JohnboyND7

President of a very large organization... I expect he is probably paid what they think he is worth. Pretty thankless job, nobody likes the NCAA itself lmao

If you are good enough to skip college to play professionally then there will be a team that wants you. This isn't hard to understand guys...

If you are good enough to be above going to college to play, then Europe is 10000% viable lmao what are you talking about? Is European basketball suddenly super exclusive? Every sport has established some sort of minor league or second tier version of itself at some point and guess what.... nobody watches it.

Basketball does have a viable alternative and has for decades. It's called overseas leagues. I don't see how minor league basketball or football would negatively impact college sports. I am not sure minor leagues are financially viable anyway.

We had lawyers from a big firm come and discuss these topics to us at my law school. The vibe they were giving off was that it is unlikely to be "free market" anytime soon.

Might be a little different since football would be the one giving up titles now... personally, I think it's about money. It's very expensive to play at that level.

NDSU is stuck in an awkward spot. I dont see how they can move up really. Lots of money required. Would be neat to see though. Had North and South Dakota done the smart move and just had one major public school each I think both would be in the FBS and who knows...maybe P5.

I dont think he was there for Jensen, not that it matters.

I dont know if he has any interest in that anymore. He's an older guy. Context matters. If someone says "ndsu is the best team in the country", we know they mean at the FCS level. If someone refers to a FCS coach as "the best in the country," I'd assume they also mean at the FCS level.

Idk if he is the best or not, but his qb's have done rather well. If you can do better, I suppose you owe it to yourself to do it!

Lmao what the hell that's funny.

Hedberg(sp?). Has a pretty good track record lately I suppose.

I saw a tweet today that the line has moved to a pick 'em

Strasburg-zeeland folks love being second fiddle so it makes sense

I think anyone who wants to go is able to. And what's wrong with a soccer stadium? The field dimensions are about right. When they have the world cup in the US in the next decade...those games are almost certainly going to be played in football stadiums. It's in a good city that is easy to get to from around the country, in a stadium that seems to be about the right size.

Why play it at a bigger venue when no more people will show up?

Notre Dame just dumped 400 million into their football stadium and I don't believe it has cupholders. Pretty curious how many do now.

Might wanna sit this one out bud. When was the last time THE HAWKS NEST was full?

Oh that was my bad. Good find!

The score was 9-0. That would have made it 9-7. The rest of the is different after that. Heck had it happened later in the game I might be more inclined to give it more value. The official guy on Bisonville gave a nice explanation for how officials handle that call. Had they called it a fumble, I dont think anyone would have had valid grounds to complain

Hmm..I wasn't around back then. But I just looked at the playoff brackets from every natty the herd won in the 80's and 1990 and they didn't win a single game by 3 or 4 points. Could have always scored another late touchdown or something afterwards. It happens. I'm thinking football had a lot of goofy stuff back in the day, a lot of which probably went fairly unnoticed since no replays.

Would they have gotten a field goal later? Who knows. Whole game is played differently from that point. Maybe NDSU would have scored more. Maybe ISU starts scoring a bunch. Tough to say. I dont like bad officiating any more than the next guy. They messed that up bad.

NDSU threw a backwards pass(close-ish but looked backwards to me), illinois state scoop and score but they called it incomplete.

Yep. The team with....3 points....won the game. Lmao Jesus.

I wouldnt say they won because of officiating. They won because the other team literally couldnt throw the ball. At all. You arent going to win many games when your offense puts up a grand total of three points.