Bison06

Bama would beat NDSU so bad that it's embarrassing that we are talking about it. There are maybe 3-4 NFL guys on NDSU's whole roster right now, there are 7 or 8 first round draft picks on Bama's roster right now. No match NDSU has very disciplined and prideful players, so did Notre Dame. But, Alabama would beat NDSU at their own game, they would own the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball and NDSU wouldn't be able to stop them.

You would advocate banning assault rifles to what end? Prevention of Aurora or Sandy Hook? Wouldn't have made a bit of difference. People who commit these horrendous crimes are clearly not interested in what is legal. Had assault weapons been banned at the time of these events, the criminal would have obtained a weapon illegally or simply chose another weapon to cause destruction and loss of life. The WHY needs to be addressed, not the HOW.

When you say EWU would score more, are you saying more than SHSU? Sure they had a good passing offense, but they were pretty darn one dimensional, and overall SHSU had the better offense statistically. I just don't see them having much more success offensively than SHSU.

He reminded me a lot of MSU's guy and they didn't seem to have much of a problem with him. A QB breaking out of the pocket and hurting you requires the defense to have an assignment breakdown. eg. ends losing contain or coming to far up field creating lanes. I am not saying NDSU's D is perfect, but they are the most disciplined group I have ever watched and I don't think they would be out of position enough for a quick QB to get loose enough to beat them. I don't think there was a team in FCS this year that could have beat NDSU outside of GSU. Yeah I know, NDSU had a loss to ISU-B, but 9/10 NDSU beats them. Even though the Wofford game was close, I never had the sense that they were an equal opponent. EWU was good, no doubt about it, but I think we are looking at a similar outcome in Frisco if they made it down there.

More than Bell, Sincere and Flanders? Kaufman was a beast, but I don't think NDSU's D would have given their QB much time to get passes off. And their D sure as heck wouldn't have been able to stop NDSU's running game. I was hoping for EWU actually, would have healed a lot of those 2010 wounds for a lot of folks in Fargo.

I think NDSU played the team that had the best shot at beating them. GSU. SHSU had a more potent offense than EWU and we all saw what happened. http://www.sportsnet...am-totaloff.htm

Your lack of understanding of this subject continues to amaze me every time you post. Stick to the hockey threads. Gonzaga, Butler, Bradley, Creighton, Seton Hall, Xavier, Georgetown, Northern Iowa. All schools with basketball tradition that exceeds 90% of FBS schools. I'm sure they have a major case of little man's syndrome. Get a new line Dave.

Seems odd to have a D-III, but not a D-II. Anyway, you can disagree with the FCS designation and call for a change if you really don't like it, but I-AAA/I-AA/I-A caused much more confusion for the general public than FCS does.

Yeah I'm sure it's hard for you to follow how adding the word football to the name wouldn't change the BASKETBALL recruiting technique I outlined. smh.

Listen, I'm not working off conjecture here, this IS what happened. The reason FCS was implemented is because it actually has the word football in the title, meaning it is a football only designation, not an institutional designation. Student athletes aren't stupid? Have you seen some of the interviews on ESPN? There are exceptions no doubt, but some of these guys wouldn't be in college if not for sports and will listen when people say things, even if they are half truths. UNI is a great example of this, go over to panthernation and ask them what it was like for kids to look at them as second rate on the recruiting trail against Iowa and Iowa State. UNI is a better basketball program than both of those schools, why should they be at a disadvantage even if it is miniscule?

What I find most ironic about the turn this discussion has taken, is that it seems to be the UND hockey crowd that is the most vocal here. I doubt it would have much of an impact on UND's hockey due to tradition and UND's recruiting area, but this recruiting advantage that I-A schools had over I-AA schools in basketball, would have been used against UND hockey on the recruiting trail. You can bet on that. You don't think Notre Dame or Michigan or Michigan State would have been calling UND a I-AA school when they are sitting on the recruits couch? You're delusional. Might want to think twice about asking for the I-AA label back, because UND would be a I-AA institution, not an institution with a I-AA football team. That's why it was changed.

What opponents of the FCS label fail to understand is the WHY behind the name change. They are un-educated on the topic so they turn to arguments like inferiority complex to make thier point. The name change wasn't made for football, the name change was made for other sports. I-A/I-AA/I-AAA were institutional designations, not football designations. This lead to I-A teams taking advantage of I-AA and I-AAA schools on the recruiting trail by suggesting or flat out saying they were a lesser institution to play sports for. eg. Purdue could say don't go play for Gonzaga, they are a I-AAA school. We have been through this before so I don't feel the need to re-hash, but if anyone has a problem with the FCS name, your basketball coach certainly doesn't.

Agree, it will never go away.

I don't think it's a UND thing honestly. Bisonville has become a place where a select group of people turn every thread into an inside joke. Hard to even have a conversation over there and that's why I stopped posting. This group of guys isn't really welcoming to any opinions so I wouldn't take it personal.

I don't really post on bisonville anymore, so I wouldn't know how UND fans are treated there.

This comment right here always makes me laugh on this board. Telling someone to get a life. You realize you had to do the exact same thing he is doing to type that comment to him right? And before you say "yeah but this is not his 'home' message board". Well on the top of your browser you can open multiple tabs, doesn't take much extra time to click on the one next to bisonville.com to get over here.

, I knew he wasn't going to get that comment thrown back in his face when I read it.

What defines the highest level in a college sport? The best and most highly sought after recruits play at that level?

I see you are a one trick pony, keep repeating the same tired comments over and over again. How do you respond to this? Or will you keep avoiding a question asked to you directly? Name removed for tact. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF DROVE WRONG WAY ON ONE WAY ROADWAY FLEEING ON FOOT BURGLARY TERRORIZING FLEEING ON FOOT FAILURE TO APPEAR - BAIL JUMPING SPEEDING VIOLATIONS (87 IN 75 ZONE) DISORDERLY CONDUCT SPEEDING VIOLATIONS (37 IN 25 ZONE) SIMPLE ASSAULT

I forgot, only mention hockey when it benefits the UND poster in the conversation. How do you respond to the football player who had temper issues? No big deal?

Empirical evidence? You really want to open pandora's box? You quickly forget some of the trouble UND hockey players have been in these past couple of years. Then there was a young man from Fargo who played on the football team who had a bit of a temper problem. Seems his issue with the law was slightly more violent than what the NDSU players are accused of. You seem to like history, be sure not to forget UND's when you bring up NDSU's. You are the only UND poster who seems to not understand how quickly all of your comments can get thrown back in your face. You think UND football players don't drink underage? One weekend and maybe a few of those guys get picked up for minors or DUI's.

As far as criminal activity on a Division I college football team goes, I would be willing to bet NDSU isn't even in the top 75%. On any given year even your beloved Sioux players get in as much trouble as NDSU.

Example?

Read what you wrote again. You were stating the margin of victory is important to NDSU, now you are changing it to the number of victories is important. Which is likely the most obvious statement I have ever read on this site.

What evidence do you have to support the claim that NDSU sees it more important to win by a large margin than any other team does? I don't see many NDSU blowouts and I'm pretty sure I have watched more NDSU games than you in the last 15 years.