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January 2, 2026 3pm. NDSU should ANNOUNCE the FBS MOVE IN AN EPIC BISONATION WAY!!


3pm PRESS CONFERENCE on WDAY TV & BISON RADIO NETWORK

Have a TABLEGATING EVENT at 6 CITIES Fargo Bismarck Jamestown Minot Dickinson (Wahpeton or Grand Forks?)

At Each Spot NDSU has 2-3 FORMER NDSU NFL PLAYERS and TREAT IT AS A FUNDRAISING EVENT walking around with Oil Barrels *and fill them with cash!*

We could raise $Millions.....

Make it a Spectacle!!! Make it a Party and Contact ESPN/Barstool/TikTokers/etc.

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO another MWC PODCAST tweet

Former SDSU player is tweeting it
https://x.com/i/status/2002182480531480769

January 5

NDSU to FBS and TACO JOHNS back to FARGO heads will explode !!

The $2.8 billion, 10-year House settlement requires all division 1 programs to annually opt in or out agreeing to the following:

• Allow payment to past players for missed name, image and likeness opportunities

• ensure current and future players will have access to legitimate NIL contracts

• Schools can share as much as $20.5 million of their revenue with players yearly

• NIL Go clearinghouse will approve additional financial deals for student-athletes.

• Rosters capped at 105, no scholarship limits.

The settlement allows conferences to regulate scholarships.

Conferences like the SWAC, Southland, CAA, OVC-Big South, and MVFC did not set league-wide scholarship caps. The Big Sky, SoCon, and Patriot League maintained their football equivalency scholarship cap at 63 for this year.

This could further imbalance the FCS.

“NDSU is considered one of the FCS programs with FBS resources.

https://herosports.com/fcs-notebook-hou ... mits-bzbz/

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... ports-era/

Will the House Settlement help create FCS parity?

NDSU head coach Tim Polasek treaded lightly when asked about parity in the FCS post-House settlement. The Bison have certainly set a standard in funding, facilities, cost of attendance, and other areas, raising the FCS championship bar to new heights that some would argue is an unattainable bar for most of the FCS. (signal?)

Others, in different circumstances say yes

Youngstown State head coach Doug Phillips agreed when asked if more parity could be coming to the subdivision.”

“I do,” Phillips said. “We all are going to have certain challenges. I always felt like there was a bubble over some of the states, and it really didn’t penetrate that bubble compared to what we had to face. If you put a circle around Youngstown State, about a 250-mile radius, there are a lot of FBS schools, there’s a lot of competition knocking at your door. So I do feel like the scales could be balanced a little bit. … We’ve been knocked down. Hopefully, we made the answers. Hopefully, we made the changes that we need to do to put us in a position to be able to compete, to be able to win the Missouri Valley Football Conference. That’s what we strive for every day, and that’s what we work for every day.”

More teams are bound to become competitive with the FCS top programs. NDSU was a sure thing. Next year is no cinch for the Bison either. Already bearing fruit, Other programs will be a couple years into their opt in strategies. Many of these programs are gearing up to the NDSU level and advantages are disappearing.

All G5 schools opted in.

In the FCS, 92 schools opted in for 2025-26 and 36 schools opted out. All 11 Missouri Valley Football Conference schools have opted in.

Big Sky

Cal Poly, Montana, Montana State, Northern Colorado, Sacramento State, Weber State

CAA
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Albany, Bryant, Campbell, Elon, Hampton, Maine, Monmouth, New Hampshire, North Carolina A&T, Rhode Island, Stony Brook, Towson, Villanova, William & Mary

MEAC

Delaware State, Howard, Morgan State, Norfolk State, South Carolina State

MVFC

Illinois State, Indiana State, Murray State, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Southern Illinois, Youngstown State

NEC

Duquesne, Long Island University, Robert Morris

OVC-Big South Football Association

Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, SEMO, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin, Western Illinois
Patriot
Fordham, Georgetown, Richmond

Pioneer

Butler, Davidson, Dayton, Drake, Marist, Morehead State, San Diego, St. Thomas, Valparaiso
SoCon
Chattanooga, East Tennessee State, Furman, Mercer, Samford, Western Carolina, Wofford

Southland

East Texas A&M, Lamar, McNeese, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana University, Stephen F. Austin, UTRGV

SWAC

Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Alcorn State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M, Grambling State, Jackson State, Mississippi Valley State, Prairie View A&M, Southern, Texas Southern

United Athletic Conference

Austin Peay, Eastern Kentucky, North Alabama, Abilene Christian, Southern Utah, Tarleton

INDEPENDENT
Merrimack, Sacred Heart

https://herosports.com/fcs-schools-opti ... ment-bzbz/

Absent a change, One team will make the CFP next year.

Minus conference restrictions there is little difference between FBS & FCS opt-in teams. It’s just a matter of resources and how much of the new settlement allowances a school is able to spend.

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Lakes u think our secret mega donor is ilhan of the house of Omar?