With all of the scheduling problems that NDSU had the first couple of years in the transition did football attendance go up or down? 
2003   11,567 
2004   13,269 
2005   14,160 
Hmmm, 
 
So why are you so sure that 2008 will be a lean year for UND?  Could it be because you just plain hate UND and a lean year is what you want for UND?