WYOBISONMAN

One thing I have learned is that what may seem like the most logical end or route to a conference can look totally different in 18 months. Never count your chickens before they hatch.....and ....... one may hatch and you didn't even know there was an egg!!! It is interesting, nerve racking.....and exciting.

I must lead a sheltered life.....I have never even though of wagering on my fantasy football......but then again I got stuck with Tony Romo for my QB last year.....

Drum roll please....................and the award for the most moronic post in this thread.........goes to Goon!!! Congrats on achieving such a high level of stupidity!

A good marketing idea. NDSU has never done anything like that with the Spring Game.

Just to let you know, the crowd at the games Sunday was very respectable. I was surprised by the number that were there and the atmosphere was great. Not as many as the Friday session with NDSU, but a very decent crowd.

I have thought the same thing many times. I just think that those really good big guys are few and far between and attracting them to a mid-major school is difficult......

Down significantly......you could hear the shoes squeaking on the floor. And, the evening session was worse. It will be interesting to see what the Sunday attendance will be. I will be there, and the games should be great games. But, I suspect it will be pretty empty.

It must have worked out OK for me since I am buying the overpriced airline ticket.....

I would not say among most. I think the folks that think like you are in a minority at both places. And that is a positive thing..... As far as reality.....most NDSU fans know we are underdogs from the start.....but that is what makes this fun. A win at the NCAA would mean a lot for our fans and we know it would be a helluva upset......unlike a Duke fan that is bummed if they don't win it all. I think most of us are well grounded in reality, but we all sure as hell hope for the upset! In the end, if there are a few of you that can't cheer for the Herd.....I really don't care, because next week I am going to buy a way overpriced airline ticket (damn...no 7 day advance purchase) and I am going DANCING!

I think it is a matter of being from North Dakota.....when something positive happens for your state......regardless of what school.....it makes you feel good. Hell, I like to see a school like Dickinson State do well in Football and I have absolutely no ties to that school other than being a Nodaker that likes to see them beat a school like Carrol College. There are not a lot of us Nodakers, so we celebrate the national spotlight. It really is a pretty simple concept.

Well, I am heading to Ogden this afternoon to watch the Big Sky Championship (on ESPN2 tonight). Montana State (7th seed in the tourney) is playing Portland State (#2 seed) for the title. A Montana State win could be a pretty good Cinderella story.

In then end.......it is all for the State of North Dakota.......we may be few, but we are proud!

I will attend both.....damnit....I need a Sioux hat though!!!

Thanks for the comments....by the way......Bisonville has crashed.......probably a bandwidth problem....

Tomorrow (Tuesday), the Bison play at 7pm CDT on ESPN2. They will play Oakland University for the Summit League title and a berth in the NCAA. It should be a tough, tough game. OU stud player Kangas played tonight on a sprained ankle and turned in a dominating performance against SDSU. This one will go down to the wire.

My god, what is next.......dogs and cats sleeping together?!?!?

I don't think a 13 would be happening. My guess would be a 15 seed. No one knows us.

They gotta get through the Summit Tourney. Not an easy task. It sure seems like this team is putting it together at the right time in the season though.

Weather make northern baseball a very difficult affair....

I really would rather not play UND, but I suspect if Taylor made the offer of a game in Fargo in 2012 (a one game deal), UND would take him up on it. It does seem that the new folks in charge at UND are more interested in building bridges rather than throwing up roadblocks ala Roger Thomas and Kuppy.

Actually I do have an interest in the Summit......

You and your turd in your pocket have some really strange ideas. I have never heard anywhere that anyone is trying to get rid of SUU or Cent. Core members are rather important to a conference. What a foolish statement.

Tom Clifford was an asset for all of North Dakota. He truley had a passion for UND. Condolences on his passing.

The tough thing about scheduling it every year is that it significantly limits NDSU's OOC scheduling opportunities. The MVFC is big enough that we only have 3 opportunities (most years) for an OOC game. If one will always be a money game against a FBS school then there are only 2 OOC opporunities left. It is hard to see NDSU tying up one of those every year to play UND. I know that most Bison fans would not support that. A 9 team conference really limits you opportunities to see competition from other conferences.

It is just one of those unfortunate things that happens from time to time in collegiate athletics. One incident does not mean that the team is a bunch of thugs, but, unless there are some unusual circumstances, I would guess he will be off the team. And whether you are NAIA, DI, DII or DIII it can happen.