(05-15-2015 12:26 PM)MJG Wrote:  

(05-15-2015 10:17 AM)goofus Wrote:  it is interesting that so many of these scenarios involve Northern Iowa moving up from FCS to FBS. Although I know the idea has been discussed by UNI administration but when it comes down to it, they are the ideal size for FCS.

although you can argue the 15,000 attendence rule is meaningless, it can still be a good criteria for whether an FCS school is a good candidate for moving up.

UNI has an attendence of 12,000 playing in a little domed stadium with a capacity of little over 15,000. They are a medium sized school in terms of students. Iowa is a low population state and a low growth state that already has 2 FBS schools.

Everything just screams that UNI is exactly at the level it should be at.

If anything, you could argue half the teams in the MAC and Sunbelt should be playing at the FCS level too. At least UNI is smart enough to recognize its ideal level.

That is twelve thousand actual attendance which equals 16500 in the lower tier FBS world. Seems like they could add end zone seating at one end at least . When it comes to play off money the G5 could be locked out. Since they won't be participating in the playoffs.That is a bigger threat than a G6 future conference in twelve years.