A fan site is not a reflection on the level of interest, most fan sites are the same dozen fans/anti-fans posting over and over sometimes under different nicknames.
If he is splitting time at St. Johns it would appear he has found his level, no diss intended. St. John's is a quality program, almost always in the top 10 for their level and great local support. Homecoming this weekend the cars will be parked all the way out to I-94.
It seems to me that a rural North Dakotan who has no connection to either school naturally gravitates to SU because of its agriculture education roots. Might also be cause if they don't have a connection their neighbor's kid or someone in their family has an SU connection. Perhaps the slam "if you want to work on a farm go to SU, if you want to own a farm go to UND" pokes them a little also.
Agreed, I also think a player takes a lot of hard hits and it wears on the body so it's okay to limit them in the preseason, plus that room has plenty of talent.
Yes there is some logic there - however other than Southern Ilinois most of the road games are winnable with this staff and their structure and discipline, plus you get a sense this team believes.
Never had to say it out loud but my kids knew the same to be true - had a friend that didn't understand what a rivalry meant and they could not believe we wouldn't allow it. I said "any major they want to study is available at hundreds of other schools."