Bison Dan

With your schedule I wouldn't be talking. You guys have the 2nd worst schedule in our division except for USD. Only 10 games with 3 weeks off.

Real Meaning: "Well that makes things easy. Disagreeable fans (excited & passionate) and, now, lousy seats (full house)-- skip the AC and head straight for the Alerus. Better viewing (seat where you want), better tailgaiting (fans waiting for the hockey season to start) and a more congenial brand of people all around. (happy drunks)"

At UND's request. No way you will ever make me believe that the board wanted anything to do with this and only got into the mix by request or to protect UND from any negative PR.

Hard to win the conference when you don't play the best team - Cal Poly

Both will be sell outs or close to it. I don't know how you measure excitement but that's a good indicator. Austin Peay has 60 and Central I don't know.

We'll you'll have alot of practice with your home schedule.

Isn't that what you supose to do market your games? I don't see any hype or excitement for the Javs game.

Well I'll take a 8-3 DI-AA Valpo team and a full house against a 3-8 D2 team and how many?

"The ND SBoHE took UND's ability to resolve this away by their actions" My question is why? I doubt the SBoHE stepped in without being invited in by UND. UND didn't want to face this no win situation and wanted a fall guy (ND SBoHE). But whatever, it is what it is. The whole thing is stupid anyway. PC run amuck.

Maybe the old Javs - hey it's still d2 for the opener.

It's isn't too hard - If you take the special state and federal monies away the NA programs would also go away. This all boils down to relationships and UND doesn't have a good relationship with the tribes for whatever the reasons are - period.

Isn't that sweet - UND fans can name call and say whatever they want but because UND uses an Indian name for it's NICKNAME nothing can be said? Yea it's everyone's elses fault. As far as the promoting NA's - just take the state and federal money away and UND would claim that there isn't any NA's in ND. Face it UND administrations over the years are at fault, like I said before if you would have had good relations with the tribes none of the chants or t-shirts would have mattered. And don't talk to me about student sections and what they say because it's well documented the trouble that UND's students have gotten the university in. Talk about hiding your head in your ASS.

My question is why is Goetz and company even messing with this. Hell it's a NICKNAME - Let UND handle it, but the dirty little secret is they don't want to want to touch it. UND's powers to be pawned it off to the HBOE so as to be held blameless if they have to change it and then will try to get the state of ND to pay for the change. Does anyone actually think that if Mayville State changed their nickname to the "stars" that the board would even blink and care? The NCAA doesn't care one bit what Goetz and Co. does or doesn't do. You guys are so ready to blame everyone else but the real people that caused this. If UND would have had good relationships with the tribes to start with this would have never come about.

I love it when UND fans think this - this logic is what got your AD's and presidents leaving quite regularly. Your playing catch up in research, enrollment, and transitioning to DI. Fact is you were left behind 7-8 years ago, it's just most refuse to acknowledge it. But keep thinking it!!!

I think MN averaged 325 or 350 - CMU was 250 and Ball State was 150 or 200. The big plus was MN as a bus trip is alot cheaper than flying. I can't remember if we flew to the other games or not. Usually when a school gives you a guaranteed pay out they don't pick up any expenses.

Didn't I just say that???

NDSU had chances to play some teams like TT but decided that being blown out early in their transition wouldn't do anyone any good. The scheduling of Idaho is good for a transitioning team but a team like TT that doesn't care it they score 100 points on you is a different story. They're the kind of team that if they get you down they'll pour it on (no class). Just wished you would have scheduled them on year 4 or 5 of the transition, it would have been more interesting.

Well said?? What a joke - 92,96's analogy is skewed as there is a larger difference in the talent level of TT and UND than the teams he mentioned. As a athletic dept I would think you would like to give your teams every chance to succeed as possible in the transition to DI. I can see playing TT after the transition when your up to speed in scholarships and have more depth. But to throw the 09 team to the wolves after losing 18 seniors and starting a new qb is an act of desperation for attendtion by the AD. Coach Lennon would have never scheduled it. We'll see how it works out for you next year.

Let me know how it works out. Getting the shi$ kicked out of you before you have the players you want and are up to 63 scholarships is one way to approach DI. NDSU had chances to play some of the powers in BCS but decided to play teams they had a chance to win against. Good luck with the game.

The curse of Buning.

Yea you hold on to that!

Thanks for your concern. I guess the same thing could be said about alot of posters.

Not worried - but I find the lack of conversation on the subject in this forum interesting. Hey graduation happens at least at NDSU it does. No one is worried about our LB situation as we have some great people returning. QB position we're thin and we'll have to see what happens.

You might be surprised! Has anyone addressed the loss of Chappell and Stroup to your team?

No way SUU will be last.