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Schmidt comes in and just immediately adds speed and athleticism. The first thing that he does...... Is he a great recruiter, or were we just that under skilled at some of these spots the entire time?

2015 they won the state championship. Fun fact, they finished 3rd in the WDA tournament that year. They had to beat Jamestown on Saturday in Bismarck to even get there. They also got an extremely good draw that year. Devils Lake upset Red River in the EDC tournament, so Minot played them first round, then they played #4 EDC seed South/Shanley who was ahead in the third period before a kid took a 5 minute major and Minot scored twice on the major penalty. In the championship they just withstood Central and got a fantastic goaltending performance to win 2-1. As a Minot alum I've seen a lot of things that have went terribly wrong for the magi in their state tournament runs, but that year things just magically fell into place. Was also the first year the state tournament was held at Scheels Arena. I think that helped as well.

I've been a Notre Dame fan for years as my parents didn't have cable and NBC was the decent channel we got. I've probably killed their mojo as they haven't won anything since I've been a fan. I think at this point the winner of tomorrow's game is the favorite. My pick right now is Ohio State.

Completely agree. A fair amount of those "ships" that could compete with the mother ship that is the NDSU championship wagon have moved out of the harbor. If it was UND winning 10 of the last 14 I'd be happy as heck, but at the same time I'd understand that there isn't a ton out there left to prove at the lower level, and most times they take the field it's like a Fargo vs. Valley City type matchup in regards to resources at their disposal.

Surprise score was Davies over North 7-1. Davies has got some swagger since they knocked off Red River. Playing really well right now.

Red River won 8-1. Minot currently up 6-1 in the third in a bit of a surprise.

That's just it. What FCS teams are legit D1 teams? NDSU, SDSU, the Montanas, then.....I can't include UND when we would've lost to Ferris State. What is a legit D1 team? If Ferris or Valdosta turned "D1" and played the Valpos and Drakes and U of San Diego they'd go undefeated with their D2 rosters. I'd put them up against anyone NDSU played in the playoffs until the last two rounds and they'd beat them. But help is on the way FCS!!! The: East Texas A&M Lions, Lindenwood, Mercyhurst, Stonewall, and last but not least Western Georgia will have full FCS membership soon. So things are definitely looking up....

They are in the top 3-4 every year until someone does something about it, which with limited resources the Incarnate Word's of the worlds have, good luck. One of the teams that did had a mass exodus, so really right now it's them and South Dakota, and Montana schools have a punchers chance. Personal opinion is that if they stay in the lower level another 50 years they'll win like 30+ subdivision national championships. And that's a low guess if other possible contenders move up to FBS.

You can't drop back every time in the red zone, especially inside the five. Spread them out, run some jet sweep, direct snap to the RB, quick pitch inside to a TE in motion. Darnold couldn't hit water from a boat and his play calling sucked.

Vigen kind of reminded me of Bubba during that game. Always with a weird look on his face, and there was never a sense that they were in control of the game, even when they were making a push the second half. On to next year, anybody want to guess the two teams in the championship right now?

Better team won. Defense doesn't win championships anymore. You've got to be attack mentality. Hopefully tentative football is gone from the UND playbook.

How do we get those four heffers in the front row they keep showing to transfer to UND? The four of them outweigh our entire defense.

When you can't stop them you can't punt the ball.

Back to what worked for you in the first half. Nice job kitties.

Anybody else punting there? A gap blast by Miller and its first and ten.

Where was this the 1st half

What a catch. That kid is making himself a lot of money.

Credit to NDSU, but is Vigen trying here? When the TV guys openly criticize your play calling offensively and defensively it's not going well for you.

Get everyone tight in the box and then run it right at them.... Not getting the play calling.

Hey every team in FCS, Miller is going to run it, probably a lot... Every team in FCS:

Really appreciate the boys in Vegas giving NDSU 4 points in this one.

FCS football will forever hold the secret to what a holding penalty actually is....my God.... 14-0 Bizen now.

Punting from there isn't going to get it done kitties.

So you've got Montana State -4 at the moment. I think NDSU ends up covering in this one. Game squarely comes down to one Tommy Mellott. He is going to have to score the football the way he has all year because I don't think his defense can stop NDSU from putting up 24+ points. NDSU 31 Bobcats 24 And another FCS championship for the Bizen.

KOC now gets to answer questions about his offense getting slapped around by a depleted defense who had given up points aplenty the past few weeks. Collinsworth had a good time pointing out the flawed approach and lack of adjustments. I think Flores defense played alright, but Ben Johnson will get a head coaching gig before he does.