nd1sufan

I am a Bison fan that thought if they were going to get a ND kid this year it should be Moody, but I trust the NDSU coaching staff. It sounds like Jones did a good job of selling the fact that they play an undisciplined run and gun game that kids like and Moody didn't like the fact NDSU likes to actually play a half court offense and get it inside at times, Jones's problem is not getting talented kids on campus, it it developing them and getting them to play a team game once they get on campus.

Good for you. I think fans from "rival" schools have no busines going to the the rivals games that their team isn't involved in.

Try buying a ticket to a Bison game from NDSU after noon on Aug 1st, then go to the Alerus Sept 17th at kickoff time to buy a ticket for UND's home opener. Which ticket do you suppose would be possible to buy?

This comment doesn't belong here. I would suggest all fans of a college support their teams, struggling, up and coming or the ones at the top. And the talent is better than the D2 days.

I am not for playing true freshmen either. But maybe a redshirt freshman could have been out there gaining valuable experience instead of sitting behind a transfer who was only going to play in some cases 1 year. That experience a young player or players gets may result in an extra win or two when you are competitive and vying for playoff positioning.

Good get. NDSU offered the wrong kid from Dickinson.

Siouxfan512 is right. I am not saying UND takes more transfers than a lot of FCS schools. I just don't think it is a good practice. I would guess that at least half of the FBS transfers end up leaving before their eligibility is up. That is not good for the program. And what difference does it make if you go 3-8 and 6-5 instead of 5-6 and 7-4? In the long run it is better to take your lumps with 4 and 5 year program kids, even if it means you lose a couple of extra games.

I am not saying never take one, maybe one or two a year tops, but if you have 15 to 20 on your roster, it is too many. Frazier is a kid Klieman and NDSU were recruiting whenhe was in high school. They knew him from back then. Thet is a little different than taking a kid that was kicked off his previous schools team.

And yet most on this board are begging for more FBS transfers to fill holes left by FBS transfers that either left or were kicked off the team. Anyboby seeing a trend and figuring out JUCO and FBS transfers are not the way to go? How many transfers have made significant contributions to UND FB the last 3 years? Would those scholarships have been beter utilized developing freshmen?

Well I do believe and maybe you are on to something. It will definitely take some divine intervention to make a WAC/BSC even a marginally successful.

Come on. Which school in the right mind would turn down an invite from the powerful WAC/BSC FBS? Isn't it the dream of every school to play football against UTRGVU or Lamar or UND? There is no way WSU walks away from that offer.

What good does a 20k seat stadium do if you only get 8k to go to the games? Who is going to get excited about UTGVU or Lamar or any of the teams in your WAC/BSC? Besides the extra expense for scholarships, your football salaries will probably have to triple to be average in the G5 level of FBS. My guess is the Idaho coach is one of if not the lowest paid HC in the FBS and he makes 2-3 times what Bubba makes. You would have to pay your coordinators a lot more than Bubba is making now. An FBS move to this conference will be a financial drain, not a financial winfall.

The best you can hope for is a Dec game in Boise or Detroit against Arkansas State. Now that is attractive...

And they will need you to pay a lot more than $15/ticket. SV has said in past posts how this move will magically vault UND ahead of NDSU. He has said after the move Larsen will be begging Faison to come to Grand Forks to play a game. It is not going to turn out that way. In fact, I could see posters here calling for Faison's head after he agrees to the first 3 for 1 contract with 3 homes games being at the FCS school against an FBS school. The only team UND can schedule with a WAC BSC FBS schedule that they can guarantee a sellout at a premium price is NDSU. NDSU's games sell out in hours if not minutes against anybody. I know UND fans think that will change soon, but don't count on it. Hold out for a MWC bid, or at least a MAC or established FBS conf, or wait a few years for the shakeup in CFB. Anything would be better for UND FB than this proposed conference.

I think you should go back to hockey. I was always pullimg for UND hockey to lose when Hak was the coach, and I actually was pulling for them to win it all last year with Berry. While some may think I am one one the arrogant NDSU FB fans, I hate Bisonville, have never posted on it and haven't looked at it in years. I can't stand the in your face we are the greatest and everybody else sucks mentality.

Nobody is talking about playoff attendance. The point is UND playing a BSC schedule is no more attractive to fans than the old NCC teams, which would lead most to beleive going into an FBS WAC/BSC with the same teams is not going to increase interest. I would be willing to bet UND FB ticket revenue was higher in 2003, the last year the old NCC was intact, than this past year.

I am actually quoting what UND fans have said at the ticket office since they have joined the BSC. No sell outs and no attendence increases from the GWC or NCC for that matter. Getting a home game against Idaho, Northern Arizona, etc. doesn't seem to do anything for UND fans.

Don't know the kid and he may be a good kid, but it doesn't come off well. A simple tweet of "I'm going to ..." Would work. The video announcement doesn't go with the "no name on the back of the jersey" mentality of both UND and NDSU.

I see he has tweeted he is going to have a video announcement on Monday at 3:00. I honestly hope it is NOT NDSU. Is he going to have 4 hats and the one he grabs is the school he is going to? Doesn't sound like much of a team player to me.No kid at any level of FB needs to make it all about him like he seems to be doing.

I am just saying if UND wants to move up to FBS and have a legimate shot for it to be a modestly sucessful move, this is not the way to do it. These teams and competition will excite no one. If you can move into the MWC or even Conf USA or the MAC you may have a shot. This is a conference set up to fail. Who is going to pay more money to go aatch the same teams that are drawing 7 to 8 thousand fans now? I would be very upset if NDSU accepted an offer to this conference set up. FCS is a much better alternative.

So the FBS WAC move is completely reliant on UND being included? If they don't give their approval it is off? Once the new UND prez says ok the big announcement will come? And you think NDSU fans are full of themselves.

It sounds like the Sun Belt is no longer the worst FBS conference, by a long shot.

The evidence just keeps mounting doesn't it? Now a non-existant conference with unknown teams already has a schedule put together 3-4 years in advance so conference schools can schedule non-conference games against each other. What is the hold up on making the announcement? Are there more primaries in other states in the conference? Maybe one of the conference school presidents is on vacation?

Who wouldn't want a national profile like Ark St, ULL, ULM, Troy, etc.? I can't believe how much national exposure they get from their FBS programs. They get no national exposure from their horrible football programs and conferences. If the BSC/WAC would happen, those schools may get an extra guarantee game or two every year to help their bottom line, but that is it. There would be no ESPN contract. They would be lucky to keep any TV contract as good as the ROOT contract they have now.

I hear that now on WDAY here in Fargo, or at least did. That is kind of a nice daily update to keep you up to date on all of the schools sports.