A new and better FBS thread

https://theathletic.com/4058193/2023...bs-move/?amp=1

Lakes forgot about Craig Bohls bowl game. To funny. To funny.

The answer is staring us right in the face eh. Can't beat teh wabbits have to move up eh. Just like everyone else who couldn't beat ndsu eh.

https://www.inforum.com/sports/bison...bs-jackrabbits

Sounds like the bunnies have softened their stance a bit on FBS, but Stig sounds like some of you on here with his 'G5 split' talk

Do you think mid-major hoops programs want to be in a separate tourney to avoid the 'big boys'? Seems the NCAA is actually headed in the opposite direction …

When NDSU goes FBS, I predict the bunnies will follow. I wouldn't have made that prediction a few months ago

Read an article recently on the University of Montana and
the possibility of moving to FBS. The AD said the additional 22
scholarships and the addition of an additional woman's program
along with their location, makes it not a possibility in the near
future.

good chatter by AAC fans on their message board about NDSU after this article.

MWC fans are obviously scared of adding NDSU
MAC fans absolutely don't want then as they'd be #1 instantly

AAC fans seem much open to it

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Originally Posted by DORMIE

Read an article recently on the University of Montana and
the possibility of moving to FBS. The AD said the additional 22
scholarships and the addition of an additional woman's program
along with their location, makes it not a possibility in the near
future.

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Are they moving locations long term?

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Originally Posted by El_Chapo

good chatter by AAC fans on their message board about NDSU after this article.

MWC fans are obviously scared of adding NDSU
MAC fans absolutely don't want then as they'd be #1 instantly

AAC fans seem much open to it

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Mac was getting beat down when half our scholarship players were D2. To them we are like Marshall moving up, and then dominating the MAC

Quote:

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Originally Posted by El_Chapo

good chatter by AAC fans on their message board about NDSU after this article.

MWC fans are obviously scared of adding NDSU
MAC fans absolutely don't want then as they'd be #1 instantly

AAC fans seem much open to it

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Hahahahahah....

Quote:

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Originally Posted by DORMIE

Read an article recently on the University of Montana and
the possibility of moving to FBS. The AD said the additional 22
scholarships and the addition of an additional woman's program
along with their location, makes it not a possibility in the near
future.

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Probably a dumb question but what the hey. Are schools that move up required to go to 85 scholarships? Couldn't they go with less?

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Originally Posted by OrygunBison

I can't help but think of this comment in the Athletic in the context of how I've viewed public comments about NDSU going FBS this entire time. People haven't been making public comments because the narrative needs to be very tightly guarded. We, and any potential suitor, need to control the conversation and not let the media just run with it. It's the reason that so many people here have been so agitated. You just can't have ME or ML out making statements about the possibility of things and potentially ruining something that could or should be in the works.

That's what makes this a remarkable comment to me. I feel like it means one of two things:

1) An AAC invitation is in the final stages of development and there's nothing to guard against anymore.

or

2) It's now a lost fucking cause and now there's nothing left to protect.

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2 unfortunately because the AAC isn’t giving out football only invites. They are not going to take NDSU for all sports because of geography. People also need to remember geography doesn’t matter for football only membership but the big this is no conferences are handing those invites out. If I was Entz I would say I would want to play in the top G5 conference too! MAC, CUSA and Sunbelt have central time zone teams too but he obviously doesn’t want to play that lowly competition.