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Rocky won't be considered for a return to NDSU. His time has passed in Fargo.

No doubt about it.

Doncha know. No doubt about it. No question.

Could have fooled me. Apparently, he did fool me.

Smooth transition? Has it happened?

Good for you guys. The tradition is rebuilding.

The early 70s teams were special.

Congrats to UND on its excellent season so far. It looks like there will be playoffs this year. Very exciting.

Well, seeing how some of the members here don't think that an FCS championship is a very big deal, I just made the obvious comment.

I don't follow the bunny board at all.

UND fans would be thrilled with one FCS championship.

UND got screwed. It's simple.

There, it's working better now (reply option). Thanks I think that it will be a close game. The Bison defense is not as dominant now, and there isn't a dominant back. It will come down to turnovers.

It's what one Bison faithful thinks.

I don't personally know any Bison fans who mock the current situation with UND's nickname. Most think that it's just unfortunate that it ever came to this.

And having 2 or more stud running backs to back up the backs didn't hurt either. It was running back by committee most of the time. The best teams of that era had DI athletes in the backfield and others sprinkled around the rest of the team. Simdorn and Bentrim were DI athletes that would have played another position with many DI programs.

The veer served the Bison very well for quite a while. It takes a very special athlete at QB to make it dominant. We had two guys who made it run like a fine clock, resulting in 5 national championships. We lost the third potential national championship QB to a serious knee injury. He wasn't even hit. Time ran out for the veer.

Doubt that there's a video. It was pre-VHS era. I can still see it in my head. If you were for USD, yes, it was a great play. It happened at Dacotah Field in Fargo in a night game. Pretty sure of that. NDSU and UND were both very competitive at the time.

Was 73 the year when a USD receiver caught a game-winning TD in the end zone while lying on his back? One of our DBs knocked the ball down and it fell into the receiver's arms.

You couldn't be further from the truth regarding your last sentence.

Hard to tell where it started. I've been around for a long time too. What you described has been at both sites for a long time. Do we really have to argue about who started it?

It's a message that I've consistently communicated there. Some get it. Some don't. Some never will - neither here nor there. I will continue. We have two great universities with different strengths and weaknesses.

Both schools will have their eras of dominance. There will be upsets along the way, as there always have been. Hatred runs deep from both sides. There are very few people who really support both programs. I would suggest that we use the proper titles when addressing the other. NDSU and UND. That amount of respect is achievable. There are some Bison football fans who support UND hockey. That is a fact. I know a few within my own family. I cheered for UND in the Frozen Four.

The SIU game is typically considered to be one of the tough games on the schedule. They play hard-nosed football.