A new and better FBS thread

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Originally Posted by Twentysix

This is just a fan poll on the mwc facebook group (13 000 mwc fans), but ndsu is the #1 choice by a pretty wide margin.

The sentiment among the fans seems to have changed substantially from 2 months ago lol.

I guess if nothing else, this would suggest ti some degree that ndsu's brand has penetrated into their markets at least more than the other schools.

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Sure, but unfortunately the facebook crowd doesn't get a vote, or MWC wouldn't have just offered Texas St. The conferences do their analysis differently than the average fan. Maybe its foolish, but university presidents have their own goals and agenda. Much of it in the end is driven by the media company deals. With MW not sure what their media partners want now.

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Originally Posted by Twentysix

Not in a million years for Villanova. The others maybe.

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Crazy as it sounds, they turned down a Big East FBS offer years ago, and could have theoretically been AAC or maybe even ACC or B12 by now. Having a top basketball program gave them options, but they said no.

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Originally Posted by BigHorns

Crazy as it sounds, they turned down a Big East FBS offer years ago, and could have theoretically been AAC or maybe even ACC or B12 by now.

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Im well aware.

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Originally Posted by HerdBot

UNLV has the worst ratings in both the PAC12 and Mountain West and they get 25% of the pot. That's going to drive away other teams at the first opportunity. It's funny how they are suddenly a center piece team. People conveniently forgot about the last 20 years. Soon coach will move on and then it will be a reset to mediocrity

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They got the money because they had offers from 2 other conferences..So did AFA. Had those two teams left the MW would cease to be. That simple. These are 1 time signing bonuses. After that they will split all distributions evenly.

The other schools got bonuses too. All the schools signed a GOR until 2032. That would indicate to me that the will be an extension of the tv deal which ends in 26.

I do think there is a plan in place to spread out the conference into the Central Time zone. There are schools in that part of the country..Not many left out west..whether it will work or not, I have no idea.

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Originally Posted by MWC

They got the money because they had offers from 2 other conferences..So did AFA. Had those two teams left the MW would cease to be. That simple. These are 1 time signing bonuses. After that they will split all distributions evenly.

The other schools got bonuses too. All the schools signed a GOR until 2032. That would indicate to me that the will be an extension of the tv deal which ends in 26.

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Feels like the same situation developing with Texas St. Not sure what their price will be, or if anyone else will ante up. Either way, they are in good shape, and may just get some bonuses tossed their way to stay in SBC. Believe everyone started chasing after them, rather than the reverse.

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Originally Posted by BigHorns

Feels like the same situation developing with Texas St. Not sure what their price will be, or if anyone else will ante up. Either way, they are in good shape, and may just get some bonuses tossed their way to stay in SBC. Believe everyone started chasing after them, rather than the reverse.

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They are in a good spot.

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Originally Posted by BigHorns

Sure, but unfortunately the facebook crowd doesn't get a vote, or MWC wouldn't have just offered Texas St. The conferences do their analysis differently than the average fan. Maybe its foolish, but university presidents have their own goals and agenda. Much of it in the end is driven by the media company deals. With MW not sure what their media partners want now.

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Every major media outlet thinks it should be us including the New York Times, Barstool Sports, Washington Post, Yahoo Sports, etc

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Originally Posted by MWC

I do think there is a plan in place to spread out the conference into the Central Time zone. There are schools in that part of the country..Not many left out west..whether it will work or not, I have no idea.

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The modicum of hope I have left is this. Why the hell would you take NIU and Toledo and not have anyone else in the central time zone? NDSU, SDSU, Texas State, NIU and Toledo. Hell, grab Sammy at that point if you want Texas so bad. NIU and Toledo are still football only and don’t solve the MW’s problem. Wouldn’t make for a bad eastern wing. Gotta fill in the gap between with someone right?

That said, are we cheering for NIU and Toledo to accept?

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Originally Posted by HerdBot

Every major media outlet thinks it should be us including the New York Times, Barstool Sports, Washington Post, Yahoo Sports, etc

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Anyone with a brain thinks that. This whole “Texas” thing is just next flavor of “media market” idiocy. This is what happens when you hire Deloitte. They have to think “outside the box” to earn their 7 figure paycheck. If the consultant just told them to do the obvious right thing, there wouldn’t be a need to hire the consultant.