Re: A new and better FBS thread
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daddy daycare
About as good as a press conference and some tweets.
Yep, on this I will agree. Personally I feel the leadership has taken a different approach publicly to the FBS discussion over the past year. They have communicated their desire to explore an FBS offer and they have stated they will be ready to respond to one when it comes. That is different than previously when they consistently stated they felt that FCS was the right spot for NDSU and they would continue to evaluate their spot in College Athletics. Those might not sound that different but to me they signal movement internally within the athletic department. From my perspective, they are no longer leading with the message that FCS is great and we feel it is right for us. That message has definitely been downplayed recently. It's not that they are bashing the FCS, which they can't and shouldn't do but to me it does signal that they believe that the long term future for NDSU is not in FCS football (as it currently is constituted) and they would like to find a home that more aligns with their football program aspirations. As many have stated, an invite isn't fully within their control but the message has always been within their control and I think that they have struck a much better tone publicly recently. Now we'll see how all this plays out.
Re: A new and better FBS thread
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GCWaters
who the F gives a Flying F what mcfooly thinks or types....
NDSU should be at Gloria's office every day this week, fly down there with some big time donors, grease the skids, lets get this done with finally
Re: A new and better FBS thread
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BigLakeBison
Yep, on this I will agree. Personally I feel the leadership has taken a different approach publicly to the FBS discussion over the past year. They have communicated their desire to explore an FBS offer and they have stated they will be ready to respond to one when it comes. That is different than previously when they consistently stated they felt that FCS was the right spot for NDSU and they would continue to evaluate their spot in College Athletics. Those might not sound that different but to me they signal movement internally within the athletic department. From my perspective, they are no longer leading with the message that FCS is great and we feel it is right for us. That message has definitely been downplayed recently. It's not that they are bashing the FCS, which they can't and shouldn't do but to me it does signal that they believe that the long term future for NDSU is not in FCS football (as it currently is constituted) and they would like to find a home that more aligns with their football program aspirations. As many have stated, an invite isn't fully within their control but the message has always been within their control and I think that they have struck a much better tone publicly recently. Now we'll see how all this plays out.
The tone of the NDSU athletic department has definitely changed since the Covid 2020 season. We all witnessed the spring debacle and it really showed where each FCS school prioritizes football. I think seeing 90% of the FCS basically announce that they do not care about football finally got the NDSU admin's attention. NDSU football does not belong in the same division as schools that would rather cancel football than spend any amount of money to be competitive. I do believe that ML & the administration realize this and are trying to put NDSU in the best position to be ready to move on from the FCS when the right situation presents itself. The amount of facility upgrades at NDSU in the past decade show some of this effort; I barely recognize campus from when I was at NDSU in the early 2010's.
Re: A new and better FBS thread
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El_Chapo
who the F gives a Flying F what mcfooly thinks or types....
NDSU should be at Gloria's office every day this week, fly down there with some big time donors, grease the skids, lets get this done with finally
I thought the general consensus around here was a preference for joining the AAC..That what your coach said publicly. Maybe you should point your efforts there.
Re: A new and better FBS thread
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MWC
I thought the general consensus around here was a preference for joining the AAC..That what your coach said publicly. Maybe you should point your efforts there.
I’d say at this point the preference around here is anything that’s not CUSA is an auto-yes. Barring the conference offering some crap reduced revenue sharing that would prohibit us being able to be competitive in the conference.
Re: A new and better FBS thread
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El_Chapo
who the F gives a Flying F what mcfooly thinks or types....
NDSU should be at Gloria's office every day this week, fly down there with some big time donors, grease the skids, lets get this done with finally
Ummmm...oddly enough McFeely has been begging for FBS for a long time. Now let's see your tune change....
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That is a fair point..I am not sure why a conference would want to put a new member in a tight squeeze like that.
Re: A new and better FBS thread
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MWC
I thought the general consensus around here was a preference for joining the AAC..That what your coach said publicly. Maybe you should point your efforts there.
I think either of those conferences would be great options.
Re: A new and better FBS thread
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WhoRepsTheLurker
Well the Summit membership needs to do something to preserve the league whether NDSU leaves or not. Honestly adding hockey and/or football might be needed.
Re: A new and better FBS thread
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B.Schlossman Fan Club
Well the Summit membership needs to do something to preserve the league whether NDSU leaves or not. Honestly adding hockey and/or football might be needed.
I kind of hope they add football AFTER NDSU leaves.
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