FSU bowl eligibility

[BulldogInAggieland]

I doubt anything comes of this, but Florida State doesn't appear to technically be eligible for a bowl...

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/7lac2l/fsu_may_not_be_bowl_eligible/

 

[hatfieldms]

First I have heard of this

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[fishwater99]

I thought all teams were eligible at 6-6 record.

 

[BulldogInAggieland]

Under NCAA rules, Florida State cannot count the win over FCS team Delaware State towards Bowl Eligibility.

 

[patdog]

Can only count 1 FCS win towards the 6, and the FCS team has to actually give out a certain percentage of the total scholarships they're allowed. Delaware St. didn't give out enough scholarships and apparently nobody thought to even check until today.

 

[drumrcraig]

If I remember correctly, we dropped Alcorn or Valley from the schedule one year, because we would not be able to count that win towards bowl eligibility. I know this was during Mullen's time, but I don't remember when.

 

[KeyserSoze1999]

Dozens of USM fans are upset by this...DOZENS I tell you!**

 

[GloryDawg]

If I remember correctly, we dropped Alcorn or Valley from the schedule one year, because we would not be able to count that win towards bowl eligibility. I know this was during Mullen's time, but I don't remember when.

We dropped them for another reason. Something about scholarship numbers they had or something along those lines. The game would not have counted. They were the only FCS team on the schedule for that season.

 

[patdog]

It was Valley. And it was ​

because we wouldn't have been able to count that win towards bowl eligibility because of their low scholarship numbers. We replaced them with another FCS team.