Yes, I know full well what I’m starting here and what I’m getting myself into, but it’s something that is a possibility and it’s a pretty good blog topic. As you read this I implore everyone just to breath and think clearly before you comment on what I’m writing here.
NDSU and UND could possibly play as early as 2013. It will take some manuerving, some egos massaged and some money, but it could happen. Follow me here; because the NCAA allows FCS teams to play 12 regular season games in 2013.
NDSU: Currently, the Bison have 11 games scheduled for 2013, opening at Kansas State that year, then Montana State coming to Fargo on September 7th, followed by Western Carolina on September 21st before the league schedule. NDSU has two open dates listed September 14th and November 2nd. Remember that.
UND: Currently, the Sioux have 11 games scheduled for 2013, opening with 3 straight home games against Valparaiso, South Dakota State and Montana. That final game is where things get interesting. Due to a previous home and home contract UND and Montana agreed to in 2009, the Sioux traveled to Missoula in 2010, with the Grizzlies coming back to Grand Forks in 2013. Now things really got complicated once UND was accepted into the Big Sky, meaning UND and Montana became conference rivals. Montana now is scheduled to play in Grand Forks in 2012, 2013 and 2014. The ’12 and ’14 games are conference games, the 2013 is non-conference. I cannot see Montana coming to Grand Forks three straight years. While it would be great for FCS fans in the state to watch a perennial powerhouse like Montana, to get the Grizz to travel anywhere is a feat, and if they don’t have to, I don’t believe they will.
THE RESULT: Montana will buy out of the game at UND on September 14th. That leaves NDSU and UND both with September 14th as an open date. I believe the game gets done that way. NDSU will then play 12 games, and have it’s bye week on November 2nd. As for UND, the Sioux still can schedule one more game if they choose(maybe FBS, they don’t have one on their schedule now) and chose to have their bye week either September 21st or November 23rd. Now this is just a theory and this could be all thrown out the window if Montana decides to honor the contract (working on finding buyout number for that game) but it seems that if this game wants to happen before 2015 this might be the best way. Now the detractors will say why play a 12th game? It seems it’s a formality that the FCS playoff field will expand to 24 teams that season and if you have a chance at another D-1 win then I think teams will take that chance. Craig Bohl and Gene Taylor have both seem to be more open to playing a 12th game in the recent talks Jeff and I have had with them than in the past three years. It may not happen, but it sure seems like an opening.
We want the 21st open to get ready for the conference schedule.
It’s a nice theory…and you could be right…but the extra preparation for the conference is pretty important.
If Gene Taylor sees it as being a ‘builder’ for getting ready for the conference, he’ll consider scheduling. If not…no game.
Looks like the 21st is already taken by Western Carolina. But I definitely agree that a bye before the conference starts would be nice.
The popular thing to do or say is ” NDSU and UND have to play”. I disagree. I do not care if we ever play them in tiddlywinks let alone other sports ever again.
NDSU is somehow looked at as the bad person here when these discussions come up. People always say how great it is and how much money can be generated by having those games. I do not care. NDSU is doing pretty darn well on generating revenue throughout the year and it is going to help UND more than NDSU. Have you seen UND attendance. Once again we would be helping them which was unheard of when we went D1 and they told us to stick it. Let by gones be bygones you say, no problem. Bye Sue you are gone.
First I’d rather see NDSU play more games against teams from the CAA. Second, let’s see if UND is even part of FCS by 2013. If the Big Sky rejects them, they will be sunk. I’m not sure how it happened, but not playing UND has not really been that big of a deal, if money is the biggest factor for bringing it back, then I’m not really all that excited. I’d rather see NDSU match up against CAA teams because those are the teams that are in the playoffs the most and we should see where we stand with them, versus playing UND which will be middle to bottom of the Big Sky (if they are allowed in).
IF they ever do start playing this game on a regular basis I think the first two times should be in Fargo. We are the defending champs and they are the upstarts. Dom you are probably right, this scenario could work. Like I said we don’t need the game to boosts attendance and UND does. It has to be on NDSU’s terms, first two meetings in Fargo or no deal. Personally I don’t care if we schedule them and we will probably meet them in the playoffs someday as they seem to pair MVFC teams with teams from the BIg Sky in early rounds. Go Bison!.
I don’t think they should play unless it’s in the playoffs. It is a no win situation for NDSU, beat UND handily and everyone says they were expected to, win a close one and people call it a moral victory for UND, lose(even though doubtful) and you get shred by the media and hurts recruiting. It’s much the same as UM playing the Dakota schools.
I just don’t here the enthusiasm for the Bison/Who football game coming from the Bison fan base anymore. UND told NDSU to get lost 10 years ago, now they need NDSU to better themselves. I say pound sand! The only ones that seem to want the game are the media and UND’s administration. Pretty easy to see why!
Isnt that the excuses other teams use against us? Cant have it both ways boys.
Keep in mind that Dom is talking about the 2013 season. That Bison team will be l-o-o-o-aded. Jensen, Ojuri, Grothmann, Smith, Turner, Gimmestad, Jirik, Perry, Drevlow, Olson, Williams, Pierre, and Heagle will all be multi-year returning starters. And that doesn’t include seniors like Nelson, Vaadeland, LaVoy, Jerve, Juckem, Carter, Hushka, Luecke, Lang, and Wahlo who will likely be contributors by that time.
As good as the 2011 team was and as good as the 2012team looks like it can be, 2013 team is going to be the most talented Bison team of them all. That team would not lose to UND (unless they hired Saul Phillips as the football coach).
It would be a lot of fun for the region and the entire State of North Dakota. Just play!
no one cares except 2 groups: und people that desperately need this game and gate and attention and old school ndsu fans that are delusional.
FBS games, SDSU, UNI and playoff games trump a und game by a million!
I agree Jacks, UNI, FBS and FCS titles! Go Bison!
Sam
I cant believe how you could be so wrong on such a consistant basis.
I’m an old-school NDSU fan, and guess what? I don’t care if it ever happens either. UND took their ball and went home, when they could have gotten in on a pretty sweet deal. NDSU and SDSU (and USD) should just leave them hanging in the breeze.
I don’t understand all the naysayers. Good grief people, the world moves ahead and the past is the past. Last evening I enjoyed a nice “Italian” meal and finished it with a “German” wine. I then drove home in my “Japanese” automobile and on this chilly morning I am wearing a wind shirt made in “Vietnam.” What could be more “American” or “North Dakotan” than NDSU vs. UND?
I dont understand. Doesnt UND have to play Montana every year since its a conference game?
Nope. The Big Sky has 12 teams now with additions of SUU, UND, Cal Poly and UC Davis.
Can’t play 11 conference games every year.
You probably want to disable comments on this topic… anyone who reads them is about to get a lot dumber.
Excuse me, but, since NDSU isn’t strapped for cash, I don’t see the urgency on NDSU’s part or on their fans for the game to happen. Also, having two bye weeks in a schedule just might be what the doctor ordered…….literally speaking.
“Isn’t strapped for cash?” What was our President B. telling the media yesterday? He said “we have cut to the bone and now we are shaving the bone.”
I dont have the budgets but I think football is helping out with the funding. Its not a good place to cut. Genes idea about the OOC scheduling consortium is a good one. Schools with similar sized stadiums can home/home. Schools with smaller stadiums can travel a couple times or pay a kicker to the large school.
Then why are we playing the likes of St Francis ect. The excuses here are rediculous.
Since when is UND “strapped for cash”?
Both Bohl and Taylor have agreed to this much: if there’s a game out there that makes sense and is *right for NDSU* – they’ll schedule the 12th game.
So the anti-12th game argument is off the table.
But should it be UND?
First of all, your theory has to hold water. Will Montana pay money to not play in Grand Forks 3 years in a row? Depends how much money we’re talking here.
Montana St bought out of returning to Fargo from when NDSU went to Bozeman in 2006 because the buyout was so cheap. The 2013 game is a separate deal.
NDSU learned from that and increased buyouts – but did UND install a large buyout back in 2009? Not sure. Plus it’s possible Montana could’ve dictated a small buyout or no deal. Need that number.
If it ends up that Sept 14 is available for both teams – let’s start with a conversation. Where will it be played? Home & home or 1 game deal? How much moeny for a 1 game deal? Etc.
Talking is free.
IMO, NDSU should not schedule the whioux until the NCAA sanctions and nickname is resolved. The Bison can do better than the whioux, play teams without the baggage. The NDSU 2011 national champions, don’t need the UND stain and controversy on their football program.
Thoughful point.
I think the nickname issue will get resolved after the vote. If North Dakotans vote to keep the nickname, UND has much bigger issues to solve than negotiating a return of the NDSU/UND football series.
NDSU playing the who will not damage us in anyway. Just another excuse.
So if NDSU can find better, then why is it every year we’re stuck with the Bison scrambling to fill the schedule at the last minute with some patsy like Prairie View?
The reality is that, unless they want to play more FBS games, its getting HARDER to find games for NDSU, not easier. If they get something going with UND it would allieviate a lot of headaches.
As opposed to playing the patsy from El Forko??
So UND would agree to play IN Fargo every year??? The Bison need 6 home games minimum during the regular season.
Now that UND is in the Big Sky, UND’s scheduling has become a lot easier. UND’s attendance numbers will be improving quickly. Both schools will do fine whether they play the game or not. It just comes down to whether they want the game or not. Most UND fans I talk to don’t have any burning desire to play NDSU. Most of the conversations about starting to play this game again seem to start with NDSU fans and media.
Now you’re making me LOL!!!
Until the Big Sky kicks them out and they have to go independent and play the likes of the South Dakota Mimes.
Attendance will be up for a few years. But if they are not competitive, the novelty will quickly wear off.
I dont think the current version can compete. It took a 53 yard field goal to beat winless Northern Colorado.
Because the UND president challenging NDSU for a game your point becomes moot.
UND can play NDSU anytime they want. They just have to offer the Bison the right price. If UND wont except a decent offer then they are off the table as a Bison opponent.
GT has talked about a multi conference scheduling consortium. Scheduling has to be done in a way that allows home/homes with schools having similar sized stadiums and a way has to be found to equalize the earning potential for both schools when stadium sizes are not equal.
A scheduling consortium with the MVFC and another conference or conferences would accomplish this. A game with UND will not.
stop already, my god, slow news day at forum/radio and this crap spews out from the hacks!
ndsu doesnt need und for any game, ndsu sells out every game.
who do you think will get the blame for antics/chants during the game? ndsu.
gene/bohl better have a braincell and stay away from the racist nicknamers.
Grow Up!!
what are you talking about, can you dispute 1 thing I said?
grow up? im a 52 year old man that is sick of the fargo media pandering to und.
Oh yeah and Im sure they will prep for 2 years and claim its not a big win. Its the only game that matters to them. How else would you explain the fans rushing the court after they won in Grand Forks while only 1500 showed to watch them win the Great West. Did Bison fans rush the court when we won by 30? It’s the only game that matters to UND.
Welcome back Sam H.
October 18, 2003…the last time the rivalry was played and the Nickel Trophy sits up north right now. NDSU does have something to play for…pride and bragging rights in the state of ND. It was one of the longest and most historic rivalries in the country, if you can’t get excited about the renewal of the game, then you are just a bitter Bison fan.
If UND and NDSU can come to an agreement before Montana negotiations on a buy out, Montana may get a little better price to get out of the game.
The rivalry will happen again, it just a matter of when.
AMEN TO THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Right now the rivalries are between the two Dakota Land Grants and USD. Those are the 3 Big Dakota schools competing like the old days in the same conferences, for the same titles and for the bragging rights in the Dakotas.
UND isnt part of that any more. They play in the Big Sky. Thats where they have turn to get something big going like the 3 Big Dakota Schools have. I guess they are going to go North Dakota vs. Montana because they are out of the picture when it comes to the Dakotas and the big 3 Universities competing in the MVFC and Summit leagues.
Amen!
I highly doubt that if they play that the trophy will be on the line – according to NCAA it is racist. It will either stay with the team that won it last or be donated to the state historical society.
I wasn’t award that a replica coin could be considered racist?
The players and students and many fans have to be reminded of the forgone rivalry. It is gone, just like the Sioux nickname, it is time to move on right?
Bitter Bison fans are not the ones blubbering for this game. They have moved forward with with positive results and heads held high while battling through the transitions. Go Bison.
keep trolling und fans, you have nothing in your lives and you have nothing on the playing field. 5 years of horrible transition with zero big time wins in any sport brings out the desperation and pain. It hurts, we see that, now carry on and leave the Winning big games to the big boys at ndsu!
Only people that have rationally reasoned posts are UND fans?
Sorry Dom. Sounds like you are just preaching to a bunch of sad, bitter grown men.
I’m still trying to figure out how you can win a football game on paper though…
You cant lose one on paper either. UND quit, thats why this game isnt being played.
reasons not to play:
ndsu already sells out games
ndsu has bigger games to play (uni,sdsu,fbs,playoffs)
und has a nickname that most, or half native’s hate them using
und hasnt done a thing since ndsu left them in the dust, why help
media will label ndsu as the haters
und fans will punch holes in wall like x cel center last year
ndsu 18,500 und 8500 attendence avg
und belittled ndsu’s move to D1 & quit the game
last reason, NDSU will throw away 7 years of headway in 1 game for nothing
Did you attend Dickenson State – Fargo campus?
I believe it is spelled “Dickinson” State . . .
He must have gone to UND.
Bring back this great rivalry game. It’s not a matter of either school needing it. It’s time to be adults and move on and make it happen.
NDSU doesn’t need to play 12 regular season games. By the time they get to the national championship game and win it they will have played 15 games. That is plenty of games for the players.
It would be nice to see if NDSU could redeem itself after losing 11 of the last 15 football games played between the two schools, but whether or not it happens is certainly not a priority up north. After a year of winning the Great West conference championships in football, volleyball, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball, UND is excited to enter the next level of competition in the Big Sky, and thoughts of playing NDSU are far down on the totem pole. UND certainly doesn’t need the game for an attendance/money reason. UND is strong financially due to a strong base of financially successful donators, while NDSU continues to struggle to scrape up enough money to put lipstick on the BSA pig. Also, 18+ sold out hockey games per year are the cash cow; 5 or 6 football games at 6 or 7000 attendance for a community the size of grand forks is not the end of the world for the second most important sport at the university. How did NDSU’s second most important sport do in attendance this year?
It certainly was a priority in Grand Forks to play the Bison before they got more regular games in the Big Sky. Since apparently, the game is neither wanted in Fargo or that berg up North, perhaps we can now end all discussions about a game. Congrats on winning championships in the Great West, all the equal of the winning the DAC. Is it true that you will hold your awards banquet at the Olive Garden.
Yes, it’s true, NDSU has no rich Nazi donors (donators?) to finish up the BSA.
@KC Bison: yes, donators is a word; it means to donate to a cause. In my haste i forgot this is a bison blog….i’ll try to keep the words i use two syllables (darn did it again) or less from now on.
Thank you grammar Nazi
Well NDSU’s most important sport,Football, beat the Gophers how did UND’s most important sport (Hockey) do against the Gophers??? The BSA will be the finest basketball facility in the Summit League. In 2009 our second most popular sport went to the Big Dance and gave defending champs Kansas a great game. The Bison have beaten ranked basketball teams from Wisconsin and Marquette. UND’s biggest basketball win according to their head basketball coach is beating the Bison this year. A team none of you respect. ???? Hopefully you can do better in your second most popular sport, football this time. Those nail biters against winless Northern Colorado and that NAIA school the University of Sioux Falls. LOL! IFinally, if you think so little of the Bison that is fine. But then you gotta ask yourself why do you care so much that we schedule the Siou . . . I mean UND in football, your second most popular sport? Next question is why are you always on the Bison blog????
I would like to see a good old fashion intra-state rivalry, but if BisonJeff believes a Bison matchup between Lafayette, St. Francis, Wagner College and Prairie View is better for the program and fan base, then there is no reasoning that can be achieved through these anonymous postings.
Bring on the Panthers!!!!
how did UND’s most important sport (Hockey) do against the Gophers???? Answer: They have beaten them 130 times.
Great. I thought this was a football discussion on scheduling, but as always the discussion digresses.
UND has one of the top 2 or 3 Hockey programs in the history of NCAA hockey. I have always said that. So you guys have hockey and we’ll have football and maybe we will meet in the playoffs. Then so be it. Until then you play the teams in the Big Sky and we will play the teams in the MVFC. We will just have to agree to disagree on a NDSU-UND football game.. Go Bison!
For all the people saying NDSU can easily find better games…..then why are the still scrambling at the last minute to fill the schedule with crap schools like Prairie View? Not only that we’re paying more too.
It’s been said a number of times that winning the national title is making it HARDER to bring teams here. Unless we go to more FBS games some kind of series with UND, annually or bi-anually makes a lot of sense and alleviates a consistent scheduling headache.
And it would be a lot of fun.
Well said!
Interesting discussions. However, the NDSU vs UND football games will resume. It’s just a matter of time.
jeff/dom. all you get on this blog are und trollers, they bring nothing to the table, much like their athletic dept who havent won a big game in their D1 transition. Not 1. Why should ndsu cave in to their desperation?
why would ndsu play 12 games in 2013 when they will play 15 games anyways (11 + 3,4 in playoffs)?
slow news day, we get it.
Must be even slower over at FOX.
Its true there are a lot of UND trollers here but it should be pointed out, even though UND hasnt won a big game since the D2 title and have struggled mightily against USF they have won a few FCS games that would have counted toward a playoff birth had they been eligible, they ushered in their D1 era with the big “win” against TT and they went Toe-to-Toe with Idaho and a few others. Lets give some credit where credit is due ok?
You only win a game when you score more points than the other team. Texas Tech blew UND out…keep dreaming.
Four id’s from the maestro in these responses. Slow ad week?
don’t play them ever!
You can run but you can’t hide!!! It’s going to happen whether you like it or not. Let reality settle in, its not so bad to have a rivalry game.
NDSU needs 6 home games during the regular season. I don’t see UND guaranteeing that they will play IN Fargo every time the game is played.
If playing UND involves going to Grand Forks for a game it should never happen. The only way NDSU should play in Grand Forks again is if UND gets in the same conference or UND hosts a playoff game (highly unlikely).
BigTime I agree that the rivalry will probably start up again. I don’t like it but I admit it will happen. But I don’t think the Bison are running or hiding, they are National champs and I am pretty sure the Bison would have been able to get past the Sioux this year. Don’t you agree?
Lots of bitterness from a fanbase that has “moved on”.
Just sick of non-Bison fans coming on a Bison blog and ragging Bison Fans.We aren’t the ones begging for this game to be played. Believe me if the Sioux never make an effort to play this game again it will never get played cuz the Bison have moved on. and that is a fact. They have moved on all the way to Frisco, Texas! FCS National Champions! Go Bison! Just leave us alone and go have a great time on the UND blog! I don’t understand why you want to be here??? I would never go on the Sioux Blog. Why would I?
If NDSU was to play a 12th game would it not make more sense for them to play the away portion in 2013 with a team that would be willing to return in 2015 as the back end of a home and home as we already have 6 home games in 2013. I would love to see a home and home with a good CAA team or another conference and team that we have not seen in the dome.
If they ever play this game again it should only be in Fargo . The one bedroom tractor storage facility called the alerus is not the venue. If they averaged 7-8000 for football then half were cardboard cutouts.
I think NDSU could travel up there for $225,000. The price would have to be right is the point. The Bison are a big draw in North Dakota. Bigges draw of any sports team in the state is an NDSU football game.
Wow, you Bison fans really are in love with yourselves. I’m not a huge fan of either UND or NDSU but honestly Bison fans, you seem to be more delusional than UND fans.
Now it may be hard to believe but yes, there are other towns/cities in North Dakota besides Fargo where those residents do care about the NDSU-UND rivalry. You can hate it all you want but when UND-NDSU play, the majority of the state will be watching.
You can have your “rivalries” with SDSU, UNI, and whoever the hell you want but despite many of objections. The NDSU-UND rivalry will always be unique.
we love stiring the pot , people like you make it fun.
or by the way the hockey team lost !!
and the Bison are still the National Champs !
Yup and even on a day that should have been totally focused on that – the Sioux were still on their mind.
How so? If you are referring to williams comment it was because his sister goes to UND. Its called rubbing her nose in it. But if you find something in that that puffs you up be my guest.
On a different note. I just saw on MSN.com where Montana fired the AD and Football coach. I wonder how that will impact their recruiting and football program over the next few years. The Big Sky may not look so big.
What a joke, shame on dom/jeff for getting all the.und fans (all 3 of them on here) boners.
Ndsu doesnt need or want to play these neanderthal’s. Ndsu is the best, period
And now that Bjornson (Big Ten Hockey) has made his appearance, this topic is complete.
Well Dom you did get some replies! LOL! Hey what is the deal with the firing of the Montana AD and head coach? Why were they fired?
I guess so! Had the beat writer from Missoula on my radio show tonight, he surmised that both were let go with all the off the field issues that have surrounded the Grizz over the last year and a half, not coincedentally that’s about as long as the new president has been on campus, and I’m sure he was sick of seeing his players in the police blotter. Huge blow to Montana and shakes up the Big Sky, Fritz Neighbor told me 6-7 players have been told not to return to the program.
Wow that is big news. Does Montana try and steal Gene Taylor away from the Bison?
It seems kind of strange that a coach that took his team to the semifinals gets fired but his star QB is alleged to have committed a rape.
This is definitely not the time you want to be hiring a new AD and football coach. They will definitely be behind the 8 ball. Would Montana State’s old coach take over?
That would not be much of a promotion. More of a lateral move. I think Gene Taylor wants to go to an FBS program. Those are the places he has looked at in the past
I would think there will be a long list of applicants for both the AD and coaching jobs. It is an elite football program in FCS.It will be interesting to see who they go after as far as a head coach???? Is there a coach or AD in the Missouri Valley they would look to hire?
Did you find out how much the buyout is for the UND game in 2013?
Does this latest development aid your theory that Montana could request a buyout of that game?
Ndsu up here with a natl title.
und down here with SD mines, usf, montana western.
Case closed, when will the fargo media quit pandering to the losers, why cant you find real stories. Let the lil grand forks media publicize them, youre in FARGO-NDSU act like it!
Read your posts? If you did not graduate from NDSU I certainly understand why. Your grammar, sentence structure and spelling are at the upper elementary level. If you did graduate, shame on NDSU as this is how an alum represents us!
The Montana buyout for the 2013 non-conference return trip to GF (UND went to Montana in 2010) is $100,000.
Not an impossible amount, especially if Montana can find a BCS school willing to pay the buyout in addition to paying Montana $400k or something along those lines.
However, I don’t think Montana would be willing to pay the buyout themselves, regardless of the scheduling opportunity.
PS – this is from Wayne’s blog
Just got the information myself, that is accurate, it’s a 100,000 dollar buyout for Montana to get out of the game at UND, now Georiga Southern only had a 60,000 dollar buyout to get out of game with NDSU and didnt think twice, still believe Montana wouldn’t hesitate either, and I think yesterday’s developments only enhance it, may want to play as many home games as possible or at least FCS games they feel they can win.
You can’t play UND if they wont sign for a reasonable price.
$100,000 is different than $60,000. GSU never intended to come to Fargo anyway. Thats why they had the money ready. They wont come back either, if they can help it.
Montana may be stuck?
Nothing about NDSU,UND game on inforum.com 3 hours after its done. Only 255 fans at game, proof that no one cares.
Find a new topic for ratings
, may want to play as many home games as possible or at least FCS games they feel they can win.
Are you kidding Dom? Thats hilarious and prepostorous statement of the year. Ha ha Youre in FARGO, not grand forks
No one cares? Who is constantly saying that but look who is posting.
It looks like the Bison baseball program has got to the same successful level as most of the other sports. It isn’t just football, even though that is the money maker averaging 18,000 fans. Spring sports like baseball, and the NDSU softball team, and track which is always conference champs, demonstrate how sucessfull DI NDSU athletics really are……….
Well said RedRiver, I couldn’t agree more!
Dom, if you had to say right now who do you think will have another school knocking on their door first with a serious job offer, Craig Bohl or Gene Taylor? I would think that their accomplishments at NDSU are not going unnoticed by other schools.
Fargo media should be all NDSU.
this crap wouldnt fly in madison,lincoln, missoula
That’s funny. BisonJeff got baited. what happens when the mighty Bison baseball team loses today or tomorrow? Will we be back to talking about how irrelevant baseball is?
And how many different usernames does B!lly B!g Wheel$ need to create to say the same thing? So over it that you post and re-post about UND on hundreds of different sites daily. With your unhealthy obsession, can’t believe how you tricked a person into marrying you, let alone two. Yet another slow ad day??
I think that the NDSU sports other than football and basketball have done well since the move to D-I. I mean they haven’t been national champs but I think we all understand the reality of competing with BCS schools on a regualr basis . . . they will win most of the time. If the Bison lose to the Siouxin baseball I will still think NDSU has a good baseball team. UND has always had a good baseball team and truth be told they were usually better than the Bison. I have no problem being honest about it.I don’t like the Sioux but I give them credit where it is due. Great hockey program. If I said it wasn’t I would be lying. They did have our number in football the last decade or so that we played. It is the truth, but I think anyone who is honest would tell you that the Bison football program is more successful. Just look at the national titles. If Bemidji State beat the Sioux in hockey 12 out of 15 times would you say Bemidji St. has a better hockey program? No of course not. I just don’t wanna play the Sioux in Football. Not because I fear them, but becase they treated us like garbage when we made the move. We will play them again, either a scheduled game or a playoff game. But I don’t have to like it. Go Bison!
Bohl and Taylor are only moving on to BCS jobs. They are at the epitome of this level. It would make no sense for either to go to a school like Montana. Wouldn’t surprise any insiders to see Taylor replace Tom Osborne when his time to retire comes very soon. Tim Miles has a great deal if respect for Gene, and will do what he can to make it happen. And when Gene goes to Lincoln,
Green eggs, way to live up to und abusive attitude posting about ndsu fans personal life? Youre sick, get help at prairie
I think there’s 1-2 und fans that are psycho crazy doing this stuff, i would hope its not indicative of their fanbase.
Cant areavoices or jeff kick those people off and keep this a ndsu only blog with ndsu only fans?
Can you define “ndsu only fans?” Seems that if you are a realistic NDSU fan you are not considered a fan by some…only the NDSU fan base that cannot see other’s views on Bison athletics are really considered “fans”?
good point on the ‘ndsu only’ fans, however, the und fans come on here just to bait ndsu fans and undercover personal stuff on them? thats scumbag stuff, it should be ndsu fans and anything else gets deleted by staff so we obviously see the true colors of the staff here
Quit posting and there wouldnt be a UND problem. There are many UND fans that are much more rational than you are Sam.
im not buying this theory, i only see this as typical und people stoking the flame.
ndsu has proven itself in the D1 world, they havent, they havent even been average if you take away the naia/d2 teams.