NDSU grad

Those SIU teams were 1-5 against NDSU with Bubba leading the defense.

Well, you'll have to excuse me but we have been towards the top of every division we've played in for 50 years. Eleven national championships under 6 different head coaches. Have there been bumps in the road? Of course. But I think 500+ games is a fairly large sample size and gives me confidence that NDSU football will continue to be at the top for the foreseeable future.

No I get it just fine. You seem to like the FBS analogies, so I'll use this one. We are the Alabama of FCS, UND is Indiana. I don't see those two schools ever agreeing to a home/home. I don't care if NDSU and UND happen to be in the same state.

Damn right NDSU can dictate anything it wants when it comes to football, whether it's with North Dakota's two-bit liberal arts college or some other lower-end FCS program.

. Like what?

False. The reason they were kicked out of the AAU is because that organization considered some of their research dollars to be awarded from grants they deemed non-competitive. It had nothing to do with 'broad-based' research.

So Tim Miles, Ryun Godfrey, Darren Mueller, Pete Cuadrado, Mark Cook, and Erich Hinterstocker are all lezbos? Mind = Blown.

Michael Murphy was our long snapper the last 4 years, so Holmen might get a chance to play as a true frosh. Don't know if anybody else on the team can do it or not. Murphy was a stud; I honestly cannot remember one bad snap he had.

Holmen was in Fargo last weekend. He would be a walk-on at NDSU, and I'm guessing the same is true for UND. He may have some options to play tight end at some NAIA schools.

It didn't. Players currently in the program cannot transfer without sitting out a year. Players who have signed a letter of intent can ask out of their obligation, and this is usually granted.

Not necessarily. I think he has a redshirt to burn, so he can sit out without losing a year of playing time.

By any objective measurement, the schools are practically indistinguishable. Of course, that doesn't make for good pissing contests.

Stony Brook would be a great home and home. They'll be a perpetual playoff contender.

And it was dropped. I believe he pled guilty to a minor.

Idk. I guess it depends on what the specific charges are. He got a minor his first time, the resisting charge was dropped. To me, a minor followed by a resisting charge may warrant a one game suspension, but I could really see going with some other form of discipline too. Also, I just don't think these things are black and white. To me, going after some cops is different than tussling with some dude outside a bar. If I was a coach, there would definitely be some general guidelines, but I would look at each instance on a case by case basis.

He was not charged with aggravated assault the first time.

Pretty simple really. Travis Beck was immediately suspended from all team activities after the incident; the same as these St. Cloud players.

So if I'm understanding this correctly, the St. Cloud players received exactly the same 'discipline' Travis Beck did.

Mays and Dahl had no shot at postseason. Schommer and Humber were playoff eligible their senior year only.

I'm guessing Kory Brown will guard Huff, or maybe alternate Braun and Brown on him.

You don't send a fired coach out to recruit. You retain one or two of the assistants to do it. You don't think Ed Orgeron's staff is beating down doors right now recruiting even though they don't know their fate?

20 years ago I would have said you were right. But the way recruiting is now you at least have to have someone on staff keeping contact with the kids you've offered, if nothing else just to assure them that the offer is still valid, you're still on UND's radar, don't make a decision until the new staff is in place, etc. These kids that have been offered are going to go 4-6 weeks with absolutely zero contact from anybody associated with UND. That can't help recruiting.

You know Dan's right. An assistant is always retained to help out with recruiting until the head guy's found. This is really strange.

The only reason I mention the ties to UND is because you may be able to get away with not having to pay as much. Also, a guy like Brooks Bollinger may not take any other FCS head coaching job other than UND because he's from the area, understands the culture, and knows what the program could be. Let's face it, North Dakota (the state, not the school) can be a hard sell for somebody to move to who's not familiar with the area.

That have ties to UND and would be in your guys' price range?