Series with NDSU? (FU @ NDSU 2024 - NDSU @ FU 2025)

[Flagman]

What's with this NDSU fetish? Furman fans will not travel to Fargo. We had less than 200 travel to the play-off game. There's no incentive for NDSU to play Furman, especially if it's tied to a home and home. They will make more money from a sell-out in the Dome. We most likely would need to give them a guarantee to, at a minimum, cover their expenses. The economics don't work.

[Affirm]

This Saturday, NDSU and Pioneer League Butler play in the Minnesota Twins stadium in Minneapolis, with 35,000 expected to attend. Minneapolis has NFL, MLB, MBA, NHL, MLS, WNBA, etc., etc., etc., and of course ****BCS Big Ten U. of Minnesota Football****
NDSU is 230 miles from Minneapolis.
Butler (Pioneer League) is 600 miles from Minneapolis.
FCS football appears to be of interest in Minneapolis, even with so many other high level sports attractions including BCS Power Five football.
I assert that despite the proximity to Clemson, Furman football should and can receive much higher interest, much greater publicity, and much higher attendance from the Greenville, SC, area.

[fufanatic]

What's with this NDSU fetish? Furman fans will not travel to Fargo. We had less than 200 travel to the play-off game. There's no incentive for NDSU to play Furman, especially if it's tied to a home and home. They will make more money from a sell-out in the Dome. We most likely would need to give them a guarantee to, at a minimum, cover their expenses. The economics don't work.

It would be fun, especially if we can become a perennial top 5 team, but I agree with Flagman. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Do we charter a plane when we fly or do we send a truck with everything and fly commercial? If it's the latter, GSP goes to 19 cities direct every day. If it's the former, it probably doesn't matter much the distance since the big expense is just securing a private plane big enough for a football team.

[apaladin]

What's with this NDSU fetish? Furman fans will not travel to Fargo. We had less than 200 travel to the play-off game. There's no incentive for NDSU to play Furman, especially if it's tied to a home and home. They will make more money from a sell-out in the Dome. We most likely would need to give them a guarantee to, at a minimum, cover their expenses. The economics don't work.

It would be fun, especially if we can become a perennial top 5 team, but I agree with Flagman. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Do we charter a plane when we fly or do we send a truck with everything and fly commercial? If it's the latter, GSP goes to 19 cities direct every day. If it's the former, it probably doesn't matter much the distance since the big expense is just securing a private plane big enough for a football team.

When Furman flys it's via a charter as all college teams do.

[Flagman]

What's with this NDSU fetish? Furman fans will not travel to Fargo. We had less than 200 travel to the play-off game. There's no incentive for NDSU to play Furman, especially if it's tied to a home and home. They will make more money from a sell-out in the Dome. We most likely would need to give them a guarantee to, at a minimum, cover their expenses. The economics don't work.

It would be fun, especially if we can become a perennial top 5 team, but I agree with Flagman. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Do we charter a plane when we fly or do we send a truck with everything and fly commercial? If it's the latter, GSP goes to 19 cities direct every day. If it's the former, it probably doesn't matter much the distance since the big expense is just securing a private plane big enough for a football team.

When Furman flys it's via a charter as all college teams do.

Furman usually sends the equipment via our own equipment truck.

[fufanatic]

What's with this NDSU fetish? Furman fans will not travel to Fargo. We had less than 200 travel to the play-off game. There's no incentive for NDSU to play Furman, especially if it's tied to a home and home. They will make more money from a sell-out in the Dome. We most likely would need to give them a guarantee to, at a minimum, cover their expenses. The economics don't work.

It would be fun, especially if we can become a perennial top 5 team, but I agree with Flagman. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Do we charter a plane when we fly or do we send a truck with everything and fly commercial? If it's the latter, GSP goes to 19 cities direct every day. If it's the former, it probably doesn't matter much the distance since the big expense is just securing a private plane big enough for a football team.

When Furman flys it's via a charter as all college teams do.

Makes sense. A lot of people for football. But that's not the case for most sports, especially not at Furman. I bet the only other team that would sniff a charter would be men's hoops if they made the NCAAs. At bigger schools it's usually football, men's hoops and maybe baseball or women's hoops at the elite, elite schools.

[DungeonRealm]

What's with this NDSU fetish? Furman fans will not travel to Fargo. We had less than 200 travel to the play-off game. There's no incentive for NDSU to play Furman, especially if it's tied to a home and home. They will make more money from a sell-out in the Dome. We most likely would need to give them a guarantee to, at a minimum, cover their expenses. The economics don't work.

Says the guy giving out dislikes because someone suggests a series with NDSU, lol

Its really not a big deal Flag, its simply striving for the best possible game in Paladin Stadium

[Affirm]

I am somewhat interested to know if Flagman, having spoken against the NDSU idea, would give his suggestion, if any, for an economically realistic/doable FCS OOC series that would relatively ATTRACTIVE OF higher attendance and publicity and thereby improve Furman football in some manner.
Nothing at all against Kennesaw State or Jacksonville State, but I wonder if we could get other similarly good FCS opponents for OOC home-and-home besides those relatively very close-by schools. Kennesaw State and Jacksonville seem like the "obvious". Are there some "less obvious" (i.e., less close-by).
(I also realize that winning would solve a lot of "problems" in regard to attractiveness and publicity. And I have nothing against that strategy, when it occurs.)

[fupaladin01]

After seeing the "hype" video Jax. St put out today I don't want to give them any business. Unless we're givn' em the bizness. I don't know who thought that was a good idea...

[paladinduece]

After seeing the "hype" video Jax. St put out today I don't want to give them any business. Unless we're givn' em the bizness. I don't know who thought that was a good idea...
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Saw that ... was a bit disturbing. I quit watching when the lineman flashed his moobies.

[apaladin]

NDSU series ain't happening so w can stop discussing. 2021 OOC is now complete.

[DungeonRealm]

New timeline for the NDSU series would be Furman @ NDSU 2024, NDSU @ Furman 2025


https://fbschedules.com/ncaa/furman/


https://fbschedules.com/ncaa/north-dakota-state/

[cavedweller2]

After seeing the "hype" video Jax. St put out today I don't want to give them any business. Unless we're givn' em the bizness. I don't know who thought that was a good idea...

Is it "Hot, Hot, Hot"?