Last November, after breezing through its first 10 games of the season with an average margin of victory of more than five touchdowns, Alabama found itself tied at halftime, at home, against an opponent from the Football Championship Subdivision. The Citadel would go on to lose, 50–17, but for a few hours that afternoon, college football seemed upside-down. It was the most excitement a matchup between an FCS team and a Power 5 team generated in 2018 (the only upset came when Nicholls defeated Kansas, and that may not even count as an upset), and then everyone promptly forgot about it as the Crimson Tide rode its perfect season all the way to the championship game, where it lost to Clemson.
Are FCS Games Good for High-Level College Football?
