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[Strommer10]

ESPN article today about JMU moving up to the FBS and NDSU being left behind:
https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...-fcs-conundrum

It is the most college football first-world problem imaginable, and a version of this seems to be afflicting NDSU as well. The Fargo Dome still hosted some of FCS' largest crowds in 2021, but it's difficult not to notice a trend: In 2018, NDSU averaged 18,106 fans at each home game. In 2019, it was 17,440, down 4%. In 2021, it was 15,101, down another 13%. "There's something to that that nobody will say on record," Brown said. "You used to not be able to get a ticket. You can get a ticket now."

"This is the most successful program, with the best infrastructure and one of the most developed fan bases -- kind of a run-on-autopilot football program," Brown said of NDSU. "Put them in the MAC tomorrow, and 63 scholarships aside, they're making a bowl game."

NDSU has clearly chosen to stand pat. JMU did the same until a great situation arose. But it will be interesting to see what happens if the Bison continue to win, and attendance continues to slide.

"This isn't the same FCS as it was a decade ago," Brown noted. "James Madison is a peer program and they're leaving. App State left. Marshall left [long ago]. FCS keeps expanding with Division II teams like Merrimack, and some of the other perennially strong programs in the Missouri Valley are facing some institutional challenges, like Youngstown State.

"I don't think it's irrational for a fan to [notice], 'Everyone is leaving, and the title itself is becoming less meaningful, and the level of investment among our peers is declining."

[NDSU92]

ESPN article today about JMU moving up to the FBS and NDSU being left behind:
https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...-fcs-conundrum

Very interesting. I’m curious if they reached out to Larsen and Entz. The JMU guys got a bunch of stuff in. Then for NDSU we have reporter Matt Brown speaking on our behalf.

Maybe we weren’t there to answer the call

[56BISON73]

ESPN article today about JMU moving up to the FBS and NDSU being left behind:
https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...-fcs-conundrum

Good read.

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

Very interesting. I’m curious if they reached out to Larsen and Entz. The JMU guys got a bunch of stuff in. Then for NDSU we have reporter Matt Brown speaking on our behalf.

Maybe we weren’t there to answer the call

The guy who wrote it responded to Mcfeely on Twitter and said he purposefully avoided addressing the "elephant in the room" in the article, since it was about JMU. He hopes to do so soon ... or something like that

[NDSU92]

The guy who wrote it responded to Mcfeely on Twitter and said he purposefully avoided addressing the "elephant in the room" in the article, since it was about JMU. He hopes to do so soon ... or something like that

Well that’s weird on the part of the writer then. Why mention us and why have Matt Brown talk about us a bunch? It seemed like he was writing an article about both schools. It’s on my ESPN page and was tagged as NDSU lol

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

Well that’s weird on the part of the writer then. Why mention us and why have Matt Brown talk about us a bunch? It seemed like he was writing an article about both schools. It’s on my ESPN page and was tagged as NDSU lol

I got the impression he was playing up the rivalry, and the fact that we're split up now. Probably to get more clicks too ...

[NDSUstudent]

JMU was more of a rival than perhaps any school not named SDSU, so I get the article. This line is so correct... "I don't think it's irrational for a fan to [notice], 'Everyone is leaving, and the title itself is becoming less meaningful, and the level of investment among our peers is declining."

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

JMU was more of a rival than perhaps any school not named SDSU, so I get the article. This line is so correct... "I don't think it's irrational for a fan to [notice], 'Everyone is leaving, and the title itself is becoming less meaningful, and the level of investment among our peers is declining."

Yeah he definitely throws shade on FCS

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comment...ota_state_and/

The gopher fans really don’t want NDSU to move up

FWIW, I think many of you are misreading Cook. I take his "if they call, we listen" comment as a definite indication of interest. You have to take it in context

[Rock]

Yeah he definitely throws shade on FCS

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comment...ota_state_and/

The gopher fans really don’t want NDSU to move up

FWIW, I think many of you are misreading Cook. I take his "if they call, we listen" comment as a definite indication of interest. You have to take it in context

Wasnt Boise fcs?


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[BigHorns]

Wasnt Boise fcs?


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Sure, in 1994. 28 years ago. That's about 1/3 of a lifetime.
How is your databank missing such valuable information?