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Not counting bowls 55 MWC games were on CBS, CBS Sports, ABC, Big 10 Network or ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU.Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernBison
Not counting bowls 35 MAC football games were on Fox Sports 1, CBS sports, Big 10 Net or ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU
11 MVFC football games(counting NDSU's playoff games) were on Fox Sports 1, Big 10 Network or ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU
You are delusional. NDSU brings nothing to the table as far as money or viewership to any FBS conference. Keep trying....Quote:
Originally Posted by Strongman
No doubt. Dreamers I tell ya.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bisonator98
ok.........make A LOT more sense now you drunk bastard.Quote:
Originally Posted by MNLonghorn10
What I said was that nobody outside of the fans of those schools watches, I never said anything about how many people watch. Do you really think that if we were FBS next year and we were playing ISU blue and the game was on Fox that we are going to get the same number of viewers that Ohio St and Michigan will have. Or do you think that the fans of other teams who are playing are going to say fuck watching my team, NDSU is on I'm gonna watch that instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by MNLonghorn10
By the way, NDSU could stay in the Summit and join a conference for football only, i.e., like Idaho and New Mexico State did when it joined the Sun Belt.
This is the most logical thing you've said about this whole thing and I certainly would be ok with it. However, I don't see NDSU doing anything like it. Plus there's still an increased athletics budget and scholarships and no playoffs to make at the end of the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Strongman
It only bothers them in the fact that there so much MIS-information and idiocy in that regards. They know that a small amount of fans are just idiotic and stupid. They look out for the majority. There is nothing D2 in there vision and how they conduct their business. Only a very small minority would accuse them of such.Quote:
Originally Posted by EndZoneQB
Please provide proof of this statement. Have you talked to these conferences in this regard? No? Then what do you base this statement on?The FBS football fairy?Quote:
Originally Posted by Strongman
In this discussion, why is it generally assumed that the other sports like basketball have to also move? Why is it impossible to imagine the Summit League teams remaining in that conference with the coaches salaries not changing. IF the football program moves up, wouldn't affiliate membership into an existing FBS League (MAC, MWC, Sunbelt, etc...) seem more economically feasible?Quote:
Originally Posted by NorthernBison
Just look 70 miles north. Hakstol gets paid according to the peers in his sport, whereas all the other coaches up there are paid according to Big Sky levels.
Geography does not seem to be as big a hurdle for football as it is in other sports. As it is now, the only conference road games using a bus for football are down in South Dakota. Flying to Laramie, Muncie, or Statesboro would be similar to flying to Terre Haute or Youngstown.
With the SHAC project getting the go-ahead and Oral Roberts coming back, the Summit League seems like a good fit for the other sports to remain in. Other than basketball, does any significant percentage of Bison fans care who the volleyball, soccer, golf, track, etc... teams compete against? The Summit provides a good, stable home for the teams currently in it.
This discussion should only pertain to the football program at this time. No need to attach the others unless it is absolutely necessary to move all of the teams to the FBS conference. If that is the case, then this move up is NOT happening for 15+ years minimum.