bincitysioux

Yet predictable.

I welcome the discussion. I've grown tired of the North Dakota-NDSU "pollgate" threads. Is it just me, or is a blowhard from Montana much more likeable than a blowhard from Fargo?

You are right that the depth and quality of the Big Sky is infinately higher than that of the Summit. NDSU will definately have a much much easier road to conference sucess in the Summit.

The point is that there are 5 sports at North Dakota that can draw fans: Hockey, Football, Men's basketball, Women's basketball, and Volleyball. I've made the commonality argument for 5 years or more. UND sports fans are already at times a house divided. I think it is very good for fan interest that the fans who grow to hate Montana St. football can also grow to hate Montana St. basketball and volleyball.

Portland St. and Cal Poly are both at home and they both match-up well with North Dakota. Montana lost a ton on defense, had a coaching change, has undergone the off-season from hell, and travels to Grand Forks. Hardly a gimmee for them. I've never understood all the love SUU gets from fans around the Big Sky. And for you to think more highly of them than Cal Poly baffles me. Realistically, I think North Dakota will be favored in the following games: SD Mines Portland St. Cal Poly Northern Arizona Southern Utah Northern Colorado I think the Sac St. and Montana games could go either way. EWU and MSU are poor match-ups on the road for North Dakota. I was thinking the opposite of you in regards to whether or not it is a bad year to break into a new conference "with what we have returning". We only lost a few key pieces on a very deep defense, and return virtually the entire offense in addition to upgrading the QB position. It is an exciting time to be a North Dakota fan.................

I'd be glad to go back to Memorial Stadium................................as long as they put a roof on it.

Oh, please, don't kid us. That is the point of every post you've made in this thread thus far. I don't know? Does it?................................................

Given the quality of their team combined with their weak sauce schedule, I think Cal Poly will definately finish in the top 3 of the league at worst. It is just that they are good match-up for North Dakota. I give the edge to the home team. I'll acknowledge that teams get mixed up from time to time. But what is actually downright delusional is the fact that NDSU fans as a whole can't accept the possiblity that last season's 8-3 conference champion North Dakota team could have possibly received poll votes based on their own merits. For some reason, NDSU fans think that the only plausible way that a 8-3 conference champion North Dakota team could possibly spend virtually an entire season as a ranked team, and at one point be ranked in 3 different polls, would only be because the vast majority of the voters meant to cast their votes for NDSU. Almost a year later, NDSU fans are beside themselves over the fact that North Dakota made the polls last season. Delusional................

If your "side" would have "won", you would have gloated because YOU have proven to be rude, obnoxious, and inconsiderate. The way that YOU have conducted yourself proves it. Your "side" did nothing but spread lies and misinformation throughout the entire process, and they continue to do so today.

If the transfers pan out, it makes this team much deeper than it was a year ago...........

11 days....

I really want the "Idaho to the Big Sky" thing to happen. IMO, with Idaho and North Dakota being the "book-ends" to the Montana schools, it would do wonders to stabilize the most attractive Big Sky schools for many years to come................................

There must be a couple other home games as well then, if we are travelling to Hawaii..............................

Thanks to the TV deal with the NCHC and CBS, I'm thinking this upcoming season will be the last where North Dakota football and basketball will be able to be regularly found on a national outlet like DirecTV.................

52 of 53 counties in the state voted to retire the name. Neither of the counties where either of the tribes vote was the dissenting county. On what basis could you still possibly offer that the Native Americans of North Dakota support the University continuing to use the name and logo?

Agree. I'm always the optimist and I think North Dakota has a chance to win all of these games, but I'm also a realist. It doesn't matter who the FBS team is, they will always be tough to beat. I like our chances against Montana at home this season, not so much against the Cats on the road. I know EWU has a good track record, but for some reason, they don't really strike fear in my heart...............

I would also throw Jack Michaels in as a good Fargo sports guy. I don't say that just because he is the voice of Sioux football. He personally bleeds Bison green and YELLOW (gold is not an NDSU color, FYI), and is a former NDSU athlete. But he seems to have always been a true professional. I listened to his show for years when he was in Bismarck, basically removed from all the Sioux-Bison hoopla, and he was and is always very fair.

I know this would likely be very unpopular due to Minnesota connections and un-originality, but I think Fighting Saints has a nice ring to it.

SDSU UMKC @ NDSU Crown College (exh)

12 days left now....................

I can't believe that all of you have missed the two key people that are the real culprits behind this. It is obvious to me, and should be to everybody else, that President Kelley contacted Tom Douple and forced him to pull his established and powerful strings at the NCAA offices in order for UND to get their hands on the first ever DI Football Championship banner every issued to a North Dakota school. Let's not forget the Jedi mind tricks that President Kelley uses on Douple..............................

13 Days

Just a fortnight now............................................

Reapers has been the most promising alternative that I have heard so far. However, I'd prefer to just go with North Dakota for as long as possible even beyond the 3 year "cooling off" period.

How can you be a fan of those guys? None of them play for the Sioux. I would also presume that you must specifically despise Hrkac, Parise, Toews, Oshie, and the hundreds of others that willingly left the Sioux before their eligibility was up. You must brand them as traitors to the Sioux Tradition. Any "real" Sioux fan should. Surely, just like the University, none of these former players deserve your respect.....................