nd1sufan

That Gene Taylor quote sounded somewhat familiar. In fact, I think I heard it coming from the UND administration and coaches about 3 years ago when NDSU announced their move. It doesn't matter who said what and when, the truth is neither program really wanted to play the game this year. If they had, it would have happened. UND didn't get serious about the game until it was too late. Maybe they should negotiate now and announce a game for Sept 07 in the Fargodome.

This is one Bison fan who would pick the Mid-Con over the Big Sky. The only thing the BSC has going for it is football, and we will be ok in the Great West. Basketball and all other sports are better in the Mid-Con. I think the invite will be coming sooner from the Mid-Con and NDSU should jump at it.

No, they didn't say "take a hike" (although I think they would have every right to). When UND finally decided they would make an effort to play the game, NDSU had one open date left and 2 options, and they chose the best one. If UND had agreed to the game before the CSP game was scheduled, I'm sure NDSU would have been happy to host UND for the season opener.

Jim, The Bison "flat out refused" to play the Sioux this year? What would you have chosen, Playing the Sioux as a second D2 gane, or taking $300,000 and regional exposure on Fox Sports Net to plat a Big 10 team? It sounds like a no brainer to me. Perhaps if the Sioux had agreed to a game before the Bison had Concordia St. Paul on their schedule as the only D2 game they will play something could have been worked out.