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There’s no question NDSU has killed the “FCS Dream” this decade for a lot of programs. If Lehigh had a defense that’s simply respectable the Mountain Hawks could have beaten or at least competed with 95-98% of FCS this year. Their offensive talent stacks up with anyone in FCS. The mountain to beat Jacksonville State, SDSU, UNI, Stony Brook, UNH, SHSU, Wofford etc is in reality nothing more than a small hill. Don’t let the MVFC conference fans fool you. There’s a lot of mortal programs in that league. Just like the CAA. But it seems impossible to compete for a title when NDSU and JMU are basically engaged in a full on arms race.
The Bison return almost their entire team in 2018! No on is beating them in the Fargo Dome so they’ll be in Frisco again!
Top to bottom the PL is terrible right now. No one can deny that. Each program has a serious flaw which is killing the league and its already shaky reputation. Combine that with the self imposed league-wide restrictions you end up with the disaster that was the 2017 PL football season.
The most frustrating thing imo is the potential is there if just a little more commitment was made.