Re: A new and better FBS thread
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23Bison
Need a new stadium/dome. Not one made of fucking brick this time. I’ve said it many times but the type we need is a fully enclosed stadium like the Mosaic Stadium in Saskatoon. 30k expandable to 38k. Get this indoor practice facility up and start on that. No open air stadiums because it’s not ideal and don’t want to hear otherwise. Needs to happen!!!
The fbs season is over in November. There is much less importance on having an enclosed stadium when you just eliminated a whole month of home games in the month you absolutely can argue you want them inside.
If stadium size was a huge factor in not getting a fbs invite and ndsu had to build a larger stadium, enclosed increases the price exponentially. It isn't just a roof that increases the price but now you need an hvac system.
Tulane's Yulman field was built for 75m in 2014, seats 30k, and can be expanded in the future to 40k. Today's dollars would be much higher but still much more affordable than something enclosed and much cheaper to maintain.
If it is fbs or bust, then it also needs to be remembered there will not be December football.
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Re: A new and better FBS thread
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td577
The fbs season is over in November. There is much less importance on having an enclosed stadium when you just eliminated a whole month of home games in the month you absolutely can argue you want them inside.
If stadium size was a huge factor in not getting a fbs invite and ndsu had to build a larger stadium, enclosed increases the price exponentially. It isn't just a roof that increases the price but now you need an hvac system.
Tulane's Yulman field was built for 75m in 2014, seats 30k, and can be expanded in the future to 40k. Today's dollars would be much higher but still much more affordable than something enclosed and much cheaper to maintain.
If it is fbs or bust, then it also needs to be remembered there will not be December football.
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There would be Devember fotball, just be road trips in places generally warmer than Fargo
Re: A new and better FBS thread
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Originally Posted by
td577
The fbs season is over in November. There is much less importance on having an enclosed stadium when you just eliminated a whole month of home games in the month you absolutely can argue you want them inside.
If stadium size was a huge factor in not getting a fbs invite and ndsu had to build a larger stadium, enclosed increases the price exponentially. It isn't just a roof that increases the price but now you need an hvac system.
Tulane's Yulman field was built for 75m in 2014, seats 30k, and can be expanded in the future to 40k. Today's dollars would be much higher but still much more affordable than something enclosed and much cheaper to maintain.
If it is fbs or bust, then it also needs to be remembered there will not be December football.
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I have pointed out in the past that the local FBS team here in Minneapolis, while not enjoying the same type of success that our favorite team does, plays all their home games in an open air stadium.
Not only that but just a few years back the local professional team used that very same open air stadium to play through December and even into the playoffs while they rebuilt their own stadium in place.
Minneapolis is slight warmer than Fargo on average but not by THAT much.
Re: A new and better FBS thread
Re: A new and better FBS thread
So UT and OU applied for an invite to the SEC yesterday. I thought you had to be invited? Can we apply to join a conference?
Re: A new and better FBS thread
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WhoRepsTheLurker
“Pac-12 leaders here at the conference’s annual media day say the move compromises the expansion model and will almost assuredly delay its approval, even potentially resulting in wholesale changes to its structure.”
Or……..the 12 team expansion with the G5 involved was never real. It was a talking point for the non forward thinking people so they wouldn’t notice the real goal of realignment and separation from the NCAA going on in the background
To think the SEC was gonna allow the potential for a Sun Belt team to make the playoffs is straight up absurd
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SamsRams
“Pac-12 leaders here at the conference’s annual media day say the move compromises the expansion model and will almost assuredly delay its approval, even potentially resulting in wholesale changes to its structure.”
Or……..the 12 team expansion with the G5 involved was never real. It was a talking point for the non forward thinking people so they wouldn’t notice the real goal of realignment and separation from the NCAA going on in the background
To think the SEC was gonna allow the potential for a Sun Belt team to make the playoffs is straight up absurd
"Absurd" isn’t the right word. "Naïve" perhaps, but there’s no denying what’s righteous here and what’s simply self-serving inbred greed by the SEC.
But yeah, if this goes the way you suggest then the right thing for the G5 to do is walk away. I guess we’ll see how it all shakes out.
Re: A new and better FBS thread
NDSU AD Matt Larsen says he believes "NDSU is well positioned if a call came from an FBS conference.
https://mobile.twitter.com/domizzowd...223989764?s=21
ALL MY WORK IS PAYING OFF. ILL EXPECT A STATUE
Re: A new and better FBS thread
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El_Chapo
This is the most FBS positive comment I recall from an NDSU official.
Does it mean anything? Who knows?
The Mountain West would need to be interested, obviously.
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Gully
This is the most FBS positive comment I recall from an NDSU official.
Does it mean anything? Who knows?
The Mountain West would need to be interested, obviously.
yeah, I made a similar point on Izzo's twitter thread. This kind of statement is substantively different than anything I've ever heard from ML on the topic. I'm hoping something is in the works.
