Disagree wholeheartedly. If SBC or AAC were in the market to add, Delaware would have been a perfect add for both. They are not adding. MAC isn't going to add and if they do they have options like Illinois State, Youngstown, WKU, MTSU. If any of those add they will pull from the CUSA before adding NDSU and then we would once again be in line to backfill CUSA. We aren't going to be allowed to skip a step in this process. It ain't happening. MWC is only an option if the PAC2 finds a way to raid them.
At this point it feels like the FBS dream is never going to happen. If that's the case, it's time to start pouring resources into basketball. We should be able to keep football at a high FCS level while building up the basketball program. That said, I'm still not certain this fanbase would get too revved up about a midweek December bowl game after the first one or two.
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The Thanksgiving Sat games always have low attendance, but the FCS quarters and semis(not just at NDSU) often have more actual butts in seats than a big chunk of the G5 bowl games. Don't forget they straight up lie about bowl attendance then make sure the tv camera doesn't pan across the stands.