Wisconsin

[Aeacos]

Per the Register, UNI will be opening next year at Wisky. Bit of a step up in competition from ISU. Also playing Iowa next year. WIll be a tough season for the Panthers

[Herdman]

Re: Wisoncsin

Seems like UNI fans are gearing up and excited for this already from posts in other threads.

[jnutt]

Re: Wisoncsin

hell yes, count me in

[Cat80]

Re: Wisoncsin

Per the Register, UNI will be opening next year at Wisky. Bit of a step up in competition from ISU. Also playing Iowa next year. WIll be a tough season for the Panthers

I know you're excited, I am too. But Wisoncsin? Can we get the thread changed to Wisconsin?

[panther-state]

Re: Wisoncsin

Man that's gonna help pay some bills, that's for sure. Some big tasks ahead for the Panthers but I know our boys in purple will step up to the challenge. We know Farley will

[in_the_stands]

Re: Wisoncsin

Seems clear we need two FBS games when we can get them. An extra bonus that it's a close one.

[MeOW!]

Re: Wisoncsin

I know you're excited, I am too. But Wisoncsin? Can we get the thread changed to Wisconsin?

Wisoncsin - that's what they're going to change their name to when we kick the crap out of Bucky.

[unitefan]

Re: Wisoncsin

This is very exciting!

[95UNIGRAD]

Re: Wisoncsin

Awesome. A nice payday for the program, a chance to test themselves against a solid Big Ten team (that's better than Iowa, who they've already played several times), and it really doesn't hurt them at all in the playoff race even if they lose, as long as they take care of business in the Valley. Love it.

[panther2317]

Re: Wisoncsin

Missouri State is playing Arkansas and Oregon this season. This is the reality of FCS football. It helps bring the budget losses closer to zero. It's also nice that both of those games are close to Cedar Falls and will most likely be on the Big Ten Network for UNI fans to see live or from the comfort of their ow living room.

[jegbomb52]

Re: Wisoncsin

Missouri State is playing Arkansas and Oregon this season. This is the reality of FCS football. It helps bring the budget losses closer to zero. It's also nice that both of those games are close to Cedar Falls and will most likely be on the Big Ten Network for UNI fans to see live or from the comfort of their ow living room.

except sms will end up with A LOT more more money when its all said and done...

[Panthers to the Bone]

Re: Wisoncsin

The problem with the big paydays is that there are a relatively equal amount of FBS to FCS schools. When demand=supply, you can't expect the paydays to continue to escalate at a high rate...if anything, I think it might stagnate, so I think that with UNI, to be able to get around $500K for their BCS games, I think that's a good starting point, especially if UNI is able to bus to the game and decrease travel costs. It would be great to see BCS schools schedule teams within a 5 hour radius to be their FCS game of the year (if they choose to play one).

[djb]

Re: Wisoncsin

except sms will end up with A LOT more more money when its all said and done...

Believe they are getting $440k from Oregon, don't know about Arkansas.

[JayJ79]

Re: Wisoncsin

Believe they are getting $440k from Oregon, don't know about Arkansas.

and it will cost MSU quite a bit more to travel to Oregon than it does for UNI to travel to Wisconsin.

[JayJ79]

Re: Wisoncsin

The problem with the big paydays is that there are a relatively equal amount of FBS to FCS schools.

and when you're looking at schools that are able to give the huge payouts, it's even more limited. The lower level FBS schools don't bring in the attendance to allow them to pay teams $500K+, so really, it's only BCS schools (and even some of them probably can't pay that much)