Not sure which part about this is more amusing.
I think its the part of the argument where you try to claiming that heading 200 miles west to count a metro of 130,000 people, with the large majority not caring one way or another about NDSU with a not insignificant amount who more or less show open disdain for "Imperial Cass" as a solid argument for the "NDSU market". And that somehow the Fargo/Bismarck "markets" are comparable to Omaha, which is still 3x the size of your mythical Farmarck or Bisgo metro.
Second would be claiming some sort of actual measurable penetration (TWSS) into the MSP market that is over 200 miles in the other direction and has their own flagship D1 university.
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Yeah man, FCS football is really a needle mover.
Difference is, I accept where college hockey and FCS football are in the sporting world landscape and are both things most people are never going to care about. And it doesn't bother me. I don't need to pretend they are something they aren't and use some stupid logic to make myself feel better.
Well he’s counting them because NDSU games are shown on their local televisions and are played on their local radios. Didn’t look like he was making the argument that everyone in Dickinson shits green and gold (although NDSU is the #1 college football team there). His point is that NDSU has probably just as much market penetration in MSP as Temple does in Philly.
At the end of the day I guess it’s pretty easy to see how a UND fan could have no understanding of this discussion because there is literally zero reason to ever contemplate what UND/Grand Forks could bring to a conference.