The Sicatoka

Volley, I'm going to keep pushing because that's how ideas get drawn out: You said a key word in there ... "normally". The Big Sky wants all of Idaho (read: football too) back in the fold, but they couldn't get that. They (BSC) got what they could get. Beyond that, a lot of things have to fall just right: Sun Belt has to look to consolidate geographically*, Idaho has to put FB back in the BSC, the NCAA has to allow your "transition conference to FBS because an FBS school found a landing spot there" scenario. There are a lot of moving parts there and I'm more an Occam's Razor kind of guy.** *Your "NDSU could go SBC" scenario refutes this very notion as grabbing NDSU would clearly not be a geographical consolidation of the SBC. The "scoop and score" on geographic consolidation for the SBC would involve some CAA teams and Missouri State (after deep-sixing Idaho and NMSU). **Occam's Razor would say the SBC would try to get some in-footprint teams in the fold and then divest itself of Idaho and NMSU.

No, what puts quality of life at the bottom-stop of the scale is no jobs, no opportunities, no nothin'.

Watch the name calling. Thank you.

Volley, I'm going to "devil's advocate" you here for a minute: Idaho jumped out of the WAC because they saw what the WAC was becoming: Chicago State, Grand Canyon, Bakersfield. That's not who they are. They put athletics with similar schools (Montana, Montana State, North Dakota) with the exception of affiliate FBS football in the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). They'll be content with that until the SBC gives them the boot (ala what the SBC did to Denver a while back). However, with SBC football at 11 today, the SBC pulling in NDSU would give the SBC the magic number for a conference championship game. And it would implode your notion of Idaho football returning to the Big Sky (and serving as the catalyst to an FBS Big Sky). Thoughts.

Dreamer.

I hope you're not holding your breath.

I guess I'm shocked to find out a guy who has to run a city has time for such trivialities.

GSU? Which Sun Belt "GSU"? Georgia State or Georgia Southern? But to your point, App'y State and Troy? The average NDSU (or UND for that matter) fan would say "Troy who?"

For some folks reality isn't real until it's all too real. If there really is this undercurrent at SL and SR that really doesn't want the name banished permanently* it won't bubble to the surface until the new name is selected and on the fast track to installation and reality. But honestly, I don't expect that undercurrent to appear. If it didn't rear up before it won't happen now either. *Once there's a new name in place the old name is never coming back. This "no name" limbo is a joke and a way to keep saying the old name with having to really claim it ... and I wonder when the NCAA will see through the "no moniker" ruse for what it is.

Maybe a "Mafia" moniker for UND isn't that far from the truth.

Masterfully played.

I've said it before and no better time to repeat it: Pick a new moniker or someone, who probably doesn't have your best interests at heart, will tag one on us.

BSTAM's offense didn't show up and their defense was non-existant.

They could have called two picks on that play. Two of the three receivers on that side were effectively blocking. They should've just called screen if that's what those guys were going to do.

7-2 UND. Final.

Delayed penalty coming to CC (holding). UND 5x3 for 0:23 coming up.

Olson's back on. UND on PP. LaDue now vying for his hattrick.

They had the major PP and down 4. Why not try something, anything?

CC penalty for slash. 7-2 UND 4:24 left in third, under a minute on Olson's major. Summing all that up is this: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CtGxusvUT3k

CC is pulling their goalie. MacMillan from Parks ... 7-2 UND

6-2, 6:50 left in the third.

First minute of major gone, 6-2 UND

Tim Hennessy > field

6-2. 8:50 remaining. And it's getting chippy. Olson to the box for 5 for charging; another CC PP.