NDSU to Mountain West

[QCPanther05]

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/sources-north-dakota-state-in-serious-discussions-to-join-mountain-west-as-football-only-member-025747905.html

Could cause a major shakeup in the MVFC. LakesBison’s wet dream came true.

[BCPanther]

One down. Three to go.

Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.

I'd hate to be a coach in any other sport there today, you think you don't get anything now? Just you wait.

[7YrsOfCollegeDownTheDrain]

All the Dakota schools should go as a package...take the Montana schools too...they'd all fit the Mountain West they spend at that level so go play at that level

[MVCBeat]

Now do sdsu.

[kochrab]

Maybe there is hope for football at the FCS level. Can't imagine they'll have any sort of funding for other sports after this.

[CletusCat]

Making this move to get beat 45-14 by Oregon in the first round of an expanded, diluted FBS playoff is a move you have to make right?

[MVCBeat]

They wont win Nattys anymore, but they were so dominant their fans were getting bored of it. That seems like a joke, but it has been reflected in their attendance numbers. I'll bet they'll be very competitive in what is now a much weaker Mountain West. More importantly, we don't have to deal with them anymore. Now do SDSU.

[BCPanther]

Rumor is they paid a premium on their entry fee to freeze them out.

[UNI92]

2 questions:
What will this do to the MVFC members schedule next year?
Did NDSU have to pay a fee for leaving the MVFC?

[BCPanther]

2 questions:
What will this do to the MVFC members schedule next year?
Did NDSU have to pay a fee for leaving the MVFC?

Everybody had a team they missed so there's your 8th game. They'll have to blow up schedules and start over

No exit fee

[ofpantherandman]

Making this move to get beat 45-14 by Oregon in the first round of an expanded, diluted FBS playoff is a move you have to make right?

Uh, yes? Or do you think James Madison is pining for its former 1-AA glory?

[CletusCat]

Uh, yes? Or do you think James Madison is pining for its former 1-AA glory?

I see what you're saying, but I think a separation will happen in CFB. Not sure when or what it will look like, but the B10 and SEC want all the power.

[BCPanther]

It would cost the Big Ten and SEC hundreds of millions of dollars to break away in legal fees alone and that's before you try to set up a new governance organization without any of the tax laws on the books that protect the NCAA. Truly breaking away is a non-starter.

They may end up with more voting power as time goes on but a true breakaway isn't going to happen.

[CletusCat]

Okay maybe not a true breakaway, but change is brewing.

I wonder what the return on investment will end up being for them. Isn't it costing them $15 million to move up? What will they make for bowl appearances and conference TV money moving forward? Their travel costs are going up too.

[BCPanther]

Okay maybe not a true breakaway, but change is brewing.

I wonder what the return on investment will end up being for them. Isn't it costing them $15 million to move up? What will they make for bowl appearances and conference TV money moving forward? Their travel costs are going up too.

$17M and their travel costs aren't really changing. It's not an all sports move and they were flying football everywhere anyway, once you're in the air cost doesn't change much regardless of where you're going.

They absolutely did the right thing for themselves. They've got the money and they'll make more money in a year there than 10 in the FCS. No brainer.

I just hope this starts to get the FCS back to the cost controlled, like minded level it used to be.