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good piece by Rick Reilly on espn.com about why Alabama should not get a free pass to the national championship game... http://espn.go.com/e...-bcs-title-game

Faison should be looking for games for the first two weekends of September to replace SD Mines & Central Arkansas. another post on this board said Weber was already scheduled for those weeks though...

less than 300 votes to #11. bad news is that Mussman has about half the votes that #10 (Bohl) has. keep up the good work, Sioux fans! vote early. vote often.

just hit #13! vote early, vote often

Really, Cratter, the credit goes to you for the idea on that other thread that Darell should shut up on and let it go away. But thanks for the + rep!

Mussman is also among the top vote getters for the Liberty Mutual Coaching Excellence Award http://www.coachofth...bid=dkyuqzOpAdY

by the coaches: http://www.fightingsioux.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=58640&SPID=6399&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=205337765 and the media: http://www.fightingsioux.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=58640&SPID=6399&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=205338151 ... and is also a finalist for the National Coach of the Year. http://topics.areavo...the-year-award/

where is the "Start a New Thread" button on this new webpage?

so it sounds very quiet on the realignment front. two questions: who jumps first now that the football season is (nearly) finished? will this change in light of the possibility of auto qualifiers going away... are there any rumblings out of Missoula and Bozeman (as rumored by the Texas State board at the end of last summer) of the Montanas going FBS?

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keep up the good work folks! now in 15th, 1 vote ahead of Bethune-Cookman coach Brian Jenkins. Vote Early Vote Often

OK, here's a target --- 58 votes to #13! only 8 more to #15.

well said, Sica

not really a reform the BCS question, but what happens if Georgia beats LSU in the SEC title game? does LSU lose the opportunity to play for the national championship, while Alabama gets in without playing any more games?

less than 100 votes to #15 as of 10 pm Nov 29. As they say in Chicago - Vote early, vote often.

so next year, its about which comes first - the chicken (quality opponents) or the egg (wins). Nowhere to go but up.

ESPN U

i will qualify this comment - i am a UND alum ... be careful about being too superior about playoff attendance at NDSU. first of all, they got to the playoffs, and second, they have a high enough in-season attendance average to be able to get a home game. unless UND starts getting a better crowd under the Big Sky banner (and last weekend's conference championship game which was not during Thanksgiving break, against the last remaining rival doesn't speak well for the Alerus crowds), when UND does get into the playoffs, they will be traveling to Robert Morris, not hosting them.

good point. problem: FBS schools rarely have an opening for the following season. they are typically scheduled a year or two in advance, unless someone pulls out of a game with them too. That said, how about another Drake game or San Diego, or even a game against a hockey school like Harvard (who will be here this Christmas)

a connection, maybe?

Drake is rated # 133 in RealTime RPI. San Diego # 138 UND #139 USD # 147 http://realtimerpi.c.../ncaaf_Men.html

one more note... when it comes to football, especially, you are not going to get a bison fan to go to a Sioux game by advertising the Sioux game, no matter how compelling the ad is. Nor would you want them to. the green team has a point about targeting your advertising - those that are going to drive in from the western part of the state are already doing it. again, do you think a cool ad will make someone drive 4 hours each way from Bismarck to watch the Sioux play Black Hills State? maybe next year when its Montana State.

all kidding and sarcasm aside, the WAC was a proud conference with a great history. It is a shame to see this happening to the conference that started with Arizona, Arizona State, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, and BYU, to end up whimpering as a basketball/olympic only conference. Unfortunately, the WAC no longer has stability or respectability. That said, the loss of the WAC will mean the loss of the stepping-stone FBS conference in the west. If all the rest of the schools leave and Idaho is the only one left, could they invite new schools to reform the conference? it sounds like everyone else is leaving and Idaho is left holding the conference name.

but Northern Kentucky does not have football

so where do you think they are expecting the D-I invitation to come from?