nd1sufan

UND wins a close one. Bet the house on the under. I don't even know what the line is, but the first team to double digits wins this one.

Jacobsen isn't even the best point guard in the Fargo-Moorhead area. There is a sophomore guard at Moorhead High who is possibly already better. She has received a lot of interest from schools from all of the P5 conferences already. She will be a challenge to keep in the area.

St. Louis is another team NDSU beat 3-1 on the road this year. Should be a good match in Oct between the Bison and UND. It sounds like UND plays much better at home.

Say what you want about the Summit, but since UND has been in the BSC, the Summit has been better than the BSC in MBB, WBB and Volleyball.

So conferences are fighting over NDSU now? I thought NDSU was a school no conference would want?

Every woman athlete at NDSU on scholarship (they are at the max in all sports) is getting a scholarship and FCOA. Can UND say that? Are they fully funding all sports?

All hail Roger Thomas! Where would UND be without his leadership?

They are just trying to give UND all of the advantages they can, because they are going to need it.

The only chance UND has is if they play like they did against Wyo and they some breaks and NDSU makes a lot of mistakes. If both play their A game, the 3 to 4 TD spread is accurate.

Well, they may be stationing their extra security at the wrong location. With the possibility of some of the UND faculty coming to town, perhaps they should be posting the security at the day care center at the Family Life Center at NDSU. Those little kids may need extra protection.

You are right that UND didn't get plans together in a few days. They still don't have any idea how they are going to pay for it, which sports are getting chopped, or If they are going to pay for all sports. Faison was pressured by all coaches to announce right away to lessen the effect on recruiting. There is ZERO chance UND would have announced FCOA if NDSU hadn't announced when they did.

I don't know anything about the UND hit on the Montana QB last year. But the UND fans claiming the DeLuca hit on the Montana QB this year was dirty, what did you think about the UND D-backs hit on the Drake QB who was sliding in the second half on Saturday? They were identical plays. Was that hit clean?

I would lay the points if that is the spread. From what I saw today, there is definitely still a talent gap between the 2 schools.

If UND plays like they did against Wyo, NDSU by 3 touchdowns. If they play like they did against Drake, NDSU by 6 touchdowns. Wyoming just got killed by a historically awful Eastern Michigan team. That was Eastern's first non conference road win in about 30 years. That is an Eastern Michigan that would finish in the bottom half of the Missouri Valley FC. Wyoming may not win a game this year.

You are right. Maybe 8-3 and 1-7 mean something though...

Nope. Have no interest in Wyoming. Hope they go winless this year. I was never a big Bohl fan. Good coach but too arrogant for me. Was glad to see Klieman take over. The better man won on Saturday (Bubba over Bohl). When the Bison aren't playing and I am in the car, I have listened to UND games the last couple of years. I liked Jack Michael's call. I did find it hard to listen to Sweeney though. I just think that perhaps some should dial it in a little after a win over a historically depleted MWC team. I actually think your close calls over San Diego State and Fresno State in recent years were more impressive than the win over Wyoming.

That Miller pick was before as Mike Berg said "UND shocked the nation" uwith their massive win over Wyoming.Now it sounds like he thinks UND and quite possibly 8 of the 13 BSC teams should be invited to the playoffs. They are definitely the best FCS conference in the country. Wait until next week when Wyoming beats Eastern Michigan. Everybody will be talking about how great that win over Wyoming was. Even though Eastern Michigan has the same number of FBS wins as NDSU since 2013.

You mean when they beat the defending Big 12 champions who went on to an 8-5 year (8-4 if you take away the NDSU loss) and beat Michigan in a bowl game 31-14? That cupcake?

Not exactly. He just says the Big Sky is already better than the MWC or any other G5 conference for that matter. And UND fans talk about Bison media people being homers. Miller and Sweeney set a pretty high bar.

Not really. But teams need to realize a win over NDSU shouldn't make their season. If Weber hadn't been looking forward to next week maybe they would have beaten Oregon State...

Nice investigative work. I didn't realize the Bison had SDSU at home this year.

Who cares? Montana won the National Championship last week. Didn't they?

Does anyone know if UND fully funds scholarships in all sports? I heard the soccer coach a bit last night and he didn't seem all that excited about the announcement.

Who would have thunk? Nobody knew the figure of FCOA at UND before NDSU announced theirs, and it just so happens to be exactly the same as NDSU's. That is quite a coincidence.

I don't think he can. With something like 46 freshmen and 13 true freshmen playing this year for Wyoming, If UND doesn't get their first FBS on Saturday they may never get one. It won't get any easier than this one. I would take the points and put my house on it if the Pokes are really favored by 18.