Quote Originally Posted by heffray View Post
…and this is called “A strawman.” It’s when you mischaracterize your opponent’s argument and then tear down THAT argument instead of the actual argument we are making.

Since you clearly need help, here are the points:
1. NDSU doesn’t need any other FCS school to move with them to FBS, we can go alone and we should if the opportunity presents itself.
2. Moving with a peer institution would be beneficial and easier for NDSU (much like when SDSU partners with us to move to D1)…
3. Either of the Montana schools would be good partners to move because they are peer institutions, they care about football and frequently field good D1 level programs, and they have good fan and financial support

Address these points or shut the fuck up.
1) no shit that's been my point the entire time.
2) Montana is not a peer institution. It has 1300 incoming freshman. It is absolutely not an FBS institution. Missoula is a vastly smaller and impoverished community compared to the Fargo metro, the Red River Valley or North Dakota as a whole.
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3) any conference NDSU goes to, they dilute the pot. 2024 MSU was the only team that either university has produced the approached the level that NDSU and SDSU have been both been meeting or exceeding for a decade straight.