The mid to toilet level of G5 is none the more relevent than NDSU don't kid yourself.
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Exactly what someone who was secretly interested in FCS call-ups would say! :P
Are we really an FCS call-up at this point? We have an institutional endowment and yearly budget bigger than their median school. Not to mention higher research classification and academic standards. Give us MW revenue and we're one of the stronger universities in the conference.
In all seriousness, really no one is interested in FCS call-ups until they're really interested in FCS call-ups.
He said he's gotten 3 or 4 phone calls from FCS schools but he doesn't think thats in the Conference best interest. I think he of the mindset that its not smart to add until anything happens with the PAC 12. If the Pac 12 falls apart he could see some bigger name teams as the default conference. But if the Pac 12 stays together, which I'm thinking is likely, they may not have a choice.
If Oregon and Washington dont get an invite I like the chances. Whenever you have Oregon, you are going to be in a conference that treams want. Orgeon is probably worth more than the entire Mountain West
Nobody openly waiting/hoping on picking up PAC members is going to say they want FCS teams
No, that would not be in their best interest
NDSU talked to Thompson a year ago. I’m sure he knows we’re interested and available
IF it happens, NDSU would be stupid to turn down the MWC, and they wouldn’t
He didn't identify the schools as FCS..He just said institutions..3 of them are almost certainly New Mexico State, UTEP and Texas State..They call all the time..
Fox and CBS told the conference that they would not bump up the payout during the term of this contract. What some of you here see as arrogance or fear is really nothing more than money. Or the lack thereof..
The conference could lose some schools but that doesn't mean they will add to replace them..2026 is when things might happen..Then again, they might not.
Idk what your point is. Of COURSE NDSU has more notoriety and is more relevant than most G5 schools, but I'm not talking NDSU. I'm talking the 'tiers' of college football. and you're delusional if you think anyone thinks FCS is basically the same as G5, and anyone who thinks G5 is basically the same as P5. we are in the 3rd tier.
If our goal is to always be in the 2nd tier, we're factually NOT there right now. It is willful ignorance to pretend we are in the 2nd tier. we're not