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The men won over UMD 69-57, to stay out of the NCC cellar. Good job today guys!

The Bracket is out for the NCC tourney. North Dakota will host Minnesota-Duluth on Wednesday. Good luck ladies! I hope we get the opportunity to meet up with the 'Yotes again in Vermillion.

I would be surprised if any incoming freshman end up starting, there is just too much to adapt to from high school, and even more for the Canadian guys. Although, the way Mussman talks, there could be a chance that the redshirt will be pulled from Rosario, Fonseca, and Watkins. Sounds like he could depart from the long standing Thomas/Lennon policy of redshirting by default, except for the cases of very special talents like Dressler and Kleinsasser of course.

I'll try not to contaminate the UND Schedule thread anymore. Carson-Newman was 9-3 in 2004, and made the playoffs..............Just like Winona St. !

I can't believe that you are not building up Montana Tech, and Carson-Newman! An esteemed media-type like you knows very well that both of those teams would have taken Valpo to the woodshed. NDSU's home schedule in 2004 was probably one game better than UND's will be in 2008, but UND's away schedule is what, probably 3 or 4 times better than 'SU's road schedule was?

I agree with all that. The home schedule really looks alot like it has looked over the past several years since UNC, SDSU, and NDSU left the NCC. I think the reason some of us are a little frustrated is because apparently quality teams like McNeese St and Cal Poly have fallen off the schedule, and the South Dakota game being played in Vermillion two years in a row.

Except in Fargo!

Break down of the 1st DI schedules of each of the current and former GWFC members who have transitioned in this decade. SDSU HOME GAMES: three DII's, one transitional (GWFC game) SDSU ROAD GAMES: two transitional, 5 established DI's UC DAVIS HOME GAMES: four DII's, one transitional (future GWFC team), one established DI (future GWFC team) UC DAVIS ROAD GAMES: one DII (future GWFC team), three established DI's NDSU HOME GAMES: one non-scholarship, one NAIA, one DII, three established DI's (2 GWFC games) NDSU ROAD GAMES: three transitionals (GWFC games), two established DI's USD HOME GAMES: three NAIA, one DII, one transitional (GWFC game) USD ROAD GAMES: five established DI's (2 GWFC games) N. COLORADO HOME GAMES: five DII's N. COLORADO ROAD GAMES: one DII, one transitional (GWFC team) four established DI's UND HOME GAMES: one non-scholarship, three DII's, one established DI (GWFC game) UND ROAD GAMES: one transitional (GWFC game), 4 established DI's (1 GWFC game)

I messed up the phone interview..........

Just trying to piece some dates together here, for the ones we haven't figured out yet. We know the dates for the games in the wiki. Per the Walrus, we have consecutive open dates on Oct. 4 and 11. UW La Crosse's only open date that matches up with us is Sept. 13. Slulionsfan says our game with SLU is Sept. 27th. St. Cloud has games scheduled on Oct 4th and 11th, and Sept 13. NSIC teams seem to playing non-conference games in week one or two, so Sept. 6th appears a likely date. Exluding the two October open dates, the only other time the UND-USD game could occur is Nov. 22, which would keep it the last game of the year like it has been for the last several years, which I hope they do. So the dates should work out like this: Aug. 28 Texas A&M-Kingsville Sept. 6 St. Cloud St. Sept. 13 UW-La Crosse Sept. 18 @ Idaho St. Sept. 27 @ Southeastern Louisiana Oct. 4 OPEN Oct. 11 OPEN Oct. 18 Western Washington Oct. 25 @ UC Davis Nov. 1 @ Southern Illinois Nov. 8 Southern Utah Nov. 15 OPEN Nov. 22 @ South Dakota I'd really like to see that Oct. 4 date filled with a home game. A month in the middle of the season is too long for me to go without having a game to go to in GF . FYI: Cal Poly has open dates on Oct. 4 and 11 . USD will likely take one of those dates.

Interesting, I would have thought Schlickmann would have been one of the stronger candidates.

I would not be against it. Could help build the rivalry up a bit too. South Dakota twice in the same year is way more appealing than Winona St. twice was.

So you have heard of them, then, right? I'm just saying that playing a DI non-scholarship program sounds way better to me than a DIII (also non-scholarship) Wisconsin-Whitewater for example, or a NSIC team with 7 scholarships.

Would we have gotten the game with Davis though? And who knows whether or not Cal Poly would have even had discussions with UND had we not joined the GWFC. Had we not joined the conference it is not a given that we could have scheduled both of the Cali schools anyways, perhaps neither for that matter. One is better than none. Apparently, joining the league this year at the least prompted the GWFC to force each Cali school to play one of the Dakota schools. Without that mandate, the Cali schools could have just as easily scheduled a lesser GNAC school for their "non-counter" game. The "good" of joining the League this year is that our student-athletes can receive weekly and yearly conference honors, and we can compete for the conference title, apparently by virtue of some formula that will substitute a team with a comparable GPI on the UxD's schedule for the GWFC teams we don't play.

I actually think that Valparaiso was a nice get for NDSU for their first DI schedule. Sure they are non-scholarship, and probably not as good as many DII or even some NAIA teams, but they play in FCS subdivision, and have name-recognition. It is common place for entrenched programs to play one gimmie-game a year. In a couple years, once we become established, I would much rather play a yearly non-schollie team from the Pioneer League like Drake, Butler, or Valpo than a Humboldt St. or some other lesser DII team.

I think 95% of those that post on here know how difficult scheduling would be this year, and will continue to be for the next several years. I like the schedule that we know of so far. The only "uninteresting" game really is Texas A&M-Kingsville, and that really isn't so bad either. The other DII's on the schedule are familiar foes at least from what was the strongest conference in the division. And yes, the road schedule is good. I just think that in a year like this, with no chance for post-season play for the foreseeable future, it is important to get as many games as possible especially in an odd year like this that allows a rare 12th regular season game, and I know how hard it can be to make that happen. If we have to bring in another low-tier DII, or even a DIII or NAIA, to get that done, I think it should be considered. This year, at least, the more games the better.

Only 10 games again, huh? That would be 3 consecutive years with a 10 game schedule. I would have hoped with a 12 game FCS season that we could have gotten at least 11 games this year.

This thread from the USD board indicates that the UND-USD game will be in Vermillion. I can't find any confirmation anywhere, but I'd say that it is quite possible. If that schedule is accurate, I really really like ours so far. USD apparently has 2 NAIA's, 2 DII's, and UND for their home schedule.

I don't know the answer, but I am of the opinion that if NDSU is paying for/buying air-time to get their games on TV and radio (which is what they're doing), and if they are breaking even or even just coming close to covering their costs, then that is good business. Televised sporting events are great infomercials. It is essentially the same thing that UND has been doing for years with the FSSN. UND pays for satellite time and hires WDAZ to produce the games. UND decides which games are televised, not WDAZ, although DAZ still owns the broadcast television rights if they ever wanted to put a game on the network, which is something they haven't done as often since the FSSN.

In the name of optimism, I'm going to predict that UND will beat UMD next weekend in the final game. They played well enough for the first 36 minutes at home on Saturday to give me some hope. Then we'll get throttled again by either Augustana or USD in the NCC tourney.

Thanks. It seems to me that it would be wise for UND to band together with all or many of the other independent and transtional schools and put together some sort of system to allow the schools to compete for a conference (I use that term loosely) championship, and for the student-athletes to receive weekley and yearly honors from. What would the reason be for not doing it? That is, essentially what the Great West Football Conference is. It would be pretty simple I'd think. All it would require is one person to keep track of stats and send out a weekly press release. I believe that there are actually more independents now than when the xDSU's moved up. CSU-Bakersfield Longwood Chicago St. New Jersey Institute of Technology Savannah State Texas-PanAm Utah Valley St. North Dakota South Dakota Seattle SIU-Edwardsville Houston Baptist North Carolina Central UND, USD, Seattle, and SIU-Edwardsville already have a scheduling agreement. I would think that New Jersey Tech, Texas-PanAm, and Utah Valley would be willing to join in the fun, since they had the UBC arrangements with NDSU, SDSU, and IPFW, so the UxD's and SIU would make good geographical replacements for games on their schedules.

UM-Crookston is playing their non-conference game on Sept. 6, so there is a precedent. I would have no problem playing CWU next year.

I didn't know that the NCAA only had control of the Men's NIT and not the women's. Are you sure that non-eligible teams would not be invited? I seem to recall that being one of NDSU's big goals in Miles' last two years.

They can qualify for the NIT during the transition, the SDSU women's team did last year. The NIT is actually owned and operated by the NCAA. Obviously, with the state of the Men's program, it is not a realistic goal, but getting an NIT bid for either the men's or women's program will surely become the ultimate goal until the transition is over. Question for our NDSU friends, did the far-flung scheduling alliance that the xDSU's participated in, the United Basketball Conference, keep leauge stats, records, standings, etc.?

Thanks Hammer, I never saw the actual print article, just the blog entry. I wonder who the other opponents are that weren't listed on the blog.