mid major coaches

wardly · June 11, 2012

Bleacher report, for what its worth, listed 10 head football coaches that they felt were ready to move up to next level. Of the 10, 5 were from the Sun Belt, plus Dykes from La. Tech.

MeanGreen61 · June 11, 2012

Bleacher report, for what its worth, listed 10 head football coaches that they felt were ready to move up to next level. Of the 10, 5 were from the Sun Belt, plus Dykes from La. Tech.

What's a "mid-major" in football ? What happened to FBS ?

Mark Gommesen · June 11, 2012

NCAA does not use the terms "major" and "mid-major" to differentiate between Division I athletics conferences. Calling a conference a mid-major is like calling someone a short-tall person. But, what would you expect from a minor-major sports outlet like the Bleacher Report. This is no minor league in the NCAA Division 1.

GrayEagle · June 11, 2012

NCAA does not use the terms "major" and "mid-major" to differentiate between Division I athletics conferences. Calling a conference a mid-major is like calling someone a short-tall person. But, what would you expect from a minor-major sports outlet like the Bleacher Report. This is no minor league in the NCAA Division 1 FBS.

Lest someone call you to task about a word.

greenminer · June 11, 2012

Bleacher Report! Someone can write an article for them about the misnomers in college sports. They might even publish it. I think anyone can write for them.

Mark Gommesen · June 11, 2012

Lest someone call you to task about a word.

Thanks Gray,

Clarification , in football only, Division I was further subdivided in 1978 into Division I-A (the principal football schools) and Division I-AA;these were renamed "Football Bowl Subdivision" and "Football Championship Subdivision" in 2006. NCAA does not use the terms "major" and "mid-major" to differentiate between Division I athletics conferences. Division I contains 346 institutions. So what is a mid major?

Edited June 11, 2012 by Mark Gommesen

VideoEagle · June 11, 2012

Bleacher Report! Someone can write an article for them about the misnomers in college sports. They might even publish it. I think anyone can write for them.

And for the Bleacher Report there is no need to fact check. No need to even spell check!

wardly · June 11, 2012

What's a "mid-major" in football ? What happened to FBS ?

same as a mid major in basketball.[ a non BCS conference]. you guys are missing the point, which is that the Belt has some pretty good head football coaches. sorry if post was too complicated.

MeanGreen61 · June 11, 2012

same as a mid major in basketball.[ a non BCS conference]. you guys are missing the point, which is that the Belt has some pretty good head football coaches. sorry if post was too complicated.

Who said it was complicated ? There just isn't a mid-majors classification in college football. Being an article from the Bleacher Report, validity & accuracy is what's at issue.

Edited June 11, 2012 by MeanGreen61

JulesFIU07 · June 11, 2012

What's a "mid-major" in football ? What happened to FBS ?

Mid-majors are non-AQ schools. The SEC is a major, the SBC is considered a mid-major.

wardly · June 12, 2012

I said "for what its worth". However, I find the Bleacher Report to be more accurate that most of posts on this board. All Iwas attempting to repeat was that there are some very good coaches in the Belt, which with the exception of Troy,wasn't the case 10 years ago.THE END!

Edited June 12, 2012 by wardly