CHENEY, Washington -- Labels can be deceiving.
The labels on North Dakota State and Eastern Washington say FCS for Football Championship Subdivision, Division I's second-tier. The reality is there are 123 programs and the range of quality is as great as the difference between the best teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision (aka tier 1) and the worst.
"With all due respect there are plenty of FBS teams that you can't lump with the Alabamas and the Oregons of the world," Eastern Washington coach Beau Baldwin said Sunday. "The same way you can't lump all the FCS schools together."
The FCS has won eight games against FBS opponents during the opening weekend of college football, twice as many as it did during last season's opening weekend. The most notable victories were by two-time defending FCS champion North Dakota State, which beat Kansas State on Friday night, and perennial FCS playoff team Eastern Washington, which knocked off No. 25 Oregon State on Saturday.
North Dakota State coach Craig Bohl said ...
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