed the idea would fly.
 
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coachcap said:
A) It's the playoffs
B) North Dakota State is a perennial power in FCS, having won multiple FCS titles
C) NDSU also travels well, with knowledgeable fans who might be interested in seeing the stadium that's the blueprint for Michigan Stadium & the Rose Bowl.
D) Novelty factor-first time ever that Yale participates in the post-season.

As a kid, I remember going on bus trips to see the Eli's play Colgate or Cornell in early season games with our local midget football league. Our group was always given seating directly under the stadium scoreboard. The future Mrs. coachcap & I watched the 100th edition of THE GAME in the same seating area. I would take the grandkids to an FCS tournament game just for the experience so that they could experience the grandeur of the building.
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I was there at The Game as well. Still have my commemorative 100th Game, Beat Harvard painter's hat, slightly cracked and yellowed with age like it's current owner.
 
What a time to be a young athlete more options to succeed in your sport with the JuCo ruling and Ivy League now participating in FCS playoffs
 
coachcap said:
Can you imagine what type of crowd would inhabit the Yale Bowl to see a potential game against North Dakota State in the playoffs? It may not get to the capacity oF THE GAME, but it might be significant.
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eh. i wouldn't get my hopes up.
the idea of this game in a playoff scenario sounds amazing, agreed. I would not be surprised if fewer than 10K showed up for it - a healthy bit of that being ND State fans.
 
Jetskies said:
eh. i wouldn't get my hopes up.
the idea of this game in a playoff scenario sounds amazing, agreed. I would not be surprised if fewer than 10K showed up for it - a healthy bit of that being ND State fans.
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I'd go. I've never been to the Yale bowl. I'm a terrible Nutmegger I know.
 
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Maybe the system needs total chaos. Ivy’s go FBS and bankroll more than NFL teams and beat the brakes off P2 schools.

I’d be so down for it.
 
UCFBfan said:
I think a lot of people have never been, myself included
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I always wanted to, but UConn comes first and never had the chance. Now I don't even live in CT anymore. Hopefully Yale plays NDSU or UND as stated above.
 
Jimdish255 said:
One half of one percent of that is 15 million. Certainly far less than their investment returns. Also double what AAC teams get from ESPN. That doesn't mean Yale would consider football a great investment as that money goes into a variety of academic and capital projects.

Overview of Yale’s Endowment

www.yale.edu www.yale.edu
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If you add up the collective endowments of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Penn they could easily buy every single blue chip rated recruit each year.

Now that would be funny as hell. I can only imagine the caterwauling from the SEC and B10 schools.
 
I doubt if IVY's would ever lower / comprise their academic standards. The pool of acceptable candidates would remain very small. No 5th year (grad students) allowed. No red shirting except for injury. Incoming players academic rating must be equal to that of the rest of the incoming freshman class. They are held to a high standard. No exceptions. Very difficult to compete at FBS level within these guidelines. Ivy's always stick together. Y-H-P (Big 3) would never separate themselves out from the rest of the league.
 
tiger paw said:
I doubt if IVY's would ever lower / comprise their academic standards. The pool of acceptable candidates would remain very small. No 5th year (grad students) allowed. No red shirting except for injury. Incoming players academic rating must be equal to that of the rest of the incoming freshman class. They are held to a high standard. No exceptions. Very difficult to compete at FBS level within these guidelines. Ivy's always stick together. Y-H-P (Big 3) would never separate themselves out from the rest of the league.
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Don't be so sure. The Ivy League only began in the 1950s and it may be time for some of the schools to get more engaged with football. Don't kid yourself that football players have to meet the same academic standards as the rest of the Ivy League applicants. A few might but over the years many didn't.
 
Rich said:
If you add up the collective endowments of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Penn they could easily buy every single blue chip rated recruit each year.

Now that would be funny as hell. I can only imagine the caterwauling from the SEC and B10 schools.
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The Ivies could buy every SEC School over brunch, burp and then buy the Sun Belt and the ACC for the hell of it.
 
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