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I'm not a troll.  I just have to shine a big, bright light on social injustices.

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2 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

I said cheerlead, NOT "say anything positive about the Bison". Please get your facts straight if you are going to talk about my posts.

Listen, I didn't even know this site existed until a few days ago and wanted to see what your fan base was saying regarding the unforeseen losses and recent arrests.  Then I committed a mortal sin by misquoting a guy who said he would walk on hot, molten glass.  Yikes.  You guys take this pretty seriously.

I know where you can get some weed to take the edge off.  

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1 minute ago, UNDBIZ said:

Factual comment regarding ndsu's schedule.  You had no legitimate retort, so you simply took a shot at UND.

Legitimate retort??  The guy said he would walk on hot, molten glass vs say anything positive about the Bison.  I assumed that most of the legitimacy had leaked out the conversation.  

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2 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

You keep bringing up UND and its record, when the discussion is ndsu and its weak schedule.  This thread is for non-UND FCS discussion.

Yeah.  That's what happened.  Like when I said "if we had NDSU's schedule, we'd be 4-1 right now?"

 

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1 minute ago, jdub27 said:

NDSU has a hard time getting FBS games and buying cheaper money games, however I don't buy that NDSU would have a hard time scheduling home/homes with other FCS schools. For their own various reasons/guidelines, they choose not to do it very often.

 

UND would be sitting at 4-1 if they had NDSU's first half schedule. NDSU will obviously fair better through the second half of their schedule than UND would, but doesn't change how they were set up to have a very favorable front half. Remains to be seen whether that helps or hurts them in the long run.

1.  If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, then every day would be Christmas.

2.  Why do people insist that everything is a set-up?  Like our loss to JMU last year, like losing Menard?  Conspiracy theories don't look good on anyone.

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1 minute ago, UNDBIZ said:

Where did he say UND is looking great this year?

He didn't.  Neither did I.  I'm confused.

 

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2 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Very funny. I am not suggesting you guys schedule two FBS money games and three games vs. Top 5 FCS teams. My point is that you don't prove anything by running up the score against teams like Mississippi Valley State. The meat of the MVFC schedule is coming up. That will tell us more about them.

But UND certainly has proven something with a 2-4 schedule against quality opponents.  And yes, the meat of the MVFC schedule is coming.  And yes, we'll have tight games just like we always do.  And maybe even lose one.  And if/when we make another deep playoff run, you will still be running your fun hole about our weak OOC schedule.  

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4 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

And despite what they have accomplished over the past 6 years, it doesn't change the fact that four out of their first five games were against teams that would struggle to beat the top teams in the NSIC. If they want to continue to b!tch and moan about how soft our schedule is, then they should expect the same treatment from us. I don't go on Bisonville and make comments like that, but if they want to come here and do that, then they should expect some backlash. And that is what they will get from me.

There is a sense from their fan base that nobody will come within three touchdowns of them from now to Frisco. Obviously, that notion will be tested as they move into the meat of the MVFC schedule. If they can run the table in the regular season, the quality of their first five teams won't matter to me or anyone else. But to say it is wrong to point out the softness of their schedule so far is pure hogwash. It is a legitimate point and legitimate topic of conversation. And if it was UND with NDSU's schedule, I would say the same thing.

It is almost like there is some unwritten rule that UND fans are not supposed to talk about certain things with regard to NDSU and that is pure horse@%^&. I'll bring up whatever I want with them. This is a rivalry and that is how rivalries work. I would rather walk barefoot on hot, molten glass than cheerlead for them.

Good point.  I would much rather be 1-4 (and f'ing boat-raced in those losses) against good competition.  Solid, Dude.  Solid.

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26 minutes ago, zonadub said:

Trying to take an objective view of the Bison non-conference scheduling, it seems that they have it figured out...

FBS/Power 5 teams don't schedule them after NDSU won the last 5 FBS games they played. Why pay someone $500k +- to have them come in and hurt your record/ranking?

they have scheduled home and home with a couple of the better FCS schools (Montana, EWU)

they can still sell out their almost 19,000+ seat FargDome playing cupcakes and pay them very little, making home cupcake games profitable for the program

they get more home games and the gate receipts that go with them

they can pad their OOC record against those cupcakes

whether we like it or not, they instill a culture of winning

and, despite what some on here continue to post, they are a damn good football team year after year. I realize I am not walking to the beat of the SS.com drummer, but the reality of NDSU's FCS record is very good

This is spot-on.  Why in the hell would a team travel if they could stay home (next year we have 7 home games!) unless there was a significant $$ involved?  There are Simple Jacks on bisonville as well so I hope "you people" don't feel too bad about yourselves.  Focus on your own juggernaut of a schedule.