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Good game in Portland. Tied at 21 late in the 3rd quarter........

I really find it hard to believe that the BCS conferences are just going to break away from the NCAA and start their own association. They basically have their "own" association when it comes to football. One could argue that it would make sense for them to do the same with Men's Basketball. But what about the rest of their sports? Most members of the "Power Conferences" sponsor upwards of 20 to 25 sports. They need opponents and championships to play for. That is what NCAA affiliation provides. Every power conference has its bottom feeders. I doubt schools like Minnesota and Illinois are going to be on board with cutting the pool of potential opponents for their non-revenue sports from over 300 to 60 or so. The NCAA allows the big schools to have free reign over their football. I think in the future they'll get even more free reign and that will satisfy them...............

Don't they mostly still say Sioux, North Dakota, or Nodak? I'm just saying who cares what "type" of jersey gets worn by UND supporters to a Sioux football game, or even, god forbid, in downtown Fargo when ESPN is there for a once in a lifetime event that promotes football? I'm quite confident in saying that the highest selling sports jersey in the country that has the words "North Dakota" on it is a North Dakota Hockey Jersey. Students especially need (or should be) careful what they spend their money on, and I'd bet that most of them pick a hockey jersey to drop $150 on over a football jersey. Hell, I'm 35 years old and make a fairly comfortable living. Hockey is my third favorite UND sport and the only North Dakota jerseys I own are two hockey sweaters.

I don't get that argument. Should a person also not wear a Sioux baseball cap to a football game? Helmet instead or what? Would a Sioux basketball jersey be as offensive at a football game as a hockey sweater would? How about wearing white after labor day? Sheesh. What's the big deal? I don't care what people wear. Duck Dynasty, John Deere, Calvin Klein.........................just cheer for UND.................

Games on ROOT aren't on BigskyTV as far as I know..............

I thought UTEP would have gone to the MWC last year. MWC needs access to Texas recruiting grounds. They would help fill the void left by TCU. I'm a bit of a BYU fan, and they just need to suck it up and get back into a conference. Returning to the MWC, along with UTEP would give them 14. On the other hand though, regarding BYU, if ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU, is willing to put 6 or 7 Cougar football games on TV every year, and they can be in the WCC with Gonzaga, maybe going independent was a smart move.

Well, I would take a win, regardless of how that would impact Coach Mussman's future employment. I may have soured on the current coaching staff, but I'm not ready to pull for the opponent every week in order to force a change................

Check that, they've played 4 games. But still, that is down right scary.....................

What about Schuler and Brekke? Of course, Brekke was not difficult to recruit for North Dakota. I think Schuler is very underated. He was really the first notable high school recruit for Jones. It just turned out that the next season they brought in 3 guys that play the same position that are all capable of being all-conference players. That is just not going to happen every year at this level of basketball. What I do like about Jones is how he fills the gaps with quality JUCO players. Emmanual Little, Earvin Youmens, Travis Mertens, Alonso Traylor, Jaron Nash (hopefully). No program should be built on JUCO players IMO, but Jones has found some nice ones that can contribute in his time here..........

Portland St. already has over 1,300 yds rushing this year in just 3 games! They are going to have a field day against our D...................

Lots of size, very nice to see. Add all that to 6'8" Brekke, and you've gotten very deep at the 5/4 position. I'm most excited about Traylor and Nash. Traylor because we saw a bit of him last year and I thought he looked real good. A true power forward. Nash because he is reportedly uber-athletic with size. I also hope that Brekke can have a nice senior year. Watching him as a freshman and sophomore, I figured he'd easily be a 14 ppg, 8 rpg guy by the time he was a senior. He was really slowed last year by injury I think. He was slowed by injury last year (concussion) and has always been plagued by fouls. Would be great to see him return to the form of his sophomore year. 3 quality post players plus 4 quality guards could be a recipe for success..............

I agree with you about EWU. That Jois kid was tough. I find it hard to believe that Weber will not be the favorite, given how they ended last season. I think Montana has a lot to replace with the losses of Cherry and Ward, but they are a great program. If everyone stays healthy and ELIGIBLE, I think North Dakota will be right there in the top 3 agains challenging the Griz and Wildcats....................

The answer is C. The other three won with their own recruits......................... Or I suppose it could be D. He's the only one the coached in a Super Bowl................ Or it could even be A. He couldn't convince his own son to play for NDSU....................

Given the big change in the broadcasting platform, it would be nice if UND would offer a "freeview" weekend of the opener against Manitoba so we could see how the service is going to perform. DirecTV gives subscribers the first week of NFL Sunday Ticket, NHL Center Ice, MLB Extra Innings, NBA League Pass for free. It would be nice for those of us who remain "on the fence" to test out the the new inter-web backbone of UND broadcasts. I am reluctant to subscribe for the UND Insider at this point, since I still haven't been able to watch any of the UND Extra or North Dakota Hockey shows without constant buffering to this point. Although that "early bird" special that costs $4.00 more than last season is very tempting.................................

America One is the video streaming partner for the Big Sky conference as well. The Big Sky makes this service available for no charge. Seems like this would have been a good way to go for the NCHC, at least in their first year, to build up interest. FWIW, America One has a very good video service in my experience. Neulion (North Dakota's provider), has been pretty hit and miss..........................

I sure hope you are right. Given all the injuries the Bobcats have to deal with, the fact the game is in the Alerus, I'd be normally be more optimistic than I am had North Dakota at least put up a fight against the Griz. I admit I saw good things from the Sioux against a very good SDSU team, but I saw nothing from them against Montana that would make me think we can stay with one of the better Big Sky teams, which of course, Montana St. is..................

This thread is now approximately 2 and a half years old, 147 pages long, has had nearly 3,000 replies, and is still on the front page of the Football Forum. Obviously there is alot of interest from both sides. Getting back to the original question that was posed so long ago: Should the Football series be resumed? I will reaffirm my answer of NO, and list the following reasons (in no particular order): I just don't miss the game. I love football, any football, don't really care who the opponent is. If they do agree to play, great. I'll go. But I go to every game, anyways. Both schools are treated to some pretty nice matchups due to the conferences they play in. The possibility of only meeting in the playoffs is intriguing. It may never happen. Or it may happen every other year at some point. But if the first time that the two schools play again is in the playoffs, that will be one crazy scene. Not playing in football enhances the rivalry in other sports. The rest of the sports that they do play in come under a bigger microscope, and get more attention with the absence of the football game. Basketball at both schools (specifically women's) needs a boost to energize the fans. Sioux-Bison games do that. I'm very impressed by the interest, attendance, intensity at the most recent Volleyball matches between the two both in GF and Fargo. Just my two cents..................

Let's try and keep all of the head coaching, NDSU comparisons, and "state of the program" fodder in one of the other threads that are currenty going for those topics. As for this game against the Bobcats, I'd be wildly surprised (and impressed) if North Dakota wins. So my prediction is that MSU and fans will likely leave the Alerus happy.

Never heard of this site before, but they pick North Dakota to win the Big Sky.................. 32 in 32: Big Sky Conference

I will do my best to answer your question....................... Where in the continental United States (other than Grand Forks County) is hockey the #1 sport? You see what I am getting at.......................... Yep. There are lots of them

I watch ESPN's Gameday every week. I can say that I see Fighting Sioux merchandise in the background of Gameday at least once every three to four weeks. For some reason, it is really common when they are broadcasting from an SEC location. Because of the fact that I know that, my balls didn't fall off when I saw North Dakota stuff while they were broadcasting from NORTH DAKOTA.......................... By the way, hats off to the city of Fargo, and to the NDSU (a.k.a FU) athletic department. For me, it was quite awesome to see the "Mothership" broadcasting to tens of millions of homes from my own backyard............................. NDSU and Fargo represented well............................

So today I watched the SUU-Sac St. game. Both squads look way better than us. We will be out-muscled in the trenches by both teams. No contest. Luckily we don't play SUU this year. Also watched the 2nd half of Northern Arizona vs. South Dakota. NAU's RB will go for over 200 yards against us easily. I also watched parts of Portland St. v. UC Davis. PSU is likely going to run it up on us. I think we can beat UC Davis................................

Anybody else notice that Montana's home game today against Oklahoma Panhandle was available on BigSky TV "for a small fee."? Methinks that the Big Sky and America One are testing the waters for subscription service in the future.

Didn't Babich take NDSU to the National Semis once or twice? I always thought he got a bad wrap.

I agree there really is none. I've just seen the no-FBS win critisism thrown out A LOT for several years now, and in the last several days, and I think it is a weak argument. If Coach Mussman had gotten a couple FBS wins in the past 6 years, would he get a pass for the shellackings taken at the hands of Montana, Montana St., EWU, and Sioux Falls? SUU and Sac St. have recent FBS wins, whereas Montana or SDSU do not. Which of those programs would one rather emulate? Anyways, carry on. That's just my opinion....................