NDSU joins the MWC

[Caribbean Hen]

Ouch

Southern Illinois 34
Delaware 30

At Carbondale, Illinois

FCS 5-1

CUSA 1-5

[UNI88]

NDSU football will thrive in FBS because money talks, tradition walks

The Bison — that’s pronounced Bizon, everyone — aren’t competing against the Power conference heavyweights, they’re competing against the rest of the Group of 6 for the one CFP charity spot.

That immediately changes the calculus of it all.

You’re not banging heads with established programs, you’re playing — ready for this? — Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Northern Illinois, San Jose State, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming.
...
Yet that point brings us to the intriguing intersection of culture and cash, the very thing that could dismantle what NDSU has worked so hard to build. Or make it even more dangerous.

Because if Polasek — an assistant for 10 years with the Bison before getting the job in 2024 and winning 26 of 29 games — can mold the valuable NDSU culture with a handful of impact starters from the transfer portal, this thing could get big. Quickly.

Again, you’re not reinventing the wheel, you’re giving the hard-driving 18-wheeler a little more horsepower and a refined suspension with a handful of talented transfers. How do you get those transfers?

Oil money.

If Texas Tech can do it, NDSU sure can. Lubbock is in the middle of nowhere; at least Fargo is across the river from Minnesota.

Also, the middle of nowhere, but you get the point.

Money changes everything. It breathes life into recruiting efforts, and extends the arm of possibility. It can turn a wildly underrated college town into a hotbed of FBS college football.

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[Caribbean Hen]

NDSU football will thrive in FBS because money talks, tradition walks

The Bison — that’s pronounced Bizon, everyone — aren’t competing against the Power conference heavyweights, they’re competing against the rest of the Group of 6 for the one CFP charity spot.

That immediately changes the calculus of it all.

You’re not banging heads with established programs, you’re playing — ready for this? — Air Force, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Northern Illinois, San Jose State, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming.
...
Yet that point brings us to the intriguing intersection of culture and cash, the very thing that could dismantle what NDSU has worked so hard to build. Or make it even more dangerous.

Because if Polasek — an assistant for 10 years with the Bison before getting the job in 2024 and winning 26 of 29 games — can mold the valuable NDSU culture with a handful of impact starters from the transfer portal, this thing could get big. Quickly.

Again, you’re not reinventing the wheel, you’re giving the hard-driving 18-wheeler a little more horsepower and a refined suspension with a handful of talented transfers. How do you get those transfers?

Oil money.

If Texas Tech can do it, NDSU sure can. Lubbock is in the middle of nowhere; at least Fargo is across the river from Minnesota.

Also, the middle of nowhere, but you get the point.

Money changes everything. It breathes life into recruiting efforts, and extends the arm of possibility. It can turn a wildly underrated college town into a hotbed of FBS college football.

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Good take

JMU fans must be like oh no, that one spot into the CFP just got a lot tougher

[Gil Dobie]

NDSU football will thrive in FBS because money talks, tradition walks





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Good take

JMU fans must be like oh no, that one spot into the CFP just got a lot tougher

The oil money would have to come from fans/boosters with oil on their land. I know one guy that gets a generous monthly payment and has been receiving these for 40+ years.

[canyoncat]

Sounds like Sac State is going to join the MAC. Finally threw enough money at them I guess!

[BDKJMU]

NDSU football will thrive in FBS because money talks, tradition walks


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Good take

JMU fans must be like oh no, that one spot into the CFP just got a lot tougher

It got tougher, but has nothing to do with NDSU, who won‘t be eligible for the next 2 seasons. For next year and the future it got tougher for JMU for 3 reasons/

1.complete starting roster rebuild after Chesney bolted for UCLA (17 lost Portal to P4s (8 to UCLA). I think for that reason will have a 9-4 type season, just like in Chesney’s 1st season after Cignetti bolted for IU.

2.Harder to schedule P4s because with the ACC going to 9 conference games, now all 4 P4 conferences have gone to 9 conference games. Next season Pussies at VA Tech dropped their game against JMU under the excuse of ACC going from 8 to 9 conference games. That doesn’t fly because. VT kept their games ODU and FCS VMI.
VT game replaced by @ SDSU, one of the top Mtn West teams from last season. Even so, next season JMU would have to run the table at 13-0 to have a chance at the G5 spot. Like I said, I expect more like a 9-4 type season.

3.The NIL/Portal really hurt the SBC. 2022
Marshall won @ #8 Notre Dame
App St won @ #6 TX A&M
GSU won @ Nebraska
JMU won @ UVA
That SBC has trended down since then, and is a shell of its former self.

[BDKJMU]

I know NDSU, at least pre Portal era, had a history of developing their talent from the HS ranks and didn‘t use much in the way of transfers. That being said, I wouldn‘t be surprised if they did very well in the new Mtn West right off the bat.
-Sounds like NDSU, despite the financial hit of the move up, will have more $$$ than the other Mtn West.
-The new Mtn West clearly isn‘t as strong as the old Mtn West. I would put it on par with the current SBC, maybe sleighly ahead, we’ll see.

G5:
Top 2: AAC & New PAC 12/old Mtn West
Middle 2: New Mtn West & SBC.
Bottom 2: CUSA & MAC

[BDKJMU]

Sounds like Sac State is going to join the MAC. Finally threw enough money at them I guess!

lol that makes about as much sense as N IL to the Mtn West and the West Coast former PAC to the Big 10.


Course none are as tarded as Cal and Stanford to the ACC. Conference realignment the last couple years has just gone full retard..

[bonarae]

Course none are as tarded as Cal and Stanford to the ACC. Conference realignment the last couple years has just gone full retard..

That was more than UMask to the MACtion for all sports, not just in football?

[Caribbean Hen]

Good take

JMU fans must be like oh no, that one spot into the CFP just got a lot tougher

It got tougher, but has nothing to do with NDSU, who won‘t be eligible for the next 2 seasons. For next year and the future it got tougher for JMU for 3 reasons/

1.complete starting roster rebuild after Chesney bolted for UCLA (17 lost Portal to P4s (8 to UCLA). I think for that reason will have a 9-4 type season, just like in Chesney’s 1st season after Cignetti bolted for IU.

2.Harder to schedule P4s because with the ACC going to 9 conference games, now all 4 P4 conferences have gone to 9 conference games. Next season Pussies at VA Tech dropped their game against JMU under the excuse of ACC going from 8 to 9 conference games. That doesn’t fly because. VT kept their games ODU and FCS VMI.
VT game replaced by @ SDSU, one of the top Mtn West teams from last season. Even so, next season JMU would have to run the table at 13-0 to have a chance at the G5 spot. Like I said, I expect more like a 9-4 type season.

3.The NIL/Portal really hurt the SBC. 2022
Marshall won @ #8 Notre Dame
App St won @ #6 TX A&M
GSU won @ Nebraska
JMU won @ UVA
That SBC has trended down since then, and is a shell of its former self.

Great overview!

[bonarae]

Sounds like Sac State is going to join the MAC. Finally threw enough money at them I guess!

Happening now...

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/2022859718960594983

[kalm]

Sounds like Sac State is going to join the MAC. Finally threw enough money at them I guess!

Happening now...

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/2022859718960594983

This seems like a logical fit.

[UNI88]

Sounds like Sac State is going to join the MAC. Finally threw enough money at them I guess!

Happening now...

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/2022859718960594983

Ball State vs Sac State will be epic!

[kalm]

Happening now...

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/2022859718960594983

Ball State vs Sac State will be epic!

[BDKJMU]

Happening now...

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/2022859718960594983

Ball State vs Sac State will be epic!

The Ball Sac Classic.

[kalm]

Ball State vs Sac State will be epic!

The Ball Sac Classic.

[UNI88]

Ball State vs Sac State will be epic!

The Ball Sac Classic.

[Caribbean Hen]

The Ball Sac Classic.

No girls allowed

[SDHornet]

Ball State vs Sac State will be epic!

The Ball Sac Classic.

It's the Ball Sac Bowl, and yes we are open for trophy ideas.

[UNI88]

The Ball Sac Classic.

It's the Ball Sac Bowl, and yes we are open for trophy ideas.

Lipton's Ball Sac Classic?

The Fromunda Ball Sac Bowl?

[89Hen]

G5:
Top 2: AAC & New PAC 12/old Mtn West
Middle 2: New Mtn West & SBC.
Bottom 2: CUSA & MAC

2025 Bowl results...
Jacksonville State 17 - Troy 13
Delaware 20 - Louisiana 13
Louisiana Tech 23 - Coastal Carolina 14
Western Kentucky 27 - Southern Miss 16

Arkansas State 34 - Missouri State 28

Just sayin...

[BDKJMU]

G5:
Top 2: AAC & New PAC 12/old Mtn West
Middle 2: New Mtn West & SBC.
Bottom 2: CUSA & MAC

2025 Bowl results...
Jacksonville State 17 - Troy 13
Delaware 20 - Louisiana 13
Louisiana Tech 23 - Coastal Carolina 14
Western Kentucky 27 - Southern Miss 16

Arkansas State 34 - Missouri State 28

Just sayin...

Those were the results of meaningless glorified exhibition games missing players and in some cases coaching staffs..

2025
1.AAC
2.MTN
3.SBC
4. MAC
5.C-USA
https://masseyratings.com/cf/ratings?c=1

1.AAC
2.MTN
3.SBC
4. C-USA
5.MAC
https://sagarin.com/sports/cfsend.htm

[89Hen]

Those were the results of meaningless glorified exhibition games missing players and in some cases coaching staffs..

And only Sunbelt teams were missing players and in some cases coaching staffs?

Last three years the CUSA is 13-12 vs the Sunbelt in all games played. CUSA is awful... I hate that the Hens are there. But the Sunbelt is not much better. Losing UTEP next year is a big step up for the CUSA.

[Caribbean Hen]

Those were the results of meaningless glorified exhibition games missing players and in some cases coaching staffs..

And only Sunbelt teams were missing players and in some cases coaching staffs?

Last three years the CUSA is 13-12 vs the Sunbelt in all games played. CUSA is awful... I hate that the Hens are there. But the Sunbelt is not much better. Losing UTEP next year is a big step up for the CUSA.

Say that on gohens.net

[dal4018]

Now can we call I-AA/FCS dead?

lol. No.

Hell No