A new and better FBS thread

[Bison Dan]

Lol
A 'top-20' media market where nobody gives a crap about sac state
Fyp for you. They get a G5 product at FCS prices. No way they want to lose that

I remember when UNC was applying to the BSC and all they talked about was the Denver media market. That didn't work out so well. No one in Denver knows they exist.

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

IMO sac state’s fate will be telling. If they waltz into FBS as an independent, all the "split" talk is BS. If the "pending" power split is real, they’ll block sac state from moving up

I remember when UNC was applying to the BSC and all they talked about was the Denver media market. That didn't work out so well. No one in Denver knows they exist.

[IndyBison]

Truth, partly driven by media companies still operating the same way, and focusing directly on DMAs/markets when they sign deals. The conferences are looking to maximize their media deal.

ESPN article on Sac St was crowing about how they sit in a "top 20" media market, even though they've got shit for a fanbase, and went a crappy 3-9 in Big Sky.

In spite of all this, believe we would have been invited to MW without Sankey/P4 involvement.

P4 splitting off would be bittersweet. It would improve our odds of joining G4/5/6 (whatever remains). But it would also almost permanently slam the door on dreams of competing for a championship at the top level. There won't be much of a path from G6 to P2/4 status after that.

If (when?) P2/4 leave, the vast majority of the money will as well. What is left will feel like FCS+ at best, with slightly better competition. It will be like rooting for farm system teams that are merely feeders into the P2/P4.

It increasingly looks like the plan is for them to take most of the basketball money as well. Rumors of power basketball conferences splitting from NCAA. That would hit nearly all NCAA sports outside the power conferences. Also rumors floating now that MW will invite a few non-football top basketball schools to shore up that side of things.

Power conference money/greed and NIL are destroying the college sports system. The giants want every crumb now and don't wish to revenue share with NCAA.

If they take basketball money, I'm not sure how the other sports and divisions continue to have championships. 85% of the NCAA money is from the men's basketball tournament. A lot of that money pays for the D2 wrestling tournament and D3 lacrosse tournaments. FCS is funded some from that pot, but probably less than many others.

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[BigHorns]

IMO sac state’s fate will be telling. If they waltz into FBS as an independent, all the "split" talk is BS. If the "pending" power split is real, they’ll block sac state from moving up

I feel the tea leaves are reversed. P4 votes will likely influence/control the outcome.

If Sac St waltz in, that's because the power conference ADs on that committee have decided they no longer care, and plan to split off soon, imo. That could happen as soon as the next CFP contract gets negotiated (2026/2027).

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

I feel the tea leaves are reversed. P4 votes will likely influence/control the outcome.

If Sac St waltz in, that's because the power conference ADs on that committee have decided they no longer care, and plan to split off soon, imo. That could happen as soon as the next CFP contract gets negotiated (2026/2027).

I realize this biz is cutthroat, but that would be too low imo. You’d be letting them join something you were about to blow up, lol, with big implications across the board for sac state, big sky etc. I don’t think they’d go that low, and it might create legal problems

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

https://x.com/TBM_JY/status/1910461781727674690

fwiw
not sure what to make of it at this point

[NI4NI]

https://x.com/TBM_JY/status/1910461781727674690

fwiw
not sure what to make of it at this point

LOL

"NDSU FANS
Be Prepared.
No timeline.
But, Be Prepared!"

I love the "NO Timeline" LOL
Way to go out on a limb there!

[scottietohottie]

LOL

"NDSU FANS
Be Prepared.
No timeline.
But, Be Prepared!"

I love the "NO Timeline" LOL
Way to go out on a limb there!

I'm wearing a rubber. Be prepared!

[TransAmBison]

LOL

"NDSU FANS
Be Prepared.
No timeline.
But, Be Prepared!"

I love the "NO Timeline" LOL
Way to go out on a limb there!

The funniest thing is reading through all the comments...getting to the end, and then X has a button to show Probable Spam. I click it...and what do I find? A post be Lakes...only one post...only his. Now that right there...that is funny.

[WhoRepsTheLurker]

The funniest thing is reading through all the comments...getting to the end, and then X has a button to show Probable Spam. I click it...and what do I find? A post be Lakes...only one post...only his. Now that right there...that is funny.

Prepare theyself