The Great FBS Debate Thread

[Bison55]

What's the thought on how many years we have left in the dome? does it have 10- 20 more years or do people think it's a viable facility for longer than that?
I have no idea- just kind of interesting to look out 20 years and speculate what things might look like

[tjbison]

What's the thought on how many years we have left in the dome? does it have 10- 20 more years or do people think it's a viable facility for longer than that?
I have no idea- just kind of interesting to look out 20 years and speculate what things might look like

in 20 years I'm guessing the dome will be way too small

I would guess barring a total meltdown Fargo and the MSA will be upwards of 275-300k?

NDSU around 18k students?

but it's going to take, Donors and TAX dollars to build anything period and I don't see it happening

[El_Chapo]

fargodome is OUT Dated for NDSU football the minute that BISON FANS cant get into to watch their favorite team. which is NOW!

Missingnumber. actually im a basketball guy, our basketball team got more national exposure with 1 NCAA win than all of football combined. So yes a BETTER CONFERNCE would help basketball.

[NorthernBison]

I think the G5 conferences become the new fcs with the old fcs schools that are willing to fund up to the appropriate scholarship level. I don't know what that number will be, maybe it stays at 63. The key would be to let the schools that don't want scholarship commitments in football to drop down with the exception of the military academies. That will have to be that next tier and working with a playoff system already in place keeps that level relevant.

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This might be too radical for some to digest but I could actually envision the FBS and FCS designations going away and everything becoming D1. The P5 conferences expanding to a max of 80 teams and having their own playoff format with never a thought of teams from any other conference being selected. Everybody else in D1 outside of those conferences participates in the NCAA Football Playoff with conference autobids subject to severe selection criteria.
The BCS playoff (or whatever they call it) might need to include more than 10% of the eligible teams. I think 20% is more likely.

[Strongman]

in 20 years I'm guessing the dome will be way too small

I would guess barring a total meltdown Fargo and the MSA will be upwards of 275-300k?

NDSU around 18k students?

but it's going to take, Donors and TAX dollars to build anything period and I don't see it happening

Its too small now and will be outdated in 5 years.

NDSU needs a 30000 plus stadium within 5 years, even if we don't move up.

[natstar1]

Team makers leadership hasn't even scratched the surface, a big AD from a bigger college would've walked in and blew that up and fixed the price structure for grandfathered tickets and our sales approach.

how many applicants did we get that were ADs from bigger schools?

[Tatanka]

how many applicants did we get that were ADs from bigger schools?

Stony Brook is a bigger school.

[unbison]

Stony Brook is a bigger school.

Wait what .... El cheapo speaks like it's Concordia.... Wait what's Concordia got for donors ...wow I just spun myself in a circle confused

[NorthernBison]

Its too small now and will be outdated in 5 years.

NDSU needs a 30000 plus stadium within 5 years, even if we don't move up.

If the approval and funding process were already underway, the likelihood of being complete in 5 years is very low. Possible but not likely.

[mebisonII]

This would have been a better topic for bye week, but here goes anyways. Below are the AP top 25 FBS teams. Which of them do you think we could possibly beat with this twist: we play on FCS terms, which means our team stays as is, but they have to drop 22 scholarships. And to make it more like FCS: at least half of the scholarships they drop have to be their starters.

(spent a lot of time in the car this weekend, and this was how I entertained myself)


AP Top 25
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Florida State (34) 3-0 1439
2 Oregon (12) 4-0 1400
3 Alabama (6) 4-0 1377
4 Oklahoma (4) 4-0 1343
5 Auburn 3-0 1268
6 Texas A&M (4) 4-0 1232
7 Baylor 3-0 1143
8 Notre Dame 3-0 967
9 Michigan State 2-1 905
10 Ole Miss 3-0 889
11 UCLA 3-0 806
12 Georgia 2-1 789
13 South Carolina 3-1 764
14 Mississippi State 4-0 706
15 Arizona State 3-0 702
16 Stanford 2-1 564
17 LSU 3-1 541
18 USC 2-1 459
19 Wisconsin 2-1 451
20 BYU 4-0 376
21 Nebraska 4-0 296
22 Ohio State 2-1 196
23 East Carolina 3-1 180
24 Oklahoma State 2-1 132
25 Kansas State 2-1 131