NDSU to AAC prepare theyself.

[daddy daycare]

How long until this thread ends up with the “NDSU to CUSA” thread from 11/2021

[heffray]

How long until this thread ends up with the “NDSU to CUSA” thread from 11/2021

Fuck, it’s there now…

[SDbison]

So when will this be announced?

[EC8CH]

so when will this be announced?

asap imho......

[EP NDSU Fan]

AAC would be a no brainer if we could just get an invite…….. big if. No point in arguing about it.

At what point does the top half of the MVFC and Big Sky say F it and try to form a football only FBS conference. The NCAA is at its weakest point in history and you would be talking about 16 US Senators depending on who wants to go.

Would this be better than the AAC from a peer institution perspective?

NDSU | SDSU | Mo State | Ill State | Montana | Montana State | Idaho | Sac State | UC Davis | Weber

The AAC is just a weird mix of high end private and large second (third ?) tier state schools.

Not sure Sac State and UC Davis have interest but those two and Weber all have +25k enrollments, all the others are top tier state schools. Day one this conference is better than the MAC and CUSA but I think more importantly these are closer to NDSU from an institutional perspective, even more so the the current MFVC. The directional valley schools and Murray State would be a great fit with Mankato and Duluth, just sayin'.

[HerdBot]

At what point does the top half of the MVFC and Big Sky say F it and try to form a football only FBS conference. The NCAA is at its weakest point in history and you would be talking about 16 US Senators depending on who wants to go.

Would this be better than the AAC from a peer institution perspective?

NDSU | SDSU | Mo State | Ill State | Montana | Montana State | Idaho | Sac State | UC Davis | Weber

The AAC is just a weird mix of high end private and large second (third ?) tier state schools.

Not sure Sac State and UC Davis have interest but those two and Weber all have +25k enrollments, all the others are top tier state schools. Day one this conference is better than the MAC and CUSA but I think more importantly these are closer to NDSU from an institutional perspective, even more so the the current MFVC. The directional valley schools and Murray State would be a great fit with Mankato and Duluth, just sayin'.

Mo State, Ill State, Sac State, UC Davis & Weber are a 3rd tier schools in their states and bring very little interest from NDSU fans or nationwide.

Navy, Memphis, SMU, and Tulane are on a different stratosphere IMO.Temple had name recognition. Almost all of the other schools have better stadiums, fan bases and attendance. Tulsa, North Texas, Tulsa, Charlotte, South Florida, UAB, FAU, Rice and UTSA are way more interesting IMO

[EP NDSU Fan]

Mo State, Ill State, Sac State, UC Davis & Weber are a 3rd tier schools in their states and bring very little interest from NDSU fans or nationwide.

Navy, Memphis, SMU, and Tulane are on a different stratosphere IMO.Temple had name recognition. Almost all of the other schools have better stadiums, fan bases and attendance. Tulsa, North Texas, Tulsa, Charlotte, South Florida, UAB, FAU, Rice and UTSA are way more interesting IMO

Agreed fan interest will never compete with a service academy or SMU, which could be in PAC school, but those schools I mentioned would replace Murray State, ISUb, and the directional Illinois. Our 2023 conference schedule is a mess, we could be worse next year and still be a one loss team going into the playoffs. The AD has to see next year's home attendance issues coming right? Everyone is going to spend their football fun money for the US Bank game then what is the motivation to spend more on Maine, Central Arkansas, USD, WIU, Murray State, and SIU. Does actual home attendance get into the 12k range. Maybe I'm being an ass but I wouldn't drive from MSP for any of those games.

I also agree on stadium point, Sac State and Weber need to ditch the track football combos.

[reformedUNDfan]

At what point does the top half of the MVFC and Big Sky say F it and try to form a football only FBS conference. The NCAA is at its weakest point in history and you would be talking about 16 US Senators depending on who wants to go.

Would this be better than the AAC from a peer institution perspective?

NDSU | SDSU | Mo State | Ill State | Montana | Montana State | Idaho | Sac State | UC Davis | Weber

The AAC is just a weird mix of high end private and large second (third ?) tier state schools.

Not sure Sac State and UC Davis have interest but those two and Weber all have +25k enrollments, all the others are top tier state schools. Day one this conference is better than the MAC and CUSA but I think more importantly these are closer to NDSU from an institutional perspective, even more so the the current MFVC. The directional valley schools and Murray State would be a great fit with Mankato and Duluth, just sayin'.

So a worse mountain west. Hard pass

[reformedUNDfan]

Mo State, Ill State, Sac State, UC Davis & Weber are a 3rd tier schools in their states and bring very little interest from NDSU fans or nationwide.

Navy, Memphis, SMU, and Tulane are on a different stratosphere IMO.Temple had name recognition. Almost all of the other schools have better stadiums, fan bases and attendance. Tulsa, North Texas, Tulsa, Charlotte, South Florida, UAB, FAU, Rice and UTSA are way more interesting IMO

Uc Davis is an elite world class institution

Edit: even the USnew rankings, with their strong bias toward small and private schools, thinks it's a top 40 US University

[EP NDSU Fan]

Uc Davis is an elite world class institution

Edit: even the USnew rankings, with their strong bias toward small and private schools, thinks it's a top 40 US University

I was looking at those rankings too. Illinois State at 221 was a surprise. Much higher than the other Illinois state schools. Also looks like Mo State is getting the Mankato treatment from their state legislature. Lack of investment based on pushing more people to the flagship university.