If you want to play against FBS schools where the alumni live, besides the obvious Minn., head west. Washington, Oregon, Oregon State, Colorado, Colorado State, Arizona, an Arizona State.
Envy
1. : painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage
I think being rejected twice by the Big Sky has left the bison fans a little envious.
I was ecstatic when the Summit visit was canceled, signaling entrance to the Big Sky.
I think with 14 members they would have gone to divisions. I'm not sure what the divisions would have looked like, but I believe MSU and UND would have been in the same division.
According to the piece in the Herald this morning, the 2012 schedule is done and one more game is allowed for 2013, with open dates on 9-21 and 11-23. I agree with Irish, though, from what I see for UND's future schedules, not playing NDSU isn't that big of a deal.
WOW! The 2013 schedule is impressive...7 home games....
Valparaiso
SDSU
Montana
Montana State
Eastern Washington
Sacramento State
Northern Colorado
The first 3 games of the season are at home.
Sioux football is on the rise.
North Dakota's rivals will be Northern Colorado and Montana State.
Big Sky Schedules
PDF of Schedules
2012
@SAC
CP
@EWU
NAU
UM
@MSU
SUU
@UNC.
I love it.
Grizz Fan posted this in yesterday's Live Chat....
If true, that would be great. If that doesn't increase the attendance, nothing will.
Fighting Sioux athletics is looking better every day.
Although he may not be a likely UND athletics financial supporter, I would look at Peter Nygard for potential donations to the UND foundation.
Mr. Nygard is a self-made millionaire.
Looking to get away for a while..... Nygard Cay.
Oddly, that is not the one that was selected as part of the long term plan according to JLG. I say oddly, as I'm sure it faaaar less expensive. I guess if we are dreaming, we dreaming big.
This has been a topic of conversation for a few years. Instead of posting the links. See my post from last fall showing the links to the long term plans for UND athletics.