NDSU needs to move. this is beyond embarrassing.. 1st und now d3 st thomas
NDSU needs to move. this is beyond embarrassing.. 1st und now d3 st thomas
NDSU TO FBS. HAVEN'T WE WON ENOUGH?
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We have two FCS teams relatively close. One is Stetson Univ of the Pioneer. They went 100 years without football and thought the Pioneer was a way to get football started. Florida is football crazy, I have been to a couple of games...the stadium is small, the field ok, and the talent a bit less, but i don't think the final goal is to stay in the Pioneer forever. The university has a very good baseball team that has produced a couple of pretty recent high profile MLB players, which drove to a degree the desire to have a more well rounded athletic program. The other is Bethune Cookman University. They are talking about leaving the MEAC and joining the SWAC. They have had a modicum of success at the FCS level, but never developed into what they could for one reason or another.
Yeah, the downplaying of this Uni and its potential impact feel like they're really being seen through a rosy lense on here. They could easily be a Valpo/Butler/Creighton++ level AD in a hurry if the commitment is there.
They have a long way to go on facilities, but are very well funded and are sitting on mid-major talent gold mine for recruiting in hoops especially, and football eventually if they play the non-scholly scholly game.
Our non-football sports literally have nowhere to go.
MAC is too far and not much of an upgrade, MWC wouldn't want us and the private MVC schools want nothing to do with us. Maybe we could create a new league but now we are getting into SiouxVolley territory with that idea.
NDSU to the FBS always. In all ways.
I agree with this take. We are kinda stuck for now and have to make the best of the situation despite it being far less than ideal.. Our basketball fortunes, not football will determine any future move ups at this point. It seems like our most realistic opportunity is to join the MVC with SDSU but even that is basically a pipe dream. Something is going to happen post Covid in the realignment world and I hope we are ready.