Matt Entz seems VERY supportive of FBS jump

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Originally Posted by AKBison

Get the IPF fully built out to P5 specs, launch a campaign to get a new mid major worthy basketball arena built, call up Montana and let's do this. Gotta get the deck cleared for FBS and let's be honest, the SHAC isn't a G5 facility.

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NDSU's new IPF costs the same as Florida State's

The downstream clowns would hope to be relevant by doing everything they could to undermine NDSU - again.

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Originally Posted by heffray

I also think people underestimate the hatred that certain FCS markets and fans have developed for NDSU during the run. I wonder if that would change after we move up, but I’m not sure...

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I also think people underestimate the hatred that certain FCS markets and fans have developed for NDSU during the run. I wonder if that would change after we move up, but I’m not sure...

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Are we getting a new fans with a move up? We aren't being replaced right? :)

UCF, Boise, Cinci all made lots of new fans in the last couple years by being in the exact position NDSU is in.

The Dome can plausibly brought to 21000 seats with existing proposals (south club seats + 350, north pressbox +400, westside box seating +800 to 1000, replacement of current box seating with regular seating +200

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The downstream clowns would hope to be relevant by doing everything they could to undermine NDSU - again.

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Originally Posted by BISONBRI53

Are we getting a new fans with a move up? We aren't being replaced right? :)

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My opinion... they may pay a lot more attention, but it might be like a hate boner hoping we fail. I guess whatever boosts ratings, right? ;)

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My opinion... they may pay a lot more attention, but it might be like a hate boner hoping we fail. I guess whatever boosts ratings, right? ;)

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I sometimes watch UND hockey just for the opportunity of laughing at them when they inevitably fail...

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I sometimes watch UND hockey just for the opportunity of laughing at them when they inevitably fail...

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I purposefully try not to pay any attention to teh hockies and it turns out it’s not very hard to do at all. :)

I routinely watch un_ football for my hatred fix.

How are we sitting on scholarships for Title IX if we were to move up? I don't know how this works. Would we need to add a women's team of some type?

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Originally Posted by reformedUNDfan

UCF, Boise, Cinci all made lots of new fans in the last couple years by being in the exact position NDSU is in.

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The exact same position? Based on what?
And what is the monetary value of these "fans"?

Also probably worth mentioning that those 3 "examples" are also in metros that are between 3-10x the size of Fargo.

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UCF, Boise, Cinci all made lots of new fans in the last couple years by being in the exact position NDSU is in.

The Dome can plausibly brought to 21000 seats with existing proposals (south club seats + 350, north pressbox +400, westside box seating +800 to 1000, replacement of current box seating with regular seating +200

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I used to think it wasn't large enough, but attendance is declining everywhere.

21,000 sellout attendance would put NDSU in the middle of the pack in a G5 conference.

2019 Attendance Averages (which we know are bullshit to begin with)

AAC

29,496

+2.0

MWC

23,232

-2.6

Lowest in history^

C-USA

18,929

0.0

2nd lowest in history

Sun Belt

18,342

+5.5

MAC

15,530

+0.5