JohnboyND7

I won't call it playoffs til it is a legit playoff system. Get 8-12 teams in there! If in 2014 they want to change things again to keep confusion down, I don't see a problem with that.

Call it something it is not? I am 100% ok with you saying it is not the big dog D-I. If you want to watch the best teams in the country, the elite FBS teams are the ones to watch. Football Bowl Subdivision. These teams play a regular season with the hope of going to a bowl game. Football Championship Subdivision. These teams play a regular season with the hope of going to a playoff championship tournament. Would you be less upset if they called it the FPS? Football Playoff Subdivision.

There is a clear standard. One is the bowl division where teams play in bowl games. One is the championship division where teams play in a playoff championship tournement. So you care whether NDSU is called the Division I FCS National Champions or the Division IAA National Champions? Anyone who gets confused when they turn on the tv and see NDSU vs. SHSU "FCS National Championship" and is wondering where Notre Dame and Alabama went is an idiot and deserves to be confused.

I get and respect that point(it is a real life situation after all), I am thinking for a majority of cases and potentially after some amount of time that the B1G will do exceptionally well in recruiting in large part because of their name. The top college football player could choose to play in the ACC, does that mean that it is as easy to recruit for ACC schools as it is for SEC teams.

Nice to hear the US winning. The one time I put aside my feelings towards UND. USA! Warning: Not for children. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZdJRDpLHbw

Ah, where did I say that the NCHC will not recruit compared to the B1G? No where. Just asked if anyone else thought that being a conference full of big name athletic schools will help them. Hater-ade much? Good Lord. See, this guy sees what I am saying. I think replacing the smaller schools on the schedule with big-name schools will be beneficial. Example, I think Texas A&M will be a higher quality team(even if their record doesn't always reflect that) in the SEC than they were in the Big XII(ten) because it is a more enticing league to play in for recruits.

I've heard only good things about WaGriz.

I know nothing about hockey other than I cheer for the US in the olympics, and the Gophs and the Irish when tourney time rolls around. Am I the only one who thinks recruiting should be pretty easy for the B1G teams to sell? "Come play for us at Michigan State and play against Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State(as well as any others who potentially add hockey)." having their own conference certainly can't make the bad teams any worse right?

It will be tough for UND to be consistently better than NDSU if NDSU maintains the current commitment to being a dominant force in the FCS. The type of money NDSU is now giving Bohl and the assistants is excellent and should ensure that NDSU is going to have a top notch coaching staff(see getting Klieman to bail on UNI to come to NDSU) no guarantees that UND will ever win a title. No guarantees that NDSU wins another one. Should be interesting to see what kind of D-I program UND develops into. Who would have thought that SDSU would be better in D-I than D-II? Who would have thought that Northern Colorado would (at least since the jump) be an embarrassment? UND fans seem to be very high on the current freshman crop and the one coming in. That could be big in seeing what direction the program goes in. Our 2010 class has been dominant and done great things for our program. The next couple classes for UND could provide a similar impact in a positive or negative way. Another thing I will find interesting(good or bad) is how NDSU as a school and fanbase handles things when things aren't perfect like right now. It is easy to fill the dome when people know they are going to watch the best team in the country. What happens in a year(and the following year) when the Bison just aren't anything special? Who knows, maybe NDSU will just be a Montana where a down year(2012 notwithstanding) is just 8-3 with a playoff birth.

even more precious.

That is precious.

I saw a guy with a sign that said that last night at a restraunt. May have been the same guy. You mad bro?

More of a zone guy. Does not look comfortable in man. Just a #10 Bobby Ollman. He is a backup/sometimes starter. So...depending on how you look at things....just sorta kinda 1. Disregard. Forgot about Martin. Whoopsies.

Plenty of friends. Enjoy reading and posting things. I got plenty of free time. Though, you should realize you that telling people to go away on an internet board only encourages them to stay. Yep. Right away I believe.

Thought it was worth a try damnit.

Ah, well I did not see a single one at the game. I did not see any yesterday. I doubt I will see one today, tomorrow, or Sunday either. If you would like to let the actions of a few uncreative people dictate what you perceive to be a fanbase, that is a personal problem.

And every fan at NDSU was raised/taught finishing that cheer with Sioux Suck. If he wanted a different response, he could have done the much more current and common chant, (invented by Lakes if you ask him circa 2006 Metrodome) "Let's Go Bison." Hard to tell if posts are jokes sometimes. SS.com needs to add the purple font.

Good point. Happy we got geaux_sioux's support. The governor you elected started that at the dome. If you are referring to any phantom chants at the Natty game, I was there and didn't hear anyone say anything about UND. Also, I see Darrell claims it was going on at the pregame party, nope. Once again, I was there and didn't hear anything. Maybe a few drunk idiots but nothing more.

Not a chance. Remember, NDSU is the devil and is at least as bad as any of the recent schools to receive NCAA sanctions.

Lol, clearly you haven't been to an NDSU football game in ages.

FIFY. I kid I kid.

What about a one game deal and giving UND a nice compensation package for showing up eh?

Maybe he just wanted to give a big F U to the state before riding off into the sunset His work in Fargo was done. Helped lead us to where we are today. ButtSuccess.

I believe the only game(someone feel free to correct it) that NDSU was probably favored in was the Colorado State game. Maybe the Wyoming one, not sure about that one.

NDSU has played against average FBS teams and some bad ones as well. If UND was scheduled against Minnesota would you be upset because Minnesota isn't Ohio State? NDSU has Kansas State next season. Is that good enough for you? If you are asking if I'd rather have NDSU play Notre Dame or Minnesota, the answer is Minnesota. Winnable games sound more fun to watch than a bodybag game. FBS games are fun and I like to go to them but I'd rather have the guys go 10-1 with an FBS loss than 9-2 with an FBS win.