Bison06

85 for FBS 63 for FCS

22 extra scholarship athletes is certainly an advantage. These debates have been going on for years, based on the outcomes of a lot of FCS vs FBS games, most years the top 5 in FCS would rank somewhere from 35-50 if they were ranked in the FBS polls. On a really good year(see NDSU 2013) I'd take the FCS champion against anyone outside of the top 20 on a neutral field.

Obviously no FCS team has ever played an entire MAC football schedule so both of us are speculating, but NDSU put a butt whooping on the MAC champ, in their house, in 2007 that makes me believe the top of schools in the MAC and the top FCS schools are pretty much the same in terms of competitiveness. http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=272652117

To be fair, on any given year, I think the FCS champion would likely win the MAC. This year might be an exception with the great run Western Michigan is having, but most years I think I'd pick the FCS champ over the MAC champ in a one game setting.

You've clearly never met Casey Bradley.

He gets mentioned all the time and has spoken to the team many times over the years. He is now and will forever be embraced by the Bison Family. He'll land on his feet and will likely have a coordinator job within hours of the season ending this year. Great coach and an even better human being.

I think it's more of a football rule in general.

He was. Clearly he is an all time great QB for an FCS team, but it deeper than that. I've said this since 2013, but I think polisek is outmatched as a coordinator. After Vigen left I starting seeing his odd play calling. Getting tunnel vision at times, his lack of ability to put his playmakers in positions to thrive. But with Carson being at QB I think he masked some of the challenges polisek had. Tonight, our guys looked lost in the 2 minute drill, we would have great success with certain packages and then comepletely abandon them on the next series. Clearly, offensive coordinator is a tough job, but I think his play calling leaves a lot to be desired and that has been the biggest change that I've seen these last few years.

Gotcha, makes more sense now.

Ummm...ok

Absolutely agree with you though. Need to get a few more dynamic playmakers on the offensive side of the ball. When the offense needed big plays they really didn't have their go to guys like in years past. Hardly an unsuccessful season for the boys and the run had to stop at some point. It's good for FCS football to have other teams emerge. JMU had some serious talent on the field tonight. Aggressive athletic defense and with a middle linebacker with a name like gage steele, NDSU's fate was sealed the day that kid was born. That's a badass name for a middle linebacker

That offside call on ambrosius was the dagger looking back. What a change in fortune that penalty turned out to be. That's why football is great, have to be disciplined at all times.

50+ yard run by Abdullah, then a perfect pass over dom Davis for 6. Schor was a damn good QB. He's the reason they won, even with how Abdullah gashed us, it was Schor's ability to avoid sacks and extend plays that made the difference

Better team won tonight, congrats to them. Was very impressed with the Dukes.

That's what you're going to go with?

I didn't realize the FCS played a 3rd and 4th place game.

This is embarrassing for the defense. I understand it taking us a few drives to figure out their blocking schemes, but they are just owning our guys right now. Damn.

Be happy you don't know.

Yeah they've been dominating us so far. This QB is slippery, otherwise NDSU would have 3-4 sacks and it'd be a completely different game. He's impressive.

That's fair, he is truly in a class of his own.

Yeah all those fans who come to Fargo from around the country and write opinion pieces in the forum are all wrong I suppose.

No unbiased viewer would think that every fanbase doesn't have a-hole fans. Thinking UND fans don't have those who don't represent their school well is just naive. Your comments show that you are clearly biased, I don't need to know you in the slightest to see that.

https://lmgtfy.com/?t=i&q=UND+hockey+fan

It seems like a lot of your experiences dealing with NDSU fans have been through the prism of a UND fan, hardly an unbiased view. How much experience do you have viewing UND fans through an NDSU fans prism?

My mom as she was walking to her car outside of the Alerus in 2003 had a full beer can thrown at her by a classy UND undergraduate. Pretty sure there are just as many idiots in the northern RR valley as there are in the south.