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Darell and FightingSioux4Life - My apologies, you are correct. I promise not to bring any Bison or Sioux item on your board until you have fully transitioned with playoff eligibility so that we have an apples to apples comparison. Indeed it was in bad taste for me to bring up. Possibly we could meet in the playoffs in three years. If that happens and should NDSU win in this hypothetical situation, I would assume that NDSU in its 6th year of eligibility vs. UND's 1st year of eligiblity may be a discussion point. Here's to meeting in the 2013 playoffs!

These are interesting statistics and attendance figures 2010 Fighting Sioux Football Statistics RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (3-8-0) (3-2-0) (0-6-0) (0-0-0) CONFERENCE.......... (0-4-0) (0-2-0) (0-2-0) (0-0-0) NON-CONFERENCE.. (3-4-0) (3-0-0) (0-4-0) (0-0-0) DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------------ ------------------------ --- ----- ------ Sep 02, 2010 at Idaho L 0-45 11466 Sep 11, 2010 at Northern Illinois L 17-23 18046 Sep 18, 2010 NOEASTERN ST W 55-14 9719 Sep 25, 2010 NW STATE W 49-24 7966 *Oct. 2, 2010 at South Dakota L 17-27 9596 *Oct 09, 2010 SOUTHERN UTAH L 21-31 10215 *Oct 23, 2010 at #21 Cal Poly L 21-22 10220 Oct 30, 2010 LAMAR W 31-6 6238 *Nov 06, 2010 UC DAVIS L 16-35 6633 Nov 13, 2010 at Montana L 17-27 24151 11-20-2010 at South Dakota State L 0-21 3918 * Great West Conference game

You are right. We beat a mediocre FBS team by 30 and you beat a mediocre FCS team by 30, exactly the same comparison. I will give you props, UND will be a top 25 FCS when they join next year during the first of the five (5) year transition. I worry about UND being able to sustain the long-term funding and strategic vision required for D1 athletics across all sports. While reading the Fargo Forum article, http://www.in-forum.com/Sports/articles/178903, Buning indicated the following challenges he inherited as UND AD, among other things: 1. No strategic plan 2. $1 Million in debt...but indicated he has paid most of those off 3. Weak management staff 4. Considerable student fan behavior issues I hope in five (5) years you will be able to have 18,900 people in your house coming from behind for a victory. Please see this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8uQM6rkpH0 - it highlights the speed and physical prowness within FCS compared to DII. Good Luck UND! I hope you can reach NDSU's success, because as an alumni, it is quite fun to beat the defending MAC champion; have an opportunity to play a Big Ten school; have record-level funding; be the largest university in the state...finally; and watch football in a sold out venue. While D1 hockey would be icing on the cake, I think having the former UND coach building the continued hockey interest in the F-M area is a huge ingredient for that icing. Believe me, if you think beating Northern Iowa and Southern Utah is fun in football, hopefully you have bigger highlights in your future as an FCS member. See you in 2012!!