Bison06

How is the FCS any different than the FBS? I would argue the FCS actually has more parity most years than the FBS. There aren't 9 teams in the FBS that could be considered for the national championship. 6 at most this year, if you ask me. alabama, Ohio state, Washington, Clemson, Michigan and Penn st. Most years it's only 5.

Why? Last time I checked Georgia tech is well respected and feared among the college football elite. Playing against an option team is a different kind of animal that takes a very different kind of preparation. It's fallen out of style in the last 20 years, but that also means most defenses are ill-equipped to handle it. Was NDSU not well equipped as a defense when wofford ran all over them in the playoffs a few years back? No. they were an all time great defense that ran up against a team that knew its identity and ran it to perfection. Option teams are different.

I hate to go there but...if it's so watered down, why is UND sitting on there hands at home today?

Your tone is disparaging to a team that now finds itself in the national semifinals. Why is that? Come playoff time a win is a win.

Zero, 1. Their fans are boring. 2. I've maintained since 2003, UND is and always will be NDSU's main rival. Despite what some NDSU fans claim. 3. Whoever runs this forum does an awesome job of keeping it mobile optimized. Much easier to access on my phone which is my main internet access point. Cheers to whoever that person is.

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Oral Roberts has better brand equity on the NCAA basketball scene than any of the Big Sky schools you mentioned.

Well played sir. Easton and Keaton are very comparable, statistically Keaton has the slight edge. Both have that intangible "winner" DNA. Lots of good football in ND right now.

Probably better than Studsrud? Honest question, how much FCS football outside of UND have you watched this year? Like I said, I'm not trying to take anything away from the kid, he's gotten the job done. But I have a hard time seeing how he would be mentioned as a top 40 QB in the nation, let alone "one of the best".

Weber K.Studsrud 26 4/9 0 TD 0 Interceptions 2.9 avg UNC, I can't find stats for Keaton for this game, was he hurt the entire game? NAU- K.Studsrud 252 yards 13/34 1 TD 0 Interceptions 7.4 avg What am I not seeing here? Are these stats accurate or did I pull the wrong ones? It looks like he's been hurt two of the last 3 games and hardly played. Is that accurate?

Even looking at efficiency he's middle of the road. I'm not going off total yards here. I'm all for being proud of your guy, no arguments from me that he's had a solid year, but to say he's one of the best in the country is such an enormous stretch and maybe shows that this particular poster doesn't watch a lot of FCS football. There are some serious talents at the QB position around the nation. Taryn Christion just down the road in Brookings is near the top of that list as far as I'm concerned.

Really? Studsrud has been...ok. Hasn't made as many mistakes, but he also hasn't been amazing. Statistically, he's the 5th best QB in the Big Sky and you think he's one of the best in the country? http://www.bigskyconf.com/custompages/football/2016/confldrs.htm#conf.wi2

Might want to check who won the FCS national championship in 2008 before you say a team has no tradition of winning. 3 visits to the national semifinals in 10 years as well.

I have actually done the opposite of defending a 5 loss team being in the playoffs. I've said a couple of times they should not have been included based on their 5 losses. What I did say is the play of ISU yesterday cannot be used as justification for showing they didn't belong. If they had won that game and gone on to win the championship somehow, I still would have argued they didn't deserve to be in. The committee included them, they had a decent showing yesterday. That's it.

It's the internet, you're allowed to be biased and I'm allowed to comment on said bias. As I've said countless times, this is an open Internet forum, meaning the site owner has deemed all opinions welcome, as long as they follow the forum rules. Like it or not this is not a UND only site.

Quick, somebody bring up the nickel trophy or the all time series record, so we can get back to disliking each other already.

You guys are gonna make me blush...stop it now.

So back to regularly scheduled playoff talk. What's the word on UND's injury situation coming into the Richmond game? Everyone who was banged up expected to be at or near 100%?

It's the playoffs man!!! I know this will come off all wrong, but with all of NDSU's recent success and with all of the normal responsibilities of life on my plate, I've unfortunately been semi checked out during the regular season the last few years. Once playoffs roll around, I usually catch up on the national landscape in FCS football. Given the lack of media coverage of FCS football, message boards are the fastest way to learn about the teams in the playoffs. So...started reading AGS again, have been to a few other teams' boards as well. It's all it good fun, don't take it personally, take it as a compliment. I wouldn't be here if UND wasn't still in the tournament.

Are you implying that Central Arkansas isn't a good team? They finished the year 9-2 were being considered for a top 8 seed and their only two losses were to teams that were in the playoffs. You can only beat the teams that are on your schedule, UND fans should be well aware of that fact.

Same time as weber smart a@@

You said a loss is a loss. It's simply not a true statement.

I'm not sure why that line keeps getting parroted here. All losses are not created equal. Do you really think that today's double overtime Michigan loss to Ohio state is viewed the same way as a blowout loss in regulation to a conference bottom feeder like Illinois? Who you lose to and how you play in that game matters, not sure why some in here find this concept so difficult to understand.

I'm not saying I disagree with you, but if after watching the game today you think ISU didn't look like they belonged based on their play, we weren't watching the same game. Game could have easily gone the other way. All that being said, I'm not sure why the committee decided to put a 5 loss team in ahead of some of the others.

I'm actually surprised this doesn't happen more often in the right situation. If he is a freshman QB on an 8 QB roster, chances are he probably isn't going to be the guy next year. So he would have wasted a year of eligibility riding the pine anyway. Pull the shirt this year, redshirt him next year during the year he would have wasted as a 3rd or 4th stringer and bring him back the following year with 3 years of eligibility left.