homer
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IMO, the idea that the trophy can't, or shouldn't, be played for because it's not an "annual" game is no more than self-serving nonsense. Those who say that should ask themselves if they would have the same attitude if NDSU currently had possession of the trophy, and was refusing to bring it to the FargoDome on Sept 19th. I highly doubt they would.
Maybe it was part of the deal when Gene Taylor kept moving goalposts to get the series restarted. It could have been part of the contract that Gene let sit on his desk. After all , according to your athletic dept this is just another game to fill the schedule.
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Never said the game wasn't a big deal. Don't know why you are trying to put words in my mouth?
Never intended to put words your mouth. I was responding to Dans comment. Why compare ticket prices to Montana prices? Why not compare them to a "conference rival" that your fanbase loims forward to year in and year out.
It's the constant down play of this game by some of your fanbase that is amusing.
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The article below says Griz sideline tickets went on sale last year for $45. So are you comparing the same tickets, is the article wrong or did Dan exaggerate his price to try and prove a point?60.00. FYI---season tickets didn't reflect that increase as tickets only went up like 5-10 bucks. All they did was re-monetize the individual games games. The increase will only be felt by those who buy single game tickets and the allotment to UND.
http://www.wday.com/content/bison-football-ticket-prices-sky-rocket-secondary-sites
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Never mind- I saw he was posting about this year and I read it wrong. He's trying to compare the ticket prices in Montana to the prices in Fargo. Whatever it takes to try and justify this game not being a big deal.
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The biggest thing wrong with Schlossman's article is the lack of rivalry hasn't hurt NDSU at all. No one could have predicted the success of NDSU when moving up. 3 wins against the B12 - 2 against the B10 - 2 MAC wins and 4 NC's. I paid 70.00 per ticket for the Griz game this year (face value) does that make them our rival? Schlossman's logic would say yes.
What's that same ticket selling for Sept 19th?
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The majority of fans anywhere dont have a clue what the costs of such a move entails. So you are going to believe a bunch of tweeters? LOL
Most do but no one chimed in to stop the bidonville logic being argued with Schlossman yesterday. It was entertaining. "Money isn't an issue at NDSU".
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If anyone in he FCS can move up it is NDSU, except maybe Liberty. NDSU could not afford FBS right now but they could compete with G5 schools. If there ends up being a 2nd tier of D1, I hope NDSU is in it.
According to NDSU fans tweets yesterday, money isn't an issue at NDSU.
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So Iowa State and Kansas are dropping to Tier 2? Many in the P5 can't afford to add scholarships, the P5 is more than just Alabama, LSU, Ohio State and USC. If anything, they might be able to add 5 to 90, if conference tv money is available to pay the bill.
Kansas and Iowa St received roughly 30 million each last year from Conference distributions. That's big boy money. I think they could afford more scholorahips to keep receiving that money. Plus, many conference commissioners are on record stating that figure will increase in the coming years. So to answer your question, Kansas and Iowa st will stay right where they are.
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I know your 70 miles south but do you understand the !@#$ storm that would show up at the Fargodome of the buckle trophy was on the line?C'mon, you know who originally took their ball and went home. And, you also know who decided that the (Nickel) trophy won't be played for this fall.
If you want to criticize others, you need to have clean hands yourself. UND doesn't.
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All we can do at this point is speculate, but it would likely take a minimum number of scholarships to be able to play games vs. the P5 teams, and it will be higher than 63 I would think in the future. If it's higher than 63, most of the FCS isn't going there, period. I would agree with you that some number below 85 and above 63 will be the minimum scholarship number for an adjusted Tier 2 in college football and some FCS teams will try to get to this level with some FBS teams reducing down to try to better afford college football. 74 is as good of a guess as any. I would guess that 70 or 75 will be the minimum.
There was also earlier talk of P5 schools
wanting to add scholarships. If they add 10-15 scholorahips, that's a big difference.
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UND ain't winning this game......in 2015.
If miracle of miracle happened, I will be disappointed if our Athletic Director doesn't walk out to the middle of the field with a briefcase containing our cash buyout for 2019, the 2019 contract and some lighter fluid. Set case down, pull out contract and lighter fluid and light contract on fire.....walk off the field and here is where I am conflicted a bit as I am not sure if he should go with the single gun or double gun salute, but I am leaning towards the double birds.
LOL. Could we get Jim Ross on the mic to do a WWE entrance?
"Oh my God, its UND athletic director Brian Faison."
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But NDSU fans don't list beating a mediocre FCS team among their team's best DI accomplishments, even if that team happened to be ranked at the time.
It may hurt to admit it, but UND has zero noteworthy DI football accomplishments.
Which is why they fired their coach. It's like the FU teams from when the Fargodome opened until 2010.
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Sportsnetwork.com pre-season all americans. Couple of snubs-
- Will Ratelle not being named at LB
- Carson Wentz not being selected at QB
Sorry if this has been posted already.
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The QB situation is the biggest X factor. It's hard to know what we are going to get. Without that it's tough to know how the season will play out.
This along with offensive line play. Last year we had below average production from the QB, part of that was because we had below average Oline play.
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Congrats to Jeff. Way to capitalize on an opportunity.
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Body pulled from Red River in north Moorhead.
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who are our FBS players added for next year, any others we are still looking at?
The Sioux Football Insider blog does a great job of tracking all players for a given year and lists them on the right side of the page. I believe 3 former FBS guys will be on the team next season- Georges, Arrington and Baker.
The window for bringing anyone else in is nearly closed with camp being less than a month away although it impossible to write anything off entirely. Our coaches seem to be very well connected.
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Devil's advocate here: A lot of UND fans found it amusing that Craig Bohl left NDSU for FBS doormat Wyoming. Where then, would a Roughriders/Sundogs/Fighting Hawks win over the Cowboys be ranked in terms of North Dakota football lore?
Any win over a FBS is a great win for a FCS program.
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Congrats to Jeff. Great performance and great interviews. Represented himself, the program and the university very well.
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I'm not sure that would work so well on the north end as all you'd see is the ballroom and the Canad Inn.
But on the south end, yes, something like what they did in the HPC would open the place up.
Haha. Good point.
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Agreed. The Al would look completely different with some big windows along the walkways.Really nice to see that they designed this to allow natural light to flow in. IMHO this is where the AL missed the mark.
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I was in Grand Forks and went by this facility this past weekend. These pictures don't do it justice. The size of this building is so impressive. I can't wait to see it completed and Faison and company have to be very aggressive to get Phase 2 started. This will be one of the finest training facilities in the nation when its done.
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Soiux83,
I believe the main point of this topic is that it was strongly recommended (required) that the players be on campus this summer and the issue is with these kids having to feed themselves over the summer workouts, lifting etc. I don't think there are any issues during the season as they are feed and eat at least 3 times a day thru the schools meal plans. I personally like the idea of the kids being on campus and working hard to get better, bigger and continue to build the program, but if mandated then some type of compensation or meals should be provided to feed the kids. Even if its only one meal a day which is better then nothing.
Have teams in the past been required to be on campus for the entire summer break?
It has been strongly recommended for years and the numbers have always been pretty high. This isn't a new thing and players in the past were able to get by. Plenty of part/full time jobs available and people willing to be flexible with hours to be able to hit all other "highly recommended" activities of summer.
This also isn't a new point of conversation at UND or across the country. With the exception of P5 schools and some of the G5, most schools have very limited summer scholorships available and a lot of players make time to work during the summer. This was a big discussion point for the P5 schools to break off is the smaller budget schools couldn't afford to give a bunch of summer scholorships to all its athletes, not just football players. For comparison sake, I live in Fargo and there are a lot of FU's players get jobs in the summer to pay for some of these expenses. Some just get paid for forging signitures but its an attempt at working.
This thread is pretty rediculous if you ask me. Even if a player goes home to mom and dad, money would still be getting spent to feed them.
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To Summarize:
1) One of the States Nicknames is the Roughrider State.
2)The North Dakota State flag is a copy of the Roughrider Flag.
3) This sign welcomes you to North Dakota:
4)Theres Statues of TR as a Roughrider in North Dakota:
5) Theres a National Park in North Dakota named after Teddy Roosevelt.
6) Teddy Roosevelt was a Sheriff for a short time in North Dakota
7) Teddy Roosevelt became the President of the United States and said if he didn't live in North Dakota he doesn't think he'd be president.
All that may be true but its not on a license plate
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Moo U Dumpster Fire Thread
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Also, here is an article with a quote from your interim AD at the time the contract was signed saying the nickel trophy is no longer part of the tradition. As much as you want it to be true, your athletic director agreed to it in the final negotiations and it was covered up front.
http://www.inforum.com/content/ndsu-interim-athletic-director-says-taylor-spearheaded-renewing-und-football-games