I'm not sure why we don't have jerseys for sale. I know that I sure as hell would buy one. It's stuff like that needs to be addressed before any progress towards FBS can be made.
I just don't see the benefit of rushing to try to get to FBS. We would immediately be the small fish in the pond again and would likely face some pretty bad seasons. The bad seasons we saw after our transition to FCS demolished a chunk of our fan base. Are we really prepared to do that again. I would much rather have our goal to be the big fish in our current pond. Not saying that FBS can't be a goal in the far distant future, but right now that move makes zero sense in my opinion.
Exactly my thoughts. We're just nowhere close to being ready to make the jump on so many levels. To be quite honest, I don't know how anyone would think that we are. We need new facilities, marketing, more fans, bigger stadium... the list goes on. Why not have the goal of being the next NDSU of FCS? Still unlikely, but more attainable in my honest opinion.
Just out of curiosity, is there a significant contingency of fans that are adverse to the idea of moving away from the TO? Just seems like it would be easier to find coaches and recruits if you were to move to a more traditional offense in today's day and age of football.
Absolutely, can't sleep on the bears. Like I said, they are 0-5 but have close losses to McNeese and Sac while playing respectably against South Dakota and Weber. If the Aggies come out and do their thing we should win.
From what I understand on their forum, Coach Walsh's game plan has become stagnant and predictable and there has been a drop off in talent the last couple seasons especially on defense.
Wouldn't really say that there were any real upsets this week. Maybe ISU over NAU, but again this is NAU without Cookus. Northern Colorado and Portland State look especially bad.
Nah my point was more about making the jump to the big boys isn't always better in the long run. Davis is showing signs of success while UCLA is in full nosedive.