Big Ten to Once Again Allow Limited FCS Scheduling
At Big Ten media day on Monday, Commissioner Jim Delany announced that teams can once again schedule FCS opponents under certain circumstances. A few years back, the Big Ten asked its teams to cease scheduling FCS teams in an effort mainly to bolster television ratings and strengthen the schedule in the eyes of the college football playoff committee. Since then, no other conferences have followed suit, putting the Big Ten at somewhat of a disadvantage, mainly because teams have been scrambling to find a third nonconference FBS opponent. Depending on the season, each B1G team has three or four conference home games. Now Big Ten teams with only three scheduled conference home games will be allowed to add an FCS school to the schedule to fill the additional home game. In the short term this will benefit teams that are rebuilding such as Rutgers and Purdue. Having the chance to schedule a winnable game will go a long way to making some teams return to bowl eligibility sooner. I...