Re: NDSU to FBS?? . Real question.
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Originally Posted by
Professor Chaos
I don't know about SDSU but NDSU's admin should be extremely motivated to pursue FBS opportunities since NDSU football is slowly dying on the vine. The fan base is pretty clearly speaking with their feet/wallets as season ticket sales are lower than they've been in 10+ years (the awful home schedule doesn't help) and tickets sales for their "showcase game" at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis are lagging far behind what the Target Field game drew 4 years ago.
The price of this unprecedented success is that the allure of winning FCS titles has apparently worn away collectively amongst the fan base. It's unfortunate and sad IMO but there's no denying it's existence. It puts NDSU's admin in a tough spot because there's a lot working against them in terms of geography and market (or lack thereof) when trying to pitch themselves to an FBS league. They also need to consider the impact on the rest of the sports in the department. Joining a league like CUSA wouldn't hurt NDSU football but it would really hamper the non-revenue sports. That said football drives the bus at NDSU's athletic department and that golden cow is starting to dry up which is a concern for all sports.
I keep hearing how complacent the Bison fan base is and then watch thousands flood Frisco TX to try and win another national championship.
Re: NDSU to FBS?? . Real question.
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Originally Posted by
Sitting Bull
I keep hearing how complacent the Bison fan base is and then watch thousands flood Frisco TX to try and win another national championship.
because they like beer and getting out of Flawgo in January
Re: NDSU to FBS?? . Real question.
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Originally Posted by
Sitting Bull
I keep hearing how complacent the Bison fan base is and then watch thousands flood Frisco TX to try and win another national championship.
Relative to most of the FCS the support is still very strong - relative to 5-10 years ago it's dwindling. When NDSU played Towson in Frisco in January 2014 we basically filled the stadium ourselves. The last 2 years against Montana St and SDSU the crowd has pretty much been 50/50 and I think if NDSU were to play another Towson like team that would only bring a couple thousand fans there you'd see a lot of empty seats in Frisco.
Re: NDSU to FBS?? . Real question.
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Originally Posted by
gofurman
There was a trolling post on this. Sorry. Why does NDSU stay in FBS —- Mine is a real question
1- People say G5 offers less money. That’s just not true. G5 pays more. Thus App GSU. Coastal Carolina. JMU. Etc etc
2- Is it a geographic thing? I saw something about ASUN?
or am I missing the real reason?? Doe the admin just like FCS?
a legitimate question. Thanks in advance for answers
It's geography. Personally, I really like the FCS because it has the best playoff system in college football, nor do I think that NDSU belongs in a division where football budgets are larger than NDSU's total academic budget and football coaches salaries alone are multiples of the entire cost of NDSU's athletic department.
The ideal situation to me would be for the G5 teams to move to the FCS, not the other way around. Of course, I'm kind of a heretic in that I believe that the NCAA should have kicked the P5 out long ago - whatever the P5 is up to, it's certain that it has to almost nothing do with higher ed's mission. This split would allow for some real NCAA reform. There is already no benefit for D2 and D3 to have the P5 around - the table scraps that the P5 spits onto to their plates could be made up with an incredibly modest ticket surcharge. And if the P5-less D1 had a 200 team basketball playoff, it would be more interesting than the P5's version (imo.)
Re: NDSU to FBS?? . Real question.
Not sure about all this recent success y’all are claiming for NDSU. It’s been almost 800,000 minutes since the bizuns won a National Championship.
800,000
Re: NDSU to FBS?? . Real question.
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Originally Posted by
FUBeAR
Not sure about all this recent success y’all are claiming for NDSU. It’s been almost 800,000 minutes since the bizuns won a National Championship.
800,000
That alone should make Bison fans hungry for another FCS title. It should really make any other team, except SDSU, hungry; however, even the Jacks haven't won a title in at least 230,400 minutes.
230,400
Re: NDSU to FBS?? . Real question.
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Originally Posted by
FUBeAR
Not sure about all this recent success y’all are claiming for NDSU. It’s been almost 800,000 minutes since the bizuns won a National Championship.
800,000
Bias post unless you post the number of minutes since Furman has won a title.
Re: NDSU to FBS?? . Real question.
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Gil Dobie
Bias post unless you post the number of minutes since Furman has won a title.
The numbers won't fit on the page [emoji2960]
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Re: NDSU to FBS?? . Real question.
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Originally Posted by
Professor Chaos
Relative to most of the FCS the support is still very strong - relative to 5-10 years ago it's dwindling. When NDSU played Towson in Frisco in January 2014 we basically filled the stadium ourselves. The last 2 years against Montana St and SDSU the crowd has pretty much been 50/50 and I think if NDSU were to play another Towson like team that would only bring a couple thousand fans there you'd see a lot of empty seats in Frisco.
Not sure what you mean by another Towson Like Team. Do you mean a team that got to the Nat. Championship via as tough a road as anyone - Traveling to a Jimmy G led E. Illinois team and winning in the Quarterfinals, and then to Eastern Washington the next weekend and winning in the Semifinals? Or do you mean a team with an AD so stupid that he made the Towson ticket allocation available to ANYONE from day one?
Re: NDSU to FBS?? . Real question.
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Originally Posted by
KPSUL
Not sure what you mean by another Towson Like Team. Do you mean a team that got to the Nat. Championship via as tough a road as anyone - Traveling to a Jimmy G led E. Illinois team and winning in the Quarterfinals, and then to Eastern Washington the next weekend and winning in the Semifinals? Or do you mean a team with an AD so stupid that he made the Towson ticket allocation available to ANYONE from day one?
I mean a team that'll only bring a couple thousand fans either because they opened their ticket allocation early so opposing fans can buy them or because that's just all they'll pull. NDSU isn't going to bring 18k+ fans to Frisco anymore like they did that year even if tickets from the opposing allotment are available publicly.