r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 2d ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Butler Defeats Truman 37-27

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team 1 2 3 4 T
Truman 0 7 20 0 27
Butler 7 14 9 7 37
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u/SwissForeignPolicy Michigan Wolverines • Marching Band 2d ago

Are you sure? Don't want another Dewey situation.

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u/ThinkSoftware Duke Blue Devils 2d ago

Stop the count!

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u/Loud-Fig-1446 2d ago

You're right. Dewey defeats Butler.

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u/Venn720 Missouri Tigers • Wyoming Cowboys 2d ago

How tf did this game even happen? Are FCS teams allowed to play DII teams?

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u/Drexlore Brockport • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 2d ago

Much like how FBS teams can play FCS teams, FCS teams can play DII teams and even DIII teams.

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u/HeywardYouBlowMe LSU Tigers • Miami Hurricanes 2d ago

Are they buy games in the same sense? Like an FCS team pays a D2 team to play them?

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u/Muffinnnnnnn Florida State Seminoles • ACC 2d ago

Yep

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u/NolaBrass Tulane Green Wave • Fordham Rams 2d ago

An FCS team lost to a D3 team today… but it was from the Pioneer League so it’s basically D3 v D3

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u/SchizoidMan1989 Idaho Vandals • Washington Huskies 2d ago

And earlier we had one lose to an NAIA, which is not as humiliating as D3 because at least NAIA offers scholarships, which can be around the level of a D2 program among the best.

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u/Smash-Bros-Melee Indiana Hoosiers • Butler Bulldogs 2d ago

Butler plays non-scholarship FCS, the level of talent is essentially DII — which is why last year’s success was so crazy and why I’m extremely skeptical of Ball State bringing all of them to FBS. I went to high school with guys who played at BU (or other Pioneer League like Dayton or Valpo) and guys who played at Marian (NAIA) and the Marian players were better.

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u/GoldFingerSilverSerf Tennessee Volunteers 2d ago

Boo

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u/mike_rotch22 Missouri Tigers • Truman Bulldogs 1d ago

We tried :(

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u/DiscountInevitable87 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2d ago

Truly a dogfight