It may be time to create another division in college football, something between Division I and Division I-AA -- excuse me: the Football Bowl Subdivision and the Football Championship Subdivision -- because clearly the Colonial Athletic Conference is too good for the FCS, specifically, its South Division
This weekend, the CAA’s South Division -- which has four of its six teams ranked in the top-14 of the FCS poll -- notched three wins against their FBS counterparts.
Thursday night, Villanova upset Temple, 27-24, in the first ever Mayor’s Cup on a 32-yard field goal as time expired. Then on Saturday, Richmond, defending national champion, went into Durham and surprised Duke, 24-16.
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But the biggest shock of the weekend came when William & Mary stormed Charlottesville and beat Virginia on their home field, 26-14. It was the first time UVa had lost to a FCS team in 23 years. The Cavaliers -- an ACC program, mind you -- were all set to debut their shiny new toy, the spread offense. Apparently, quarterback Jameel Sewell could use some more pointers on how exactly that works: he finished 9-for-17 with 3 interceptions and just 80 yards passing. In all, the Cavs finished with seven turnovers. I suspect this is plenty of fodder for FireAlGroh.com.
Having a little brother is fun. There’s always someone there to beat-up on, push around, and generally bully. But then one day, seemingly, all of a sudden, that little brother grows up, and punches the big brother square in the mouth. This weekend, the CAA did some growing up. And with James Madison (6th in the FCS) playing at Maryland Sept. 12th -- a team that will be coming off a disappointing cross-country trip to Cal -- don’t be surprised if this trend continues.
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