A new and better FBS thread

[The_Sicatoka]

Football-only spending comparison.

[MWC]

I know..I was just riffing off his meanderings..

[BigHorns]

El Chapo thinks a lot of things. Most of them conflict with each other. Fits of passion don't appear to be the foundation of a strong argument

"Mountain West sucks and is afraid of NDSU, let's go to the AAC!!"

--five minutes later--

"FBS!! Pump it up!! Let's leave pudville and go to the Mountain West!"

-- five more minutes --

"Lets go Indy, we can pick the best teams in the country to play."

-- a little bit later --

"Lets go play JSU, SHSU, NMSU, and Tarleton State in CUSA! Cuz they is FBS baby!"

[El_Chapo]

at this point, just get me in, ANY FBS!. Mountain West is afraid to add NDSU because they'd be top dog on day 1. this is very true.

[MWC]

Yeah, that must be it..

[El_Chapo]

Yeah, that must be it..

quoted for truth

[MWC]

If true, you will never be invited..Limits your options..

[NDSU92]

Football-only spending comparison.

Nice, you have the ability to do revenues easily? I'm more curious on that.

Also curious what the hell UND is getting for the $5M they're spending yearly on football lol

[NDSU92]

If true, you will never be invited..Limits your options..

Way back we got rejected by the Big Sky when trying to go FCS, word on the street was that they were looking for a doormat and not a competitor.

It turned out they were right, but now there's a lot of NDSU fans that project that same reasoning when FBS conferences (and the MVC) won't invite us. Probably doesn't hurt their reasoning that no FBS schools will answer our calls for a game.

But when it comes to lack of conference interest, it's all down to geography.

[MWC]

If the MW wanted you, geography would not matter to them at all..

I think the MW has done its homework on NDSU and may indeed have interest. They have never been afraid to add a top dog in football. TCU and Boise as classic examples.

However, the conference currently sits at 12 members and won't likely add anyone until 2026 even if a school or two leave. There is no certainty about schools leaving at the moment.

I believe the MW views itself as more of a basketball conference than a football conference. There appears to movement to eliminating divisions so there is no need to have 12 football schools..

The WAC once had 16 members. Everybody hated that and the MW broke off with just 8 members. I think they are perfectly content to get smaller in numbers if that situation arises.