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yea yea MWC , most of you are scared of NDSU walking in Day 1 and being top dog with Boise State for Football. its ok to be scared, we get it, you will be fine.
Mountain West should WANT an infusion of new blood with a Fanbase that actually cares about their program and would light a spark under the rest of the MWC fanbases.
So buckle up, WE COMING!!!
Ron Counts interview on 1660am today was dang good along with his twitter comments, his emails and Boise State bigtime donors who are on board wanting to play NDSU in Football............ we good, NDSU ADMIN needs to be calling Gloria the next 3 days, every day!!
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The MW does absolutely care about football. The football world cares, pretty much, not at all about MW football. Boise got a deal that the MW believes only applied to the last contract. Boise believes in will last into perpetuity. In addition Boise has wanted to leave the conference since the moment they joined. You should also note Boise isn't all that great in football anymore but they have spent the bread to get good in basketball.
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El_Chapo
yea yea MWC , most of you are scared of NDSU walking in Day 1 and being top dog with Boise State for Football. its ok to be scared, we get it, you will be fine.
Mountain West should WANT an infusion of new blood with a Fanbase that actually cares about their program and would light a spark under the rest of the MWC fanbases.
So buckle up, WE COMING!!!
Ron Counts interview on 1660am today was dang good along with his twitter comments, his emails and Boise State bigtime donors who are on board wanting to play NDSU in Football............ we good, NDSU ADMIN needs to be calling Gloria the next 3 days, every day!!
Boise is by far the least liked school in the conference these days. They are sue happy and not very good any more.
If you wish the only reason the MW wouldn't add you is because they are afraid of you, have at it.
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Ok I will.... NDSU vs Boise & NDSU vs Wyoming an NDSU vs Colorado State would be 3 Instant Rivals for NDSU!
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El_Chapo
Ok I will.... NDSU vs Boise & NDSU vs Wyoming an NDSU vs Colorado State would be 3 Instant Rivals for NDSU!
Well okay then..All settled.
You do know that all the other schools you are not interested in at all have votes on expansion. You would need 8 in favor.
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MWC
Nobody anywhere has much respect for MW football but they do respect the basketball. This is a lower level minor football conference that puts 4 or 5 basketball teams in the dance. This has little or nothing to do with money or what finances the conference. The MW is 'meh' in football but really good in basketball. This is by design.
I do not think, your admittedly fine football program changes the perception about MW football at all. Coming aboard a conference who's only notoriety, such as it is, comes from basketball, in no way enhances your chances to be recognized as a national football program.
As I have said before (ad nauseum, I confess) the only reason joining the MW makes any sense for you is if you really, really, really want to play these schools. This is not you ticket to the high life.
There’s only one person here that thinks along the lines you are arguing against. Most have a pretty clear understanding of what life in the mountain west would be like. Not all sunshine and roses but at least we aren’t playing against Auggie and at Thomas. The argument isn’t that NDSU would be some major upgrade for the conference, again only one person here keeps spouting that. The case trying to be made is that should the MW need to add, NDSU may be the best option available.
I will say that for as much as you’ve talked about the media deal and the final decision coming down to dollars (which I agree with), it doesn’t compute for me to hear you say that it doesn’t matter where the money comes from to finance the conference…
And over the past decade the Mountain West is averaging 2.3 teams in the tournament per year
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Football is the major driver of the "tiny" tv deal, absolutely. What I was talking about was national perception in the college sporting world. The football games are played late at night with almost no one watching east of Colorado. Basketball doesn't draw great ratings either but MW basketball is far more respected. That doesn't mean we will get more tv money..We won't. Not enough viewers have interest. You don't add a whole lot of viewers to the mix
I would posit that any national interest there is in NDSU nationally would fade considerably playing in a minor conference that doesn't generate much football interest to begin with. The sports media world in based primarily in the east.
It is a different ball game out here.
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Well okay then..All settled.
You do know that all the other schools you are not interested in at all have votes on expansion. You would need 8 in favor.
Hearing excitement about going to Wyoming for a game makes me think of the joke about a Parisian and a Muscovite each hopping on the Paris-Moscow train line, going in opposite directions. By mistake, they both get out in Warsaw. The Parisian goes, "Sacre bleu, I had no idea Moscow was such a shithole." The Muscovite gets out and says, "во даёт! Paris is even more beautiful than I imagined!" In this context, I think El Chapo would be the Russian, and I'd be the Parisian.
I would be 10x more interested in going to either of the Montana schools. Of course, that would change if NDSU joined the MWC but still.
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Hearing excitement about going to Wyoming for a game makes me think of the joke about a Parisian and a Muscovite each hopping on the Paris-Moscow train line, going in opposite directions. By mistake, they both get out in Warsaw. The Parisian goes, "Sacre bleu, I had no idea Moscow was such a shithole." The Muscovite gets out and says, "во даёт! Paris is even more beautiful than I imagined!" In this context, I think El Chapo would be the Russian, and I'd be the Parisian.
I would be 10x more interested in going to either of the Montana schools. Of course, that would change if NDSU joined the MWC but still.
Oui Oui Mon Ami !!
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This is not you ticket to the high life.
Ticket out of McComb, Cedar Rapids, Vermillion, Terre Haute, Grand Forks, etc etc etc
