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Of course the Big Sky Deputy Commissioner was on the McFeely show today and was asked about going FBS, and he said he didn't know why anybody in the FBS would want to go FBS. McFeely also asked about the BSC giong FBS and he said there were no discussions about it. But I know, he's not plugged in like SiouxVolley is.

Actually I have seen Bubba interviewed several times and have seen him on the practice field with his old man hat on coaching his players. I'm not so sure his prime years of relating to 18-22 year old kids haven't passed him by. I don't think many Bison fans are too concerned about Bubba heading the UND program.

You mean the "Inflential Universities" report that came out 2 weeks before the study about the value of an education that came out that stated an NDSU degree was worth $200,000 more after a certain number of years than a UND degree? And that your influential "graduates" were professional hockey players?

Ira and others have said when the Bubba cavalry takes over things are going to change in recruiting between NDSU and UND.

Research dollars?

Would you trade Molberg for Wentz, or even Easton Stick, who would have his red shirt pulled if Wentz goes down for an extended amount of time? Bennett may be a good get, but NDSU had already gotten commitments from DL Carlton and Darnell. I know UND fans think now that Bohl is gone, that UND will win most if not all of the recruiting battles with NDSU, but do you really think Klieman, Roehl, Polasek, etc. can't recruit? NDSU isn't going to win every battle, but they will win most. And, more importantly, once they get them on campus, they have an exceptional strength and conditioning coach that makes every athlete bigger, stronger and faster so that by their 2nd and 3rd year they look and perform more like FBS players than FCS players. And, even though UND fans think the coaching ability of the staff left with Bohl, I think they are wrong. Bohl was the director of the program, but did little coaching. Klieman was the architect of the defense the last 2 or 3 years and still has his hands in it, and I will take Polasek over Vigen as OC.

Really, taking a chance on a kid that had questionable grades is a bad thing? They gave the kid a chance at an education with a scholarship for 2 years before he could get on the practice field. I don't see that as a bad thing. I see it as something that builds loyalty and shows a commitment to a kid, not knowing if he will ever see the field. Coming from a school that is welcoming a transfer to their men's basketball team coming off a dismissal from another team for an arrest is quite amusing.

If we are going to assess foolish and idiotic statements, let's assess the UND being more influential and capable comment. Was the UND game featured on ESPN Gameday as a game to pick? Were there numerous national articles published about how FBS teams shouldn't play UND because they will get beat? Were there national articles written about UND being better than 4 or 5 Big Ten teams right now with 63 schollies and supposed FCS talent? Were there articles written about how the Big 12 should invite UND if they were to expand back to 12 teams? (yes, I know NDSU will never get a Big 12 invite). Was there talk on a national stage debating if UND would be a top 25 or top 40 team in the FBS this year? Was anybody in the State of North Dakota talking about UND football this weekend (thankfully for UND the answer is no).

The gap between the Bis/Mandan metro and the Fargo/Moorhead metro is widening not shrinking. F/M is double the size, more than 100,000 larger, and the raw numbers is people they are adding is larger than any other city in Fargo. If they keep adding 4,000 to 5,000 every year and others add 3,000 to 4,000, even though the others are adding a larger percentage, they are losing ground in total population. New Town may have added 50 percent this year, Does that mean they are going to catch Fargo, which is adding 4 percent. I don't think so. Percentage gain is misleading. Look at the total numbers. As the population of Williston and Bismarck go up, their percentage gain will drop.

Williston will never pass Fargo in population. From 2010 to 2012, Fargo by all accounts grew by 8,000 to 9,000 while WIlliston added about 6,000. West Fargo is growing by just about the same numbers as WIlliston. WIth the new hospital being built with 200 new doctors and over 1,000 support staff, along with all of the jobs those extra workers require, Fargo will be the largest city in North Dakota for the lifespan of anyone on this blog today. The gap between #1 (Fargo) and #2 (Bismarck) is 50,000 now, and will only get larger.

When was the last time an FCS team was favored against a BCS conference team? Has it ever happened?

This is a delusional post. As Geaux_Sioux pointed out, the defense will be as good if not better than last year, with 2 safeties and 2 LB's with pro potential. And as great as Jensen was, Wendt has a higher upside physically and from all accounts has the leadership and intelligence too. If their O line holds up, they won't lose more than 2 games.

Is that similar to how UND administrators handle coaches with DUI's and that drive with a suspended license?

I still haven't heard one legitimate reason the GT should have backed down and given UND a h/h series. As for all of the screaming of "but they are playing Weber State", Weber did help out NDSU during the transition years by playing a home and home when they didn't have to and had little to gain from it while others did not. Why not return the favor by playing in Ogden this year and giving the Weber administration one game they can promote and get their fans excited for by playing the 3-time defending champions?

Well apparently it's bigger to Faison or Bubba than it is to NDSU and Klieman, otherwise the issue would be dead.

We're not talking about the 40's, 60's or even the 2000's. We are talking about today and you comparing UND to Weber State is quite telling. Like Jeremy Jorgenson said on Kolpack and Izzo yesterday. They don't hear any clamoring to play this game. He said NDSU sees playing UND in 2015 as filling an open date, while UND sees it as something much bigger than that.

That statement right there says a lot about the state of UND football.

What's a crises?

But Bubba owns North Dakota. How did another one get away?

If he couldn't star at Kansas, I wouldn't rely on him being a star at the FCS level. Kansas may be a 500 team in the MVFC.

Hakstol won't ever be bought by another D-1 hockey program because he can't win a National title at what should be the easiest place to win one. If he can't win at UND, why would another program want him? Hopefully UND hockey will still be an elite program after Hakstol is done with it.

But UND still got the greatest football coach in the country in Bubba didn't they?

They have commitments from #'s 5,8,9 and 13 in the top 15 Minnesota prospects for 2015. If they manage to get Johannesson, it could be an incredible class.

You appear to have an awful lot of blind faith in Bubba. He hasn't proven much over the last 10 years and he has no track record of success at the FCS level. I know you think UND and Grand Forks is an easy place to recruit to when recruiting Twin City or Wisconsin kids, but I think you may be mistaken. I heard Jaxson Brown on the radio the other day and he said the size and amount of things to do in Fargo surprised him and was a factor in his decision. That is an advantage that NDSU has over the other D1 schools in the Dakotas..

I have been gone for a while. Did I miss the press conference that the Big Sky is going FBS? Anybody have a link to a story?