Sure there are exceptions johnnyboy. You think the gophers would be in the Big Ten if it was located in Roseau? You think NDSU could join the Big Ten being located in Fargo? It's not rocket science to know that a college in a larger population base area has a greater chance to average higher crowds! But that wasn't the point of my post. Thanks for the thread drift!
The real issue is NDSU is small time for even NDSU standards. The stadium is small. They could be averaging way more people 30,000 easy right now. Wyoming had Nebraska coming to their house...how many tickets do you think NDSU could sell when college Gameday came to Fargo to broadcast that game?!?
Point is all this popularity will be lost without a new stadium and NDSU only has one place to go and that's DOWN.