Bison06

Question asked...question answered. What's your issue? Do you disagree with my answer?

It'll be hard to say until the season is over and you're able to see how good this Utah team is this year, but If they end up outside of the top 25 by a large margin it might be fair to have a conversation about either the 2014 EWU team or the 2015 NDSU team being better as UND opponents.

It seems like you missed the point of his post.

I've said this before and it definitely applies here, FCS wins over FBS teams are about styles of play. It's rare that the FCS team can line up and play "strength on strength" with an FBS team and come away with a victory. NDSU's wins over Iowa and K-state were rare examples of an FCS team physically beating the FBS team and both of those wins surprised me. All of the above being true IMO, this is a stylistically tough matchup for UND. UND's strengths from what I've seen are running the ball and stopping the run. UND, I believe, will have a lot of trouble consistently gaining yards on the ground on this stout front line of Utah and on the other side of the ball, I believe Utah will be able to avoid the strength of UND's defense by picking on your corners without your all American out there. I think it'll be a tough day for UND. Utah-40+ UND-10-14

The NCAA verbiage you quoted seems slightly contradictory. Is it one full competitive season of eligibility lost or one full calendar year, it says both but it can't be both in this case. Very confusing.

Well played sir.

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Yikes. Amazing what a difference proper leadership can make isn't it?

That definitely would've challenged my personal rule to have to sit through that if I were in your shoes.

I'm the same way. Maybe it's just my frugal nature, but once I've payed for something I'm staying the whole time. I've sat through some pretty awful movies over the years because I refuse to leave early. Batman vs. Superman is the latest 2 hours of my life I'll never get back.

As sports "fanatics", I think we at times underestimate how many people go to sporting events for the social aspect of it. It happens everywhere. Went to Norman, OK last year when they played Ohio St and our section was packed at the beginning and at least 1/4 of those people left at the end of the 3rd quarter.

That's exactly where they finished last year in the MVFC...

I agree, you have always come across as level headed. But being that you are able to be objective about UND, how is it not fair to believe that UND left a lot of people wondering how good they actually were after going one and done in the playoffs and having the only two teams that UND could point to as "high quality wins" also go one and done in the playoffs? I'm not hating on UND, I just see those as legitimate questions. I'm not trying to beat a dead horse here, just curious how UND fans view it(and it's the offseason so have to talk about something)

What got clicking in those instances that was difficult to be consistent with?

Which game(s) against good teams last year were the best examples of when UND was playing as a top 5 team?

Fair enough. But I think if you were able to view UND's season as a non UND fan, there would be some questions in your mind. As was stated above by a UND fan, losing that Richmond game left UND open to some questions.

So you think UND showed definitive proof they were a top 10 team last year or did their performance, combined with the conferences' performance, leave some reasonable doubt for an objective viewer?

Haha, apparently they even have jerseys, who knew?

I also agree it is unlikely that a kid would choose NDSU over Iowa, but Easton Stick chose NDSU over Rutgers so it's not completely out of the realm of possibility.(conceding that Iowa and Rutgers aren't the same thing)

I think UND football took a nice step forward last year personally. Looked much improved from what I saw, especially later in the year. But you have to admit, UND's performance in the playoffs, combined with an overall poor showing in the playoffs from your conference mates, opens the door to the "pretender" conversation. I'm not saying it's true or isn't true, just that I believe given the circumstances it's fair to wonder if it's true.

I think any conference that plays a split schedule is subjected to some skepticism when top teams haven't played each other. Even UND fans are left to wonder how you matched up with EWU last year. Maybe well, maybe not so well, we'll never know. Same happens in the MVFC at times.

It's not at this point. 10 years ago, I would have been all for it, but not now. The only appeal for me at this point is UNI.

With the Nickel off to Bismarck and NDSU and UND on a path to play a yearly game again, what are the odds a new trophy comes out of this "new era" of the rivalry?

Not saying there aren't valid reasons for a fan to want UND in the Big Sky, but what about being in the Big Sky is more appealing to you personally for UND?