If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles"
When you play football, you gotta like the taste of blood, And 50 percent of the time, it's your blood.
It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.
"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."
ok boomer .
No NDSU was HOT in 2011-2016 it was THE THING to do. These last few years have been the Plateau .
time to reach new heights.
NDSU TO FBS. HAVEN'T WE WON ENOUGH?
If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles"
When you play football, you gotta like the taste of blood, And 50 percent of the time, it's your blood.
It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.
"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."
Yeah I'm thinking that was bound to "end" or whatever at some point.
Different things trend at different times. I think going to FBS would make NDSU trendy again for a time at least. Maybe would catch on and turn into a little Nebraska or something. That'd be ideal but difficult to achieve in a small state with two schools.
Should also be noted that programs who are successful at FBS also deal with drops in enthusiasm. Alabama had Nick Saban lecturing their student section for not showing up a few years ago. Notre Dame lost their sellout steak a year ago and they have a top 5-ish fanbase and is a destination for visiting fans. Michigan was giving away tickets at gas stations with purchases of like $5 or something like that a few years back. Shit happens
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All that has to be done to improve attendance is to close every lake within 150 miles of Fargo on home game weekends.
I don't think the team has plateaued but the fan base is leveling off. Give us a good game and it's as crazy as ever. For most games it's not the same energy level. Give us a game at Target Field and 35K show up. But it's quite obvious the days of FBS games are gone. We scheduled Oregon back in 2015. Have to wonder if they would book it again today.
We got Colorado (added June 2016 after a 5 peat and pre Iowa win) in 2024. Would they schedule it today? is there a buyout?
I was surprised we got Arizona which was announced June of 2017 for a game in 2022. They were really bad in 2016 too. Maybe they though we were done after losing to JMU in the semi's.That game has a 1 million dollar buyout.
But if we're FBS, we'll see games like that every year in non conference
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