JohnboyND7

This ain't going to be meaningful at this level of football. For a 5-star guy dealing with huge fanbases? Sure. He can do something hokey and novel like this. At the FCS level, whats he gonna get? A couple dozen people paying a few bucks?

I don't know how exactly they go about phrasing it. But the Notre Dame podcasts I listen to say stuff like "this guy was asked to return" or "this guy was encouraged to check the portal", stuff like that.

USC brought in 20 transfers/8 high school kids for this season. Their fans were loving life this year other than on two occasions against Utah.

1. You think the guys on the committee care at all that UND sued the NCAA years ago? They don't. They are athletic directors from auto-bid conferences. They don't even work for the NCAA lmao. 2. If the AD is acting exclusively in his school's best interest, he shouldn't be on the committee. At that point he'd be hurting the conference. 3. You harp about professional conduct while claiming that every party EXCEPT UND is actually acting without professionalism.

I have zero idea what voters consider. I saw your post and figured I'd go look at the numbers on the MVFC website. The conference stat comparison was pretty funny to see though

two of the guys in front of him had more yards and touchdowns in fewer games. The third guy played two fewer games, but their stats/game were nearly identical. Maybe voters were giving him credit for doing it on a trash team in Terre Haute. Who knows. I'm guessing Bo will sleep just fine. Total Stats: Conference Only Stats (pretty neat lol):

Why did you highlight the inbreeding comment lol. UND's football coaching has been very incestuous. Bubba - 15 years as an assistant at UND. Another six or seven with Lennon at SIU? Mussman - 8 years as an assistant at UND before getting the head job. Lennon - Played at UND, 8 years assisting at UND, then head coach. Roger Thomas was the last HC at UND without spending a long period of time at UND as an assistant. You can argue whether its good or bad, you can't really argue its been pretty heavy on the inbreeding.

I'm guessing the service academies have ran for 300+ and lost. But that is a strange deal.

I don't mind trolling. But that is sorta asking for a taunting flag. Pretty fun though to see linemen show a little personality though.

Desperation leads to some simple yet creative solutions to problems

Huh? Shouldn't you be busy still trying to make "THE HAWKS NEST!!!!" catch on?

Judge I interned for during law school once told me, "If you ever see someone write 'clearly', it almost certainly isn't clear." Happy Thanksgiving!

You and the average bear have very different definitions of what is "cheap" apparently.

A 4 second clip is a bit short.

I think there was confusion whether the guy was down or the play was over.

Helena?

Oh it almost certainly matters. Agreed though that it shouldn't matter.

I don't think its probably very hard to get the committee on board with Montana. - Nice stadium. Looks good on TV. Probably a decent number of fans will be there. Big Sky is a prime conference to set up with non-bus games, there are basically none available. Isn't everyone west of Grand Forks (other than some TX schools) in the Big Sky? No opportunity for bus games in the west.

Kids might be thinking if they are good enough to play regularly at NDSU, they should have no problem getting playing time somewhere closer to home, warmer, etc. Seems as likely as any other reason lol

The whole 6-5 thing is the dumbest thing ever. Were they one of the best teams available? Maybe. But I'm sorry, if you lose almost as much as you win, you have no business being in the playoffs absent a conference title.

I've never said anything about him being a hardo. At least that I can recall.

What are you talking about then? Some conspiracy that NDSU is the East Germans or something?

I don't think there is any sort of conspiracy to screw UND. You could easily convince me there is a conspiracy to help out the Montana's, NDSU, etc. Teams who bring in big attendance, looks good on TV, etc. Winning helps. Sympathize with your frustrations though. Annoying to get stuck going on the road to play a game you probably could/should be hosting. Good luck and enjoy the game.

My understanding is he's pretty highly regarded in the S/C community and if it weren't for his kids being in Fargo (divorced I think?), he'd probably have been poached years ago. No idea if that's true or not. Just what I had heard from some folks.

The Notre Dame offensive coordinator has caught a ton of flack for this sorta thing. Its great to have a cool scheme but if the kids can't run it without thinking too hard, then it is not going to work.