A new and better FBS thread

[unbison]

I think just winning the summit isn't enough to spark a fanbase that is used to FCS titles.
We need to get a NCAA win or two that isn't seen as a play in game.

Beat a name like Duke, UNC, Michigan, Oregon, Arizona, etc and people would notice.
Get to the sweet 16 and people could get excited.

Football program has not beat anyone of that caliber

[56BISON73]

How many of those students, alumni or others are actually Kennesaw State fans and would watch one of their games if Georgia was playing at the same time? It's like saying KVLY should broadcast Dragons football since they are in the largest media market in North Dakota.

You missed the point. Not to mention WTF are you talking about. JFC

[EP NDSU Fan]

What should FBS conferences care about?

Honestly, making sure the revenue sports can support the other sports and create more brand awareness member institutions. The latter will be more important and enrollment continues to slide. The current public university financial model does not work with declining student population. Every out of state kid you can get paying out of state rates is Yukon Gold.

[ByeSonBusiness]

I think just winning the summit isn't enough to spark a fanbase that is used to FCS titles.
We need to get a NCAA win or two that isn't seen as a play in game.

Beat a name like Duke, UNC, Michigan, Oregon, Arizona, etc and people would notice.
Get to the sweet 16 and people could get excited.

We got a win against a very prominent school in the Dance.

If the bar is being a Sweet 16 type team, then fans are being objectively unreasonable.

[BigHorns]

We got a win against a very prominent school in the Dance.

If the bar is being a Sweet 16 type team, then fans are being objectively unreasonable.

That's true, the problem is people forget what happened 8 years ago.
We need a bit more consistency of getting to the tourney and winning more of those games. With enough investment, it should be possible to dominate the Summit every year.

Need consistent appearances, and more frequent wins in the tourney. If we can get above 0.500 in NCAA tourney that would help also.
Reaching the sweet 16 is a tough, but not impossible goal. Just doing it once would get people very excited.

[B.Schlossman Fan Club]

That's true, the problem is people forget what happened 8 years ago.
We need a bit more consistency of getting to the tourney and winning more of those games. With enough investment, it should be possible to dominate the Summit every year.

Need consistent appearances, and more frequent wins in the tourney. If we can get above 0.500 in NCAA tourney that would help also.
Reaching the sweet 16 is a tough, but not impossible goal. Just doing it once would get people very excited.

Knowing we have a chance to do it every Year should get people off their couches to come support our team. Honestly I enjoyed our big dance games as much as any national title and I’m not a BB guy….. not sure why people only support football

[BigHorns]

Knowing we have a chance to do it every Year should get people off their couches to come support our team. Honestly I enjoyed our big dance games as much as any national title and I’m not a BB guy….. not sure why people only support football

Part of this is our football team is seen as far more successful.
Sagarin has basketball at #152, NET has us at #162.
Meanwhile Sagarin has football at #77 in a down year so far.

If we were in the Sagarin/NET top 50-80 I think people would notice.
We would be having some impressive wins.

I do think we should all support the team. Basketball has more upside than FCS football.
Even sweet 16 would be huge and garner national attention.

Its hard to compare the two sports, but I think a sweet 16 might be like a FCS championship to me.

[NDSU92]

Part of this is our football team is seen as far more successful.
Sagarin has basketball at #152, NET has us at #162.
Meanwhile Sagarin has football at #77 in a down year so far.

If we were in the Sagarin/NET top 50-80 I think people would notice.
We would be having some impressive wins.

I do think we should all support the team. Basketball has more upside than FCS football.
Even sweet 16 would be huge and garner national attention.

Its hard to compare the two sports, but I think a sweet 16 might be like a FCS championship to me.

And the other part of it is that football has 50 years of incredible history and tradition. Meanwhile basketball has the Tim Miles and Saul Phillips eras.

Making the Sweet 16 would be equal to a handful of FCS championships. Winning the FCS is somewhere close to winning the NIT in my book. Probably less.

[All4One]

Very true, but for fbs conferences, sometimes they care more about location, market, and potential.

Not saying that's smart, its just reality. CUSA and AAC in particular focus on the market and location.
That's why Charlotte got an AAC invite, and schools like Tulane and Temple are there too.
None of those schools are particularly good at football or pack the stadium on gameday.

If Conference USA truly cared about market and location, then we would not have added Sam Houston or Jacksonville State or even New Mexico State or Liberty. You can't deliver a market if your brand isn't appealing. It took losing FoxSports as our primary media rights carrier to realize that, and we've spent the last decade in college football purgatory because our leaders added, who FoxSports wanted instead of who the stronger brands were.

[NDSU92]

If Conference USA truly cared about market and location, then we would not have added Sam Houston or Jacksonville State or even New Mexico State or Liberty. You can't deliver a market if your brand isn't appealing. It took losing FoxSports as our primary media rights carrier to realize that, and we've spent the last decade in college football purgatory because our leaders added, who FoxSports wanted instead of who the stronger brands were.

Well THIS should be interesting...

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