Quote Originally Posted by Sitting Bull View Post
Well, not sure about NDSU, but Montana did say no when a group was trying to resurrect the WAC for FBS.

Montana didn’t independently move up to D1, their conference became D1AA when the ncaa reclassified in the early 80s, similar to the Ohio Valley.

NDSU saw a chance to upgrade at limited cost. I don’t think economics are such a big deal going D2 to FCS. It’s more a matter of who you want to play.

if NDSU were FBS, they would soon become the next Idaho. I think they like the pool they are swimming in and why not? They are winners and champions. They don’t give out national championship participation trophy’s for crappy G5 leagues.
But they do give out crappy bowl game "champions" rings which are way better than national championship rings.