US Bank Stadium...

[TAILG8R]

Just play St Thomas at US Bank. When you look at how many fans both schools had at their respective Target Field games, it should sell out no problem
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Make it their welcome do DI game. LOL

[Christopher Moen]

against a real opponent, like SDSU, JMU or a competent G5 school, I think a sellout would be very possible

SDSU? It took NDSU and ESPN Game Day to get their fans to show up......at home. Not a strong fanbase in my opinion for this type of venue. Maybe Montana with their fanbase could get help get the attendance over 40,000.

[southcliffbison]

against a real opponent, like SDSU, JMU or a competent G5 school, I think a sellout would be very possible

What did JMU bring to Frisco in January? 6000 ? …….. not enough to help sell out the Bank. Need a school with more fans and closer.

[bajadanny]

What did JMU bring to Frisco in January? 6000 ? …….. not enough to help sell out the Bank. Need a school with more fans and closer.

Need a big 10 team to play NDSU

[THEsocalledfan]

Any school that thinks they can beat NDSU would want to play them at home. Any school tempted by playing a game like this wouldn't want the attention of getting spanked by an FCS school. That's just my opinion.

No doubt your core contention is correct. But, $$$ is getting to be a bigger and bigger issue for many and some of these schools could probably make more playing NDSU in this type of game than a home game. Again, the flaw in my argument is you would need a top tier G5 team to draw enough to really make it go with a big payout. Needs to be Boise, Wyoming, a top AAC school, Georgia Southern, App St., etc. in other words, the true "name" schools.

[ndsubison1]

You don't think NIU wouldn't like the idea of playing in an NFL stadium? Not to mention the $$$?

Against us? Nope.

[SafeTeeJ]

id like to see Wisco or Nebraska
They both travel well.

[Bison bison]

Is Nebraska still FBS?

[Bison03]

Zero chance a P5 would play a neutral site game at US Bank Stadium. Probably less then 10% chance a G5 team would as well. What regional FCS fanbase would bring a lot of people? SDSU? USD? UNI? First of all, no they would not. And second, no school would ever give up a conference home game. The only reason this game is being played there is because they can draw a huge crowd; 37,000 for their game at Target Field and 19,500 for their game at Allianz Field. Throw in the fact this will be the last game they will EVER play against other in a rivalry game 119 years old. There is a reason this game needs a huge venue. Yes, NDSU fans travel and have lots of fans in MSP. But I am just wondering what team would come there to okay the Bison. Would 40,000 come watch another beatdown of a Pioneer team? Doubt it. Hope something can work out in the future at going to a Bison game in an NFL stadium would be awesome!!

[Herd]

The options are pretty limited. Some possibilities imo.

St Thomas
Yale or Harvard
JMU
UCF
NIU
CO State
Cincinnati
Montana