NDSU to the FBS

[MankatoBison]

UC Davis is more likely to go to MWC. They have the money, the enrollment and the TV.

NDSU has none of that.

guys we dont have any of that!!! LOL what the hell are you talking about?
ticket sales donations media rights student fees total budget
2019 $691,013 $2,304,027 $3,142,045 $23,541,327 40,000,000

We have more in donations, merch sales, and media rights than them
Their stadium would have to expand by over 50% to jump to FBS.
They have a non existent national brand where 60% of their athletic revenue is student fees.

We have the money and the the TV. They have the enrollment, which is easily, without a doubt, the least important criteria for any football conference criteria. I would actually say its not important whatsoever.

[MankatoBison]

Mountain West isnt as good of a G5 conference as a few years ago. If they had an open spot Id imagine theyd try to get into Texas area (UTEP, Texas State).

neither of those programs provide anything of value to the conference. Like the Big 10 adding rutgers- they PERCIEVED that it would add TONS of eyes on TV, and recruiting hotbeds on the east coast. Neither has happened as a result of rutgers or maryland. In a world of streaming, you add the most entertaining program that gives your conference a chance to get post season cash and gets people to stream the games on the phone. NDSU does all of these vastly more than UTEP and texas state. (and rutgers)

[El_Chapo]

guys we dont have any of that!!! LOL what the hell are you talking about?
ticket sales donations media rights student fees total budget
2019 $691,013 $2,304,027 $3,142,045 $23,541,327 40,000,000

We have more in donations, merch sales, and media rights than them
Their stadium would have to expand by over 50% to jump to FBS.
They have a non existent national brand where 60% of their athletic revenue is student fees.

We have the money and the the TV. They have the enrollment, which is easily, without a doubt, the least important criteria for any football conference criteria. I would actually say its not important whatsoever.

Tulsa - Enrollment 3351

[2011BisonAlumni]

Tulsa - Enrollment 3351

Private university
$1.14 B endowment
Metro area of 1 million people
30k stadium renovated in 2008

[Bison 4 Life]

Private university
$1.14 B endowment
Metro area of 1 million people
30k stadium renovated in 2008

NDSU would be the smallest, least funded public university in FBS.

[Twincitybizon]

NDSU would be the smallest, least funded public university in FBS.

Step 1. Send a demolition crew to grand forks
2. Bulldoze UND
3. Profit

[mtoutfitter]

Private university
$1.14 B endowment
Metro area of 1 million people
30k stadium renovated in 2008

He doesn't like to let those pesky little facts get in the way of his tantrums.

[abc123]

neither of those programs provide anything of value to the conference. Like the Big 10 adding rutgers- they PERCIEVED that it would add TONS of eyes on TV, and recruiting hotbeds on the east coast. Neither has happened as a result of rutgers or maryland. In a world of streaming, you add the most entertaining program that gives your conference a chance to get post season cash and gets people to stream the games on the phone. NDSU does all of these vastly more than UTEP and texas state. (and rutgers)

It didn't matter whether it got eyes actually on TV, Rutgers and Maryland got the B1G Network into the cable lineup in NYC/DC/east coast markets, which was automatically worth a whole bunch of $$$$'s in cable subscriptions. Distributions from the TV contract went from $26 million in 2013 to $52 million in 2018. But tell us somemore how it was a big mistake.

[heffray]

Step 1. Send a demolition crew to grand forks
2. Bulldoze UND
3. Profit

If I could add more rep to this, I would...

[JohnnyExtacy]

NDSU would be the smallest, least funded public university in FBS.

NDSU needs to figure out what it wants. If it wants to continue to stay in Division 2 for football, they need to start allocating funds over to the basketball program and improve that. You could probably cut the Teammakers money in half for the football program and it would still be among the elite in FCS. That's ok, but quit wasting resources.