Bison Dan

Yes that happened! We even had some money left over from last year so we gave to Nielson to help USD with the DI move.

So McFooly is NDSU? The article has to do with the school they picked to join the BSC. Great choice! As far as being arrogant well sultan we could argue that all day.

Yea I'm sure McFooly has the inside story on BSC expansion.

If USD was on such good terms with NDSU then why didn't they play us in ANY events in 2004/5?

They were as supportive as UND was.

The last talk I had with an official at NDSU, he said that at the NCC meetings when NDSU & SDSU proposed the conference move up Mr. Abbott from USD was very rude to both presidents and AD's. So unless he has repaired the damage (which I doubt) from NDSUs viewpoint I don't think they want anything to do with USD.

I agree 100% - actually fear is driving all this speculation. Fear of knowing that both schools (UND & USD) have come to the DI move late and all the conferences are full. Unless the Mid-Con loses some more members I highly doubt that they expand. With NDSU & SDSU being invited to the Gateway Conference spring meetings Feb 19 it looks good for their invite to the Gateway.

The article is pure speculation and Douple has watched how USD and UND responded to NDSU and SDSU move to DI. He wasn't very impressed with both schools. Douple is a stand up guy and a good friend of Gene Taylor, I doubt that he was meeting in secret with USD.

star2city always thinks that anyone that agrees with him means his theories are right.

Your missing the point - I don't go around thinking that they walked on water either. Fact is the last 5 years the sioux women bb team has underachieved. But they might run the table this year, we'll see.

Why should anyone believe you - the sioux haven't done anything in the last 3 years and that's with SDSU and NDSU out of the picture. You should have had clear sailing to the nationals every year. What happened?

Way to go sultan - count the years that NDSU was out of the conference if it makes you happy. Remember 15 > 14 you can't change facts.

You need to start the 10 year cycle the last year we played - 2004 to 1994 NDSU NC years 1991,1993,1994,1995,1996

I wonder why UND has those "other sports" then? An athletic department is defined by ALL its sports not just cherry picking the successful ones.

Oh I think fb & wbb will be okay - but lets face it most other sports aren't exactly lighting up dii. Poor sultan - always in a state of denial.

I'm not the one who started talking about what's wrong with NDSU womens bb team. And I'm sure as not worring about your bb team. Are you really sure for the last decade the sioux were better? I went back and from 94 to 04 it's NDSU 15 and UND 14. Think what you want about your womens bb team, but if they were as great as some seem to think then 92/96's next topic should be "why can't the sioux get out of the regional".

What has the sioux women done in the last 5 years - they haven't even gotten out of the regionals. I'm sure they have a good team, but are they underachievers or what? 92/96 loves to compare scores which doesn't mean swat, too bad they don't schedule some of the Mid-Con or BSC teams and really see what's up.

Do you really think that all your sports will move up at the same rate? NDSU womens bb has had some injures and some recruits leave. They'll be back. That struggling MN team has already beat the # 25 team the week before. The majority of our sports are doing well in the move. I notice that you like to focus on womens bb because they are having a harder time. That's a luxury that NDSU fans won't have as we'll have to focus on most of your sports in the move.

As you can see UNI was overrated and didn't make the playoffs.

First of all having been down to the NDSU - UoM fb game and talking with the Gopher fans they could care less about playing a DI-AA school in fb. At the time they all hated their coach. The Bison game had over 62,000 there, with very few empty seats. Appox 15,000 Bison fans attended and it was a great time. UND is 3-5 years away from being a DI counter, and no DI school will schedule you unless you count as a DI game. The Gophers have NDSU in 2007, Montana State in 2008, SDSU in 2009. It's a bus trip so you get to keep most of the game guarantee. The Bison have Iowa State in 2008.

So your saying demand doesn't pay any part in whether a game is televised??

Oh really you need to win?

It boils down to what people want to watch. If WDAZ had the advertisers lined up they'd put all the sioux games on TV statewide. It's a money thing. Fact is the interest isn't there. The low turnout for the sioux fb playoff games indicates that your last statement isn't necessarily true. It's not whether it's the playoffs but who are you playing.

Jealousy doesn't become you teamsioux.

Good analysis - One factor overlooked - GF is a one college town and Fargo has 3 universities with lots of grads living there from Moorhead and Concordia. It would make a difference in some of the calculations.