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Not sure why they threw there. They were getting 5-7 yards a carry.

Cal-Poly and NMSU tied 7-7 with 4:48 left in the 1st quarter.

For those interested, Cal-Poly is just getting ready to start in their opener vs. New Mexico St. Game is also on ESPN3

Tonights game will be telling. I think we will see better offenses and defenses this year than what SJSU puts on the field. They may not both be in the same game. I don't put anything on comparitive scores from last year. We have a lot of room for improvement, QB play, O-line play, catching the ball, tackling, turnovers, stupid penalties, the list goes on. I expect to improve on those as the year goes on but if our tackling, turnovers and discipline improved from last year, I think we will be in this game into the 4th. I'm really looking forward to this new season and hopefully the passion Bubba and staff bring to the players.

This. Competitive scores don't matter, than they do. Head to head results don't matter, than they do. I guess it's what best fits his arguement.

I'll take a stab at it. 24-17 SJSU. I think our defense is improved but some a few untimely turnovers leads to a short field score or two for them.

You have posted plenty of things about this contract based on no fact whatsoever. Your post about every game from this point on being in Fargo is based on no facts whatsoever. Faison being the main driver behind signing the deal is based on no facts whatsoever. There are a lot of things that make sense about the series. Financially it makes sense for both schools to continue the game past 2019. Having the abilitity to offer an experience different from anything to players and fans since 2003, makes sense. Hopefully, down the road UND can join FU in the playoffs and the game fits the scheduling of two top programs early in the year. If that happens, that makes a lot of sense.

Its more of a series now than it has been for the last 13 years. The games aren't going to be cancelled, if anything after this first contract expires it will become a annual or bi-annual event. The pressure will be there for it to continue. Bubba knows that the quickest way to change perception of recruits and casual fans alike is to do it on the field. That is also why FU fans do not like the idea of the game. Say what you want about the deal but the pressure to sign did not come from anyone other than the coaches in the football office.

There were discussions, and a home and home wasn't happening. This was a take it or leave it deal. The coaching staff wanted the game on the schedule, the deal was made. The same reasons that Bubba and staff wanted the game are the same reasons a lot if FU fans are upset any deal was made. Out new staff doesn't have the "oh shucks" attitude of the old one. They were tired of the same old negotiating games and did what they felt they had to do in order to get the scheduling started. Do you honestly believe a new AD is going to come in and cancel the series? It will be one of the first questions he is asked after taking the position.

I've talked with someone near the FU staff and that quote only applies until the new AD is hired. So technically JJ was correct but not because FU had no intentions of not scheduling another game, it's because it will be up to the new AD to be involved with the next round of talks.

Where did you hear no discussion of a third game?

Mason Bennett was on campus today checking out practice and the facilities. It would be nice to see a trio of Manitoba commits.

EWU takes the early lead. Up 7-0 with 6:30 to go in the first

Bubba wanted this game. He was instructed to say nothing. Your an idiot

Usually a "leak" comes from sources inside a dept. Who does KVLY have stronger ties too? If you want to control the media and what they report, sometimes you give that nugget to keep them happy.

So someone in the press got the story and gave it to one of their competitors to run with. Makes complete sense. I think its as likely that your source at FU is feeding you full of !@#$ cause you were upset they signed the contract. If UND was going to leak this story, they would have leaked it to a local media outlet who would have had no problem running with it.

If your acting AD or whoever signed your contract didn't think that this news was going to be a big deal, whether it came out of a press release, a news conference or a "leak" from a Fargo media outlet that has the contract for FU football, he should be let go. If you football coach, who probably had say in this, thought that it was not going to be news and the media was going to just wait until the season was over, I would be shocked. He is a much smarter man than that as I know him personally. If FU didn't want the distraction and the attention that was going to go on with this game, they should have kept avoiding signing the contract. It is not up to UND to wait for FU to be ready to announce it. If thats what they wanted, they should have asked for a joint news conference or, Gene could have signed this same contract as it has been in his hands since the week before he left and camp had not opened yet.

When the contract was signed, why should UND have to wait to announce it? We have a game a week from today. Get the announcement out of the way and move on. Plus, the breaking news came from the Fargo media. You sure UND leaked it.

I was unaware you could only schedule one non conference game per season. How does scheduling UND affect their other non conference scheduling. Another excuse

I'm sitting at Sanford in Fargo right now. I have heard plenty of talk about UND football today. Between demanding the two games in Fargo and the quotes from the press conference today, To the casual fan in Fargo, FU is coming off looking like they did everything they could to avoid UND.

Right, cause there has never been a two game win streak by either team in the rivalry. This series is just part of getting to be a successful program. UND could lose both games, but if they are winning the Big Sky and making the playoffs, they will be fine. Same for FU. This series is about bragging rights and reengerizing a fanbase that has not had a reason to be excited the last couple seasons. This thread is a great example, a lot of posters who have not been in the football thread for a while now thinking about the program. It helps get a buzz going in the fanbase again. This will be a big story for local media and on social media.

Don't worry, Winning the big sky is a team goal as well. Trying to compare UNDs very recent history to the history and rivalry against FU is laughable. It will take a few years to develop those games into what a 100+ year rivalry was/is.

Your good ole boys who pushed for bubba to be hired better go talk to him. He approved of this deal.

So that comment is based on one year?

They could. Point of my post was that Fargo's current growth is as isolated as the growth in GF.