Date For Championship Set
NCAA
INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee has announced that the 2012 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game will be played Saturday, Jan. 7, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas.
The game is slated to start at 1 p.m. ET in the 23,500-seat multi-purpose stadium and will be televised nationally on ESPN2HD/ESPN3.com. In 2011, Eastern Washington rallied from a 19-0 third quarter deficit to beat Delaware 20-19 to win the national championship.
The championship game, hosted by the locally-based Southland Conference, the City of Frisco and the Hunt Sports Group, is the culmination of a 20-team championship bracket. The Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) is comprised of the conferences and institutions that compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship - Big Sky, Big South, Colonial Athletic Association, Mid-Eastern Athletic, Missouri Valley Football, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot League, Southern and the Southland. The Ivy League and Southwestern Athletic Conference are in the FCS as well, but neither chooses to participate in the football championship.
The FCS embodies a tradition of excellence through high level competition, student-athlete character and sportsmanship throughout the regular season and the championship experience.
The Big Sky has been represented in the national championship game each of the past three seasons. Montana advanced in 2008 and 2009, followed by Eastern Washington in 2010.