Med school, law school, 20,000 students, Div. 1 Horizon League.
Could be a school the NCHC considers. Especially to satisfy WMU and MU in the event ASU or another western school is brought in.
The student loan trust fund was basically emptied this past session and has been used for campuses other than UND. UND only receives significantly more money than ndsu when you don't account for the direct appropriations to ndsu's research.
They've beaten Valparaiso(1-4), Savannah St (0-5), Portland St (0-5), and Idaho St (2-3).
I'm not saying they're not better than us right now, but they've proven nothing so far.
Also worth noting EWU played 2 FBS games in 2012 and 2013.
Regardless, NDSU has their scheduling philosophy, they can afford it, and it works for them.