IowaBison

do you have any idea what regional accreditation is?

my research dollars beat your research dollars

i certainly don't see nicholls state on your guys' schedule

because you only need to be as good as the best D2 program which is going to be lower standard as time goes on ndsu needs to meet a higher standard year after year there is a great chart somewhere on bisonville that demonstrates this to make matters worse, UND football is going to get less and less attention you have to compete with the your hockey, your betty housed teams, and the bison you also need to keep Coach Lennon, but that's a different story

i, like most NDSU fans DON'T CARE ABOUT HOCKEY, if we did WE WOULD BE SIOUX FANS!

i agree with the first part of your post, that is point i've been trying to make, all this NDSU/SDSU success doesn't have much to do with the sioux i strongly disagree with your ability to compete with NDSU without missing a beat comment, believe it or not there is a difference between DI and D2 if NDSU does what it has to in order to be competitive the next few years, UND and NDSU will end up being different caliber teams i like where UND is at, they can be a great D2 school with a great hockey program, or they can be a good DI school with a great hockey program

those are good points, but what i was hoping to get at is that in many respects the forces that affect NDSU/SDSU are different than those that affect UND now and in the future you need to decide if YOUR alumni are willing to pony up some bucks, you need to know if YOUR fans will watch a sub .500 team get beaten up by the big boys, you need to know if YOUR team will be accepted by an established conference the correlation between what happens to us and the rabbits is weak at best, and are strongly affected by greater forces, especially as time passes

you guys do know that DIAA applies to football only, don't you? we are a DI school

why in god's name should UND care how NDSU/SDSU do? us getting into the big sky has nothing to do with UND us winning or losing has nothing to do with UND UND has decided upon a wait and see attitude, wait and see what? if you're going to go, go now, every day you wait you lose media exposure, your buildings get older, and the NCC gets worse and worse

i wouldn't be too concerned on Delta State's size, they're small and fast also i don't think you're giving your defense enough credit, i'd be surprised if they put up more than 10 points on the scoreboard

is it a little early to start drinking... ....even for a friday.... .....even for a sue fan....

your welcome

i think we're right on target for having funding to be competitive immediately in the Big Sky but yes, we definitely need to win and nurture our alumni for donations to go in that direction

those are some interesting thoughts s2c first paragraph is fundamentally sound the second one, you're definitely off your nut Denver will not be joining the Big Sky, I do enjoy your persistence with this conspiracy theory The travel partner is not a big argument with them either, half their members don't have anything close to what could be called a traveling partner Depending on much bigger picture changes that might occur in the NCAA in the next ten years, it is entirely possibly that the Big Sky will take football DI and UND doesn't have a facility that meets either minimum number needs nor generates the revenue to support an athletic dept.

and just what conference might that be? the best time for UND to move up would be sooner rather than later your facilities are only going to get older and your reputation diminished by staying D2

Do Su fans know squat about football? 2000 made it to the semifinals. I don't care if you don't know what's going on, but don't spread b.s. as fact, I'll have to hear it again and again for the rest of my life.

Doppler is right on with his comment on bigoted slurs. Just thought I'd let the Siouxper Fans in on Northern Alabama. Mainly, these guys are thin and fast, look more like basketball players than football. I'd be a little worried with them on turf, but your defense is should be able to stop them. I'd assume most of them are at UNA because they weren't too good with the numbers and the writin one needs at a real big University.