A new and better FBS thread

[The_Sicatoka]

Playoff committee uses a super secret algorithm to award shitty teams from the south with seeds they don't deserve.

But it is usually VERY clear who #1 and #2 are anyway so any seeding after that doesn't have as much of an impact.

I was going to say stogies, scotch, and a smoke-filled back room, but that's where the algorithm is implemented.

[NDSU92]

I have been assured by some here that all G5's are afterthoughts..Do you really want to sign up to be an instant afterthought..You would be known as the 1st upper midwest afterthought. So there is that.

Man I didn’t know you were going to take it this hard. When was the last time a Nevada highlight was shown on ESPN? When was the last time Nevada was brought up on a national football show? In your head and in your corner of the country Nevada is a big deal. The same thing goes for NDSU and North Dakota. Outside our respective areas we may as well not exist. Sorry to be the one to tell you…

[MWC]

Dude I am just kidding around with you guys..I don't care if you think Nevada is an afterthought, it is okay with me..

[BigHorns]

Lets just say you're first and it's the CUSA.

2 years later the MWC pulls Montana and Montana State.

Being first doesn't mean shit.

Yep, this is the one move that would take us backwards, and jeopardize the whole program.
It could cost millions, and get us stuck in a league with lower-tier texas FCS teams that simply relabeled themselves.

1 - It may be even harder to move to another conference, due to contracts and exit fees, etc.
2 - We would be much more of an "afterthought" - because right now there is *no* television for this league after 2022.
At least in FCS, we always get a few games on ESPN during the playoffs, and the championship game gets nice exposure.
3 - It may be a negative revenue league soon - meaning you pay in rather than get paid.

CUSA right now is the laughing stock of FBS, and the Bison joining that hot mess would not matter.

https://www.mensjournal.com/sports/c...l-conferences/

Conference USA is the saddest conference in FBS these days, bar none. All of its most interesting teams are about to leave for the AAC, and no league was a bigger loser from the 2021 realignment wave than this one.

[MWC]

You are correct that Nevada doesn't get mentioned on ESPN much but the MW providers are Fox and CBS. They talk about MW members, including NV, all the time. No denying that the MW is just a nice regional conference, though. It is fun as hell with long time rivalries. That's good enough for me..I am far more interested in that than the Alabama's and Ohio States of the world..Not everything has to be grand and important..

[BigHorns]

You are correct that Nevada doesn't get mentioned on ESPN much but the MW providers are Fox and CBS. They talk about MW members, including NV, all the time. No denying that the MW is just a nice regional conference, though. It is fun as hell with long time rivalries. That's good enough for me..I am far more interested in that than the Alabama's and Ohio States of the world..Not everything has to be grand and important..

If replying to my post - I think MWC would be great for exposure, it's CUSA that is dead, and has nothing.
edit - looks like you are replying to NDSU92 ... he has some fair points, but MWC's coverage on Fox/CBS is still pretty good.

In the end, most G5 conferences don't get the same exposure as the P5's in the media.
Which goes back to why having good rivals to play matters a lot. Being stuck in a league with SHSU and SFA would suck balls.

[ByeSonBusiness]

You are correct that Nevada doesn't get mentioned on ESPN much but the MW providers are Fox and CBS. They talk about MW members, including NV, all the time. No denying that the MW is just a nice regional conference, though. It is fun as hell with long time rivalries. That's good enough for me..I am far more interested in that than the Alabama's and Ohio States of the world..Not everything has to be grand and important..

Yea I'm with you. I dont watch a ton of MWC, used to watch more when TCU and Utah were there. I check out an AFA game now and then. Its still a fine conference regardless of exposure on sportscenter.

If one of the requirements for moving up is NDSU cant lose any exposure or branding, then we are never going to move up. NDSU is all but guaranteed to get exposure right now because the level of domination and the bizarre location is a goofy annual story for ESPN and others.

If we move up, we probably lose that. But at least we'd be where we competitively belong. Might get some fun coverage for awhile. Its sorta a good story if we move up and are still very good. It's also a story if we move up and get humbled.

I'd like to see NDSU in the FBS. Probably even CUSA. I think improving basketball is the best ticket to getting an invite. Really want the school to pump resources into that now that we got facilities worked out.

[MWC]

I am unconvinced you would enjoy the MW any more than the conference you are in now. It would be a step up in classification but you have almost zero history with any of the schools. Rivalries take a long time to develop. We were all playing each other even before this version of the MW came together. All the night games would be a drag for you too..We get lots of games that start at 8 or even 9PM local PST. It is just weird. I would be just as happy if we lost the tv deal and just played games on Saturday afternoons at 1.

The MW is a pretty solid basketball conference and that seems to be where all the momentum is moving to. Your brand is football..

[BISONBRI53]

I am unconvinced you would enjoy the MW any more than the conference you are in now. It would be a step up in classification but you have almost zero history with any of the schools. Rivalries take a long time to develop. We were all playing each other even before this version of the MW came together. All the night games would be a drag for you too..We get lots of games that start at 8 or even 9PM local PST. It is just weird. I would be just as happy if we lost the tv deal and just played games on Saturday afternoons at 1.

The MW is a pretty solid basketball conference and that seems to be where all the momentum is moving to. Your brand is football..

Not True. Lakes said that rivalries would happen instantly.

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

I am unconvinced you would enjoy the MW any more than the conference you are in now. It would be a step up in classification but you have almost zero history with any of the schools. Rivalries take a long time to develop. We were all playing each other even before this version of the MW came together. All the night games would be a drag for you too..We get lots of games that start at 8 or even 9PM local PST. It is just weird. I would be just as happy if we lost the tv deal and just played games on Saturday afternoons at 1.

The MW is a pretty solid basketball conference and that seems to be where all the momentum is moving to. Your brand is football..

Were you playing them in D2?

Kolpack said it best today on 1660. NDSU FB isn't an FCS program