CMSioux

I think we've seen what happens when a program stops caring about charactor and makes it all about winning - they go "south" really quickly.

How about Quality Educational Institution?

We forget when su was in the GWC it was a powerful football conference, a crime that the NCAA did not change the rules and allow the conference champ into the playoffs, once they left everything changed.

Oh and it probably had nothing to do with the new 5 year TV deal.

Nice to see you are not here as a troll and what great "outside perspective" you continue to bring. Isn't there half a dozen threads about UND over at bisonswille you could be posting on?

In the last decade before the NCC broke up when UND ruled in football in North Dakota and was always at/near the top of the NCC, their MO was domination on the O and D line and solid running backs. I see a return as stability returns to the program in recruiting and scheduling.

I think your "average" Sioux football fan is always optimistic because the team is usually solid fundamentally, especially it's O and D line. Now i have to say that there has been some poor tackling in the past few years, weaknesses in the secondary but if our O and D lines are solid they will keep us in many games because you will soon see that we have a couple of guys in the backfield that are pretty good. The difference between 6-4 and something higher will come down to the field general. Looking forward to the higher level of competition as is the team I am sure.

And how many teams in the Summit league would you want to latch on to - keeping in mind you can't list any former NCC schools because those are the schools that others wanted to leave behind.

OMG - should we go back through the years and look at the W/L record of teams su has played - we won't because we are not obsessed with them the way su fans are with UND.

You are delusional - When UND accomplishes something there are no chants about su, never at a UND game that does not involve su have I heard a chant about su, go count how many threads and posts there are on bisonswille about UND then come here and do the same and see what you come up with. There are many more su trolls here than there are UND posters at bisonswille, even back when UND and NDSU were playing in football there were some weekends when that wasn't even the biggest game in town for UND because they were hosting schools like Boston College in hockey, and of course you have Lakes Bison and we have nothing that comes close to that guy.

But the question is why should it matter to su and why are they still talking about it 6 months later? Those with ties to the Flagship University of the state of North Dakota know the answer.

One man's opinion - just gives those with inferiority complexes a chance to pop their jersey. If you agree with this opinion guess you also have to agree with, "The Big Sky has even taken on four schools from the highly regarded, but disbanded Great West Football Conference."

Don't forget it's UND's fault that su is "underfunded" that Whisky joe was "driven out of the state" that members of their football team committed felonies at Best Buy, that the school is losing money on its off-site locations ....

First of all everything bison fans are assuming is pure conjecture on the handling of the banner - but they need something to talk about sime they obviously can't find anything about their own team of interest. It's su that takes every chance to poke fun at UND (because they can't get past comparing themselves to big brother). Do you want a list - I can start one.

Wow - talk about "fair weather" fans. (pun intended)

Like this fire needs gas thrown on it - sometimes its fun to watch.

Championship banner arrives from NCAA and all they have to talk about is UND - once again.

So if you are a staff member at the UND Athletic Department and you open a package from the NCAA with an NDSU flag in it - what are you supposed to do other than contact the head of the department? Do you think anyone other than Faison should be making that call to su? I for one think dealing with UND issues comes first. The NCAA sending a flag to the wrong school is not a high priority UND issue last week. Gotta love that when the people at the NCAA think of North Dakota they think UND - it is and always will be the Flagship Univeristy of the state.

Hmmm. I guess we know which university the state of North Dakota is known for. I don't think that Flagship status is going anywhere soon.

Okay I'm no expert but I've heard as many rumours, old wive's tales and stories to last a lifetime. The way I've read it and understand it - anything that is of historical significance does not have to change including banners. The Ralph will not be closing, the Ralph will not be jackhammering any logos out of the structure. But for example if a piece of carpet wears out in the Ralph with the Sioux logo on it, it will be replaced with carpet that does not have the logo on it. UND fans can wear Sioux logoed clothes to games for as long as they want. It will probably take at least a decade for the fans to move away from shouting "Home of the Sioux" at home games - if ever. I know I won't be replacing my Sioux Pride tailgating van and I will also be using it on site for years to come. It's a historic archive now! http://siouxpride.com

Whatever - can't say I've seen too many threads started under the heading "Minnesota starters" in hockey. Perhaps it should have been listed as Game Discussion: Montana.

Six step process to taking out the trash Step one - log on to Siouxsports.com Step two: click on your user name in the upper right corner Step three: click on Manage Ignore Preferences Step four: scroll down to bottom of page Step five: In the text box under Add a new user to your list type in JohnboyND7 Step six: click on Posts, Signature, Messages Optional: Search for all names with NDSU in title and repeat the above process Stop replying to posters who show up as "ignored" and they will eventually go away or at least only be seen by other su trolls

I think you are on the wrong fan site - here we like to talk about our teams.

Let's see in the last 10 years the two teams played every time they lined up I am quite positive that most su fans were more than a little confident that they were going to win the game - guess what - that's why they play the game. su's motivation for the game to continue was they had the deck stacked in their favor - more scholarships, recruiting at a higher level, of course they wanted the game to continue it was the only way they could see how to end the 10 years of domination by UND, of course the other way to end it was to leave the conference and the division.

Thanks for your interest in Fighting Soux sports. I think if he sucks he obviously won't "be handed" the job. Over the years su has had many transfers come in - were they all "handed" the job just because they were a transfer?