darell1976

1-13 in their last 14 games and yet UND is struggling against them.

Looks like another nail biter, up 4 with 1:48 left.

Don't remind us.

He needs more time.

SUU with a buzzer beater. 41-38 SUU at the half.

Poor clock management, shot looked good though.

And results is what counts. BF found money to buyout Muss it must have been my ticket to the Potato Bowl to buy him out right?

Started off hot, is a total polar vortex now. SUU has lots of momentum now.

I see other people said that the checkbook thing is silly, but I am out of touch, again you stay silent when others are bashing your beloved Jones, why don't you chime in on their bashing....because it might be true. NDSU's success affects us, and vice versa. If the recruiting area is the same, and I'm pretty sure it is then UND has a harder case to make to lure a kid from the dance happy Bison. NDSU had a good coach in Saul Phillips, went to the dance first time eligible, and was good enough to go to a MAC school, enter Dave Richman who is in his second year and he already has a 20+ win season, and a dance trip not to mention one win from a second dance trip. Point being is UND can have success with a better coach than Brian Jones. Ask Bubba is NDSU's success in winning NC's, conference championships, affects recruiting.

Again its not my job to write the checkbook on the buyout, I never selected him as a coach, I never talked contract details with him, and why.....it not my job!! If BF is happy with this sub .500 coach then more power to him, obviously the empty seats and the pissed off fanbase was enough to can Muss.

True, but allowing all the teams to be in it, doesn't make the regular season important. At least with a cut-off point it draws more excitement, more intense games.

http://www.bigskyconf.com/sports/2009/8/14/BigSKYTV81509.aspx Link for watching the game.

Makes it more fair to have it a neutral site but I think some fans missed the importance of winning the regular season title. Now with all teams in it, a team with zero wins in the conference can catch fire, win the tournament, and play in March Madness. I think they should cut the tournament to 8 teams to avoid this.

If you don't think what happens at NDSU affects UND, you have been blind for the last 100+ years. Their success affects recruiting....see football. If UND and NDSU were to fight for a player NDSU can pull out the dance card, UND can pull out the what CIT, .500 card? Just because they are in the SL doesn't mean what they do has nothing to do with UND thats the beauty of in-state rivals. You think Iowa-Iowa State doesn't have this problem? As for opening my checkbook, I don't need to pay a cent for a buyout, its not my job, I don't work for the University of North Dakota. I support UND athletics at the gate, concessions, and merchandise. Salaries paid from Bubba, to Dodson and everyone in between is the job of Brian Faison and his accountants which I am not a part of, so quit with the writing of the checkbook thing, it makes you and hoops44 look silly.

And now one win from a Dance trip. If UND can't match this, and if Dave Richman is taking his Bison to back to back dance trips in 2 years of coaching is all you hear Faison better start looking for a new coach cause this is getting old.

If attendance was so important why is football the only sport with that rule? No other DI sports has this rule. College basketball has attendances that are less than 1000, and yet they can play ball at the top level instead at a subdivision. People love MM because the little guy could upset a Kansas, Duke or whomever at the top, but at the same time there can't be the same thing in football, it has to be subdivisions, and an attendance rule to keep certain teams away from the FBS (not just the p5 conferences) but the entire FBS.

Yep, I meant to quote Sic's 375k amount not yours. I would think about 7k for about 6 games would cover it.

FBS is 12 games so if we can get 6 or 7 home games so the amount would be more than 375k.

Or get a neutral game against Minny, Wisconsin or Nebraska and add that to the avg. I do believe if we are the "home team" it adds to our average attendance.

And that EMU solution is our "ticket" to the next level. Our attendance now is almost 3 times as much as EMU, 15k in 1 of 2 years shouldn't be tough.

And UND being "FBS" would be perfect for the Big 10 who won't play FCS teams anymore.

That would be very sad. Bubba was at practice with Fighting Hawks Football gear on.

I want you to answer this: I know Fullerton wants half of the BSC to move up, the Montana's are fine, however UND doesn't have the facility to host a minimum of 15,000 people like the FBS rule says. Now if Eastern Michigan can average 3400 a year and get away with it, would in the "rule changes" the NCAA get rid of that 15k attendance rule? The timelines for the new FBS conferences, almost coincides with the ending of the lease at the Alerus. Maybe a big donor, or a fundraiser will get Memorial up to 20k capacity if they don't get rid of the rule.

FYP!

Let's not jump the gun...they will have their day in court after all I think they've suffered enough.