A new and better FBS thread

[NDSU92]

The usual suspects in this conversation: Dakota 4, Montanas, Idaho. Basically peal the top publics from between the Mississippi River and Rockies from the MVFC and BSC. That group is as good or better than the MAC, academics or athletics.

The wild fantasy would be to bring Wyoming into the mix.

None of that can happen however: Montanas and Idaho want to recruit in CA; Wyoming will never choose to leave the MWC.

What sport is that group better than the MAC in? Maybe football, all others not even close. Much better to take the XDSU's and Montanas and package them as a division to either the MW or the MAC. THOSE four schools would be an upgrade to either conference, and it would make the conference stable as hell.

USD as an FBS program lol
UND as an FBS program lol

But yeah, in any case very very unlikely any of that is happening. UND has a lot, and I mean A LOT, of stuff to figure out before they're in any position to be going anywhere. UND and USD fit in very well in a MVFC sans NDSU and SDSU

[The_Sicatoka]

What sport is that group better than the MAC in? Maybe football, ...

Isn't that the only sport that matters?

[taper]

NDSU and SDSU would be solid adds to MAC wrestling. Our T/F and softball should be competitive. The others all have a few sports that certainly wouldn't embarrass themselves. We'd all have some general program building to do in either the MWC or MAC.

[NDSU92]

Isn't that the only sport that matters?

Football and M bball are the money makers. All the rest are brand-builders.

Oh and hockey

Certainly not "better than the MAC athletically" though

[The_Sicatoka]

All the rest are brand-builders.

In retail I believe the phrase is "loss leaders".

[BigHorns]

Football and M bball are the money makers. All the rest are brand-builders.

Oh and hockey

Certainly not "better than the MAC athletically" though

Football and Basketball are the two most FBS conferences care about most.

Some of the southern oriented conferences also make good money on baseball attendance.
Schools like ECU, USM and Texas St have P5 level baseball programs and draw thousands of fans.
They care about conference SOS for baseball more than north/western conferences.

But, I really doubt any of those southern oriented conferences (AAC, SBC, CUSA) are where we are headed.

[NDSU92]

In summary, our goal for the non-revenue sports is to be in a place where if we get invited to the Mountain West we don't have to worry about getting last place in the conference in 6 of the 9 sports we play in a single year.

Like UND did. Last year. In the Summit. A mediocre conference. In almost every sport.

[daddy daycare]

Incarnate Word maybe then.

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

This man strikes me as pretty smart. UMary/NotreDame grad. Hoops guy

https://twitter.com/zacharydosch/sta...C89YGD9M0rAAAA

[daddy daycare]

This man strikes me as pretty smart. UMary/NotreDame grad. Hoops guy

https://twitter.com/zacharydosch/sta...C89YGD9M0rAAAA

SMCHS and Umary grad therefore big Notre Dame fan. Yes...I think we can all acknowledge that. Also the comments within the thread seem to be similar to concerns brought up here. It'll come in due time.