Are we the big bad bully beating up on midgets now?

[wtffootballfan]

How do you get the State Board of Higher Ed to approve the move up? What mens teams do you cut or woman's teams do you add? Title 9. How does MWC work geographically?

[1998braves64]

Let MVFC championship games happen instead of running away from them. ISUr gave the best game so far and have scored the most points. Pretty sure it'll be MVFC team(s) that knock us off.
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[Herd]

Lest you forget:

App State won 3 titles when NDSU was not eligible.

Ndsu won 3 titles vs App State and GASo.

[WFBisonFan]

Another lame straw man argument. First, there are plenty of examples of non-P5 schools playing in even the biggest bowls, so Detroit would hardly be a requisite fate for NDSU. Second, since it was the Goophers playing in the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit a few weeks ago, are you implying that it is somehow superior to compete in the FCS than compared to the Big 10? I'm sorry, that is a really dumb take.

Ok...let's join the Big 10. Let's try to recruit kids that can compete year in and year out with Ohio State, Michigan State, etc. Can we win some games? Yes...but come on. You try to convince the fan base here that being ok or mediocre in the Big 10 is better than being the top dog of the FCS.

[NDSUSR]

Ok...let's join the Big 10. Let's try to recruit kids that can compete year in and year out with Ohio State, Michigan State, etc. Can we win some games? Yes...but come on. You try to convince the fan base here that being ok or mediocre in the Big 10 is better than being the top dog of the FCS.

I would be all for going FBS if they had a real playoff bracket. I would really miss the tournament and wouldnt go to the Proseed Bowl.

[ByeSonBusiness]

Ok...let's join the Big 10. Let's try to recruit kids that can compete year in and year out with Ohio State, Michigan State, etc. Can we win some games? Yes...but come on. You try to convince the fan base here that being ok or mediocre in the Big 10 is better than being the top dog of the FCS.

That would be really really really really easy to convince people.

[WFBisonFan]

That would be really really really really easy to convince people.

Not a snowball's chance in hell would our fan base would be satisfied.

[bisonaudit]

This is such a tired straw man argument. Id much rather play meaningful competition. I can't understand why anyone would prefer to continue playing in a championship process that consistently fails to produce meaningful competition. Clearly NDSU has outgrown the FCS, which is an incredible thing. Embrace it.

How is an exhibition game "meaningful competition"?

[Bison 4 Life]

This is such a tired straw man argument. Id much rather play meaningful competition. I can't understand why anyone would prefer to continue playing in a championship process that consistently fails to produce meaningful competition. Clearly NDSU has outgrown the FCS, which is an incredible thing. Embrace it.

Tell me, how have we outgrown the competition?

Do we somehow have hundreds of millions of dollars that aren't being spent because we're in FCS?

For some reason Wikipedia tells me that NDSU has a smaller enrollment than St. Cloud State.

Successful in football, yes, but only on this level. That's not nearly enough.

[heffray]

What is perplexing to me is that literally within hours of winning an historic fifth national championship we are back to the FBS mantra (no 24 hour rule here). For the record, right now I enjoy being the Evil Empire of the FCS and I am looking forward to:

Talked to some Gopher fans after the game, a few different groups of them and every single one of them had the same comment... "When are you guys moving up?"

As long as we continue to win championships, you'll continue to hear this question from everyone, and it's well earned.

Honestly I'm not sure why some people are frustrated by it. I'm happy where we're at, intrigued by the prospect of moving up, and I understand why the topic would be brought up after 5 in a row.