IIRC, attendance at the Frisco Bowl (MAC v. AAC I think) was so bad in 2021 that it wasn't even listed. Probably 2-3,000. This year, I believe North Texas was in it so that helped a bit.
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Just curious, it looked to my eye that virtually the entire stadium were either SDSU or NDSU supporters. That on its own is very impressive. Wondering though, is there any local promotion in the Dallas metro for the game? If I lived in Dallas, I would have loved attending yesterday. You just knew it was going to be a spectacle.
With all of this talk of NDSU to the MWC, why aren’t we speaking the same about SDSU?
These two moving up together could be the best item, especially if it’s a football-only move.
Apologies if this was mentioned already.
NDSU needs to move up now, seeing as how they are irrelevant in the FCS, i.e., SHSU, JMU, JSU and other ones such as App St and GOSO
We are. Here's a recent quote from their HC:
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"I've talked to the president, I've talked to the athletic director and they have told me — I'm quoting them — we need to be ready," SDSU head coach John Stiegelmeier said. "If we get the ask, are we ready to make a decision? Not are we ready to make the move. Are we ready to make a decision?"
The xDSU's are joined at the hip. I honestly don't see a successful FBS move for either without the other.
Oh, and a FB only invite is pure fantasy by those that are trying to ignore geography and basketball. Reality is our best chance at an invite is backfilling realignment dominoes. A conference needs full members in that case. The only FB affiliates in all of FBS are Navy and Hawaii, and I hope people can see why both of those are very special cases.
Responding to WestCoast Auggie, for some reason it wouldn't quote your post, but you were wondering about SDSU, so here goes.
SDSU doesn't seem have any interest. NDSU will have to go it alone, which is fine. We are not "joined at the hip" as some people would have you believe. That's just another of the many strawman arguments to keep us FCS.
What's holding us back is a narrow minded AD.
But aren't you "joined at the hip" to UND? Or is it also just an excuse? Because IIRC correctly NDSU and SDSU moved up to I-AA at the same time and it wasn't until 4 or 5 years later that UND and USD moved up.
What's holding NDSU back is not being invited to an FBS conference. Because as we all know, the ability to move up to FBS is about a lot more than being good at football. In fact, that's not even a requirement at all!