tjamz

Yes, because while the student athlete is granted a scholarship based on their on-field performances, they are ultimately in school to earn an education. Most athletes won't go on to play as a pro, but most will get their degree. Also, the scholarships are contingent on maintaining a certain GPA (Not sure what GPA is required to be honest with you.... it's been a LONG time since I was talking athletic scholarships with anyone... but 2.5 seems stuck in my head)

I agree with everything but the last line. But we will just agree to disagree on that as neither will change the others mind.

Wrong message board. No one from here ever reads Bisonville.....

You realize that happens at nearly all FBS schools right? They size up the amount of schollies they have left and fill holes where they can. That can/does mean poaching lower level verbals. Congrats though, you guys were recruiting players that some in the FBS thought were talented enough to deserve a scholarship at their level. (no sarcasm intended)

One losing season since moving up... yup, perennial cellar dweller.

Who's looking for approval? I come here for the laughs.

And yes, there are teams that have moved on and moved up. I get that. That doesn't mean that all the sudden they took all the talent out of this level. Far from it. Though I suppose you could argue that bringing in cellar dwellers like UND and USD did cheapen things a little.

So let's say FCS is watered down, what does that day about UND that they can't even make said watered down tournament in this less than prestigious subdivision?

I agree and I apologize for the derailment.

Never met 2011BisonAlumni, but I do have both UND & NDSU Alumni working for/with me (along with USD & SDSU, Concordia, MSUM, etc...) All good people and hard workers so I can't complain about that I'm on here sporadically, this will be my 164th post since April 2, 2012. So in the past 995 days I've posted about .17 times per day. On Bisonville I have been on since October 31, 2011 and have 1366 posts. In my time there I have posted on average about 1.19 times per day so I post there about 7 to 1. I admittedly come here for the drama and to occasionally trade jabs in good fun. I may not like UND sports teams all that much, but I don't particularly hate anyone just for attending UND. Nor do I fault them for going there, especially if it is a degree that they can't get elsewhere in the state. Doesn't mean I won't trade friendly verbal jabs with them from time to time.

http://medical-schools.findthebest.com/l/110/University-of-North-Dakota-School-of-Medicine-and-Health-Sciences Research Smart Rank: 110 out of 157 (Below Average) Primary Care Smart Rank: 148 out of 157 (Damn near the worst) MCAT Score: 29 out of 45 (3 points below average) Overall Rank: 124 out of 157 (well below average and in the bottom 1/3)

Interesting take. Though I wholeheartedly disagree. Even though this wasn't directed at me, I'll play along. I also have plenty of time to converse on an irrelevant college football teams website, yet I do have a job. I'm a Regional Manager for one of the top 25 largest security companies in the United States. On top of that I own an insurance agency, autostart installation company and recently started selling my own brand of car audio amplifiers (hobby that turned into a business) to car stereo shops throughout the United States, Canada and New Zealand. On top of that I coach my sons sports teams and help care for my 3 month old daughter alongside my wife. Yet I still manage to find time every day to waste away on message boards, twitter, facebook, etc... None of these "jobs" are hard, nor are they time consuming. But they are all insanely profitable. I directly manage/employ 37 people full time. Most of whom also would have time to "waste" on message boards while still earning a great salary.

On the spelling issue, I assumed it was because his law degree came from UND...

I can't believe I'm going to type this, but there is nothing I'd like to see more than you guys beat EWU. I want them on NDSU's side of the bracket playing in Fargo this year

Geographically EWU is in a great spot and has a very real chance of moving to FBS. My guess is MWC for them though. They'll need to up funding and add some sports, but they are one of the schools I could see moving in the next 5 to 10 years.

Currently 3 to 1

Is that where we keep the UND grads that live in Fargo?

Not you nodak... was speaking to others who pointed out that I had the score incorrect. I have since corrected it.

When I do smack I try to do it in a relatively light hearted way. I do sincerely apologize about getting the CC scores wrong, I will go edit my post to show the corrected score.

Honestly, I don't want the negative exposure that BOTH fanbases will have due to this game. You and I both know that UND fans will show up in their former mascot gear. There will be heckling back and forth. One will start singing "On the plains" the other will counter with "F the Bison" (or vice versa) and it will go back and forth until it turns into a "_ Suck !@#$" non-stop chant. They media will pick apart both schools. UND for not letting go of their past logo which THEY (not me) think is hostile and abusive and NDSU for being racially insensitive. It doesn't matter what you guys call yourselves going forward as your fan base will forever know you as the Sioux and the Bison will always say you suck. No win situation. EDIT: As far as quality goes, right now (at this point of this year) I have you both in about the same spot.

I was incorrect. Sorry about that. I looked at times, not the scoring (not sure how the scoring works honestly in CC)

And you think that NDSU printed these somehow? I'm pretty sure Walmart subs these out to be printed.

Admittedly I am more excited to play Montana than SDSU. I'm less excited to play UND next year than Incarnate Word this year though. Having said that I'm sure ticket prices will be higher for UND due to demand. Also, is it possible that NDSU knows that Montana fans would try and buy GA tickets to the game due to their traveling fan base and are trying to capitalize on that? Same will be true of UND next year. 70ish miles away and a lot of fans in the FM area already so it will be easy to justify them due to the opposing fan bases demand. SDSU doesn't travel nearly as well as Montana hence the lower ticket price.

http://www.gobison.com/documents/2014/8/29//bisonopen_womendual.pdf?id=670 North Dakota 26 3 4 5 6 8 12 13 Total Time: 1:38:06.02 Average: 19:37.21 North Dakota State 29 1 2 7 9 10 11 14 Total Time: 1:37:44.42 Average: 19:32.89 Though I do see that UND did get a "1" and NDSU a "2" in the team scores even though NDSU had a ~22 second faster total time for the team and ~4.5 second average time per individual. I consider CC a sport as much as Track & Field, Swimming, etc....

Highly anticipated OOC game. As a season ticket holder I hope that next years UND game will be Siouxper expensive as well. Mostly just to see you guys complain.