Matt Larsen on ESPNU this morning

[tony]

Had to run an errand and, what do you know, ESPNU radio had Matt Larsen on while I was out and about!

I might get some of this wrong but:

• He's open to spring football because it would be so much better, revenue-wise and safety-wise, to have fans and stuff than to have, say, 20% capacity in the middle of a pandemic
• He did a good job of describing NDSU's situation
• NDSU is really different than the rest of the FCS because NDSU depends on football ticket/donation revenue but other programs are almost entirely dependent on institutional support... so NDSU really stands to get screwed if there is no football
• The NCAA is going to decide shortly whether to have fall championships at all

I missed quite a bit of the interview but I thought that Matt Larsen really did a good job of representing NDSU.

[ndsubison1]

I still think spring football is a pie in the sky idea. Juco might be able to get away with it.

[El_Chapo]

hate spring football.
Play Now. Play Conference. 8 team FCS playoff field in December.
Boom Done.

[ByeSonBusiness]

hate spring football.
Play Now. Play Conference. 8 team FCS playoff field in December.
Boom Done.

Not sure how you can have an 8 team field.

[Honeybooboo]

Spring FB does zero for Seniors with NFL aspirations FYI, they wont play anyway

NCAA is July 31st deadline for a decision on Fall sports from what im told

[tony]

Spring FB does zero for Seniors with NFL aspirations FYI, they wont play anyway

NCAA is July 31st deadline for a decision on Fall sports from what im told

Larsen and the guys on ESPNU were hoping that they would wait until their August meeting to make a decision on fall sport championships. I'm guessing that's because they hope that things will improve by then. I mean, if the NCAA makes a decision now with the way things are going, they'd almost certainly vote to cancel them ( the fall sport championships, that is.)

[Honeybooboo]

Larsen and the guys on ESPNU were hoping that they would wait until their August meeting to make a decision on fall sport championships. I'm guessing that's because they hope that things will improve by then. I mean, if the NCAA makes a decision now with the way things are going, they'd almost certainly vote to cancel them ( the fall sport championships, that is.)

maybe, just what I was told from a very reliable source is July 31st is the end all

[56BISON73]

Larsen and the guys on ESPNU were hoping that they would wait until their August meeting to make a decision on fall sport championships. I'm guessing that's because they hope that things will improve by then. I mean, if the NCAA makes a decision now with the way things are going, they'd almost certainly vote to cancel them ( the fall sport championships, that is.)

I just dont believe this. How can this be when we just had a member post that Larsen was sitting on his hand doing nothing?????

[El_Chapo]

Not sure how you can have an 8 team field.

8 best combo of rankings/records? pretty simple for the committee

[mnriverbison]

[*]NDSU is really different than the rest of the FCS because NDSU depends on football ticket/donation revenue but other programs are almost entirely dependent on institutional support... so NDSU really stands to get screwed if there is no football.

Seems bad for us in this case