WYOBISONMAN

There has been a huge amount of serious discussion about knocking the probationary period back to 5 years for BB. I think that will happen, and NDSU needs that time to build a BB program that would be decent in D1. I think most NDSU alumni would be more than happy with a team that would be competative in what ever conference home we find and that would make it to the big dance in March on occasion. It is so much more exposure that we could ever get in D2 BB right now. Perhaps if a quality BB program is built there would be some NIT action too. There is a huge amount of committment among Team Makers and other NDSU alum so I think that all this is very much with in reach.

The Bison will be very competative in wrestling from the start. Basketball will need to be beefed up significantly. The start this season (in BB) has been a bit scary, but with the additional scholarships it will help. I also think that being a D1 BB program will help in the retention of coaches since after probation there will be a chance to make it to March Madness. I suspect if NDSU had not been D2 we probably would not have lost Ray Giacoletti to Eastern Washington. That was truely a set back for a program that was on the rebound. Womens BB and Volleyball will also do fine. So, my feeling is that mens BB is where most the work needs to be done...and we have the probation period to do that. The bottom line is both NDSU and UND should have kept pace with the Montana schools and moved up when they did. But, then again, our state is not known to move very darn fast on anything.

I have been following Montana and Montana State somewhat closely this year and they have almost all of thier games on TV and on Satelite so the alum from around the country can see them. I wonder why that has never been done for NDSU or UND football. Usually for NDSU the only game you see is the UND game and then you can catch most away playoff games and sometimes a home playoff game on the satelite. Both schools could stand to look at Montana as an example of how to increase the visibility of your institution. I think a satelite feed of your games, while maybe costing some money up front, helps keeping the loyalty of your alumni and help, in the end, with overall fundraising for your respective university. To me it seems like a no brainer in getting every game up on a satelite.

We do have bigger and more exciting issues than Crookston (read as D1AA teams to play). It is called moving to D1AA.....you are very astute for a Sioux fan.

So Shoutin' Ed must be going national with his show......what a damn joke.

UND is known for thier interesting schedule.....playing such challenging teams as Crookston....yawn.

Makes no difference to me.....Bohl produced a winning team.

Don't get me wrong...I am very impressed and surprised with what the Sioux put together. And I like to see any NCC team whip up on the rest of the country. But, when you look at UNA and who they have beaten this season, I think that UND will get smoked. However, the Sioux have been full of surprises. I think that UND has performed so well this season that it may be tough to keep Lennon as coach. It will be interesting to watch the post playoff time period and se what offers he gets. My estimation of Lennon as a coach has improved greatly with this seasons performance. I still like Bohl much more as a head coach, especially after the turnaround he engineered at NDSU this year. At the beginning of the season I thought we probably would go .500 or maybe one game better than that.

A Sioux fan over on the Bisonville board thought that maybe UND got the game because if UNA make it to the title game they would have had the home field the whole way through the playoffs. That actually could make some sense and was an interesting observation. I do think that UND will get stomped on Saturday, but I hope you don't. I, again, will be pulling for those most despised Sioux....

Not showing the game outside of the local area, say 100 miles from Grand Forks, really shoots yourself in the foot. Most people from Minot, Bismarck, Williston, or Dickinson are not going to drive over to the game. However, if you televise it to the west the school will get more exposure....and that is a positive thing despite the attendance issue. It seems strange logic that Thomas used on this, but then that seems to be his pattern.

It is beyond all logic that the Sioux are hosting next week, but since you are.....Congrats. That was something to pull off. I am sure they are steaming at UNA!

I would imagine that would not shock any NDSU fans given they do that every year with the D2 playoffs.

If UND could only muster a 7 pt win against Winona State I would say that the Sioux will get the SH*T blown out of them. UNA seem in a league by themselves and will win the National Championship....

Not good having the back-up playing. I still hope the Sioux blow them out and show the NSIC that they are not a real D2 conference, but the back-up situation makes me a little nervous. Damn, it you guys loose I will be eating crow over on D2, and probably be getting sh*t from some of my fellow Bison fans...

NDSU will be very competative in D1AA ball. There is a lot of alum support and many many of us are stepping up our giving to fund a first class program. It would seem that the Sioux administration realize that and that is probably why they are so spooked of playing NDSU in the future.

Happy turkey day to you......I think mine will be good.....My kids (son age 10 and daughter age 14) have decided they want to try and cook the turkey!?!?!!! This could be a real event

Right .... D1AA has no bearing on UND. Holy cow....that one is a whopper! If you keep telling your self that long enough maybe you will believe it!

PCM....I said I suspect that is how the majority feel. I did not say I conducted a scientific study. Are you a little up tight on this??

Best of luck. She is in all our thoughts and prayers.

I may have to retract my last statement after Jim chose to close the D1AA topic area. That is a no class move. Kind of like living a life of denial.

I actually suspect that most UND fans are in agreeement with Verk62. From the UND alumi I know, most want to move to D1AA and most think NDSU is making the right move. Also most want the game with NDSU to continune. I think the group of Sioux fans posting on this site are pretty slanted in thier view and don't reflect the majority.

SCSU is a second tier school in MN....hell, I don't think the Huskies even rate enough to be a part of this debate.....

Sorry you don't like my sig line. I guess I am not out to make you happy.

what a joke............sound to me like "feel good fluff".

I for one don't post here to ruffle feathers. I post here so we can have a good exchange on issues of a common concern. Tony does a hell of a job running Bisonville and has been pretty lenient on banning anyone. From what I have seen it is only the vulgar personal type stuff that gets one into trouble. And that is how it should be on any board or listserve. I think Jim also does a good job dealing with the banning issue here as well. I am far far from a supporter of UND or the Sioux. I despise UND (it is probably the only place other than BYU that I would refuse to pay for my kid to attend). However, I have never been warned or close to being banned on this site despite my disagreements with the UND fans, and that is what these boards are all about. Free speech with in reason. I think that both this site and Bisonville do a pretty good job of allowing free speech with in reason.