Future Rosters

[bigticket1]

Any chance its a late addition for this year yet?

With the Timmer injury, a grad transfer type player that you could plug in and play would be ideal. Probably not many of those left at this point though.

[Jackrabbit2012]

Koupal?

You’re right I forgot about her, but I’m not holding my breath

[salemjack]

Koupal?

[Hip2daHop]

Any chance its a late addition for this year yet?

[Jackrabbit2012]

AJ has posted the " Great Day to be a Jackrabbit " picture of him and Jack standing on the state of South Dakota on Twitter. In the past this has indicated an in-state commit. Anyone have any info or guesses ?

The only two in-state offers i know of are Brinley Altenburg '27 from SF Jefferson and Melina Snoozy '27 from Dakota Valley

Seems a little early for them to be committing. My hope is Hadley Thul '25 from Alexandria, MN or McKenna Johnson '25 from Mandan, ND

[bigticket1]

AJ has posted the " Great Day to be a Jackrabbit " picture of him and Jack standing on the state of South Dakota on Twitter. In the past this has indicated an in-state commit. Anyone have any info or guesses ?

[GrandpaLee]

Conference realignment has direct roster consequences in WBB and FB = all sports.

Justin Sell quoted in an ARGUS-LEADER article, regarding realignment (paywall):

"Hopefully, you're in a spot where you're playing with schools with similar goals like enrollments, other measuring pieces, good competition, and the Summit League has provided that for us,” Sell said. “I'm trying to make sure we're really good at what we do, and then you’ve got your plan A and your plan B and your C as you work through that. I say often patience is a choice, and it's really difficult to be patient these days. Everyone wants to chase something or wants to get into something or wants to move to something, and I think you have to be really careful. You can make some mistakes doing that.”

My un-informed call on a conference destination is the Mountain West, based on McFeeley's reporting (see post #1104 in this thread).
The Athletic's David Ubben reports their current $6.6 million/year payout - an improvement, no?

(paywall) https://theathletic.com/4751759/2023...ampaign=601983

"How does this all end? I think football ends up in its own entity, separate from other varsity sports at each school, playing in its own tournament and abiding by its own rules. It’ll still make gobs of money, but it will feel more hollow."

Above is quoted from THE PULSE daily sports newsletter.

One former network executive said “the TV money is like the gasoline that feeds the engine here” and, ominously, “the gas is getting very scarce.”

“The problem is not everybody’s going to get paid, and this is what we saw with the Pac-12,” the executive said. “That’s the next thing everybody’s going to have to face, whether it’s football or basketball or whatever: If you’ve got a bunch of weaklings you’ve been dragging along in your conference, at what point do you start eating your young?”

Another applicable quote from The Athletic....

[Justwin]

It seems that the WBB & Snow Belt FB are connected!

Who woulda thunk

[OldHare]

Seems to be a big drift accumulating for July.

It seems that the WBB & Snow Belt FB are connected!

[jakejc795]

Seems to be a big drift accumulating for July.

Snow Belt Conference reference?

[Justwin]

Seems to be a big drift accumulating for July.

[bigticket1]

How much more will SDSU charge for tickets if they go FBS? If they move up a division, they will probably charge more. I know some people don't get season tickets anymore because of cost. Attendance is at all time high because SDSU is winning. How many fans will show up if they are not as dominate? They will still play NDSU but how many teams will be "must-see" games?
It seems 90% of fans want to cheer for winners. It does not matter who you are.

I would prefer FBS over DII and non-scholarship but that would change SDSU's scheduling, too. They probably will not see six home games a year, most years. I'm not saying that that is a bad thing though.

Going from 63 to 85 scholarships means ticket prices will have to go up.

[91jack]

How much more will SDSU charge for tickets if they go FBS? If they move up a division, they will probably charge more. I know some people don't get season tickets anymore because of cost. Attendance is at all time high because SDSU is winning. How many fans will show up if they are not as dominate? They will still play NDSU but how many teams will be "must-see" games?
It seems 90% of fans want to cheer for winners. It does not matter who you are.

I would prefer FBS over DII and non-scholarship but that would change SDSU's scheduling, too. They probably will not see six home games a year, most years. I'm not saying that that is a bad thing though.

[MontanaRabbit]

What do people think of this? Bisonville has like a 2000 page thread discussing moving to FBS, we mention it occasionally. I am not opposed to it if the situation is right. I think the Mountain West would fun, but I am concerned about the late start times for games (basketball). IIRC, that was a big issue for UND when they were in the Big Sky. If president Dunn announced that SDSU was moving to the Mountain West for all sports. What would your reaction be? What if it was a football only invite?

For basketball, especially women's, we need a different conference. We (along with USD women and NDSU men) have dominated the conference. The rest of the conference just doesn't compete on a consistent basis. I think our basketball teams can compete in the MW.

I hate the idea of FBS in football. Playing to get into a no name bowl game doesn't appeal to me. That being said FCS is a shell of what it was even when we made the jump. I have to imagine at some point the current FBS will split and being in FBS at that time will be important to get in on that split.

[jakejc795]

What do people think of this? Bisonville has like a 2000 page thread discussing moving to FBS, we mention it occasionally. I am not opposed to it if the situation is right. I think the Mountain West would fun, but I am concerned about the late start times for games (basketball). IIRC, that was a big issue for UND when they were in the Big Sky. If president Dunn announced that SDSU was moving to the Mountain West for all sports. What would your reaction be? What if it was a football only invite?

I'd echo Stig and counsel patience and hope that realignment results in a regional conference comprised of current MVFC teams plus Wyoming and a few other current FBS teams.