Bison06

You think that UND is still on some sort of NCAA hit list? Is that what you mean by agenda? I think you may be seeing connections that aren’t there. How was UND punished for the win at Wyoming?

I don't necessarily disagree with your first sentence, but the issue for both SDSU and UNI is they also haven't had another opportunity for a quality win. To use Weber State as a comparison. They have two quality wins over Sac St and UNI, but if you were to take those two games off their schedule, I think you could still decide that Weber State has a top 10 FCS team given how they performed in their FBS games. As for SDSU, as an NDSU fan this is hard for me to say, but I think if they're starting QB doesn't go out in that game, the outcome may have been different. They looked like the better team for most of that game if you ask me. They are gonna be a really tough out in the playoffs even with the backup QB.

Neither UNI nor SDSU have any signature wins. True. But how should a committee deciding rankings take into account FBS losses in overtime and losing to top 5 FCS teams? I get that it's a running joke around here about the quality losses, but if UND had taken NDSU to overtime, my guess is you guys wouldn't be sweating a possible 7-4 end of season record.

Does how a team plays in losses play any role in your opinion of that team or is a loss a loss in your book?

Make up your mind, are you trying to troll so ndsu fans show up or are you going to whine when we show up?

Lighten up Francis, it was a joke. Apparently it’s also for UND Hockey fans to disparage FCS football.

I actually find it odd that UND fans are posting in the thread called non-UND FCS thread. I thought this thread was for us visitors.

Didn’t realize the most popular college football tv show in the nation goes to places 99% of college football fans don’t know about.

In looking through the contract, I found it interesting that it stipulates only one national championship bonus would be awarded. That seems like the type of bonus that is a really nice risk/reward bonus for the school. If I’m any athletic administration I’d shell out that 20k bonus every single year gladly if you’re winning NCs.

McFeely will say anything to get a rise out of people and get them talking. Its a tactic used far too often in the media in 2019. These people’s “opinions”can rarely be taken seriously. I’d be surprised if he believed half the things he wrote.

I hate to pick on a fellow Bison fan, but this is a very “fan” thing to say. A “run between the tackles” can be run about a dozen different ways by changing blocking schemes, lead blockers formations, etc. Each of these are a different look for the defense and need to be played different. NDSU’s bread and butter will always be the A gap power. When it’s working our offensive lineman have fun telling the other team we are running it. Good luck stopping it. Tyler has been doing a hell of a job if you ask me.

I agree, 3-2 is a nice record given the schedule, as I said I predicted 2-3 through that stretch. You’re right, Davis looked like a solid team against us, but hasn’t lived up to the team they looked like in the Fargodome. I don’t follow them close enough to know if there is some explanation for their recent missteps or if the competition They’ve faced(UND included, obviously) has been solid and made them look bad.

Not sure I’m following. Are you agreeing with me or disagreeing with me. Sarcasm, if that’s what’s happening, doesn’t come through very well on message boards.

UND has exceeded many peoples expectations to this point as far as W/L, I predicted a 2-3 record at this point for you guys. But, I would push back on your thought that only 3-4 teams would have a 4-1 or better record with your schedule. I think there are many FCS teams that if they played your exact schedule would be 4-1 right now. We’ll never know for sure I suppose, but that EWU loss is a rough one given how their season is playing out. I think many teams in the FCS right now win that one and are 4-1 with your schedule.

It’s the internet, it’s not like I have to drive t grand forks to post on the message board. Not really going out of my way to be here. I think you’ll find 99% of my posts are in Bison related topics.

Also, BS on the first point that people make critical comments about your coaching staff and nobody says anything. I’ve been around here long enough to know that isn’t remotely factual.

What you said and what bison 73 said were not the same thing. He acknowledged that not kneeling the ball is a decision that he personally wouldn’t make, but had no problem with the fake field goal. You took exception to both the fake field goal and the touchdown, while piling on to other posters who were calling it classless. I see those as different.

Yeah, really weird that a thread called Non-UND FCS thread, with posts talking trash about NDSU would attract NDSU fans.

Where is this notion coming from on this board that a game somehow is over before the clock hits 0:00? 1. Getting young players in a "real game" is what I mean by real snaps. You know, like, not a practice. 2. Going on the road and playing a traditional powerhouse is absolutely a big game for NDSU and getting young players experience early in the year so they are able to contribute in the playoffs has always been a priority for the NDSU coaching staff. So yeah, those snaps absolutely matter to develop our young players.

I agree with this. Being a Bison fan, obviously Entz will always get the benefit of the doubt with me, but I think it's important to consider that clock and game management is a relatively new responsibility for him. He's human, those types of decisions are made very quickly and it's easy to not get it perfect. Especially in the eyes of an opposing fan base that seems to want to make a mountain out of every mole hill when it comes to NDSU.

Why can't you just disagree with the necessity of a play call without having to label it "not classy".

I'm sure there's a lot of things you don't know about football based on your posts on this board. The protocol for getting backup players real time snaps in a big game on the road and building confidence for what appears to be another long playoff run. I'd say the coach did just fine, thanks for your concern.

I wouldn't say one way or the other. Would you say the defense was going to try to block the field goal attempt? If so, then NDSU shouldn't play that play like a normal football play? If I'm the Delaware coach and I found out somehow, maybe in a post game presser, that the other coach took pity on me and called off a play call to not hurt my feelings, I would be more pissed off at the patronizing approach than if he ran what the situation called for. You'd have to do something pretty egregious to get me to agree that it wasn't "sportsmanlike' in Division I athletics.

As is the case in the majority of fakes on special teams, it is a call that always has a green light if a certain defensive look is presented. You think a holder/kicker/punter is going to pass up an opportunity to run or pass the ball regardless of the game situation? No chance. The coach confirmed this in the post game press conference that it’s a choice on the field.

On a related note, how odd is it then that the 40 yard dash without the game equipment on is the gold standard for speed. Wouldn’t it make more sense for scouts to want to know how fast you are with your equipment on?