A new and better FBS thread

[MWC]

You guys will be walking on the promenade deck of a new conference luxury ship before you know it. I do not think you are going to be stuck in FCS..

[EC8CH]

This is such a perfect analogy. I'm imagining UND as the guy who jumps and hits the propeller. SDSU will end up being Rose on the door, taper and daddy daycare are Jack in the water saying "this is fine, someone will save me when the stars align".

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Sounds like you've watched that movie a few too many times bro.

[KSBisonFan]

I am now hoping we get Kennesaw State in the playoffs.

[Professorbum]

I'm picturing NDSU, SDSU, Montana, & Montana State as the four musicians playing music on the Titanic as it's sinking. App State, Georgia Southern, and Coastal got on the first life raft and are just looking back at the sinking (FCS) ship in the distance. JMU, Sam Houston, Jax State, & Kennesaw are now boarding the last life raft.

Other FCS schools in the south with a pulse (EKU, Tarleton, SFA, McNeese, Missouri St., etc.) are about to jump off the ship and hope to grab onto something, waiting for a (FBS) rescue boat to come save them.
The rest of the FCS is stuck in steerage on the sinking FCS ship, completely irrelevant to the outside world.

This is an accurate picture. Except that I would add that it is as if the musicians on the Titanic were saying "look at all the losers getting into the life rafts."

[BigLakeBison]

I keep hearing NDSU admin needs to make an announcement of FBS intentions, but how often does that actually happen? In the last 20 years 12 teams have joined FBS, plus SHSU, JSU, and apparently KSU in the near future. Other than random people on the internet speculating or sportswriters spreading rumors to fill space and get clicks, how many of these programs had an official announcement of intent before an invite? Not counting ones like ODU that had a full FBS conference invite before even playing a single game when starting football from scratch. Please don't just say "x did", give a link to the announcement.
My main point is everybody with the power to get us FBS knows about NDSU football. I am very confident every single conference commissioner and uni president/AD have heard of us.

I’m not asking for FBS intentions specifically. I’m asking for them to sell a vision for the entire athletic department and how that ties into the entire university. The destination isn’t just about FBS. It’s about athletics being a touch point for alumni, fan, community and corporate engagement. They need to share the overall framework of their vision more publicly. They don’t need to promise FBS. They do need to say they aspire to be one of the best mid-major universities in the nation and they need to let anyone with any connection to the university know what their contributions will do to attain that goal.

[taper]

I’m not asking for FBS intentions specifically. I’m asking for them to sell a vision for the entire athletic department and how that ties into the entire university. The destination isn’t just about FBS. It’s about athletics being a touch point for alumni, fan, community and corporate engagement. They need to share the overall framework of their vision more publicly. They don’t need to promise FBS. They do need to say they aspire to be one of the best mid-major universities in the nation and they need to let anyone with any connection to the university know what their contributions will do to attain that goal.

https://ndsufoundation.com/news/2022...-press-release
What do you think this was?

[BigLakeBison]

https://ndsufoundation.com/news/2022/02/In-Our-Hands-campaign-total-press-release
What do you think this was?

The NDSU Foundation is not the Athletics Department. What’s their vision? Lots of vague generalities.

[taper]

The NDSU Foundation is not the Athletics Department. What’s their vision? Lots of vague generalities.

I'm sorry if it doesn't include a bulleted list with everything you want to see. Do you really think our admin can pull off this amazingly successful campaign but have no plan for the proceeds?

[BigLakeBison]

I'm sorry if it doesn't include a bulleted list with everything you want to see. Do you really think our admin can pull off this amazingly successful campaign but have no plan for the proceeds?

Never said they didn’t have a plan. They just aren’t very good at selling it. And selling it matters.

[BigHorns]

Never said they didn’t have a plan. They just aren’t very good at selling it. And selling it matters.

Raising $586 million, plus another $50 million for a practice facility suggests the opposite, they are pretty darn good at selling it.
Just because they aren't shouting fbs from the rooftops doesn't mean people aren't buying in.