UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

[Kyle]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

The A-10 is a better conference IMO.

Yours and every other rational basketball fan's opinion.

[lakesbison]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

UNI & NDSU should go as travel partners to MAC or WAC lets go!

[JayJ79]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

Going FBS would alow football to lose less money and maybe work towards breaking even.

So how would having to pay for 22 more scholarships (plus the requisite increase in funding/scholarships for womens sports) lead to losing less money?

[Mudrafan]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

Doesn't the MAC have a TV agreement w/ ESPN? Also, I would certainly think UNI would draw more fans by playing MAC schedule. They would also be paid a lot more when they travel to BCS schools. I didn't used to be for this, but the more time goes, I think it is inevitable.

[run&blade]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

I would like to stay FCS but I would rather play in the MAC than drop down to DII.

[D Panther]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

So how would having to pay for 22 more scholarships (plus the requisite increase in funding/scholarships for womens sports) lead to losing less money?

Right now Iowa & Iowa State only pays us $350,000 to $400,000. Iowa pay oth non conference teams over a Million. Iowa State will payout over twice as much as they do us, even though UNI brings record crouds. Several oth BCS teams will not play us or other FBS teams. Also there is TV money and bowl games that we would be able to share in. My guess is also that business and money people would be more willing to invest in UNI football just on the perception that BCS football is big time.

[JayJ79]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

So how would having to pay for 22 more scholarships (plus the requisite increase in funding/scholarships for womens sports) lead to losing less money?

Right now Iowa & Iowa State only pays us $350,000 to $400,000. Iowa pay oth non conference teams over a Million. Iowa State will payout over twice as much as they do us, even though UNI brings record crouds. Several oth BCS teams will not play us or other FBS teams. Also there is TV money and bowl games that we would be able to share in. My guess is also that business and money people would be more willing to invest in UNI football just on the perception that BCS football is big time.

the MAC isn't a BCS conference.

[BCPanther]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

the MAC isn't a BCS conference.

Your right Jay.

With the alphabet soup of college football, how dare someone make a mistake. We all know what he meant.

[MnPantherFan]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

Your right Jay.

With the alphabet soup of college football, how dare someone make a mistake. We all know what he meant.

What about his right (not to mention his left)?

I'm not sure what he meant. BCS schools sure think of themselves as big time but I don't think they think of non-BCS schools as big time.

[JayJ79]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

Your right Jay.

With the alphabet soup of college football, how dare someone make a mistake. We all know what he meant.

Is that why we're all NIU fans?

[TheWhizzz]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

dont have the money to move up, simple as that.

[jegbomb52]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

dont have the money to move up, simple as that.

we can't afford not to move up....


Look at this years schedule alone...

our first two games go from $900K to $2.2 Mil (for you math majors thats an extra 1.3 million dollars for our athletic department....

our conference season full of mostly regional flights, and a few bus trips, and conference home games against no name directional schools has proven to be a money loser anyway....

Post season play costs us thousands every time we make it...., we make one bowl game, and manage it right (don't feel the need to take our whole band and every one who has ever tried out for a pep squad) that is a money maker too....

ESPN money comes in for football...

the fact that we are no longer FCS IMMEDIATELY gains us state respect.

I understand that we wouldn't become Iowa or Iowa State overnight, or ever, but we become a little bigger than we are.

[BCPanther]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

we can't afford not to move up....


Look at this years schedule alone...

our first two games go from $900K to $2.2 Mil (for you math majors thats an extra 1.3 million dollars for our athletic department....

our conference season full of mostly regional flights, and a few bus trips, and conference home games against no name directional schools has proven to be a money loser anyway....

Post season play costs us thousands every time we make it...., we make one bowl game, and manage it right (don't feel the need to take our whole band and every one who has ever tried out for a pep squad) that is a money maker too....

ESPN money comes in for football...

the fact that we are no longer FCS IMMEDIATELY gains us state respect.

I understand that we wouldn't become Iowa or Iowa State overnight, or ever, but we become a little bigger than we are.

This. There are literally no advantages to FCS, imo...

[run&blade]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

The fbs is basically starting a four team playoff soon. I think over time this will expand and bowl games will start to disappear. The garbage bowls that uni would possibly make would be gone.

Seems to me the fbs should just pay more to fcs schools in early season games and take away their desire to go to fbs. It would keep the number of schools fighting for that fbs pie down. Which is good for the bcs schools.

[Cap'n Cat]

Re: UNI to the MAC following Temple's exit?

Just support the team whatever division they're in. The greatest danger to UNI exists in Des Moines, not in Indianapolis.