A new and better FBS thread

[BigHorns]

What about the Pac-12 schools with big budgets like Oregon and USC? I can't see Uncle Phil (Knight) being happy that Ducks football isn't at the highest level of competition.

At least a few of these schools are likely to join B1G or SEC, which will become mega conferences that can more easily split off.
By the mid 2030's you could be looking at 20-24 teams in each, or about 48 schools that are "Tier 1".

If they don't split off, they will dominate the CFP slots, with huge advantages in $$$ for players and coaching/staff.

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

https://www.si.com/college/2022/04/2...mittee-changes

This is the article that's generating buzz. With an internal P5 split clearly implicit, hard to imagine this would move very quickly. Mid 2030s seems about right.

Also hard to imagine the P5 dregs and the upper G5 feeling very generous (see FCS move ups) after getting dumped by the elites, and if all of this plays out, it sounds like power will reside in the individual conferences. Haves and have-nots will be pushed even further apart, at multiple levels.

[El_Chapo]

Perception is Reality for alot of people/fans.

NDSU perception across the country is we are trophy chasing & afraid to move up (yea yea we know we need an invite)

Will President Cook do anything Day 1? Will he hit the ground running and want to make a Big Splash?? I sure hope so!! because I'm seeing way way waaaaaaaaaaayy too many 35-55 year olds that were die hard NDSU fans in 2010-2017 not even interested anymore & that's scary people. NDSU has to figure this out soon. NDSU football games/Tailgate WAS the HOT THING for those years, the last few have waned, we need to get that spark and run it back!

[BigHorns]

Perception is Reality for alot of people/fans.
NDSU perception across the country is we are trophy chasing & afraid to move up (yea yea we know we need an invite)

Have a link? Exactly WHO besides yourself is saying this?

Not sure what you expect Cook to do? Proclaim we will be FBS?
Boise St likely goes to Big 12 within the next couple years, thats our opportunity.
In the meantime, relax and enjoy our Frisco trips, life's not that bad really.

[Hammerhead]

Have a link? Exactly WHO besides yourself is saying this?

Not sure what you expect Cook to do? Proclaim we will be FBS?
Boise St likely goes to Big 12 within the next couple years, thats our opportunity.
In the meantime, relax and enjoy our Frisco trips, life's not that bad really.

There are usually comments in stories/posts about another FCS championship where people say NDSU should just move up to the FBS or that we must prefer being a big fish in a small pond.

[OrygunBison]

There are usually comments in stories/posts about another FCS championship where people say NDSU should just move up to the FBS or that we must prefer being a big fish in a small pond.

With the people that I generally find myself with, I get just as many people wondering why NDSU would even consider moving up given the regular opportunity to be successful in the status quo and their assumption that we'd move up and suck by comparison. As of late, I also hear many people suggesting that the FBS is going to be an absolute shitshow as NIL and the transfer portal gain more steam. These folks talk about many major programs becoming defacto second tier because they can't afford to financially compete with Alabama, Clemson, Texas, Oklahoma, and Ohio State for players. There's also a question about the way some of the more prestigious universities might shy away from their schools being just part of a farm system.

I'm pro FBS but this does affect my view of our future home.

[56BISON73]

Perception is Reality for alot of people/fans.

NDSU perception across the country is we are trophy chasing & afraid to move up (yea yea we know we need an invite)

Will President Cook do anything Day 1? Will he hit the ground running and want to make a Big Splash?? I sure hope so!! because I'm seeing way way waaaaaaaaaaayy too many 35-55 year olds that were die hard NDSU fans in 2010-2017 not even interested anymore & that's scary people. NDSU has to figure this out soon. NDSU football games/Tailgate WAS the HOT THING for those years, the last few have waned, we need to get that spark and run it back!

You really need to see a professional about your penis envy issues.

[bisonaudit]

With the people that I generally find myself with, I get just as many people wondering why NDSU would even consider moving up given the regular opportunity to be successful in the status quo and their assumption that we'd move up and suck by comparison. As of late, I also hear many people suggesting that the FBS is going to be an absolute shitshow as NIL and the transfer portal gain more steam. These folks talk about many major programs becoming defacto second tier because they can't afford to financially compete with Alabama, Clemson, Texas, Oklahoma, and Ohio State for players. There's also a question about the way some of the more prestigious universities might shy away from their schools being just part of a farm system.

I'm pro FBS but this does affect my view of our future home.

Not being part of a farm system?! What a bunch of nonsense that is.

[NDSU92]

With the people that I generally find myself with, I get just as many people wondering why NDSU would even consider moving up given the regular opportunity to be successful in the status quo and their assumption that we'd move up and suck by comparison. As of late, I also hear many people suggesting that the FBS is going to be an absolute shitshow as NIL and the transfer portal gain more steam. These folks talk about many major programs becoming defacto second tier because they can't afford to financially compete with Alabama, Clemson, Texas, Oklahoma, and Ohio State for players. There's also a question about the way some of the more prestigious universities might shy away from their schools being just part of a farm system.

I'm pro FBS but this does affect my view of our future home.

In Texas where people actually watch other schools play football, most wonder why we don't go to the Mountain West and compete for conference championships there Day 1.

The fact that conferences don't want a school from ND goes right over their heads though...

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

In Texas where people actually watch other schools play football, most wonder why we don't go to the Mountain West and compete for conference championships there Day 1.

The fact that conferences don't want a school from ND goes right over their heads though...

You sure about that?

Broadly speaking, it seems to me that the lefties want to stay FCS and the righties want to move up, although there are obvious exceptions

What does the program want? What do the former players want? I’d put more weight on that. Fans are fickle, especially spoiled ones