A new and better FBS thread

[daddy daycare]

It does move the needle, just not for you. It’s not about you or me individually. It’s about continuing to build the fanbase and engagement. CUSA might not be the perfect situation but it is better than the FCS. If there’s no FBS then basketball is the only other option. I think that’s a tougher sell than CUSA.

No. CUSA does nothing for the average fan and itll do nothing to grow the fanbase It’s like the Nashville game. Oh sweet… Nashville sounds great. Christ. Tennessee state? Yup I’m out.

And it obviously does nothing for NDSU as entz alluded to the the Athletic article as everyone jumped all over.

It is the literal only option however.

[B.Schlossman Fan Club]

It does move the needle, just not for you. It’s not about you or me individually. It’s about continuing to build the fanbase and engagement. CUSA might not be the perfect situation but it is better than the FCS. If there’s no FBS then basketball is the only other option. I think that’s a tougher sell than CUSA.

You are assuming we have an open invite to the CUSA, especially a football only invite…….

[BigLakeBison]

No. CUSA does nothing for the average fan and itll do nothing to grow the fanbase It’s like the Nashville game. Oh sweet… Nashville sounds great. Christ. Tennessee state? Yup I’m out.

And it obviously does nothing for NDSU as entz alluded to the the Athletic article as everyone jumped all over.

It is the literal only option however.

You’re making that assumption based on your feelings and preference. CUSA is no worse than the current MVFC and the ooc game potential and the opportunity to be ranked in the top 25 will create a bump in excitement. How long it will last and how quickly we can ascend to something greater is where the risk lies.

[BigLakeBison]

You are assuming we have an open invite to the CUSA, especially a football only invite…….

CUSA would absolutely extend an invite if they believed we would accept it.

[23Bison]

You’re making that assumption based on your feelings and preference. CUSA is no worse than the current MVFC and the ooc game potential and the opportunity to be ranked in the top 25 will create a bump in excitement. How long it will last and how quickly we can ascend to something greater is where the risk lies.

I agree with this. I think of it as lateral move in competition but also a way to get into the FBS ranks and as a possible stepping stone for our program to another/better conference in the future. Also OOC games would help out a lot more. Fan base engagement would have a slight tick up for a year or two. After that, it depends on where (if at all) we could possibly rank nationally and performance against other G5 and the P5 with 22 more scholarships. Either way what we are doing now isn’t going to get better with the fan base and we have already seen what that’s been like as of late.

[BigLakeBison]

I agree with this. I think of it as lateral move in competition but also a way to get into the FBS ranks and as a possible stepping stone for our program to another/better conference in the future. Also OOC games would help out a lot more. Fan base engagement would have a slight tick up for a year or two. After that, it depends on where (if at all) we could possibly rank nationally and performance against other G5 and the P5 with 22 more scholarships. Either way what we are doing now isn’t going to get better with the fan base and we have already seen what that’s been like as of late.

Yep. It’s not without risk but neither is staying where we’re at. But there’s no denying that the ceiling is higher than the FCS and the floor is no lower.

[taper]

Aaaaaaand we're back to the same old arguments. FBS or Bust crowd didn't get their way so they need someone to blame instead of understanding why we don't have an invite. Obviously anyone that disagrees with them is wrong because they're wrong. Reasons don't matter, attack the messenger simply for pointing them out. There's clearly a shadowy cabal holding us back. Nevermind that literally everyone in the decision making process would personally benefit from increased salary and exposure if we went FBS.

[BigLakeBison]

Aaaaaaand we're back to the same old arguments. FBS or Bust crowd didn't get their way so they need someone to blame instead of understanding why we don't have an invite. Obviously anyone that disagrees with them is wrong because they're wrong. Reasons don't matter, attack the messenger simply for pointing them out. There's clearly a shadowy cabal holding us back. Nevermind that literally everyone in the decision making process would personally benefit from increased salary and exposure if we went FBS.

Or the people in the decision making process have some ol boys club donors in their ear who they are letting steer them in the complete opposite direction of what’s logical. If you want to be scared of your own shadow, that’s cool. I’m just not going to join you.

[taper]

Or the people in the decision making process have some ol boys club donors in their ear who they are letting steer them in the complete opposite direction of what’s logical. If you want to be scared of your own shadow, that’s cool. I’m just not going to join you.

For the record, you actually believe there's a shadowy cabal preventing an FBS move?

[BigLakeBison]

For the record, you actually believe there's a shadowy cabal preventing an FBS move?

I believe there are a lot of misguided people just like yourself who have caused leadership to believe that all was good and that winning FCS championships forever was going to keep people engaged, even when the evidence was in direct opposition to that.