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WDAZ reported it tonight as well. Believe his only other offer was NDSU.

Definitely need to get USD on the schedule and keep Omaha on it. Rotate UNO/USD/NDSU/SDSU with 2 home and 2 away ever year at least is a decent start for an OOC schedule. Hopefully at least some of the road games will lead to a home game down the road. Decent OOC road schedule with last year final RPI's listed. Other than two of the games being played in the Utah tournament, pretty decent teams, but doesn't look like there will be a top 25 team on the schedule this year unless Pitino really gets Minnesota going. UNI (112) SDSU (143) Alabama St (253) - neutral site Utah (83) UTPA (312) - neutral site Drake (179) Minnesota (34) NDSU (32) Marquette (94)

I have no clue what you're asking? The split in talent between the P5 and G5 in football is much larger than in basketball especially due to the size of rosters and number of players on the field/court at one time. Basketball outcomes are also much more random (or prone to "luck") than football outcomes and a single player can have a large effect on altering the results. And you still haven't explained how this is remotely true:

You keep comparing basketball to football and it is not a valid comparison.

Do you even remember what your original argument was anymore?

That's how many tickets were sold, not saw the game. First home game, second year of the stadium. The shine hadn't worn off yet.

Its a combination of the two. More people would go if there were no other options to watch college football. Instead, there are two very good B1G teams, so people have no problem switching their allegiance because EMU stinks and there are better options nearby. I'll lay it out for you: -EMU is a directional school that is 11 miles from one of the most successful, historical football programs in history with the largest stadium in college football and 75 miles from another very good school in a major conference. -EMU is not a very good team and plays in a low tier conference. Attendance isn't very high at games where teams aren't very good and don't have very good opponents. -Because EMU is not very good and there are infinitely better options to watch football very nearby, their attendance suffers even more. And the NCAA doesn't lose any money because of any of this.

NDSU and UM combined have roughly 2/3's the attendance that the Big House draws. Your comparisons make no sense. No one watches EMU because they stink. Not sure what that has to do with populations, other fan bases and how many miles it is to Detroit. You still haven't explained how any of this causes the NCAA lose money because of EMU and they should be relegated because of it?

Because its not a "feel-good" cause and/or it doesn't cost them any money. Cross either of those lines and you'd have their attention.

Wow. Could you stretch any further? The EMU's of the world and their attendance (and anyone who would replace them) aren't even a blip on the NCAA advertiser's radar. Forcing EMU down a level and replacing them would do nothing for the NCAA's bottom line. You know how I know that? Because if it would make them more money, they would have enforced the rules they have on the books long ago. Very plausible scenario depending on the teams involved but notice that the NCAA making more money has nothing to do with it (again, your point to begin with).

Not by the NCAA, who has nothing to do with bowl games, which was your reasoning for forcing them down a level. So how again does EMU's attendance hurt the NCAA's bottom line?

What does NIU playing in a BCS bowl have to do with anything? EMU isn't going to play in a BCS bowl, therefore they would not play in a bowl that would have any effect on the NCAA bottom line. Even if they did, it still wouldn't matter. And your link talks about money the conferences get. It doesn't change the amount that the NCAA gets which was your argument to begin with. The NCAA will get no less or no more money regardless of what division of football EMU plays in. Switching from the BCS to the College Football Playoff does nothing to change that. Really looks like a big change....

Actually no clue. What he said. The NCAA doesn't get a cut of their attendance. And as was pointed out, the NCAA doesn't control bowl games. And the BCS doesn't control any bowl game EMU would ever play in anyway so while so not even sure that is an issue even though its a valid point.

How exactly would replacing EMU with YSU would make the NCAA more money?

Not comparable. The first/second/third rounds are played a few days after announcing of the bracket done in multi-game sessions. They are not dependent on fans of a single team to sell tickets, nor are they really dependent on ticket sales for the revenue since the majority of it is the TV money. Plus FBS isn't saying that you need a certain amount of fans to play in the postseason tournament (which is what your example was), they are saying you "need" that number to be a member of the subdivision.

It was an artificial ceiling put in place a while back. Clearly it isn't enforced and if it ever was, there are loopholes around it since it is actual or paid attendance (ie. have a sponsor "buy" tickets to get your attendance to where it needs to be or "host" a home game a different stadium). It was put in place as a hurdle for FCS teams that may have been looking to move to FBS. Since there is only one D-1 level for basketball, there is no need for an attendance minimum. They won't make another subdivision because the NCAA tournament is where all the money comes from and doing so would likely take some shine off the product.

1)If that's the case, then you really are just making things up. 2)Really? http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/

From July 14th... Guess he's not so full of hot air...

Show your work with actual numbers that are available and you'd have a little more credibility.

So what you're saying is you have no actual numbers to back up your claim and you're just making it up as you go per usual?

Link?

Double edge sword. Don't want to be the one making the decision but concerned about what the make-up of the committee could be if too many people feel that way...

They should have thought of this years ago, the conference would have over $20 million! Just a money making machine.

I'd be curious how many of our previous offers are still out there considering the change in coaching staff. Guessing there are a few that have probably fallen off or we've been taken out of consideration due to the loss of some of the assistants. We are also going to have to fill quite a few spots (4-6) depending on how the scholarships are actually sitting right now. For comparison, the other Dakota schools also have quite a few offers out for how many spots they will have open (guesstimate based on verbalcommits.com): USD - 4 spots/15 offers SDSU - 2 spots/11 offers NDSU - 2 spots/9 offers And the website now shows Lehigh up to 26 offers....

Seems like a shift in focus on CA all of the sudden. Wonder if Dirden has some sort of connections out there? Thought we'd see some activity out of CO with his addition to the staff.