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So maybe if after everything falls into place and it appears we need to move up...maybe it will seem the same to peer institutions like Montana, SDSU, etc. Maybe then it would be time to form a new conference in FBS? This would only work if we could still keep our yearly deal with St Cloud St.*
*Now that this game has been mentioned I don't want to jeopardize it!
Again, you are correct in regards to the SHAC, but lets face it, basketball isn't exactly a high priority in Fargo. Football is king and will be able to raise a heck of lot more money and a lot faster than BB. A new stadium isn't an immediate concern if we move to a G5 conference. That can come later and maybe with a creative funding mechanism. Again, there are real obsticles, but nothing that can't be overcome in time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bison 4 Life
I want to be clear, I'm not pushing for an immediate move up at all costs. I just think that if FBS games dry up and we end up having to schedule D2 teams, we will have no choice but to move on from FCS. It never hurts to have a plan in place just in case. See the school to the north for a reference as to no plan.
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Originally Posted by TransAmBison
This could be a very real possibility, but it doesn't hurt to start making plans. I really don't want us to be playing D2 teams on a regular basis and I don't think a majority of our fans want to see that either.
I agree it's harder to raise money for basketball infrastructure than football but it may be a better investment because of the March Madness gravy train.
A FBS conference will never look at NDSU with a 19k stadium, period. The Chicken would have to come before the egg here.Quote:
Originally Posted by LITTLEGUYSINGREEN
As for FBS teams, they aren't absolutely necessary. There are 125 teams in FCS, with proper planning there should be no problems filling out a schedule. Montana is the same size and geographic isolation and they are just fine where they are.
Visiting team ticket allotment. Carry on.
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I'm not saying you're wrong about this but I am saying it's ridiculous. Just check out the weekly MACtion tweets commenting on empty stadiums from Dom and Jeff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bison 4 Life
Another reason this whole idea is stupid. There is a disconnect between expectation and fulfillment of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by bisonaudit
NDSU right now beats the attendance figures for a ton of G5 teams. Unfortunately, they have an incredibly outsized idea of their own importance so they will still insist on a much loftier number.
You don't know for sure that a FBS conference would never look at us with a 19,000 seat stadium. Our stadium size meets the NCAA minimum requirement for size. As for Montana, they end up scheduling D2 teams quite frenquently. If we want 6 home games a year, we need a team to come here with no return. Out of the 125 FCS teams, that list gets narrowed to a short few who will take that arrangement and we aren't the only team looking for this same arrangement, hence the D2 scheduling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bison 4 Life
There are only 3 teams who use a stadium smaller than the Fargodome.Quote:
Originally Posted by LITTLEGUYSINGREEN
Idaho's Kibbie Dome (they might drop football or go back to FCS)
UMass on campus stadium, even though they regularly use Gillette Stadium
UNCC Richardson Stadium.
Only one team, UNCC, built their stadium to the minimum FBS requirement and they have a media market Fargo couldn't touch.
Do we really want to be at the bottom of this list? I still don't see any material benefit to any of this.