Remain FCS
FBS Football-only in CUSA / Summit everything else
FBS Full member in CUSA
FBS independent / Summit everything else
Other
The Unbelt has voted out their football only members so why would they go back in that and start adding more? Also isn’t there talk they are going to vote out their non football playing members? People lose respect for the FBS movement when they read your crazy posts, you are not helping……
Former players is a silly question because who would change history in hindsight. Most have 4 rings, something they didn't anticipate.
But of course recruiting would improve. We would have 22 more scholarships
How many players will choose St Thomas over the Gophers, since the Gophers will never win a national championship ? Trey Lance would have been a Gopher if they offered him at QB.
Most of our recruits are from a 4 or 5 state area and didn't get a power 5 offer. We would continue to get them.
FBS gives you better road games, a conference championship, a conference championship game on national TV, a bowl game and road trips to power 5 schools.
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If MTU and WKU move to the MAC I dont see our admin vying for CUSA with so many schools scattered around. Good chance this conference doesnt exist a few years from now even if they find enough to stay alive. Whats to stop the Sun Belt from adding FIU, Liberty, or LA Tech down the road? FIU was in Sun Belt once. Louisiana Tech is right in Sun Belt territory. Whats to stop the MAC or AAC coming around and adding UConn?
I would see it as an opportunity. We wouldn't be an interloper at this point...we'd be a rescuer. It is a free opportunity at FBS in a conference for which we would play a major role in defining. Heck, we'd basically be charter members of a new FBS conference. As others have noted, we're not likely going to be picked up by a stable conference while we are in FCS. I think this is our best shot. And once CFP goes to 12 and the payouts go up even more, we are NEVER getting into an FBS conference. The door is closed at that point.
I don't care what Jim says. That is not the real Ben Franklin. I'm 99% certain.
Here is a YT video analysis of NDSU chances to moving to FBS ... some good stuff here.
One last thought at the end the YT video is about a block of 4 MVFC teams moving together ... somewhere.
What would it take for the MVFC to move the entire conference to FBS .... or at least enough conference team to make an FBS conference?
EDIT: Scrolling down, one YT commenter suggested that MVFC and Big Sky join forces and create a C-USA-like FBS conference.
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