Shawn-O

It would be a rebuild of monumental proportions. 3-27 in the last three seasons, 0-10 in 2015.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/01/05/jaguars-fire-defensive-coordinator-bob-babich/ Kahn and Caldwell give Gus another year, Babich canned as DC.

This didn't fly: So I think you are right. Unfortunate, there are some great looking ideas here.

From 1993 to 2003 would be my guess...

I think he played at NDSU in the early 70's. Usually a very reasonable poster here, but I guess not on this particular topic.

It's unfortunate that the 300,000 a-holes have to ruin it for the five good ones.

635K for an NCAA championship on the flagship ESPN station is a pretty abysmal number...

Sounds like a plan. Let's take a page out of Roebuck's book and rattle off about 4 or 5 of our own.

Well they didn't do anything about UCLA basketball in the 60's and 70's. They aren't doing anything about Mount Union winning it 12 times in 23 seasons. What should they be even considering?

Pretty nice number for a Saturday morning nevertheless.

Are we sure we can afford it? Don't forget the goose that lays the golden eggs, the straw that stirs the drink...

About 1.4M viewers each, last season. http://www.forbes.com/sites/prishe/2015/01/15/reviewing-the-2014-15-bowl-season-highest-bowl-game-prices-attendances-and-tv-ratings/ http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2015/01/unc-louisville-ratings-espn-basketball-epl-nbcsn-most-watched-fcs-college-football-championship-espn/

I beg to differ on A.J McCarron.

So I guess they should stay FCS. App St, Texas St, GSU, ODU, South Alabama, UTSA, Charlotte, among others, thought it wise to move up or just skip to 85 scholarships from the beginning. Interesting. Geography is likely as good an explanation as anything.

To add, in order to compete for the Big Sky title, UND will need to be solid in all three phases of the game: offense, defense, and special teams.

If they aren't already, at some point they need to look at FBS, out of sheer boredom.

They will dispatch of Richmond easily and completely annihilate either Sam or Jack. Frisco will be a simple coronation.

What a money pit this FCS tournament is. Who's going to fly Colgate out to play Portland St. for a gate of 5,000 and no television revenue to speak of?

Nielsen and Lane Kiffin should work together.

I only went back 10 years, it's 4% if you go all the way back to '90. http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303519404579350892629229918 Your are right in that growth in hockey far exceeds growth in baseball, football, basketball, and soccer. However, the absolute numbers remain minuscule relatively speaking. How about lacrosse, wow!

I agree with you here, Ralph made sure of this with his gift. On the conference side, you are delving into the realm of science fiction once again. Will UBC be joining the league?

Evidently about 1.8% a year. http://www.usahockey.com/page/show/839306-membership-statistics

Love the hockey program, very entertaining, great memories, great friends made. But also some wildly delusional people here: CFP Championship Ohio State v Oregon - 33.4M viewersNCAA Basketball Final Duke v Wisconsin - 28.3M viewersNCAA Hockey semi-final North Dakota v Boston U - 0.3M viewersYep, we're a heavyweight. Protect the goose that's laying the golden eggs immediately! Quickly, shutter the football and basketball programs and divert resources! Oh, and sorry to say...NDSU-Montana FCS Kickoff got 981,000 viewers last August on a Saturday afternoon. And one more...NDSU-Gonzaga 2 v 15 NCAA basketball tournament, 2.1M viewers, not including streaming. It's an avalanche of data. But don't forget about "the straw that stirs the drink!!"

59 teams a decade ago to 60 teams currently is not exactly explosive growth where I come from.

That was grounds for canning Jones right there...losing a Bismarck kid to NDSU.