Hoops watcher
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It already is, the big boys are feeding them scraps until they ditch the NCAA.
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It happenin
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BrownBear9501
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In terms of Title IX…..The Griz have softball and women’s soccer, which MSU doesn’t have. Are there any sports MSU has that U of M doesn’t?
Rodeo Clowning.
BrownBear9501
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oldngrizzly
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Thread should read : IT's NOT happining for the Griz
HelenaHandBasket
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LOL
captain jazz
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https://www.thedickinsonpress.com/s...surprised-school-in-mountain-west-speculation
NDSU have made their intentions clear they want to join the MWC.
NDSU have made their intentions clear they want to join the MWC.
mthoopsfan
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Didn't they have a team in the national championship game last season?
Yukon
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Sure...and they lost. PAC12 hasn't won a championship in 20 years.
What does the article say? Can you copy and paste here?
captain jazz
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It's a long article, but the summary from D1ticker gives perhaps the most important part:
North Dakota State AD Matt Larsen on speculation surrounding a potential FBS move for the Bison: “I think we’ve made our intentions pretty clear. I think our fan base always wants us to do a plane-in-the-sky and for us to come out and do it that way. In my mind, that’s not the way things happen. We’ve made it very clear on where we want our institution to be and so we’ll take it from there. [...] If those things are played in the public and the media, that’s how those things usually get submarined. So I think the fact it was quiet until really two days ago just speaks to, one, the importance of it but also to get it over the finish line it’s something that has to be somewhat confidential.”
North Dakota State AD Matt Larsen on speculation surrounding a potential FBS move for the Bison: “I think we’ve made our intentions pretty clear. I think our fan base always wants us to do a plane-in-the-sky and for us to come out and do it that way. In my mind, that’s not the way things happen. We’ve made it very clear on where we want our institution to be and so we’ll take it from there. [...] If those things are played in the public and the media, that’s how those things usually get submarined. So I think the fact it was quiet until really two days ago just speaks to, one, the importance of it but also to get it over the finish line it’s something that has to be somewhat confidential.”
So what is he implying there? That they got an invite?
mthoopsfan
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Last season, Washington ended up. no. 2. Oregon ended up no. 7. AZ was no. 12. Oregon St. no. 27. Utah, UCLA and USC nos. 32, 33, 34. So, 7 in top 34, and you think Pac-12 really wasn't a Power 5. Ya, right. Learn something about the game.
Ut-Grizfan
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It needs to, this is the beat chance we will have to move up and we need to take advantage.
mthoopsfan
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Where do you think UM will find $25 million per year to pay the annual athletic budget?
DoubleNicks
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I think this is the same article (the site had so much multimedia load bloat that I was able to select all and copy before the paywall triggered and popped up
). Bison AD not surprised school in Mountain West speculation
National publication puts North Dakota State at the top of expansion possibilities
Bison helmets are on display while fans tailgate outside of the Fargodome ahead of North Dakota State’s game against Tennessee State on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024.
Alyssa Goelzer/The Forum
By Jeff Kolpack
September 14, 2024 at 3:19 PM
JOHNSON City, Tenn. — North Dakota State was on its way to East Tennessee State on Friday when reaction started to circulate on the breakup of the Mountain West Conference. Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State and San Diego State announced they will be joining the Pac-12 Conference in 2026.
That leaves the Mountain West, a stable league over the years, in an unusual position of looking for members. National outlet The Athletic, in a speculative article, listed NDSU and South Dakota State as the top two possibilities.
“I think that’s the respect our program has across the board, across all of our sport programs,” said athletic director Matt Larsen, not long after arriving at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium in Johnson City, where the Bison were getting ready to play East Tennessee, “that we would be an institution that they would look at right away. You see our team, you see the types of athletes that we have, our facilities, our fan base. We are one of the best athletic programs in the country so it’s not a surprise they would talk about us like that.”
A lot has to happen, however, for talk to turn to action. For one, the remaining presidents of schools of the Mountain West would have to want NDSU. That would be Wyoming, Utah State, San Jose State, UNLV, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico and Air Force.
Speculation also has a foursome of Texas schools in the conversation of Rice, Texas-San Antonio, North Texas and Texas State.
Larsen said there has been no contact between NDSU and anything to do with the Mountain West. But if a phone call is made to the 701 area code, it probably wouldn’t take an NDSU administrator long to answer it.
“I think we’ve made our intentions pretty clear,” Larsen said. “I think our fan base always wants us to do a plane-in-the-sky and for us to come out and do it that way. In my mind, that’s not the way things happen. We’ve made it very clear on where we want our institution to be and so we’ll take it from there.”
In other words, expansion talks are not made in the public arena. When the four Mountain West schools announced they’re headed to the Pac-12, there was speculation for only about 24 hours. Talks and negotiations were made behind closed doors.
“If those things are played in the public and the media, that’s how those things usually get submarined,” Larsen said. “So I think the fact it was quiet until really two days ago just speaks to, one, the importance of it but also to get it over the finish line it’s something that has to be somewhat confidential.”
It would take a bigger budget for NDSU to move from FCS to FBS in football. The athletic department’s budget is around $30 million, with all of the Mountain West school budgets over $40 million.
It's possible the Pac-12 isn't done raiding the Mountain West. Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes told ESPN on Saturday the league would like to move quickly to add two more members. Some media believe the Pac-12 is still looking for three more schools, with teams from the American Athletic Conference and Mountain West as possibilities.
The Athletic, in its story on Friday, put NDSU as the No. 1 Mountain West contender for the following reason:
“North Dakota State has won nine FCS championships since 2011 and boasts a 129-17 record over the past 10 seasons. … North Dakota State’s yearly attendance averages have been between 15,000 and 20,000 per game and Fargo has hosted ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ twice. Inviting the Bison instantly would provide the Mountain West with credibility, stability and a College Football Playoff contender.”
The Athletic also put Montana State and the University of Montana in its top four of league membership contenders.
Read more from Jeff Kolpack
NDSU AD "Larsen said there has been no contact between NDSU and anything to do with the Mountain West. But if a phone call is made to the 701 area code, it probably wouldn’t take an NDSU administrator long to answer it."
