Quote Originally Posted by Strongman View Post
I just want to puke when I hear this broken record excuse OVER AND OVER AGAIN. You make it sound like it near impossible to be invited into a FBS conference. IF NDSU decided to go up, it would not be difficult to join the MAC or Sunbelt. All FCS conferences, not just the BSC conferences, are expanded to form superconferences. All conferences ideally want 16 team conferences, with two eight team divisions. Big Ten has added two more teams: Maryland and Rutgers. (LOCATION LOL) The Sun Belt has added Idaho, App. State and Georgia Southern. The non BCS conferences will be looking to expand for survival. From the MAC and Sunbelt's perspective, (and even the MWC), North Dakota State is an attractive addition. They would be near the top in attendance for football (MAC teams inflate their attendance figures). Our new basketball arena would be competitive and we would have the best baseball stadium in the conference. (I researched this last night.) NDSU would be a great addition to the Sun Belt conference and a good addition to the MAC conference.

Of course, if we just "wait" and see our opportunity might pass up by when the conferences fill up with 16 teams. Then NDSU is stuck where it is at, unless they want to be an independent like BYU.
You bring up a number of good points, and we should be preparing for a move. However you are severely mistaken if you think we can move up immediately. We need to take steps in the right direction for instance building the SHAC will be huge in allowing us to get a FBS invite (because basketball is an important consideration in FBS affiliated conferences). Getting an indoor practice facility is next on the docket, after that we probably need to raise the funds to build a 30-35k football stadium. Lastly we will need to raise a ton of money so we can add 22 football scholarships add a woman's sport to offset the 22 scholarships. Then we will need to increase our coaches salaries substantially. Yeah so we have a few things to do before we can consider moving up. I am not against the move, but if we are going to make the move we have to do it right.