Recent content by swede2

Two on, but no teams north of, I94.

The blue bloods should avoid the mistake the NFL has made for sure: Limiting the slices of the pie to only a few dozen teams playing the highest level of the sport. It's only lead to humongous can interest and a lot of money. The NFL should instead have teams in every state, and sometimes many...

A lot of the xDSU talent comes from Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska. The guys that have left these schools haven't been loyal to our headed towards their home states when they've left.

SDSU doesn't have any high end talent right now but point taken. So the guys the Dakota schools are putting in the league wouldn't be an upgrade over the guys here that go on to sell insurance? Your RB, Larry Phillips Jr is going to get very impressive FBS offers if he wants them. Former SDSU...

"Regular major upsets and quality bowl appearances"?

If he was fired for cause it would be unusual to pay. If he was fired without cause he would be owed remuneration.

There are plenty of folks on this board who like to tie Athletics to academics and research. The average fan, the bandwagon fan, and the casual observer does not care at all about the academics and research. I would guess even most true fanatics care little about the academics. I've used the...

I think its largely a factor of the chaos of today's college football realignment. NMSU was always about UNM. I think Idaho struggled for years to meet the old NCAA DI/FBS attendance requirements. Conferences like the MWC now need to buttress against future defections and loss of standing...

Pencil in Tim Polasek at Colorado State for now.

Fitz has been "vindicated" to an extent but does Michigan State go anywhere near him due to its recent history? I would think that Wisconsin only bites the bullet on Fickell if they have an agreement in principal with the guy they want. Could be a guy Fitz. Your question is spot on: Do they...

I'm not saying that stadium size isn't at least a corollary to the ranking of a coaching job, but I think you're placing way too much emphasis on it. If I were a P4 coach in 2025 I wouldn't be thinking much about a stadium - I'd be thinking about 1. Salary; 2. NIL; 3. NIL; 4. NIL; 5. Salary; 6...

Whats stadium size have to do with it?

The first is a good question. I don't know or remember if the Montanas would have been involved. The unconnected chatter and speculation always seems to float the idea of xDSU and Montanas to the MWC. I would assume that NDSU, with its open desire and lobbying for an FBS invite, is...

There are solid reports that xDSUs were getting an invite from the Mountain West within the last year to backfill the PAC departures. The MWC was going up fund the transition fee and provide an initial athletic department bump. But the plan was derailed when UNLV and AF decided to stay put...

Summit might need Augie. There will only be 8 teams left and Oral Roberts has left before. There aren't a lot of options out there for the Summit. If SDSU and NDSU end up in the Mountson West, Summit League is dead.