Bison Dan

Nothing is clouded - just read the article and what it said. Those dii schools you are talking about are in the middle of DI conferences - different story in ND SD. Granted NDSU and SDSU getting into a conference will help UND and scsu if they want to join later on, but most of the UND posts here have been saying that UND will be asked either before NDSU or with NDSU and SDSU. This article pretty much tells a different story. You are right about one thing, never say never.

You can spin it anyway you want. The fact remains that UND is never going to be asked to join a conference while it's still dii.

I guess this about answers it: Mid Con and BSC commissioners just put a fork in the notion that a dii team can be asked to join a DI conference before they make a commitment to DI. http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm...&section=Sports

Once can be an accident - but can you do it 7 times!!

Beating Wisconsin was a miracle, Beating Montana was miracle, etc etc. With all the miracles NDSU has created you'd think poor old davek would be a believer by now.

We'll find out this fall won't we.

Hell this is much better than reality TV!

What UND does or doesn't do with the DI move will have little bearing on NDSU either way.

Looks like your hometown newspaper and that survey has given Kupchella all the cover he needs to pass on the DI move. http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/n...on/14549989.htm

Looks like UND and you will never know.

I'm sure that's stopping a lot of dii schools that are looking at DI.

If SDSU and NDSU go to the Mid Con then the DI question at UND is dead. The BSC has to act fast, which I hope they do but I wouldn't bet on it. No DI conference is going to pick up 1 school located in ND with no travel partner. Then again both conferences might sit back and wait and see what shakes out. It's going to be an interesting 2 months.

I'll have to agree with you 100%.

If that's true why hasn't the gfherald got the report, since it should be available to all the public at anytime?

The number 1 reason that UND didn't go DI when NDSU did is they were very happy with DI hockey and dii with everything else. As long as NDSU was dii, life was GOOD. You can list all the reasons you want but UND never gave moving to DI in all sports a thought when NDSU did. Hence all the comments from UND's coaches and athletic dept. when NDSU announced their move.

Kupchella on WDAY sports - sounded like he would only go DI for individual sports. Not sure what conference would accept only fb & bb and nothing else?

They are a scholarship team - everyone in the Ohio Valley is.

Is that the same Central Washington team that crushed the sioux that year?

you'll give them a game and who knows "any given Saturday" - No way the Gophers asked UND for a fb game, it would count against them for the BCS.

Your jealousy is showing !!

So NDSU burned the bridges by moving to DI? I don't remember NDSU running their mouth off like UND. If NDSU burned the bridges why is UND looking at moving to DI? Must have been the smart move. What effect will UND's move up to DI have on the NCC?

So when NDSU when DI, UND didn't burn any bridges? Okay that must be why there's so much love.

Since when has UND ever cared about burning bridges?

You forgot the Communications School.