A new and better FBS thread

[TAILG8R]

Our future schedules may get harder.
https://www.14news.com/2021/09/27/us...LIwhAuK9ruBmYg

Another peer institution ...

[NDSU92]

Another peer institution ...

Well thankfully they’re saying they’d drop football if they go. Which has got to be weird to tell to people on your football team…

Otherwise, this is a pretty airtight press release. 1) Acknowledges current partners and doesn’t alienate them 2) States intent and interest in moving up 3) Claims that this is for the benefit of the school and the community.

Pretty much exactly what many of us are looking for from NDSU

[El_Chapo]

Another peer institution ...

Texas AM commerce, Dixie State St Thomas. I mean WAKE THE HELL UP BISONATION THIS IS A JOKE

this week should cement it in your heads even more

[El_Chapo]

PUD on top of PUD

Eight schools have moved up from D2 to FCS in last few years.
Abilene Christian
Incarnate Word
North Alabama
Long Island
Merrimack
Dixie State
Tarleton State
St. Thomas

[Professorbum]

Probably a dumb question, but I'm sincere in asking it.

Is there a scenario in which we end up in CUSA? I know the conventional wisdom is with MWC or MAC. But CUSA is quite possibly going to be clobbered through all the realignment. If so, they are going to need schools and may need to abandon regional thinking. Most importantly, we may still be in need of an FBS conference when the dust starts settling. Could NDSU go there, dominate immediately, and help resurrect the CUSA brand?

[NDSU92]

Probably a dumb question, but I'm sincere in asking it.

Is there a scenario in which we end up in CUSA? I know the conventional wisdom is with MWC or MAC. But CUSA is quite possibly going to be clobbered through all the realignment. If so, they are going to need schools and may need to abandon regional thinking. Most importantly, we may still be in need of an FBS conference when the dust starts settling. Could NDSU go there, dominate immediately, and help resurrect the CUSA brand?

Might happen, I've also seen people talk about rumblings of the G5 conferences wanting to realign everything based on geography since there's so much overlap going on through the Sun Belt, CUSA, AAC footprints. Probably doesn't help NDSU since we don't fit nicely into any of the potential groupings, but I suppose you could make the argument that NDSU could slide into a Texas-based conference.

[El_Chapo]

CUSA is defintely a spot for NDSU football Only... AAC hopefully as well, but i dont see that.

MWC= most sense , peer land grants, rivalries on day 1, geographic
CUSA= they would need a football only 1 off, NDSU would fit that bill
MAC= could work, but MAC wants no part of NDSU football
AAC = football only perhaps
Big 12 = promise of new stadium and all sports!

[1998braves64]

CUSA is defintely a spot for NDSU football Only... AAC hopefully as well, but i dont see that.

MWC= most sense , peer land grants, rivalries on day 1, geographic
CUSA= they would need a football only 1 off, NDSU would fit that bill
MAC= could work, but MAC wants no part of NDSU football
AAC = football only perhaps
Big 12 = promise of new stadium and all sports!

Forgot the Big 10. Heck we're right in their footprint essentially.

[Kevin]

Forgot the Big 10. Heck we're right in their footprint essentially.

Ohio state doesn’t want us anywhere near the B1G because they know we’d take their easy path to the “playoff” away.

[tjbison]

Ohio state doesn’t want us anywhere near the B1G because they know we’d take their easy path to the “playoff” away.

Oh boy, every lurker is running back to their boards with this one!