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You still have to bid the minimum to ensure the NCAA gets something. They take whichever is greater between that and 75% of the net gate.

Richmond or NC A&T Richmond lost their starting QB for the year yesterday. Back-up did not look great. Winner has some long travel to get here. Like the match-up!

Why should they compromise seeding for regionalization? They already do it for unseeded teams. Seed teams where they deserve.

Impressive to see that the committee held on to UND being above SDSU the whole time and not being impressed by beating a team with a losing record. Guessing the results against common opponent Cal-Poly confirmed it. I see Dom and NDSU fans are already complaining about regionalization since NDSU would face SDSU in the quarterfinals. Wasn't the alternative UND, which be even more regionalization since they'd be swapping where a team is seeded just to have a close game?

But...but...Sagarin has them as the #5 FCS team despite having 6 FCS losses.

Nope. Also make sure to ignore everything Hurd says about the WAC too.

Which is absurd considering the stakes.

So you're stating that Faison sent the commissioner of the MVFC text messages about when UND could start conference play and making sure it aligned with leaving the Big Sky to throw everyone off because UND is going to join the WAC with a bunch of other Big Sky schools?

Presidents have the final say on conference changes, they delegate their athletic directors to talk with commissioners to do the negotiating. Especially in a scenario where the AD has been having conversations on and off with Douple and Patty for 5+ years and the president hasn't even been on the job 5 months. The MVFC had been publicly and privately saying "No" since UND moved to Division 1 and that is exactly where the conversation ended. Now all of the sudden possible dates of joining the MVFC and exit dates and fees with the UND and the Big Sky are being discussed. UND very well may not end up in the MVFC but to completely deny that they are closer to joining then they have ever been and it is a very real possibility is just being ignorant.

Sure, if you discount actual text messages sent by Faison to Patti V discussing what year UND would be able to start playing in the conference. And that's just what has been made public by the Herald.

Does the MVFC? Does the CAA? Does the MEAC? Does the Southland? Does the Patriot?

I'm not sure why people are hung up on "if UND is the #9 seed". Unfortunately it doesn't matter whether you are the #9 seed or the #24, the bids are the only thing that determines who hosts the first round. Period. UND isn't going to outbid Montana. Ever. NDSU wouldn't outbid Montana. They have averaged over 25,000 per game this year and still have the Brawl of the Wild this weekend. They can put in a bid of over $200K with no problem, because that is what they will end up paying to the NCAA anyway. However, UND put in a bid well above the minimum last year and I feel pretty safe in assuming they did again this year. That required people to step up with their pocketbook to guarantee any shortfalls that might occur and they did.

There are minimum bids for each round (First round is $30,000) but teams can bid as much as they want. JMU bid $200,000 last year to host a 1st round game. This is the minimum amount of money guaranteed to the NCAA for the right to host the game, however they actually get 75% of actual net receipts or the minimum guarantee, whichever is greater. For example, if a team bids $100,000 but only bring in $60,000 in net receipts, the host school is on the hook to pay the NCAA the remaining $40,000. This usually only matters in 1st round games because teams that are seeded are guaranteed to host with the higher seed hosting, assuming they have submitted minimum bids. Bids are submitted prior to the playoff field being announced (I believe a week or two ago)

I believe they only try to avoid opening round rematches and even that might only be conference re-matches because I think I've some brackets with San Diego and Cal Poly paired up.

The exact team? Pretty sure but not positive enough to state it. I believe it was a former NCC team that is now in the Summit.

Because you complain about it the most and have admitted how you support the teams. Please point out to me where anyone is excited about the schedule. Understanding the reality of it doesn't mean you support it. I've accepted it because I know the AD and staff tried what they could to get better games. Pretty much every school in the nation plays a handful of games against lower level competition, it is better than nothing. Again, attendance for Crown College was 100 less than against a UNI team that had just beat #1 North Carolina. So I'm not sure exactly what will cause the "excitement level" to go up.

Bids are already submitted. While my understanding is that UND's bid is healthy and should get them a home game, it won't matter if they get paired up against Montana. Zero chance UND outbids them, no one in the FCS would.

Serious question: If you don't attend the home games anyway, why does it even matter to you? When's the last game you attended at the Betty and how many have you been to in the last 5 years?

Based on what? You have no clue how next season will play out. Quit trying to pretend you do by using non-existent preseason rankings that will be garbage once they do exist. PS - MVSU and Robert Morris. No preseason rankings necessary to know where those teams will stack up.

I would but it honestly doesn't make sense and I'm not going to try to decipher what you mean. There was 100 less people at the Crown game on a Friday afternoon then there were at the UNI game. Think about that. Do you want to venture to guess how much money UND would have lost on the UNI game last year due to low attendance if they would have paid them to come to Grand Forks instead of agreeing to a 3 for 1 (and even at that, it was still a favor). I'm guessing they probably came out behind by getting a return game instead of taking 3 paid games because attendance was poor.

No, I've explained why he still has a job. Big difference even though you apparently can't figure it out. If you don't get how people not attending games effects a team's scheduling, then you are more clueless than I thought. You are being singled out because you complain the loudest. People have laid out multiple, correct explanations in the last few posts and you gloss right over them.

Get a clue instead of cluelessly bitching.

Pretty contradictory and complete garbage. Who cares where teams start the year, it's where they end. Preseason rankings are barely worth the paper they are written on. UND also plays Utah next year but you just seemed to skim right over that.

A lot of women's team can make as much traveling for guarantees as they can playing at home. The same isn't the case for men's teams. You also can't force teams to sign a home and home, especially when they have closer options. There isn't a single person who doesn't wish there wasn't at least another D1 game or two.

40% of the MVFC has a losing record. 38% of the Big Sky has a losing record. Isn't cherry picking stats that benefit your argument fun?