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If you call mediocre a 6-6- 230 pound, first year starting quarterback who throws for 3,111 yards (most in NDSU history) 25 touchdown passes to 10 interceptions on a 63.7% completion percentage, rushes for 642 yards and 6 TD's (second in both categories for NDSU this year), leads his team to two come from behind game winning drives in the playoffs, wins the national championship game basically single handed with his play, while earning the FCS National Championship game MVP, and replaced an NDSU legend and most success FCS quarterback of all time, I want a mediocre quarterback like Carson Wentz every year on my team. Clearly you don't watch FCS football often to realize what type of a talent he is at this level. It is extremely rare.

I really respect that. I am sorry to lump you in with the majority. Too many UND alumni I know could give a flying f less about the football team. The same argument comes up every time, at least in my experiences, as to why they don't go to games. They think the FCS is a JV league and their team isn't worth watching. I think that is a pathetic attitude. I don't care if you go to an NAIA, D3, or D2 school, you should support your university, regardless of whether or not they are playing the best of the best every weekend. Funny thing is, I hardly remember any UND alums having this type of attitude when UND was in D2.

25 years down the road when UND wins something meaningful in the playoffs, you will tell everyone I told you So! You have been saying the same thing over and over and over again. NDSU just keeps winning. You know what the difference between NDSU and UND is? NDSU has a 3-8 season, and bounces back the next year with a season including a win over a Big 12 FBS team and a playoff quarterfinal run ending in an OT loss to the eventual national champion. UND has a 3-8 season, and 3-8 type seasons continue for a decade. NDSU is going to have a down year at some point. It just happens to even the best of programs. What makes programs great is their ability to respond to that and turn it around quickly, as NDSU has proven to do in recent history given in the last 50 years, they have had 3 sub .500 seasons and won 12 national championships.

You do realize that NDSU had to beat Georgia Southern, the most successful FCS program of all time, twice in the semi-finals, in order to win the first two national championships? App State and Georgia Southern were also in the FCS for the first three national championships. Besides Western Kentucky and UMASS, none of the other programs that you named ever played in the FCS national championship programs. Most of these teams are newly created football programs, were a joke in the FCS and are still a joke in the FBS. Not sure how them leaving made NDSU's run possible. FCS is JV, FCS is a joke, FCS is watered down etc etc. If that is the case, what the hell is UND's excuse for being one of the most pathetic programs in the FCS and have not even sniffed the playoffs? Instead of being a big baby about NDSU's success, go buy season tickets for UND football and support your team. I would bet 90% of you guys on this site go to maybe one or two game a year. Pathetic support from your alumni and fan base is what has made UND football what it is today.

Yes you are right...36 years ago. Things have changed drastically since then. That conference is a non factor and has not has a serious title contender in 3 decades.

The conferences not participating in the playoffs have never had a conference member win a national championship. Those conferences not participating is the opposite of watering down the playoffs. A !@#!$ MEAC team only takes the spot of an at large team from a power conference.

No it wasn't. Just wanted to read through this for a good laugh. I know NDSU winning bothers you guys the most. Sitting with two SDSU alums right now and they were cheering for NDSU today.

Thanks. See you guys next year and good luck on the ice.

NDSU doesn't need to win in order for your fan base to make UND football appear to be irrelevant. They do it to themselves by calling FCS football a joke, JV, not truly important because it isn't FBS, and by atrocious attendance numbers. Not trying to be an ass. Just calling it how I see it.

Don't know what you guys are all upset about. Just asking if what I looked at was accurate. Curious to see that Bubba is winning recruiting battles with D2 schools and not much else. I would have figured he would be killing it with that indoor practice facility, amazing academics, and pull of the Big Sky. I do realize how recruiting can be funny though. NDSU was Brock Jensen's only D1 offer and we know how that turned out. Didn't know about the Canadian kid. Was not aware NDSU even recruited there. The New Town kid's dad played at UND so that is logical that he went there I guess.

Hmm...Well whoever does it, did a great job. Pretty interesting to see where all the Minnesota recruits are going.

I am seriously just asking a question. I have never seen this list before and was just wondering if UND received any big Minnesota commitments over any other FCS or FBS schools.

Who compiles and confirms this?

No smack talking. Just asking a question to make sure I am looking at this correct. I received my education at NDSU, so my learning ain't well.

So.....the only commits of UND from the State of Minnesota, according to this compilation, are those in which UND was the only offer or those which UND was the only FCS offer, beating out a D2 school?

You guys act like UND is Harvard or something. It is a good school that offers some unique programs, just like NDSU with their AG programs, pharmacy programs etc. Here is the bottom line. A very small percentage of football players are going to go to NDSU due to their pharmacy program or go to UND to be an air traffic controller. The vast majority of these guys major in sports management, education/coaching, exercise science, general business etc. When it comes to those majors, a paper with UND or a paper with NDSU is going to be seen the same.

Here is the bottom line. 11 National Championships to 1 in the favor of NDSU. If you guys had such a vastly superior recruiting advantage due to academics, I would have expected you to win more than 1 national championship in over 110 years of playing football.

You are right. UND just rolls in the recruits who become doctors, lawyers, etc. Give me a break. Last time I checked, you need to get an undergraduate degree to get into law or medical school to become doctor or lawyer. There have been a lot of players to come through NDSU and went to to graduate school somewhere else, including UND. Also NDSU has a great business school that is AACSB accredited, just like UND's business school. If you honestly want to argue an advantage to recruiting through academics, I would say NDSU has it with their AG program. NDSU's offensive line has been phenomenal throughout the last half century, and a lot of the lineman have been rural farm boys who go to NDSU due to their AG program.

Clearly, as evidenced by the fact that NDSU landed last week an additional 4 stud recruits, all of which had FBS offers, to go on top of an incredibly strong recruiting class.

I.....don't.....care Go Bison!

NDSU or UND....pretty god darn cool an ND kid might get a shot at the NFL as QB.

You guys are too good! Awesome win and having a ball!

Thanks Oxbow for the good sportsmanship !I know I struggle with it.... Win or get beat, what a run by NDSU!

Thanks Oxbow for the good sportsmanship !I know I struggle with it.... Win or get beat, what a run by NDSU!

35-3 in a semi final game....man NDSU sucks.