A new and better FBS thread

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Originally Posted by B.Schlossman Fan Club

No question the MWC would fill the Fargodome for all games. That conference would literally be the best conference ever for NDSU. I just really hope the administration is telling them we are willing and interested in a full or football only membership. To be honest no other conference is really an option so we better have our best effort out there.

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Your administration has time to craft a winning pitch if they choose to do so. I don't believe the MW would add you or anyone else until the current tv deal expires..It runs through 2026 but I believe new members would not be playing in the MW until Fall 2027. To be certain, some MW programs could leave before then. However, the MW tv deals with CBS and Fox are not based upon who is in the MW. It is based upon available PST and MST viewing windows. Your excellent football prowess and brand would neither hurt or help your chances.

But..If the future for the MW is streaming through Amazon or Apple etc ..They wouldn't care what time of the day or night games are played. That does help your chances..

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Originally Posted by MWC

Your administration has time to craft a winning pitch if they choose to do so. I don't believe the MW would add you or anyone else until the current tv deal expires..It runs through 2026 but I believe new members would not be playing in the MW until Fall 2027. To be certain, some MW programs could leave before then. However, the MW tv deals with CBS and Fox are not based upon who is in the MW. It is based upon available PST and MST viewing windows. Your excellent football prowess and brand would neither hurt or help your chances.

But..If the future for the MW is streaming through Amazon or Apple etc ..They wouldn't care what time of the day or night games are played. That does help your chances..

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I will say when games are played and how they are to be viewed would be a pretty large step down from our current set up. Right now we play whenever we want and pretty much every football, men’s and women’s basketball and even some baseball/softball games are on ESPN+. One centralized location for everything, no fighting with broadcast rights, and we can play when we choose. As a transplant NDSU fan living in Texas, I couldn’t ask for anything better.

Watching Mountain West games on their horrible website setup isn’t a way forward and then to boot half the times we play away at Mountain West opponents in basketball the games not even on there. What’s your experience with Nevada? Is there a local affiliate that plays the game? If a Nevada fan is living on the east coast is there a way for them to watch every game?

There are times I wonder if having more central time zone fan bases would help the west coast conferences? At some point you want to spread your games throughout the day? No? Or is the thought that we’d start competing with other conferences on the same channels?

All Nevada's games were televised this season. There is a local sports news and broadcasting provider in Reno. It is called Nevada Sports Network. They have a local tv station as well as streaming. They do it for other sports including women's sports. They also broadcast AAA baseball home games for the Reno Aces..

It should be noted that the CBS and Fox tv deals only cover conference games. They are not providers for for non conference games. The MW web site streams up what they can but by picking up available feeds from other providers..My guess is there wasn't an available feed for your basketball game.

I have no complaints about the tv deals other than I wish they were for about 10 times more lucrative. :)

I'm watching Nevada vs. NDSU WBB right now via the free Roku app as suggested by tcbison in another thread. Works really well.

Heaven Hamlin is a true superstar..

26 NOV 22 Attendance at FCS games across the nation:

13,390 Southeastern Mo @ Montana
6,451 St. Francis @ Delaware
4,973 Gardner Webb @ Eastern Kentucky
4,495 North Dakota @ Weber State
3,174 Idaho @ Southeastern Louisiana
3,000 Davidson @ Richmond
2,989 Fordham @ New Hampshire
2,717 Elon @ Furhman

FCS is so fucking PUD. how can anyone want to stay

NDSU basically subsidizes this

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Originally Posted by El_Chapo

26 NOV 22 Attendance at FCS games across the nation:

13,390 Southeastern Mo @ Montana
6,451 St. Francis @ Delaware
4,973 Gardner Webb @ Eastern Kentucky
4,495 North Dakota @ Weber State
3,174 Idaho @ Southeastern Louisiana
3,000 Davidson @ Richmond
2,989 Fordham @ New Hampshire
2,717 Elon @ Furhman

FCS is so fucking PUD. how can anyone want to stay

NDSU basically subsidizes this

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NDSU does not subsidize this lol

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Originally Posted by ByeSonBusiness

NDSU does not subsidize this lol

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Low attendance for first round games over thanksgiving weekend shouldn’t be surprising either. I saw some empty FBS stadiums this weekend outside the big P5 games.

NDSU subsidizing fcs. without NDSU fcs is d3 level

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Originally Posted by El_Chapo

NDSU subsidizing fcs. without NDSU fcs is d3 level

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How are we subsidizing FCS?