NDSU grad

I don't think anybody has ever said NDSU doesn't have to meet Title IX requirements. If the Bison move up to FBS it's obviously something they have to take into consideration.

I agree with you, but what you just said about those bowl games is true for the FCS playoff games as well.

Well that's not misleading.

There's really no reason for WSU to start football if they're going to remain in the MVC. The story in the Wichita paper mentioned how the university and the school is unlike it's peers in the MVC. The rest of the MVC is not going to start FBS football just to appease WSU and watch them leave after getting their football program off the ground.

It doesn't matter what I like. Wichita St. to the AAC or CUSA is much more likely than an FBS MVC without the Dakota schools. Like orders of magnitude more likely.

How the hell would the MVC go FBS without the Dakota schools? NMSU is the only non-MVC school that would join a conference like that. No way Indiana State could go FBS. Even the Illinois schools would have a very difficult time, with state support dwindling to support academics, an FBS move would be a very difficult sell right now. The MVC would need at the very least the XDSU's to come with if they made a move like that.* *Disclaimer: the odds of the MVC going FBS are a magical number approximating negative infinity.

Only loss was to Colgate for the PL autobid. Didn't get an at-large.

I know you're being facetious, but Jacksonville is not a quality loss. A 9-2 record in the PFL is nothing to write home about.

Idaho received an at-large in a 16 team field with a 6-4 record in 1995. I believe that team and the aforementioned SHSU are the only teams to make the playoffs with 6 DI wins. You're right, though, the criteria has always been 6. I don't know why everybody thinks 7 wins was a hard and fast rule.

Right, because those dollars come from the same sources. Good grief.

Bolinske is very interested in UND and I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up there as a preferred walk-on. Could end up playing safety, as I don't think he has the arm to be a DI quarterback.

It's kind of funny. I grew up near there, swear I'd never move back to the area, and here I am. Thing is, my wife and I both have what is basically our dream jobs and the kids love it. So life's not all bad.

In general, when it comes to running a city, I find it best to do the exact opposite of what Minot does. It's a frickin gong show here.

His wife is an elementary principal in Minot and his son is a starting cb for the fb team as a sophomore. Pretty good player.

I wonder how much Rudolph's family situation is affecting him. It can't be easy having your family still in Minot and you trying to do your job 3 hours away. It's got to be hard never being able to see any of your son's football games, especially with the great season Minot High is having.

I don't have nearly enough information to make an informed decision on what clearly is a very serious topic. How many players per side? Are the players on skates or sneakers?

My wife voted Roughriders, with my urging.

What did they say about Bresciani that's false? They simply stated their opinion about Bresciani's comments in the state of the University Address. Stupid opinions about topics they have absolutely no understanding about, but opinions nonetheless.

It wasn't a story, it was an editorial. You know, an opinion? How do write a correction for that? Why should Bresciani write a rebuttal? His exact words are easily found in the State of the University Address. If you haven't noticed, mainstream journalism doesn't exactly have a great track record for top-notch reporting. The opinion section is even worse.

Dean Bresciani never said that. The editorial board of the Forum did. It was a stupid editorial written by people who probably don't know what AAU stands for.

No. Because like a lot of other people they interpreted his comments wrong.

No he didn't. He iterated three very specific goals that he thought would be attainable in the next 3-5 years: "First, we need to pursue an enrollment of 18,000 students. That number gives us the size needed to be able to broaden our options, but is not so large that we lose our student focus. Second, we need to grow our student scholarship endowment by at least $100 million. And third, we will need to aggressively pursue a substantial increase in endowed chair and faculty positions."...Given the extensive groundwork already done over the past five years, and the commitment from all of us to continue to reach new levels, I expect us to accomplish these goals in the next 3 to 5 years." His comments about attaining AAU membership were more vague; he stated the possibility of AAU membership in the foreseeable future. Here's part of the quote: "...AAU membership will become possible at some foreseeable point in the future." Here's the link to his State of the University Address. https://www.ndsu.edu/president/speeches/stateoftheuniversityaddress2015/

I couldn't remember how it went down either but I found the 2012 recruiting thread. I think we (NDSU) offered after he blew up in the Wisconsin all-star game but were much too late to the party. It really hurts when I look at our 2012 class in hindsight. Pretty weak overall. Anyway, I'll quit hijacking your thread.

Interesting article. You guys were literally 24 hours away from having him on campus. http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/123366/badgers-linebacker-joe-schobert-thriving-after-being-overlooked-in-high-school

Schobert is an amazing story. I've got to think there are 7-8 FCS schools, pretty much every MAC school, and half a dozen BIG schools that have some recruiting interest in Wisconsin, and they all missed on him. Did UND offer any scholarship money, or was he a preferred walk-on?