A new and better FBS thread

[56BISON73]

they should because we'd be FBS by now and working our way up into a P5 invite to Big 12.

Think about it. 2015 NDSU is in Mountain West and wins 4 outta 5 years, the Big 12 wouldve grabbed us by now
instead I'm stuck here with fcs pudville

and you're dam right the Pres and NDSU admin should've listened to us and WORKED THEIR ASSES OFF SOLICITING FBS CONFERENCES

THEY STILL HAVENT CONTACTED ONE !!!!

Youre lying again.

[All4One]

You are assuming the MW is going to be gutted? Where are all these schools going to go? San Diego State checks some boxes but the rest of the conference members don't. You do know that the exit fee with 2 years notice is 16 million bucks..The fee for leaving with 1 year notice is 35 million.

I think the Pac 10 will remain the Pac 10 for awhile. I think the MW will have the same lineup for awhile as well.

Thompson is in his late 60's and is just retiring for the usual reasons.

First off, CBS has reported that the Big Ten is still looking at adding Washington, Oregon, Stanford, & Cal with the Big XII eyeing the Four Corners schools leaving the Beavers and Cougars alone in the PAC.

The PAC's brand will always be stronger than the Mountain West, and I'm referring to the league's namesake, not the members. The PAC has been grandfathered in as an unconditional autonomy conference wirh the other four Power Conferences. I guarantee you that Oregon State & Washington State will have a much better chance of pulling whoever they want from the Mountain West under the banner and autonomy of the PAC, than the Mountain West will have at pulling those 2 to them with the MWC as a non-AQ NY6 non-autonomy conference.

Secondly, as we learned from Marshall, Southern Miss, & ODU that unless your league has a Grant of Rights in place, which the Mountain West doesn't, then exit fees are just an arbitrary assumption written on paper that really has no legal standing especially when a state funded public school outside of Colorado (where the MWC headquarters is located) can simply hide behind their respective states' sovereign immunity laws and local hometown judges to protect the institutions financially from out-of-state entities like the Mountain West when they go to sue for exit fees.

[BigHorns]

The PAC won't be instantly gutted, and neither will the MWC.
Just because everyone fled CUSA doesn't mean everyone leaves the MWC.
And even if that happened so what? MWC can load up on MVFC and Big Sky teams and end up a helluva lot stronger than the Southland/Big South based CUSA. MVFC/Big Sky >>> Southland/Big South. And MWC >>> CUSA.

What will happen is movement, and almost certainly openings in both conferences.
These type of shifts happen about once a decade, and PAC/MWC are not immune.

Change is good and will bring opportunities. Its just a little slower to develop with these large institutions than some would like.

[BigHorns]

https://twitter.com/TheSnowBelt

Snow Belt

Love it

Let's do a head to head with CUSA to see who gets to keep the FBS affiliation

I hope Mr CUSA/Liberty is right, and MWC does get gutted.
In that scenario, the SnowBelt becomes real, and would stomp CUSA.
Half of CUSA would lose to the CAA, its why they are stocking up on buttercup FCS teams.

[All4One]

The PAC won't be instantly gutted, and neither will the MWC.
Just because everyone fled CUSA doesn't mean everyone leaves the MWC.
And even if that happened so what? MWC can load up on MVFC and Big Sky teams and end up a helluva lot stronger than the Southland/Big South based CUSA. MVFC/Big Sky >>> Southland/Big South. And MWC >>> CUSA.

What will happen is movement, and almost certainly openings in both conferences.
These type of shifts happen about once a decade, and PAC/MWC are not immune.

Change is good and will bring opportunities. Its just a little slower to develop with these large institutions than some would like.

That was the original question. That NDSU fans would be okay being part of a Mountain West that didn't include all of their better programs. Thanks for answering.

[All4One]

I hope Mr CUSA/Liberty is right, and MWC does get gutted.
In that scenario, the SnowBelt becomes real, and would stomp CUSA.
Half of CUSA would lose to the CAA, its why they are stocking up on buttercup FCS teams.

LOL. It's a nice dream for you. Pipe. But still nice. Good luck!

[Buthockey]

No. They wouldn't have received an invite. Football Jesus wasn't getting NDSU into the MWC at that time.

Who ya got tonight in the big game eh?

[El_Chapo]

Who ya got tonight in the big game eh?

leaning Padres.. Dodgers have their backs to the wall though

[Professorbum]

LOL. It's a nice dream for you. Pipe. But still nice. Good luck!

This is why we are not FBS already. Because people, including our leaders, are holding out for things that will likely never happen.

[taper]

This is why we are not FBS already. Because people, including our leaders, are holding out for things that will likely never happen.

Are you saying we had an invite but declined?