Bison Dan

Nothing to do with business - all about the playoffs and positioning themselves for home playoff games.

Exactly right - MSU figures they'd rather get their loss from SMU than NDSU. BSC has a habit of being chicken sh*t (UM has several buyouts). One can only hope the stars a-line and we get them in the Dome in Dec.

Here is what I know. Happy to be in the MVC and Summit where bus trips are the norm and fans can actually go to away games. Happy to have big wins over B1G and MAC fb teams and bb wins over #8 Marquette and Wisconson. Happy to have a fb following second to none in the FCS & sold out home games FB have back to back NC - with a good chance for three. Happy to have all are other sports successful with sb going to the sweet 16, bb making the dance, soccer making the NCAA tournment, 8 all americans in track, VB making the NCAA tournment several times.

When the BSA gets redone we'll have some of the best facilities for FCS schools. 4 outside fb practice fields 2 grass and 2 all weather field turf (full fields), new indoor track facility- great outdoor track, First class baseball stadium, good soccer field, and VB plays in a great venue. Best of all they're all controlled by NDSU. Only fb game days are not totally controlled by NDSU. Maybe you should look at the new plans for the BSA and rethink your lipstick statement. The Betty 3000 seat venue is great for bb games? Hell you averaged more in DII. What happens when you get a really good team and 4000 to 6000 fans want to see it? Maybe it would be better not sponsor so many sports and try to be good at a few.

Darell you remind me of freshman high school kid that has a bad case of acne and no personality. He wants to hang with the cool kids so he says stupid things to try and impress them. Really sad. The BSA and your Indoor PF are funded by private donations and not the athletic depts.

Really? Maybe UND wanted the swimming teams and baseball in the same conference?

This doesn't make any sense, if Sparks is this great back why didn't he play last year (or so little playing time)?

I think he's in the top 5. His base is 196,000 but the last few years he's made over 350,000.00

Big difference as NDSU had a below average qb that was the cause of most of our losses & those were by 7 poinbts or less. UND was destroyed by the top teams in the BSC. Little offense & no defense against MSU and EWU. Hard to turn that around in one year. I also think you're forgetting that other teams recruit too. Both MSU and EWU will be tough again.

All the Dakota's were lobbying to get UND into the Summit baseball league. I don't know if it was UND officials or Summit officials that weren't receptive. Hugh travel cost for your baseball team in the WAC.

Your jealousy of the Summit is funny. If they would have invited UND to join you'd have nothing but good to say about it. Denver couldn't wait to get out of the WAC and join. By the way NDSU is the marquee in the Summit and Oakland isn't even close.

I think you're right.

A DC job would be a step up for him so who knows. I doubt he'd take a pay cut. Most head fb coaches have group of coaches they feel comfortable with that they choose from.

That and with Mussman on a short leash a lot of coaches may think twice.

At least we pay our coaches a competitive salary - more than I can say about some schools.

Revisionist history - Reason was you already had a DI sport and didn't see the need. We can all argue about how hockey controlled the athletic dept but IMO it was true. Nothing wrong with that. The success that the xSU's had in their transition was the reason for the move by UND. If they would have failed do you really think you wouild have made the move?

Kind of like your hockey conference!

Most of our sports are better and some not even close. VB & WBB you won this year but faceit both schools are down in them. The rest aren't close.

All of them - Hockey not included.

Who follows who? Inferiority complext is your fans story.

I think its you being dull - read the bold - "another example ...... " Who's been following who the last 7 or 8 years?

Your joking right?

You know very little about bb talent. And by the way the NCC was never a good mens bb league. Every other sport yes.

You don't beat Wisconsin and Marquette at their house with DII players.

Quite a accomplishment to only get blown out twice in one season! Good job......