NDSU grad

Let's see, there were a little over 11,000 nearby sweet crude contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange yesterday. So I guess that conspiracy must include a couple of thousand people.

You guys will take your lumps next year but I like Jones' plan. The key is retention; SDSU had a problem in retaining their key players, NDSU did not. That, IMO, is the main reason for the discrepancy in the two programs right now.

I thought I remember UND guys at the Bison pro day last year as well. Don't know why UND doesn't have their own. Maybe pro scouts suggested the two universities get together to have one.

Kolpack had this on his blog. Sounds like Dressler was really impressive, and you've got to like Alexander's athleticism.

If Mertens was a 4, we would definitely offer him, but since he's a 3 he would see very little playing time. We've got Winkleman, Tvedt, Coleman, and Carlson who can all play that position, and Mertens would most likely be behind all of them. I think Travis would make a nice dII player though.

Does DIII sponsor skiing. If not, they could play up in both skiing and hockey.

I'd love to have Poly on our schedule.

Did Mike Mcatee (sp) from Rolla sign anywhere? He had been rumored to be an NDSU commit a while back but that was unsubstantiated and I'm pretty confident we never offered him. But I would think he would be a good enough prospect to go DII or walk on at UND or NDSU.

You guys will have a tough time being worse than the 04-05 Bison. After that season I was convinced Miles was a coaching genius. I can't believe we won a game. The good news for you guys is there's no more 5-8 rule and you should have about 6-8 scholarships available, so you could potentially have a solid freshmen class plus a couple jucos to help immediately. Good luck.

Thanks. I was obviously referring to Marlin's post.

Of course, NDSU didn't offer him a scholarship, but don't let facts get in the way of a good smackfest.

His brother Garrett is a sophomore and the starting point guard.

Rumor on the Bunny board is that Griffin Callahan is transferring out of UND to play for SDSU. Anybody hear anything.

Judging by MplsBison's list, apparently I'm not either. What may be most interesting about this thread is the way the two staffs grade rb's. Chappell (sp.) was not offerred by SU and has turned out great for you guys; Solum was not offerred by us but looks to a good player for you as well. Now Horner was apparently not offered by UND, but was high on NDSU's list. I guess you just have to recruit who you think best fits your system.

Without knowing the details of the rb situation at UND, I would have to say he would have a much better chance at seeing the field earlier there than at NDSU. Horner will more than likely be 5th on the depth chart coming out of his redshirt freshman year, behind Paschall, Blincoe, McNorton, and Voigtlander.

I don't think attrition from the state of Texas has been any more pronounced than from any other state. The only one I can think of is Champ.

I don't remember the details, but NDSU OL Justin Monson lost a year of eligibility because of the transition, and SDSU had an OL that lost a year and ended up transferring to play for you guys; can't remember his name. Like I said, I don't know the details of those two cases but I would actually be surprised if Trenbreath did not lose his last year.

I think it's a combination of a few things. NDSU played really well that day, and I can only presume that CMU did not play well. Also, the Bison were 100% completely healthy, which was not the case at the end of the season. I know that sounds like an excuse and every football team is usually going thru the injury bug at the end of the season, but it seemed like the Bison avoided that in 06. Also, NDSU has seemingly struggled the two times we've played in SLO, and I don't think we've beaten the Jacks in Brooking this millenium (funny, huh).

Yes, I'm sure the Bison would have had a hard time against a bowl-bound team like Central Michigan.

Actually, there are eight autobids in FCS. They go the champions of the following conferences: Southern Big Sky Southland CAA Gateway OVC MEAC Patriot The eight at-large are selected by a committee and is supposedly based on the GPI, which (I think) is a BCS-style formula that takes into account polls and computer rankings.

You're dead to me.

I would think Montana is in the unique situation (for FCS schools) that they can probably make almost as much playing a DII at home as they can playing a guarantee game. They did play Iowa last year (don't know what the guarantee was) so they aren't totally immune to playing FBS teams.

The problem is not filling out a schedule with DI opponents. It's filling out a schedule with DI opponents and still maintaining a profitable athletic department. Montana apparently refuses to play anyone on the road, and a DII opponent will come to Montana cheaper than a FCS opponent would. They'll sell the place out no matter who they play, so I guess you can't really blame them.

I seriously hope no NDSU fan would be stupid enough to comment on the abrupt departure of an AD.

Uh, no. Believe it or not, many football teams utilize 2 safeties on the field at the same time. The Giants kept 4 safeties (even though Dahl is listed as CB on their roster I'm pretty sure he'll play safety). So he's not a 4th string safety.