Talk:1941 Oklahoma City vs. Youngstown football game

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Aftermath and scheduling rules[edit]

I removed incorrect information regarding Youngstown's "inability" to schedule Oklahoma City due to their move to the NAIA. The NCAA has no rules regarding who a team may schedule. FBS schools don't schedule games against Division II, Division III, or the NAIA because bowl eligibility requires a team to defeat at least six teams offering at least 63 scholarships, so scheduling D-II/D-III/NAIA is counter-productive (and would lead to mockery besides). D-II and D-III schools schedule NAIA opponents all the time, and FCS schools do, albeit very rarely.

Unfortunately, while I would love to have provided a citation for this, the complete absence of any rule regulating this makes that impossible. JFMorse (talk) 07:08, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

YSU name[edit]

Youngstown State wasn't known as such until 1967 when it became a state school. In 1941, it was still known as "Youngstown College". Would anyone object to moving the article to reflect that, such as "1941 Oklahoma City vs. Youngstown College football game" or something similar? --JonRidinger (talk) 01:07, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have no objection to the move, I just want to make sure we do it right. See 1869 New Jersey vs. Rutgers football game is an example. The "College of New Jersey" became "Princeton". The name should reflect the name of the program at the time the game was played.--Paul McDonald (talk) 03:56, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, standard naming would be to drop "college" and just "Youngstown" ... the words "College" and "University" are typically not included in the naming.--Paul McDonald (talk) 03:57, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That's fine. --JonRidinger (talk) 23:11, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]