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They would start out with at least $2 mil less, as they wouldn't get the $1 mill CFP payment and only have one guarantee game, instead of two that bring in more than $2 million. Idaho will have to cut sports (swimming) and have to use more institutional funds to make FCS work.

Most schools don't carry the maximum scholarships in the spring. If Idaho does not have 77 (90% of 85) by fall, their FBS guarantee games would have to be cancelled or the value would go way down. NDSU is paying fewer than 63 as we speak too.

Not a word I wrote sunk into your noggin.

Bama leads 3-1 in the 7th.

Technically, EGF has another private school that coops with Sacred Heart: Riverside.

The same trolls were going with Coastal Carolina will never go FBS as their stadium and attendance are smaller than UND's.

Let'stand hope they close out strong against the Montanas at home and then have momentum into Reno. The games are at strange times and dates to provide travel time to Reno. The Montana game is Wednesday at 7 and MSU game is Friday at 2.

Those Slummit and MVFC exit fees and Big Sky entrance fees are a biotch. Then NDSU will have to start women's tennis and women's hockey for Title IX and fund 50 additional scholarships for FBS.

Bama pitcher Walters had 13 K's. Bama had 15 K's total. Tough to win against that kind of pitching.

DEGAGNE pulled in the 6th. 3-2 now Bama.

UND-Bama 2-2 bottom of the 6th

Muckenhirn was our best chance, as he had 12 K's. SEC teams are all very strong. Our defensive errors did us in.

Bama scored with one out in the bottom of the 9th. Muckenhirn should still have an ERA of 0.00.

Three errors so far, and one in the ninth.

Walsh tied it up with a HR in the eighth.

Bama scored an unearned run. Muck with 11 K's after 6 and his pitch count is low.

Nine strikeouts after five. 0-0 score.

Muckenhirn has seven strikeouts after four innings. 0-0 score.

The MAC has interest from east coast schools like James Madison, Albany or Stony Brook, which offer much greater media coverage potential. If N Ill leaves, there is always Illinois St as a replacement. The only route up for the Dakota schools is if they team up with similar schools - Montanas, Idaho - west.

The AAC does not take FCS moveups. Old Dominion, UMass, N Ill, UTSA among others are possible substitutions. No Dakota schools will go to the MAC or CUSA schools to backfill.

You just see randomness, but the Presidents and Fullerton have actually divided into FBS and FCS camps. Where was Chapman's plan for a DI move? He didn't get a conference bid for what seemed like an eternity and when he applied anywhere was publicly rejected and humiliated. An FBS move for the Big Sky requires an NCAA rules change, which I freely admit. Big Sky formal studies won't surface until after the NCAA makes rule changes. It still two and half years before a Big Sky would enter anow FBS transition. Why hasn't the Idaho Prez offered to give most of their CFP payout if Idaho is so desperate to stay FBS. Could it be he wants Idaho to get evicted so the NCAA and P5 have an excuse to change the rules?

When is the Slummit becoming a two bid league? Your RPI is worth a warm jar of piss right now.

Spanos the Chargers owner and John Madden have made it clear that they want Cal Poly to move up. UCDAVIS has gotten substantial donations to build out their stadium. EWU has been getting estimates on building the Gateway stadium expansion. Softball has been added as a 15th sport at many Big Sky schools. Only one more sport to go for Title IX purposes. A lot can be accomplished without the press noticing, especially if you don't tell them what your true intentions are.

Will be interesting if Muckenhirn can work his magic tonight.

If UND can go FBS, it can sign games with Minnie, Iowa, or Wisconsin and have a home and home, with the Viking Stadiums being the rental home for UND. Those games wouldn't cost anything for the BIG teams. The western BIG and northern B12 are at a disadvantage because there is no G5 conference in their footprint. The Michigan schools and Ohio St feast on MAC schools, which makes attendance and local interest more intense.