A new and better FBS thread

I am not sure why anyone is butt hurt over what is going on in this thread. It could be more appropriately named the Lakes Containment Thread, but it is what it is. The one exception is, like Tony said, is if you are going to hate on the Bison over and over, because that gets more tiresome than the repetitive we need to move up business.

I, for one, have said I will only favor the move up for one conference, the big 12. Since that probably ain't happening, I am not in favor of moving up. Therefore, I am not willing to discuss the Sun Belt. This thread was about containing FBS discussion and now people want to get all stupid about FBS discussion? Avoid the thread. With the exception of Tony's issue, which I agree with, the containment was exactly what everyone wanted, what everyone pretty much got, so no one can go back and complain about FBS content. That's just stupid.

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There is no hate, just pointing out like coach Bohl said. "We've reached the limit of what NDSU can be right now" (and what Saul/Gene were thinking). Doesn't that make any of you a tad worried about complacency? And what the future holds? 3 titles and Big Dance win are the summit, we've reached it, so time to look for a bigger challenge.
this is a thread for the future and the future is now, there's no reason to get all worked up, myself and others are voicing our opinions and we are keeping FBS talk to this thread. Be happy

That's not what Bohl said. He wasn't talking about NDSU but rather what he and his staff had accomplished.

Bohl won't hesitate to accept a P5 offer regardless of his record at Wyoming.

Find out if it's financially feasible. If so, find out of it is sustainable to maintain financial feasibility after bad years. I'm sure people are either doing this, or have done it.

I'd like to see it happen. It would be nice to see some bigger names in Fargo. On the other hand, if it isn't realistic, FCS is fine.

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Originally Posted by td577

I am not sure why anyone is butt hurt over what is going on in this thread. It could be more appropriately named the Lakes Containment Thread, but it is what it is. The one exception is, like Tony said, is if you are going to hate on the Bison over and over, because that gets more tiresome than the repetitive we need to move up business.

I, for one, have said I will only favor the move up for one conference, the big 12. Since that probably ain't happening, I am not in favor of moving up. Therefore, I am not willing to discuss the Sun Belt. This thread was about containing FBS discussion and now people want to get all stupid about FBS discussion? Avoid the thread. With the exception of Tony's issue, which I agree with, the containment was exactly what everyone wanted, what everyone pretty much got, so no one can go back and complain about FBS content. That's just stupid.

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So what you are saying is FBS fever is like Ebola, and we need to keep it quarentined, although occasionally we pull a Nancy Snyderman and choose to ignore it?

Would we need to add sports to join the MWC? I see they have swimming and diving and tennis. Big 12 has a lot more sports than we offer.

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Originally Posted by JMB

So what you are saying is FBS fever is like Ebola, and we need to keep it quarentined, although occasionally we pull a Nancy Snyderman and choose to ignore it?

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Exactly.

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Originally Posted by natstar1

Would we need to add sports to join the MWC? I see they have swimming and diving and tennis. Big 12 has a lot more sports than we offer.

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1.2 Minimum Sports Sponsorship. Each member institution shall field varsity teams in football, women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, one women’s team sport and additional men’s and women’s sports as prescribed by the NCAA to maintain Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) membership.
http://mwc-platform.silverchalice.co...b035ff58288f19

Division I member institutions have to sponsor at least seven sports for men and seven for women (or six for men and eight for women) with two team sports for each gender. Each playing season has to be represented by each gender as well. There are contest and participant minimums for each sport, as well as scheduling criteria. For sports other than football and basketball, Division I schools must play 100 percent of the minimum number of contests against Division I opponents -- anything over the minimum number of games has to be 50 percent Division I. Men's and women's basketball teams have to play all but two games against Division I teams; for men, they must play one-third of all their contests in the home arena. Schools that have football are classified as Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) or NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). Football Bowl Subdivision schools are usually fairly elaborate programs. Football Bowl Subdivision teams have to meet minimum attendance requirements (average 15,000 people in actual or paid attendance per home game), which must be met once in a rolling two-year period. NCAA Football Championship Subdivision teams do not need to meet minimum attendance requirements. Division I schools must meet minimum financial aid awards for their athletics program, and there are maximum financial aid awards for each sport that a Division I school cannot exceed.
http://www.ncaa.org/about/who-we-are...classification

The catch was is and will always be the following:

1.02 Admission of New Members. Upon the affirmative vote of three-fourths (3/4) or more of the members of the Conference’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”), an institution of higher education which meets the qualifications set forth in the Articles of Incorporation and these bylaws may be admitted as a new Member.
http://mwc-platform.silverchalice.co...b06a01d0971337

Thus an invite

I haven't read the entire thread but are there actually people thinking we go Big 12???

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Originally Posted by Honeybooboo

I haven't read the entire thread but are there actually people thinking we go Big 12???

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No. They said they would consider a move up IF there was a Big 12 invite.