Bison Fatigue

[Stary2k11]

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Evidently Texas doesn’t have Bison fatigue. Walked into the locker room at the Dallas Stars’ practice facility to this permanently on the tv screen.

[fmfantasy]

So keep in mind that 2010-2012 they were full-fledged FCS, in 2013 there were FCS in name but they were ineligible for the postseason since they had started to increase scholarships, in 2014 they were "reclassifying" so they played FBS schedules but were not bowl eligible, and then 2015 and onward they were full-fledged FBS.

Appalachian State
2010: 25,715 (8 games)
2011: 26,211 (7 games)
2012: 26,358 (7 games)
2013: 24,894 (6 games)
2014: 23,166 (6 games)
2015: 21,459 (6 games)
2016: 26,153 (6 games)
2017: 25,787 (6 games)
2018: 21,953 (6 games)
2019: 23,806 (7 games)

Georgia Southern
2010: 17,627 (6 games)
2011: 17,701 (8 games)
2012: 18,487 (7 games)
2013: 14,828 (6 games)
2014: 21,102 (5 games)
2015: 20,780 (6 games)
2016: 20,819 (5 games)
2017: 15,258 (4 games)
2018: 16,802 (6 games)
2019: 13,964 (6 games)

App state is $50 per ticket now it looks like- were they getting that 10 years ago in fcs?

[Stary2k11]

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Evidently Texas doesn’t have Bison fatigue. Walked into the locker room at the Dallas Stars’ practice facility to this permanently on the tv screen.

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It’s in the whole arena all night long. Guess they’re testing graphics in anticipation of another Bison trip? Wonder if that means NDSU has tentatively booked the Comerica Center (old Dr. Pepper arena) for the pep rally?

[tjamz]

TV has been around since 1993 for NDSU games. bad excuse... it's the fcs silly

FBS college football attendance as a whole is at the lowest point since 1996. They must be tired of NDSU winning all the time as well.

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[wagsabison]

As others have pointed out jumping to FBS isn’t going to magically solve what is becoming an attendance issue.


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[Professor Chaos]

App state is $50 per ticket now it looks like- were they getting that 10 years ago in fcs?

Well, if you look at USA Today's finance database they went from $2.3M-$2.4M in ticket revenue in 2010-2012 to $3.1M in 2018 (the last year they have reported ticket revenue numbers). Somehow though NDSU went from $3M in ticket revenue to $5.7M in the same timeframe despite staying in the FCS. The other interesting things from those numbers is at NDSU the "School funds" revenue went up a few hundred k in the 2012 to 2018 timeframe whereas at App St they went from about $500k to $10M. It's no mystery how they're paying for that FBS budget.

[BISON Thunder]

Well, if you look at USA Today's finance database they went from $2.3M-$2.4M in ticket revenue in 2010-2012 to $3.1M in 2018 (the last year they have reported ticket revenue numbers). Somehow though NDSU went from $3M in ticket revenue to $5.7M in the same timeframe despite staying in the FCS. The other interesting things from those numbers is at NDSU the "School funds" revenue went up a few hundred k in the 2012 to 2018 timeframe whereas at App St they went from about $500k to $10M. It's no mystery how they're paying for that FBS budget.

Shhh...this clearly doesn’t fit their FCS fatigue narrative.

[23Bison]

I see the FBS conversation as resumed. Have fun fellas.

Pro FBS...

[El_Chapo]

Well, if you look at USA Today's finance database they went from $2.3M-$2.4M in ticket revenue in 2010-2012 to $3.1M in 2018 (the last year they have reported ticket revenue numbers). Somehow though NDSU went from $3M in ticket revenue to $5.7M in the same timeframe despite staying in the FCS. The other interesting things from those numbers is at NDSU the "School funds" revenue went up a few hundred k in the 2012 to 2018 timeframe whereas at App St they went from about $500k to $10M. It's no mystery how they're paying for that FBS budget.

(ticket revenue up in that report because of the shell game that simmers did by tying teammakers fees to tickets? )


theres a ton of tickets for sale, there are plenty of NDSU fans that just dont care anymore. some might not even care for Frisco. Its here and it's real. solving this problem is paramount

[Professor Chaos]

(ticket revenue up in that report because of the shell game that simmers did by tying teammakers fees to tickets? )


theres a ton of tickets for sale, there are plenty of NDSU fans that just dont care anymore. some might not even care for Frisco. Its here and it's real. solving this problem is paramount

No, that's separate. That's tied to contributions which also went up from about $2M in 2011 to $6.7M in 2018. That $5.7M is purely ticket sales. IIRC around the 2010/2011 timeframe you could get an endzone season ticket for about $100. Now they're $240 (not including any mandatory donations).