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Montana Western leads Carroll 12-7 at the end of one Montana State leads Minot State 10-0 in the first Montana has the lead on EWU 10-3 with 8 minutes left in the second All the other games are on later it appears.

I believe it's normally right at the time it's supposed to begin. Mine says that my event is about to begin. Please stand by.

Congrats to the ladies! Good win against a good team!

Also, here is my poll for full disclosure. 1: Eastern Washington Eagles 2: Georgia Southern Eagles 3: Richmond Spiders 4: Northern Iowa Panthers 5: North Dakota State Bison 6: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens 7: William & Mary Tribe 8: Montana State Bobcats 9: Appalachian State Mountaineers 10: Jacksonville State Gamecocks 11: Wofford Terriers 12: Southern Illinois Salukis 13: Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 14: Sacramento State Hornets 15: New Hampshire Wildcats 16: Lehigh Mountain Hawks 17: Cal Poly Mustangs 18: Liberty Flames 19: Montana Grizzlies 20: South Dakota State Jackrabbits 21: Central Arkansas Bears 22: Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 23: Southern Utah Thunderbirds 24: South Carolina State Bulldogs 25: Eastern Kentucky Colonels

Week 1 Results... 1 Eastern Washington Eagles 2100 69 2 Georgia Southern Eagles 2047 16 3 Northern Iowa Panthers 1647 0 4 William & Mary Tribe 1645 0 5 Montana State Bobcats 1638 0 6 North Dakota State Bison 1573 0 7 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens 1569 0 8 Appalachian State Mountaineers 1492 0 9 Wofford Terriers 1479 0 10 Richmond Spiders 1438 0 11 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 1180 0 12 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 1072 0 13 Lehigh Mountain Hawks 969 0 14 New Hampshire Wildcats 953 0 15 Montana Grizzlies 869 0 16 Sacramento State Hornets 839 1 17 Southern Illinois Salukis 809 0 18 James Madison Dukes 677 0 19 Liberty Flames 511 0 20 Villanova Wildcats 413 0 21 Central Arkansas Bears 405 0 22 Chattanooga Mocs 319 0 23 Cal Poly Mustangs 265 0 24 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 263 0 25 South Carolina State Bulldogs 258 0 Also recieving votes: 26 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 209 0 27 McNeese State Cowboys 188 0 28 Pennsylvania Quakers 131 0 29 Sam Houston State Bearkats 116 0 30 Eastern Kentucky Colonels 114 0 31 Weber State Wildcats 88 0 32 North Dakota Fighting Sioux 72 0 33 Stony Brook Seawolves 70 0 34 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 67 0 35 Southern Utah Thunderbirds 44 0 36 Colgate Raiders 43 0 37 Old Dominion Monarchs 39 0 38 Eastern Illinois Panthers 31 0 39 Western Illinois Leathernecks 23 0 40 Murray State Racers 23 0 41 Alabama State Hornets 23 0 42 Harvard Crimson 21 0 43 Rhode Island Rams 17 0 44 Jackson State Tigers 17 0 45 Towson Tigers 17 0 46 Hampton Pirates 15 0 47 Delaware State Hornets 14 0 48 Youngstown State Penguins 14 0 49 UC Davis Aggies 13 0 50 Tennessee State Tigers 12 0 51 Florida A&M Rattlers 11 0 52 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 10 0 53 Dayton Flyers 10 0

Don't forget that Sac State beat Oregon State and Weber State gave up a late touchdown (22 seconds left) to lose to Wyoming by 3.

Not a current opponent but future Big Sky opponent Sac St beat Oregon St today 29-28 in OT. Elsewhere, Northern Colorado lost to NAIA (maybe DII transitional?) Lindenwood 22-20. Lindenwood plays at USD 10/1. Southern Utah lost a barn burner to South Dakota St. 29-28 USD ended up losing to Air Force 37-20. Cal Poly down to San Diego St 7-0 early. Fresno St is losing to Cal 36-21 with :48 seconds remaining in the game.

I believe Washburn had about 400 yards of offense in the first half of that game as well. While Washburn is a top 20 team in DII, that doesn't mean too much any more. I believe Augie is currently ranked in the top 10.

Welcome Fangdog! Unfortunately, the team you saw against Eastern Washington was the North Dakota State Bison, not our beloved Sioux. UND is still transitioning, and has a lot of young talent, but hopefully by the time we get to Fresno we will have some of our issues (offensive line, WR drops, too many penalties, etc) sorted out. Also, we have two starters that are suspended that will be back for the Fresno game (although Daryl Brown may overtake Mackey by then). It would be nice to be competitive against your squad, but based on last night they need to play a lot better to do that. Could you provide a link to Fresno's fan board? It would be appreciated

Sioux win 16-0

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Let's see - Sioux with an interception down to the five, then have a TD called back by penalty, then a drop in the end zone, then have to settle for a FG. Lots to work on.......

Hopefully the offense starts off hot......

Were there a lot of people in the tailgate lots? Also, what radio channel is the game on?

Since I'm not in the GF area, I just saw on the D2 message board that Washburn is up 21-0 at the end of the first.

New offer. OL Ryan Glasgow Aurora, Illinois Marmion Academy 6'4" 265 2 stars 5.2 - offers from Northern Illinois, Illinois State, NDSU and USD. http://rivals.yahoo....college_choices

At first I didn't read the title right, as I thought he wouldn't vote for a reversal. Then I breathed easier when I saw that it was just sponsoring the reversal. I think that he would show more if he swallowed his pride and sponsored the appeal, but as long as he doesn't try to block it I guess I'm ok.

Let me get this straight. The individuals on this board who felt that the law would do nothing to influence the NCAA, and felt that the name needed to be dropped in order to get a majority of our athletic teams into a conference, are the reason that we now need to change the name? Do you honestly believe that? You think if everyone fired away emails to the NCAA they would think "hmmm, all these UND fans really care for the name - maybe we should rethink this legal document that was agreed to and just give them a pass"? I know you won't believe it, but I bet I love the nickname just as much as you do. But as I've stated before, deep down I care way more (and it's not even close) about the university as a whole, and feel that having strong athletic teams (which a conference home such as the Big Sky will hopefully help us achieve) will do much more to further the strength of the university than fans being able to yell "Go Sioux" at sporting events or having a sweet logo on our jerseys will. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but just because some of us don't agree with yours doesn't mean that we are the biggest reason for what's going on right now.

It's now made the front page of cnn.com. Here is the article: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/14/north.dakota.mascot.fight/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

The Norsemen (Norse for short) has been my leader in the clubhouse for a long while. I really think I could get to like that one.

According to Dakotadan right above your post, UND will be at Idaho on January 3rd. Any confirmation on which date might be correct?

I guess I misinterpretted your crack......

I'd watch what you say about OOC schedules for teams coming in, as UND hasn't exactly been burning it down in that area with Stony Brook, Lamar and NW State, and the plethora of NAIA and DII teams coming through the Al. Your question did make me a little curious, though, so I checked and noted that they had NW State, Stephen F Austin, Sam Houston St, Northeastern, Weber State, Illinois State (prior to MVFC membership). These may not have been world beater teams when they played them, but they were all from reputable conferences. Granted, since the beginning of MVFC play they haven't had any teams like these (GSU backed out of this years return), but it's a better OOC home slate than UND has been able to put out. As for your Robert Morris crack - note that they are coming to UND as OOC in 2014. As for why GT might be turning it down now - sure it might be out of spite, but they have teams like Montana State and Montana coming in for some OOC games, so they might want to have a cupcake home game to get that extra home game and ensure an FCS win for playoff selection. I thought that Faison should have taken the every other year when presented earlier, and maybe GT is just making a point. He pretty much has all the power when it comes to getting this thing going again. Do the teams need each other - definitely no. Now that UND has a full conference schedule, they see what it looked like from NDSU's perspective to only need a handful of OOC games. Who knows, with the way they set up playoffs regionally we might see UND and NDSU battle it out in the playoffs if both teams manage to get there. But, I for one would like an every other year series so we can play other teams, but get the Bison every now and then, as I always enjoyed the games, and if they finally play we can see where the teams stack up against each other.

UND has an offer out to Stephen Arnold, a Center out of Arizona who also has offers from Bryant, Penn and Yale. http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=5476431

I'm very ready for Big Sky play to start. When those first football schedules came out; well, let's just say that's the most excited I've been as it relates to football in general in a long time. UND definitely needs the Big Sky at this point to increase the competitiveness of our athletic teams. I think the football team will be there by next year, and the basketball team may get there as well. Exciting times indeed!