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Those are all flagship schools, so the whole state counts as potential fans.

There are nearly 600k people in the immediate Ogden -Clearfield MSA. Add 2.2 million just 80 miles south in the SLC metro area. Ogden isn’t Dilworth, as the bisson trolls assume.

Said earlier, but Rautio has the setter job. Wasn’t there, but her experience is second to none. Hope Williams exceeds Merseli’s strong season. Rutten and Neukirk are critical. Hunt needs to step up next year when she has had a redshirt year.

The Ogden metro towers over Manhattan, KSU, Lawrence, Ks, Ames, Ia, Stillwater, Ok, Pullman, Wa, West Lafayette, In, Auburn, Al, Oxford, Ms, Starkville, Ms, and other P5 locales. Haven’t even named the villages that host G5 schools. To some even Brookings is impressive. You bisson trolls don’t even know geography.

So bison trolls and others will continue on record that Weber St will not go FBS: https://weberstatesports.com/news/2018/8/17/general-weber-state-to-begin-construction-on-complex-at-stewart-stadium.aspx

Play at Milwaukee and and then return to GF. https://mkepanthers.com/index.aspx?path=mbball Play @UTRGV https://goutrgv.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball Idaho plays in GF https://govandals.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

Sincerely hope their fermenting reactors are covered so there aren’t constantly emitting an odor. Most sanitary treatment plants with biodigesters are covered, but their is odor anyway when the remaining junk (good compost) are taken out. But even the fresh beet tailing and potato peelings smell. If it the only residual odor is ethanol, that would be bad, but doubt that the case.

According to this article, Grand Sky will just keep growing: 2016 —> 2018 —> 2020s 136 jobs, 438 jobs, thousands of jobs Patience http://inforum.com/business/technology/4487413-north-dakota-unmanned-aircraft-industry-takes

Mo St would get million$+ offers form BIG schools if it moved up from FCS, as wins are bowl eligible.. It only wants the MVC for Olympic sports, as the MVC has a very large payout for years to come.

The UT-Arlington AD is in conversations about restarting FBS, according to a Dallas News report based on FOIA. https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2018/07/30/texas-need-football-starting-college-football-programin-lone-star-state-worth-price This would be the sixth or seventh school fighting for Metroplex support, after Texas, A&M, TCU, Texas Tech, SMU, North Texas and maybe Baylor and Oklahoma. What is stopping UT-Dallas, which is a very large research school, but relatively new? UTA is already in the Sun Belt, so an FBS bid would be automatic.

UND also goes to Grambling St and Alcorn St in September for day games. Will be very hot still. Even Nicholls St shouldn’t be a DI school, as it was a JC two generations ago, has an endowment less than $10 million, and has less than 6000 undergrads. UND will be wracking up non-conference wins against penniless schools.

General Atomics is more than doubling its workforce and quadrupling its size at the Grand Forks UAS site., https://insidedefense.com/insider/general-atomics-expand-north-dakota

This board and especially the trolls should reread the UTRG football feasibility executive summary. https://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/utrgv-football-feasibility-study-reveals-benefits-pitfalls/article_eb507996-f843-5b25-b3b8-89ccc9b04442.html?mode=jqfm “Given the size of the university and its aspirational goal to be recognized as a Tier One research institution, CSS (College Sports Solutions) would recommend entry at the FBS level, which would require an invitation from an existing conference. Despite the funding challenges, virtually every University constituent, as well as the surrounding communities, are in agreement that adding (FBS level) football would be a dramatic and positive step in raising awareness for the university, and legitimizing the UTRGV athletic program and enhancing the achool’s image.” A reminder that the WAC, which already contains UTRGV, can give out FBS membership. UND has more passionate fans than UTRGV can ever dream of. FBS would be a huge step for UND, but it’s more than capable of exceeding some FBS schools.

The current SunBelt and past WAC and MAC commish, Benson, is leaving his post tomorrow. He would be the perfect new WAC boss, as Hurd is supposedly retiring. Benson has all kinds of experience transitioning schools to FBS and negotiating with TV networks and the NCAA. He would also get to return to Denver. https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/ul/2018/08/15/breaking-sun-belt-conference-commissioner-karl-benson-leaving/999177002/

Thanks for being such a star of reason on this board. Much of the bison board just comes here to argue and degrade, so an outsider with a eagle vision like yours is very refreshing. There has been an FBS plan for quite some time but it takes a long time to get the gears moving amount all the schools.

Nick Saban doesn’t go alone, he goes with the SEC, and there are not separating. Liberty goes to the bathroom alone, as they have megabucks.

This has been said multiple times, but you don’t read. Those leagues get maximum CFP payment at 10 teams. They wouldn’t consider adding unless they lose schools, as just adding without subtracting schools would further divide the payments.. And they wouldn’t consider NDSU either with its FCS championships. Looks like Chaves’ replacement really wants an expanded Roos Field so she can move up. But EWU just doesn’t have the resources. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/aug/10/lynn-hickey-working-to-both-chip-away-eastern-wash/

So strange that NDSU will only play H&A with FCS schools that in my opinion will also go FBS. Recent NDSU schedules have OOC FCS Delaware, Cal Poly, and Weber St H&A. Delaware is renovating in the fanciest way possible. Without adding seats, the tickets will be much pricier. https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/college/ud/2017/11/11/delaware-stadium-receive-long-awaited-facelift-cost-60-million/843762001/ UND has and will have H&A with three OOC schools that will also take the plunge: Mo St, Sam Houston St and Stony Brook. During their collective FBS transitions, more games will be scheduled, as exisiting FBS teams are unlikely to schedule a transitional team. Herd seemingly purposefully forgets the FBS teams often get three times of going rate that an FCS team gets against the same P5 opponent. And it is likely that new moveups once their transitions are complete will get two P5 or high G5 games.

You have no curiosity, just here to cause trouble like your beer buddy bison73. Just prefer the boastfully ignorant to be as always surprised.

Definitely agree. There was some issue that wasn’t divulged that held up Bresciani’s extension. Bresciani needed to show teamwork with other ND schools was the complaint. Blocking a schools athletic program would be a major issue.

A10 football, CAA football, and the MVFC are all considered single sport conferences. Read several articles that Hofstra had real difficulty in accepting Stony Brook in any form to the CAA and they effectively blocked them to the main CAA with the help of Drexel and other privates without football. By definition, those single sport conferences don’t count for meeting the autobid requirements. Think even CAA non-football schools get to vote on football ones. These single sport conference can be voted to be dissolved and then given a new home under the main conference, but that can be difficult for votes. In single sports conferences, even “affiliates” vote, which is why NDSU and SDSU could mount a “no” vote against UND football that would black ball it. USD only got in when NDSU and SDSU knew they were screwed the Summit by not allowing in USD to the MVFC, so they changed their vote allowing USD in. Some agreement had to have been made to satisfy NDSU and make them change their vote to allow UND in. NDSU having a path to FBS, with UND’s and Montanas and Idaho’s help could be a big part of that. The CAA uses mbb, men’s lacrosse and baseball for meeting the autobid requirement. The A10 uses mbb, men’s soccer, and baseball for meeting the autobid requirement.. The MVC uses those same sports. Affiliates can only be used for the third sport, based on NCAA guidelines I have seen. The MVC would get NDSU, SDSU and Omaha baseball when the Summit adds Montana and Idaho and loses ORU, WIU, and PUFW, potentially helping the MVC. The MVC didn’t like that UNI dropped baseball, but without Wichita St now, the MVC isn’t so concerned about baseball quality.

Said NDSU is actually embarrassed that no FBS calls have been received. If it happened, they would have blasted any interest to any media that would listen to raise $.

So you have talked with the UND donors then?

NDSU can do the same thing Ekatarinaburg for the World Cup did: built huge external stands outside a dome that peer in. It would look like crap, but would fit right in there. The Dome can even remain intact for other events if huge sliding doors were installed. The other option is to limit seats to a 40” waist, but that would eliminate 90% of NDSU fans.

NDSU already attract more fans the the majority of the MAC. The FargoDome can work with another price increase.