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gvsu yooper- you say you like smaller unique pizza parlors- you live a short drive from walker and OREGANO'S does not make your list???!!!!!! they have the best pizza in all of michigan. you need to check it out.

i don't know about what happened in north dakota but apparently in michigan many people missed the whole 1st quarter because they had to finish some west coast basketball game.

bigmrg- good to see ya- i don't know how i forgot about the dome- thought it was the year before for some reason.

you are missinterpretting my point- gvsu does not have more talented players than the MAC- although central and western have sucked for a few years now and it is closer than many people think. what i am saying is that we get a lot of players that central and western try to recruit because they know they will have a chance to play for a championship and that the best hope they have at cmu or wmu is the motor city bowl against tcu (if they don't chicken out like last year) or some other mid major. Brian Kelly left because cmu is a stepping stone to what he wants to accomplish in coaching (reaching the top level). cmu also has very good facilities and were once a quality football program. he sees this as a chance to rebuild a program and continue to build on his reputation as an excellent football coach. ALSO- i am not belittling the MAC. i love the mac- it is an underrated conference. niu, miami ohio, marshall, toledo, bowling green. they had some huge wins last year (kansas state, alabama, wisconsin, maryland, etc.) there were some great teams in the mac last year and in years past. i was talking only about western and central.

hey siouxjoy- i wasn't refering to the championship game as one of the road games (it was a nuetral site and you are correct it was a very close and very competitive game) hey bisonmav- and i must appologize for being incorrect on my last post. WE DID WIN A GAME IN A DOME LAST YEAR. it was against northern michigan in the YOOPER dome (a.k.a. the superior dome) i don't know how i could have forgotten that, especially since i am a yooper myself. also- it is true that UND will still get the better recruits. we experience this in west michigan. our main competition comes from western mich and central mich. both of these are div 1a schools but many athletes that these schools recruit come to gvsu instead because they want a chance to play for a national title- not the MAC championship or whatever conference championship that you will be playing for.

no wins were in a dome and i am sure you can guess why. did ndsu make the playoffs last year? just because you are now 1aa does not make you good all of a sudden. i still think that UND will get the better players in nd when it comes to recruiting because i belive most athletes would rather compete for a national championship than go to a mediocre 1aa school. especially since it isn't anymore glamorous than div 2 is and you will be on post season probation for awhile.

yah the 2005 season. is it a home and home series? also since UND has 7 home games this year does that mean they will pay for it next season with only a few home games?

how many teams are in the conference right now for next season?

bisonmav- i don't want to take anything away from UND- they are obviously one of the best d2 football programs in the country and have been for awhile. i am not sure how you can say with such confidence that UND would have beaten gvsu in the alerus center, though. it would be a great game to watch. have you seen gv play? they did win 3 straight playoff road games last year on their way to the finals for the third straight time. one thing is for sure bisonmav- we would surely woop up on the bison in your fargo dome.

does UND play at ferris st. next season?

since you have lost a couple teams in your conference who do they plan on bringing in?

hey bisonmav- just because you couldn't beat the sioux, it doesn't mean nobody can

bigmrg- they didn't just win on the road this year. with the exception of svsu they destroyed teams on the road.