JohnboyND7

SDSU has built a solid program. They'll get recruits.

You mean the relatively quiet minority?

You mind telling me the votes then on the Bisonville board? 191 to 69 bro. You are fired up because 26% of fans on a message board would like to see the series? The reason that poll is even on there is because of the media speculation. You know that. Are you telling me that if the media had not said anything, that there would be all of this speculation?

Its not the fans you hear say it, its guys who write for the paper. Why are you still crying about it?

NDSU is receiving more money from WCU for the buyout than was originally going to be paid to them, NDSU should have little trouble bringing a team in and should have little trouble paying them a fair price for the beatdown they receive. Fargo restaurants are stupid busy all the time. But I see what you're saying.

Sad news and sad story. My buddy was in swimming and said it was absolutely nuts watching her demolish people

Those guys probably left Gene with a real bad taste in his mouth. RT aka TMWTFN, really strung it along before announcing they wouldn't be playing no? We'll never know.....though you know who I think wins both those games

Football team is excellent. NDSU won basketball conference titles only 3 times in the 70's, 80's and 90's. They were never anything special. Been to the dance once, this year's team might be good enough to do it again. That would be two conference titles in five seasons(knock on wood). Our women's basketball is horrid right now. Was that poor scheduling by UND that those teams backed out on them? No. It happens. Teams flake. Bad luck. Do you honestly think moving to D-I was bad for NDSU or UND?

The ramifications of moving up more than football? Our athletics are better now than they were then. Good football, solid men's bball, baseball appears to be pretty good, volleyball has been good in D-I, wrestling is good, track is pretty good, etc. But you are right, staying behind just to play against UND sounds like a better gig. Buyouts happen. It has happened to UND before no?

Without the football game, the rivalry is going to continue to get less and less relevant. That is a different rivalry. If you had been to this year's basketball game, you'd have witnessed a 'rivalry' about as intense(at least from the people there watching) as a women's water polo matchup. Or leave it alone like the Texas-Texas A&M rivalry. If the two teams play, that is fine and dandy. If not, no big deal. Are you saying NDSU should have stayed in D-II just for the rivalry?

NDSU needed to level up to play with peers. Not teams like Moorhead, U Mary, and Minot. I was all of 11 years old. NDSU went D-I. UND stayed behind. UND cancelled series. UND moves up. UND wants things to be like old times. NDSU says nope. Davis and Sac State continued to play annually even though one was a higher division. We overlapped a bit. Started here in Fargo in 2010.

I doubt the television had much to do with the attendence. NDSU's football games are well attended and on tv, same with UND hockey. Answer, I don't care if it keeps going or goes away. UND didn't seem to care too much about the rivalry back in '03. If it was that important they could have kept playing. Neither school needs the other one.

NDSU/UND 5,168. Visiting team/fans/alumni are within an hour or so from campus. NDSU/SDSU 5,064. Visiting team/fans/alumni are within....3 or so hours?

Students make the rivalry. The students appear to care less. Without football, it is going to die. Talk to students in Grand Forks how they feel about NDSU and talk to students in Fargo how they feel about UND. Now compare that to when you were in school.

I grew up in a much different household than my peers. Had you been to the basketball game this year in the FargoDome, you'd see it is dying. 3 years ago when the two teams played in the dome, there was 8-10,000 there. At the Ralph last year I believe attendence was around 6,000-ish? This year at the dome was in the 5,000 neck of the woods. Without football, rivalry is going away.

Tradition and history of it is dying. Slowly but surely. Can't imagine in another ten years that any students will know much about it. Throw another ten years on top of that, and it will be 100% dead.

Almost as cute as a 40 year old man calling a 20 year old cute.

Fargo media wants to see the game so they can talk about something. The great thing is that UND fans are becoming harder and harder to find. Borderline cute you guys have a website that includes sports other than hockey(where UND is relevant.)

A sellout requires every seat to be paid for. Sounds like NDSU games to me. Exactly. UND did the right thing. Make sure football is taken care of. It is the only sport outside of hockey that people pay attention to.

My argument will be why should NDSU play UND every year? We sellout every game. I wouldn't be against them playing, I am also not against them not playing. They will play, in the playoffs. The current setup for the playoffs indicates that it will more than likely be in the dome.

Had a fun time watching last night. Even if UND would have won, I still would have had a fun time.

MacWilliam is a tool.

You mad?

So it is acceptable in sports to punch people after whistles? I would never waste my time playing a sport for the white boys too small or slow to play football.

Just a question. Way to deflect. I'll take that as a no.