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[NorthernBison]

No Sun Belt team as the conference exists now will EVER be selected for a playoff spot. Even if it was 16 teams.

[marenlee]

No Sun Belt team as the conference exists now will EVER be selected for a playoff spot. Even if it was 16 teams.

12-0/13-0 G5 team (even the Sunbelt) "should" be able to make a 16 team playoff. However, a 16 team playoff is not on the horizon. Marshall, which will probably run the table this year and go 13-0, has almost no chance to make the playoff this year. Even in an 8 team playoff (which it will be eventually) Marshall would have very little chance.

[NorthernBison]

12-0/13-0 G5 team (even the Sunbelt) "should" be able to make a 16 team playoff. However, a 16 team playoff is not on the horizon. Marshall, which will probably run the table this year and go 13-0, has almost no chance to make the playoff this year. Even in an 8 team playoff (which it will be eventually) Marshall would have very little chance.

You're probably correct. Marshall at 13-0 has ZERO chance this season. I do think 8 teams is eventually where it will go. I won't see a 16 team playoff.

[56BISON73]

LMAO. That is such an absurd statement: "Most of those teams would struggle in the MVFC." Hyperbole at its finest.

Well if anyone knows hyperbole you do.

[Strongman]

Nobody outside of the region gives a shit about the MVC--if we want to be objective.

[56BISON73]

Nobody outside of the region gives a shit about the MVC--if we want to be objective.

Seriously---I dont care that they dont care. My fandom has no bearing on the division we play in. My happiness or self esteem has no bearing on the the division we play in.

[El_Chapo]

Strongman good point. I'm watching Boise State right now on tv Dayum that could be NDSU!!

[Strongman]

So why the utter hate and opposition to move up to a football only conference? The Sunbelt or MAC would be a stepping stone. It would be analogous to the Great West. NDSU builds its national brand, builds a new stadium, wins some conference titles and perhaps gets some playoff berths during the next 10 years. NDSU cannot join a Big Five conference now. However, with success at the next level, it would be achievable in 20 to 25 years. Rome was not built in a day.

[Strongman]

Strongman good point. I'm watching Boise State right now on tv Dayum that could be NDSU!!

Boise State and MWC sucks. MVC is way better. Who the hell wants to be on ESPN on Friday night? KVLY is much better!

[56BISON73]

So why the utter hate and opposition to move up to a football only conference? The Sunbelt or MAC would be a stepping stone. It would be analogous to the Great West. NDSU builds its national brand, builds a new stadium, wins some conference titles and perhaps gets some playoff berths during the next 10 years. NDSU cannot join a Big Five conference now. However, with success at the next level, it would be achievable in 20 to 25 years. Rome was not built in a day.

There is no utter hate and opposition to a move up. Most would favor a move up IF it put us in a better position and involved a playoff AND was the best move for NDSU as a whole.. The opposition comes from having to listen to continual mindless blather to a move up with no realistic plan on how to achieve it. You just dont wave a magic wand and move. Especially when there has been no forth coming invitation. Of course the logistics of a move are much more complicated.