NDSU in a FBS conf such as MWC, AAC or even MAC would straight Dominate Recruiting. We'd easily pluck the top 4-5 kids from UNI, SDSU regional schools and take kids from Minnesota/Iowa/Wisconsin that want to be FBS and might not get much playing time at those 3.
NDSU would dominate.
NDSU TO FBS. HAVEN'T WE WON ENOUGH?
At the Go5 level what do you REALLY have to offer that you don't have at FCS if you're NDSU?
- More money games against P5's?
- Opportunity to be in a crappy bowl game (most seasons.... yes, I know sometimes they get NYD games)
- A chance at nationally televised games
At the FCS level at NDSU student athletes have:
- Opportunity to play for championships
- The occasional FBS/P5 game
- A chance for College Gameday to visit
- A chance to play for a school that is a national brand (maybe not a MAJOR national brand, but well known due to their dominance)
- Nationally televised playoff/championship games
I'm not sure that the G5 argument is > the FCS argument if the FCS school is NDSU
To me it comes down to what the NDSU athletic department goals are in a more macro long term sense. Short term for the reasons you listed being a big fish in a small pond is better. Now if you think the brand, and program are capable of eventually making it to where for example Boise is wouldn’t Go5 be better?
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