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As I Bison fan I hope he never leaves or never gets an offer. I'm glad they aren't falling over themselves to get Bohl. It's their loss and hopefully Bohl sticks around as long as Lennon did. There was an article in the Forum 2 weeks ago that said Taylor wants to make the NDSU head coaching job one of the 3 highest paying in the FCS. Bohl already makes more than the head coach at Montana. I think the Southern Illinois job is on the same level as NDSU. Lennon is a great coach too.

As logical as it seems to promote from within... let me throw this at ya. Right now your heading into the transition with a great team that will compete right away. It's exciting but the games are meaningless. Wouldn't this be the perfect time to bring in the best qualified outside candidate and to work toward building a championship program by 2012? It's a case of taking a small step back to take a step forward. If you promote from within, you run the risk of hiring a guy that is unproven and inexperienced and you don't want to find out he sucks in 2 years and start over in 2010. NDSU went from a 3 win team under Babich to a 9 win team that beat Montana under Bohl in his first year. That was with a brand new coaching staff across the board.

Lennon made around 100K. He left for a 200K total pakage. Right now, Bohl makes a total package of 200K and according to the Forum, they want to make the NDSU coach one of the 3 highest paid in FCS football which means he should be getting a raise closer to 300K. I don't know if your being sarcastic but Bohl is out of your price range. Now if we were talking about Hockey it would be a different story.

Apologizing for moving up the food chain? I have never apologized for taking a promotion. I have never had a boss apologize to me for taking a promotion. He doubled his pay. THAT is a promotion!

NDSU or Northern Iowa recruited Tracy but they didn't offer him a scholorship either. It was probably the same type of deal with Vetter where the player wasn't as receptive. There are usually other factors although kids in rurual ND are rarely offered by big schools like Montana. (although NDSU and UND are ab out the same as Montana in my eyes) I have a tough time believing UND would have no interest in a 6-foot-4, First Team All-State defensive end who is only 215 lbs with the frame to add another 30. He got letters fromHarvard and calls from Princeton so you know he has the brains. EIther way good signings by both teams.

Not trying to create some smack but NDSU offered Solum a scholorship but only as a defensive back ....not a running back. NDSU felt he wasn't a D1 starter at running back. They feel Horner is. Of course Horner didn't have quite the O-line either but still managed 12 yards per carry. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?sectio...&id=2717948 So Solum isn't good enough to be backup at NDSU but he's good enough to be a starter at UND. I'M KIDDING!

He's a good player. His dad was a UND guy so it's tough to compete with that. Good signing.

NDSU does not smell like a barn. What are you two years old? I go to NDSU for engineering and the only Ag buildings are way out by the airport. Ag is a very small portion of the school now. That's why they changed the name to the Bison, oh 80 years ago. BTW... I think you forget that most farmers make a s&!t load of money. My grand father farmed for 60 years and retired a multi millionaire. He made a hell of a lot more than air traffic controllers do.

SDSU is spending 15 million to overhaul the football stadium and it's going to be pretty nice from what I read. THey are building an athletic building overlooking the field too so it should feel more enclosed. Their outdoor stadium was decent before but I'll take it any day of the week over the Alerus Center after they overhaul it. I enjoyed outdoor football it had a great atmosphere. The Alerus Center aint too shabby.The Dakota Dome is a joke.

Yeah but the SUU game was a big deal for you guys because it was against a D1AA team so you guys were really jacked up. They didn't take you as seriously because of the D2 statues. Today, SUU was facing the #1 team in D1AA so they were jacked and this was their Superbowl. When your the top dog everyone wants to beat you. Target on back. Your coach was psyched that you guys won by 27. Bohl was extremely disapointed we only won by 35. Like I said before, the division games are huge. SUU plays us every year and has tape and tendencies. Not that it mattered because we whooped ass but it's still a valid point! If you disagree than you simply don't understand football at an advanced level. I know you understand this but your just trying to piss me off I think NDSU was annoyed to be playing these guys. They didn't play their 2 best players, started numerous backups, and had to get an ass chewin' from the coach at half time. They responded by putting up 28 points in the 3rd quarter alone with mostly backups. The only legit starters we had in during the 4th were our cornerbacks. Why? Injuries. Because our starters are the nickel and dime starters to begin the season. They could start a freshaman but they don't want to lift the redshirt so they are thin. Do I need to remind you that it was UND that ran up the score on Western Washington! Who throws a risky TD pass when your up by 14 and in field goal range with less than 2 minutes left on the clock. Yeah, like that wasn't a losery thing to do. Maybe trying to cover up the fact that WW could move the ball at will on the defense to make the score look better. NDSU ran dive plays the entire 4th qtr today and didn't score. Of course when your up by 35 that's the classy thing to do.

Yeah but you forgot to throw in 3 points in NDSU's favor since it's a divisional game. These guys see each other every year. And be sure you START the game without Chapell and your best defensive player and let your 4th string wideout play in the 1st quarter. For the love of god can we not talk about SUU! THey suck! We both kicked their ass. We don't even run a flashy offense and we dropped 55 points on them!

No. NDSU fans have been saying that baskeball has 100X the potential as hockey. The MidCon has an auto bid to the Final Four, which of course generates BIG TIME publicity and money if you can win a game or 2. Your talking the lead story if NDSU wins 1 or 2 games in the tournement. Hell, when NDSU beat Wisconsin it was lead story on ESPN. College hockey is just not a lead story type of sport. And that's not being disrespectful.

You misunderstood what I was saying.... I'm saying the sport of hockey itself is not in the same league as football. For that reason, football has more upside than hockey. Yeah, between the 2 teams, there are 15 National Championships so we're all rock stars.

I'm a Bison fan so I'll try to be as objective as possible. It's tough to say. UND Hockey is huge and I think it's still a tad bit bigger than NDSU Football. Especially on a national level. The problem is, hockey is not in the same league as football for overall popularity and I think UND hockey has peaked. NDSU football can get way bigger in time and it's already in the same league as UND Hockey. NDSU Football has been on the rise for the last 3 years so I don't think it's fair to give the Gophers credit for the fact that we will probably sell out every game this year with most of them on TV. I think I'm being objective. Anyone disagree?

I don't know why but for some reason I suspect you are full of s&!t. Your statement has zero credibility.

Yeah if that's the case than where were the Sportscenter highlights of the Sioux beating Southern Utah in front of 3,000 people. Seriously man - that's the worst comparision ever. SUU has never won a confernce game in 3 years and have been a bottom feeder since day one. Minneota has gone to 5 straight bowl games. Yeah their record sucks but we're talking about a team that has one of the top offenses in all of College Football. While their record was 1-6 going into the game, they lost 3 games by a total of 5 points (2 in OT) and easily could have been 4-3 coming into the game. They played Purdue and Northwestern competitively. Bottom line is they are Big Ten and play teams with 90 scholorships every week. Honestly I think UND would be competitive against the Gophers too and that's a compliement. Ask yourself this. Rewind back to 2002. The Bision were coming off a 3 win season. The Gophers were on the rise and were coming off the 2nd of 5 Bowl games. If I were had told you that 4 years later NDSU would almost beat the Gophers and in 5 years they would dominate them.... who would have thought I had been smoking crack?? This is a huge accomplishment no matter how bad the Gophers are. I hope you guys get your shot because you will need it to keep your spirits up not going ot the playoffs.

That's not really fair though because it's a division game and we've played them every year. Division games are always closer. WIth that being said, we should beat SUU by 50 points.

I root for und in hockey and I'm a big time bison fan. you've got a lot of balls to tell me i'm not a real fan considering i haven't missed a home football game in 5 years. You've got a lot of ball to rip on fellow Sioux fans too. And to call BIson and Sioux fans supporters of the Taliban is so idiotic you should get your ass kicked by Bison and Siioux fans.

This is one of the reasons us Bison fans were glad to leave D2 behind. I remember, I think it was 2003, we had a kick ass team. That was the year we beat Montana. We had 3 losses by a total of 6 points. 2 were in OT and one was against a good D1AA team. (it was Davis) Sure enough, Concordia St Paul ends up making the playoffs with the same record. Turns out the Montana game didn't really count for anything. We beat Concordia St Paul by 50 points while we didn't even make the playoffs. What a crap system.

Man I just can't stop coming back. He's twisting the facts and trying to manufacture something to take a jab at NDSU. He's taking the record of every team NDSU is going to play (even the one's we haven't played yet) and using that as a losing record. It's not who you play... it's who and how you beat them. Fact: NDSU easily beat Central Michigan by a larger margin than Purdue. We all assumed that CMU sucked? Well, they are currently in 1st place in the MAC with a perfect 3-0 conf record. How strong is the MAC? CMU beat Ball State by 20. Ball State almost beat #8 Michigan the week before. The Gophers almost lost both games to MAC teams but managed to squeak one out. CMU did win a bowl game too. Fact: NDSU easily beat Western Illinois, a ranked Gateway team who's perfect in the conference and only other loss was to the Big Ten's Illinois, 21-0. Western Illinois, had a 10 year home winning streak of non conference games... until NDSU came to town. Fact: NDSU pretty much dominated every other game, except the Sam Houston game. Then he talks about how the Bison would be a solid NCC team and struggle against South Dakota and Western Washington. Last time I checked NDSU smoked UC Davis and Western squeaked out a win in week 1, the week strange things happen like Appy beating Michigan. However, the writer didn't point out that McNeese state blew South Dakota out of the water by 30 points. McNeese is in the Southland Conference, home of Sam Houston and Stephen F Austin. NDSU would beat South Dakota by 50 right now. NDSU would beat McNeese right now. Infact, NDSU has never lost to a team from the Southland Confernce. (I think 5-0?) This guy should be titled, "Sioux Homer" instead of an objective writer. I'm suprised they allowed such unprofessional crap on a legit webite. It shows how ghetto D2 football really is. I've seen better reasoning skills here. And yes, like I"ve said before, if the Bison/Sioux played right now it would be a good game. NDSU would probably win a close game if it was early in the year but win by more if it's late in the year. But strange things always happen at Bison/Sioux games so who knows.... (last 3 games decided by a few points)

Uh, a Sioux Fan started this thread so I'm obligated to jump in. We've moved on. In case you haven't noticed, we're ranked #1 in D1AA and have sold out 4 consecutive games. We've moved into the elite Gateway Confernce too. I would consider that moving on in a big way. Depsite the success, I follow regional football too, especially the Sioux because it's good football and it's interesting talking Bison Sioux. We all know we will play again some day. Some want to see it others don't. Why avoid it. It's funny because any Bison/Sioux post is still the biggest thread. You can't erase a hundred year rivaly (or passion) in five. I'll quit buggin you guys for a while. Like the other poster said, let's just agree that there is some damn good football being played in the state of ND.

NDSU has a better defense, a slightly better offense, and better special teams. The only reason UND looks like they play so fast on offense is because the D2 defenses they play against are flat out slow and non athletic. They are not on the same level as D1 NDSU. NDSU players would look blazing fast against Manakato too. NDSU is a good match for a vertical offense. They have a superior pass rush and would welcome the opportunity get after a non scrambling QB after weeks of chasing around scramblers.

Yeah, the big time Vegas architect who's worth millions, just donated millions to NDSU to buildd a new center because he credited them with his development. I'm sure he makes a hell of a lot more than the schmuck on this message board.

Your using week 1 as the benchmark and we all know teams suck week 1. Appalation beat Michigan. Davis lost to Western Wash. NDSU barely beat a crappy SFA. And UND ran up the score on WW, throwing a TD pass when they should have taken a knee and NDSU barely threw a pass in the 4th qtr of the UC Davis game so we can win with class. I'll use that argument to our advantage. Appalation beat Michigan. Michigan beat Notre Dame. NDSU is ranked higher than Appalation. Therefore, NDSU should beat Michigan and Notre Dame. Purdue beat MAC Central Michigan by the same margin as NDSU beat them. Therefore, we should be able to beat Purdue. Of course, if Purdue can put up a better fight against Ohio State, we could make the argument we could go out and win the Big Ten. Central Michigan destroyed Ball State. NDSU beat Central Michigan. Ball State almost beat #10 Nebraska. Therefore, NDSU can play with Nebraska. Don't forget, it was either UC Davis or Poly who beat Stanford a few years ago. Stanford beat #2 USC last night... Of course, NDSU has beat both of those teams. This is silly. I'm going to fight for a Rose Bowl invitation. Maybe it could be NDSU and UND?