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nvspuds

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  1. sorry..you personally might not be an asshole but going on other boards and saying the MW won't invite you because they are afraid of NDSU and have no testicles is certainly ass-holish. Nobody in the MW is afraid to play NDSU in football. As far as I can determine you beat CSU but haven't played anyone else in the conference.. I know you don't want to hear this but NDSU doesn't add anything the MW doesn't already have. We have 12 members and aren't adding anyone at the moment. Hawaii pays up to 900 grand a year in travel subsidies to be football only..They are not a special case or getting a hand up. You simply would never have the votes to be all sports.. Going on various boards saying you would be the savior of any conference isn't going to get you anywhere. Even if a few schools leave the MW you would likely not be a consideration..It is not because of where you are in Fargo. The MW is not snobby or afraid but they are not locked into to having a lot of members..9 works really well.. CUSA needs members and they are open to FCS..Even though you refer to the conference as a dumpster dive for NDSU, they don't appear to have any interest in adding you.. Also, it appears that only a small minority of your fans are interested in moving up..
  2. Okay..I don't think the MW is looking to add at this time and I am not sure they will add even if some schools leave..Sadly, it doesn't appear CUSA interested in any version of NDSU and they are desperately looking to add.. Nobody on message boards has any say but nobody believes you when you say NDSU will save any conference. Y
  3. Still a long bus ride for a bus ride league..
  4. Awful long bus ride to Phoenix for a bus league..
  5. Lake Bison used to be kind of a nice guy coming here saying the MW should consider NDSU..But now he has become a full on a-hole..
  6. They would if Gonzaga was actually interested..However, I was referring to football schools.. The NDSU dudes coming around here want a football only invitation.. But..the MW originally had 8 full members. The best version had 9. They were happy at 10..USU and SJSU were added to get back to 10 when SDSU and Boise State left. Taking them back got the league to 12 kinda by accident. I think if a couple schools leave there won't be much of an urge to get back to 12.
  7. I don't think the MW will add unless they lose more than 4 schools..I also don't think 4 schools will leave.
  8. Lake Bison is desperate..Lots of FCS schools moving up and nobody is calling NDSU. I guess it is possible that Mabel, their one telephone operator, is on vacation so no calls are coming through..But these are stressful times ...
  9. Boise moved up to the WAC from the Big West..Penn State was an independent and a successful one at that. They just joined a conference they didn't move up. As far as I know the only FCS school to move up and win a championship in football their first season is Nevada. But I do think it is valid to point out that Boise and Nevada had to pay dues for years to get to the MW..Nobody handed them anything.. NDSU could end up doing really well but they have no idea how hard it is...Or what they have to do..
  10. The Texas schools would at least help travel for Utep and NMSU..Fargo offers nothing..
  11. Or more likely CUSA is not interested in NDSU
  12. They should invite NDSU and South Dakota State today...All sports..
  13. NDSU offers exactly nothing the MW doesn't already have..
  14. Well , I do think reasonable people can disagree..
  15. It does not matter at all that NDSU might be competitive...The MW already has competitive teams in the conference..NDSU does not provide anything the MW doesn't already have..
  16. If the conference already has enough for football they just don't need to add any football school from anywhere..Not to say they won't but said candidates would have to bring more to the table than just being another game on the schedule..Even if the school is competitive. No FCS school at this time brings that..
  17. It is extremely unlikely that the MW would get raided to the extent they would look to add any schools, particularly ones from FCS. The original MW had 8 schools..The best version had 9. One of the things that helps a bit with the TV contracts is the PST slots to fill the broadcasting day. They are it at the moment because the Pac 12 has their own network. CBS/Fox and their secondary stations has been great for MWC basketball as far as exposure. Football means night games which isn't as helpful. It is a trade off.. MST schools also benefit..However, there are a jillion CST schools and there is a lot of schools who compete for those "tee times". The FCS schools that you claim are just as good as the current MW schools don't help with tv..They don't add anything the MW doesn't already have.. I wouldn't get your hopes up too high..
  18. It is not just about travel..Hawaii pays subsidies to be football only. They have a long history with all the members and they play in paradise. It is a special case..You are just some school that wants to get a free ride. The MW does not need another football school. They could use an olympic sports only school, preferably on the west coast.. No school in the MW is afraid to play you. You can lie to yourself that that is the reason you haven't been invited. You can convince yourself all day that ESPN loves you and that makes all the difference to a conference that is not aligned with ESPN. You enjoy describing the FBS schools, who have been D1 for decades as a peer group to you because you have had a nice run the last few years in a lower division. You think you are proven because you have some wins against FBS schools. The MW is full of schools who have defeated multiple FBS schools every year. You have a fine program and much to be proud of but you are not in a peer group with most of FBS.
  19. I am certain there were conversations with the media providers but there is also a split among the presidents about expansion..Not all of them are looking to Texas.
  20. The WAC tried 16 spread out all over..Can't see the MW having any interest in doing that. 12 works for football.. 11 for basketball means the schools who want the 20 game round robin they just voted for are cool.. I am not convinced the MW would look to expand if and when a couple schools leave..
  21. Though TCU jumped ship early.. I was referring to when SMU, Rice and Tulsa left along with UTEP.. UTEP could have stayed but chose to leave..
  22. Plus NV right away and Boise the next year..10
  23. Hindsight is 20/20 but had UTEP stayed in the WAC 10 instead of moving to CUSA they might be in the the MW now..
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