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But I'm sure most of it is how much the bid is.

It was changed the year UND went down and beat UNI. That wasn't ndsu's first season as a D1 school.

Says the guy from Wyoming

But 2 is the most important. Once we are playoff elgible we NEED to get to 7 wins vs. FCS or higher to even be considered for the playoffs. You can still accomplish 1 and 3 by scheduling a Valpo like team and accomplish 2 in the process.

Maybe Muss will have to step in this year and take over the play calling duties. As a head coach though you have to have trust in your coordinators, if not why have them around. Like I said in my post, I think the coaching staff has a system they would like to run but didn't have the players with experience to fit that system yet. In years past we would have tweaked it a little to fit our personel, this year it looks like they stuck with it. I don't have a problem with that as it gives our young guys experience running a system and it shows exactly what you need to recruit and what type of player you need to find.

Keep us up to date Marlin on what we can do to help. Stay strong. You and your family are in our prayers. God bless you as you begin your fight.

Its not all of Faison. There is an agreement out there that they could both give a little and come to an agreement. If he would take the every other year offer I could care less but for Taylor to just throw his offer out there and than point the finger and say he's not accepting our offer shows his arrogance. If you ask random people across the state how often they want the game to be played a vast majority would say every year. I have no problem with our AD and coaches digging in a little and not giving in and not stroking Taylors ego. Once the USD vs. SDSU game starts there will be even more pressure by the fans across ND to get the game started again.

Actually yeah. An FCS win still counts towards a FBS teams win total to get to 6-5 and be bowl elgible. A D2 or lower does not count for an FCS teams win total to get into the playoffs (see Montana this year)

Now that is a well thought out post. Hard to disagree with it and I don't think you where to harsh at all.

Yep, he wants it so bad he's willing to give in to Taylors demands.

ndsu didn't choose who they had to play. Also, a win in the postseason is a big deal and when its the first at home in 20+ years its kind of historic for a lot of fans.

The things I like: -Obviously Muss has an offensive system he wants to run and seems to be recruiting the players to fit it. So far we have recruited a little bit smaller O-linemen, small, quick WR's, and quick RB's. I would not mind giving him time to let him get the players to fit his system to see what he can do. He has proven in the past that when he has the talent to run what he would like he runs a good offense. In the past Muss has changed his offensive system to fit his players, this year he seems to be sticking with this system even though the players weren't there and I don't mind that. - Anyone who has been around Muss can't deny that he relates to players pretty well. - We finally are in a conference. Nothing to do with Muss but can only help in recruiting which in turn will put more talent on the field. - Muss truely has the schedule anyone, anytime mentality. He has that arrogance as a coach and he's not afraid of a challenge. He doesn't just say it and than turn around and not believe it. He's an arrogant man and this is times where thats a good thing. Things I don't like: - Team record. - At times I wonder about some players effort and if they truely care about what Muss and the coaching staff think. I know with our previous two coaches you didn't dare take a play off because you didn't want a coach to see that on film. Didn't want to let them down. I'm not in the locker room so I don't know this about Muss. - Enough about going toe to toe and moral victories. I know its lip service and he's trying to keep the fans interested when we are having a down year but I'm tired of hearing it.

I'll play too. If Gene would agree to a home and home contract with the game happening two consecutive years it would happen. Boy pointing the finger at someone else is pretty easy. I see why you guys do it all the time.

Maybe won't improve the team but it counts for something and a DII or NAIA doesn't. This years playoff selections proved its better to have a poor FCS over a DII

Are you serious??

Normally I'd say act like you've been there before but.........well, you've never been there before. When I saw this title I thought it was going to read As a BISON FAN, whats it going to be like on Saturday having a home playoff game? I've never been to one before and I'm really excited for the JV team coming to Fargo.

Congrats to the ladies and the coaches. This team has been solid the last couple of years and continues to get better.

In my mind it all boils down to QB play. The good teams at this level have consistent QB play that play within a system and don't hurt a team. Teams that have turned around this year started it with an improvement at the QB spot. I think we can get all the talent we want at other positions but if the QB play continues to hurt us a dramatic improvement next year is unlikely.

They really need to stay out of it. These guys have to come to some sort of agreement. How about 2 consecutive years with no guarantee after that. See how it goes and than decide how to continue after that. There is a standing offer by both schools that neither is willing to accept and it doesn't sound like there will be any budging.

Hey I'll give props to the Bison but I think its hilarious that you come on here and also on your board their fans talk trash about us not getting into the playoffs. I know that our record sucks but here is another news flash they may not understand, we aren't even playoff elgible. I love the fact that you get a home playoff game for the first time ever and the first thing some of their fans do is compare their program to a team in transition. Even on a day that should be all about the Bison for their fans the Sioux are still in their minds. Thats right though, they moved on. Good luck on Saturday.

Yes, they are all looking to make cuts. That is why some of them would like to cut football and advance talks with the NCC I mean Summit league

Just saw this on BV. Thoughts and prayers with you and your family Marlin. May God give all the strength you need to beat this.

OC and o-line coach

You could be right Matt. I didn't mean to come off as I knew for sure. I was just going off of what I thought it looked like on TV. Either way I think we both agree that he's a tough kid and he'll definately give it a shot.

Minett was injured on his TD run in the second half. You could see when it looked like he pulled something. He never returned and SDSU completely went away from the running game. I think its a pulled muscle and depending on how severe will determine if he'll be back. He's a tough runner so it wouldn't suprise me if he played but I don't know how effective he will be.