UND92,96 Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 The Bison posters just keep digging their hole deeper. I will take our niche sport of hockey over their niche sport of wrestling. Which sport put more butts in the seats? Hockey in Grand Forks or wrestling in Fargo? Does anyone have the numbers. I wonder how they compare. Looks like they average a little over 600, with a high of 1465 against Minnesota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagger Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 What is their total home attendance for the year for wrestling in Fargo compared to the total home attendance for hockey in Grand Forks? Are they comparable? I know wrestling is pretty big in Fargo so I suppose their total is larger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cratter Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Oh stop it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnboyND7 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Franklin and Marshall, Clarion, Lock Haven...and Bison fans make fun of hockey schools? There are a few little ones.... You also don't see NDSU prioritize it in the athletic department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Looks like they average a little over 600, with a high of 1465 against Minnesota. So it's on par with their women's programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 There are a few little ones.... You also don't see NDSU prioritize it in the athletic department. You will now. Kolpack is already shouting from the rooftops. A Big 12 full invite is imminent, according to Bville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 There are a few little ones.... You also don't see NDSU prioritize it in the athletic department. That's cause it doesn't/won't make money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingranch Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 You will now. Kolpack is already shouting from the rooftops. A Big 12 full invite is imminent, according to Bville.if it was und, you would spin it into a full school invite by Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 if it was und, you would spin it into a full school invite by Monday. With our football and basketball ... Get real. Take your smack to Bville, where there's fans already saying that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDBIZ Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I'd put it a step below track and field. Plenty of schools have it, none of them care about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 if it was und, you would spin it into a full school invite by Monday. Swimming and diving used to be in C-USA and no one here thought the basketball and football teams were going to join. Nice try 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnboyND7 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 You will now. Kolpack is already shouting from the rooftops. A Big 12 full invite is imminent, according to Bville. Weird I didn't see that over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senor_sieve Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 if it was und, you would spin it into a full school invite by Monday. they're joining the Big Belt Sun Sky conference. at least that's what the prophet foretells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 Shouldn't the Big XII be a bit embarrassed that they have to pull in six teams, an entire single-sport conference, to save the autobid for the (mere) four teams in their own conference? The WWC should make OU, OSU, ISU, WVU join the WWC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BisonCardinal Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Sic, I like your thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fightin' Indigenous Person Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 UND hockey to B1G...That would essentailly mean the B1G screwed up, and saying to UND, "We need you." Now the hypothetical really expands: Could UND use that to open door for other programs? That is more likely than NDSU going to Big12 football.... Neither one of those things is even close to likely, or even possible. Imagine Texas going to the Fargodome every other year for a football game, or Michigan to the Alerus. . . . The mind boggles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The Sun Belt board is abuzz with talk that Eastern Kentucky, Coastal Carolina, and NMSU will be added. Idaho wouldn't get renewed, according to the Ark St coach. May not happen til after the FCS playoffs this year. E. Kentucky and Coastal going FBS before NDSU and Montana? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The Sun Belt board is abuzz with talk that Eastern Kentucky, Coastal Carolina, and NMSU will be added. Idaho wouldn't get renewed, according to the Ark St coach. May not happen til after the FCS playoffs this year. E. Kentucky and Coastal going FBS before NDSU and Montana? I can't see NDSU going FBS if it's to the Sun Belt. MAC, MWC sure but SB would really suck up the travel money, and remember that's why they are glad they aren't in the Big Sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I can't see NDSU going FBS if it's to the Sun Belt. MAC, MWC sure but SB would really suck up the travel money, and remember that's why they are glad they aren't in the Big Sky.JMU or Mo St would take the MAC in a flash if it was offered. Same with Delaware, Stony Brook, and Albany. All those are much more desirable for the MAC than the bizons. Fargo is just too small. The only way the MWC would look at the bison was if the American took six or so of its teams to get better CFP position.. Then the MWC would be down to Wyoming, Nevada, UNLV, San Jose St, Utah St, and maybe Hawaii. The MWC would add Montana, Montana St, NMSU, Idaho and maybe UCDavis and call it a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FargoBison Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 NDSU is never going to join the Sun Belt, bad fit for both parties. Also it would only work as a football only thing and that seems to be going out of fashion in the FBS/G5 world. I do agree JMU would jump to the MAC, rumors were they were very close until UMass decided to not go all in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 So where would that leave idaho if all that went down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 So where would that leave idaho if all that went down Idaho is likely without a football conference after the 2017 season, but their AD insists they are still in the Sun Belt come 2018. NMSU doesn't sound like it has the votes of eastern teams to stay in either, but if Ark St or LA-La get invited to CUSA to replace UAB, NMSU could get a full invite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 There's now a rumor going around that the NCAA soon won't require a conference invite for FBS. Instead, a team wanting to go FBS from FCS pays a fee similar to a new DI team ($1.2 mill) to begin an FBS transition. If that's the case, almost all the upper level FCS teams will leave en masse. The CAA could take JMU, Liberty, Delaware, Towson, maybe Villanova as an affiliate, Stony Brook, Albany, UNH, and Maine and become an FBS conference after a few years. UMass could be an affiliate. But Liberty, Stony Brook, Albany, Maine, and UNH would have to be invited as full members for the CAA to eventually get a share of the CFP pie. Going Indy doesn't buy much. The MVC would even be stickier, as the basketball schools don't want more stinking football schools entering their club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnboyND7 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 The MVC would even be stickier, as the basketball schools don't want more stinking football schools entering their club. Devil's advocate says the MVC says it's an easy opportunity for its football schools to play big boy football. I don't see any of that happening, but hey cool if it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Devil's advocate says the MVC says it's an easy opportunity for its football schools to play big boy football. I don't see any of that happening, but hey cool if it does.UAB, Kennesaw St, and Tenn-Chattanooga would jump at a shot of an FBS MVC (assuming UABs pres is fired). The MVC doesn't necessarily want the extraneous MVFC affiliate teams, but places where skilled FB and BasketB players can be recruits. Youngstown St would probably move to the CAA. The Dakota teams might have the Big Sky as their only suitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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