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I never said anything about not giving NDSU credit. I also never said UND would roll the Irish . I just don't believe Notre Dame would beat UND by 25 based on all the games that have been played this year. Some games against very good teams. The bottom line UND needs to play better on the road. I think we can all agree on that. I don't believe anyone is suggesting Notre Dame is on a par with Dickinson.

I guess I just have to disagree with you. Even though we are losing on the road nobody else has beaten us by 25. So I see no reason to believe Notre Dame would of beaten us by 25. I guess if you are comparing scores you might as well include the one where UND beat NDSU by 18. I rest my case.

What makes you think that Notre Dame would beat UND by 25 when Wisconsin ( who is a much much better team Notre Dame) didn't beat us by that much.

Coach Bohl said he had accomplished all his goals at NDSU. You would of thought one of his goals would of been to beat UND. You was never able to beat UND.

I guess every one is entitled to their opinion and I have mine too. Too say this is a huge black eye on the athletic department is very exaggerated response. It is very possible that Faison made the mistake of trusting what Hardee said(which was a mistake) and that was all there was to it. I don't think Faison is required to release every situation that comes up to the press. It seems like most of the times these are the type of stories(dui) that the media dig up and that is how they become public knowledge. At this point I am certainly not going to condemn Faison for anything. . A mistake was made but it certainly seems like Faison is not afraid to make a tough decision when necessary or warranted.

Does anyone else get the feeling that we have way to many Bison fans worried about UND's athletic teams? Bison fans are all over the basketball topics too. You would think that they would be more worried about their own programs since UND is beating them in all the sports they are willing to play UND in.

The Big Sky is getting a little love on the Sam Houston/ So. Utah broadcast. The announcers said the Big Sky is the best overall conference in FCS football.

McFeeley said today, Why would anyone want the UND job? What does everyone think about that statement?

Listening to the various media reporters out of Fargo all you hear about is the officiating and the off night defensively for the Bison basketball team. Nobody seems to recognize that UND has a pretty darn good basketball team. Maybe the play of the Bison had more to do with the quality of play by UND. Go figure.

So has anyone seen this Stefan play? How much will he contribute? Didn't look like he played a lot where he was before? Was there a reason for that? In other words how good is?

The Bison will make the tourney this year.. They are quite good. One of the main reasons they make the tournament is SDSU is not near as good as last year. Another reason is that Oakland has moved to another league. ORU used to be a roadblock too. The Summit is definitely weaker this year and will continue to get weaker if more teams leave the Summit. The Bison will roll thru their tournament. As far as this game UND can win but they are going to have to shoot good. Bison do defend quite good though. Huff needs to take Braun out of the game like he did 2 years ago. Braun seems to have turnover problems so I hope he handles the ball a lot. Hopefully UND can contain Bjorkland . He is going to get his , just so he doesn't go wild. If the Bison aren't shooting lights out from the 3 UND has a shot at knocking them off. It should be a great game as both teams are good,.

I also find it very hare believe that Faison has already contacted 3 Bison coaches about the job. I am not buying it. Bison Dan must of said that.

Whether you agree or not I highly doubt UND would hire anyone off the Bison staff. It just isn't going to happen. It might not be smart but I doubt it would ever happen.

I second that. I can't wait for the rest of the season.!!!!!!!!!

I heard the men were having a scrimmage on Saturday. What time is it at?

Is Nash going to be a serious contender to start? Are any of the other new players going to have a meaningful impact on the team? The few games that Traylor played last year he had a couple of good games and some games where he did very little and then he was gone for the season. What is the expectation for his contributions this year?

How is it SDSU is still ranked #13. Their best win is a 7 point win against UND. That isn't saying much. The poll is a joke.

The Big Sky has 5 teams in the top 18. The MVFC has 3 teams in the top 25. I would say from top to bottom the Big Sky is probably a little stronger than the MVFC. Without a doubt the Bison are clearly the best team out their though . I think SDSU is a rated a little higher than they should be. Even UND had a chance to tie them in the last 2 minutes of our game with them and UND is not very good. I think quite a few teams from the Big sky and Sam Houston and UNI are going to be battling it out for 2nd place. The Bison can start making a place for their 3rd trophy.

After watching the games the last 2 weeks it does make you wonder just how good Montana is. They certainly appeared to be a lot better than SDSU.

It was surprising how few yards Kansas State got. Like everyone else has said I guess we just have to wait and see how good Kansas State really is.

I agree. The approach to that last drive, the time left , the field position of that drive, would have been a lot different if that penalty had been called. We will never know what might of happened. The end result is a person hates to see a missed call at the end of the game have an effect on the potential result to the game. AS they say, a team just can't put themselves in a position for an officials call to have any bearing on the result.

After the dust settled last night I sort of started feeling a little better. There were positives last night and a lot of negatives. The bottom line was despite our failure to run the ball, our inability to stop a really great runningback, our dropped passes, our penalties, our undisciplined penalties we were VERY CLOSE to beating the #6 team in the country. I still think there is some reasons to be optimistic. Our upcoming schedule is brutal though. That blown no call on the clock violation was critical. If called we could very easily won that game last night. We have enough things to fight through on our team without the officals affecting the finish to a game.

A Big Sky takes down a top 25 team in FBS. The top upset of the week. Way to go Big Sky.

If memory serves me right the Bison fans were certainly hyping the fact that Valpo was their first D1 game in Fargo and that is understandable. But the running joke that week is they also were trying to sell Valpo as being a really really good team . Nobody was buying it except the Bison faithful. Nobody else was buying it. Their fans just wouldn't be honest about it.

Word that seems to be coming out of NDSU is that Travis Beck is going to play at KSU. That was a close one. NDSU almost punished someone.