MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Some fans scoff at Power Five schools dredging up pay-to-play victims from the FCS, and The Lunch contends many of these same fans would prefer to see college football become more like the NFL, where any given week can make for any given outcome.
Do Power Five ticketbuyers deserve competitive games? Sure. Do they deserve 12 of them each season? Well …
West Virginia hosts Youngstown State this Saturday, a high-end FCS program to be sure, albeit one that offers 63 scholarships in comparison to WVU’s 85. Yes, that’s unbalanced, but parity robs us of no-way-in-hell underdog stories, like the unforgettable Appalachian State shocker at Michigan in 2007.