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  1. UND may bus to Macomb, but NDSU flies. They flew to UNI this year. The only bus trips are USD or SDSU.

    I hear NDSU got a commitment from a California kid today. I thought that was UND Big Sky territory. Although he is a high school kid. Bubba seems to be putting all of his baskets in the JUCO/FBS transfer basket.

    Yep he had a few FBS offers. I am surprised since the Big Sky is such an advantage for recruiting, he didn't get on board with Bubba Gump and company.

    NDSU has really lost their edge when it comes to recruiting. Clearly UND is gaining on them and the national TV experiences have done nothing.

  2. Interesting that you knew you were competing with UND graduates...

    Common knowledge. The firms recruited at both NDSU and UND. Also had friends at UND who interviewed the day after I did and were turned down for 2 of those positions.

  3. Darell,

    Nice talking to you, as always. I know you will be sitting at home tonight with your pillow, watching NDSU play football, and praying to god they get beat.

    Have to get back on the road so I can go support my university tonight. Take care.

  4. Football isn't our #1 sport hockey is, why weren't you selling out the dome in the 90's and 2000's like you have been in the 2010's? When the REA was built in 2001 we have had more sellouts without it taking a NC to do it.

    FCS has added a lot to fan satisfaction versus watching us play NAIA schools.

    Correct me if I am wrong but hockey is played in the winter and for the majority of the season, those two sports do not overlap and should not interfere with fan attendance. Again, it is pathetic that a flagship university is only have 6-7k fans show up for a game in October.

    Good try though to bring up hockey. I know you try to do it as much as possible to bridge the gap in an argument.

  5. What was the average during the DII era when NDSU was canning coaches? Don't say NDSU doesn't have bandwagon fans.

    Around 12k.

    NDSU has been D1 now for over a decade. You are really really reaching. Even when it only was 12k average attendance and D2, we still weren't showing up with only 6k at home games, like UND had this year. It is pathetic for a so called flagship university. Jesus, there are more than 6k NDSU fans in attendance during some of our ROAD games.

  6. How does more fans make you more successful? How many did NDSU have at their first FCS playoff game at home? How many fans attended their 3-8 season of 2009? Fans is only a part of a winning atmosphere, but the 11 men on the field are the ones that put points in the board.

    The 3-8 season NDSU averaged around 16,515 if I am not mistaken. One of the best in the FCS.

    First playoff game, which was over Thanksgiving, was 12,500 if memory serves me correct.

    Call it what you want, but NDSU fans show up and support NDSU, even during bad seasons. During the worst season in 50 years, NDSU averaged 16,515 fans...more fans then have ever attended a single home UND football game.

    True fans at NDSU. Not band wagon jumpers like UND.

    How do fans help? When you have 19k people screaming and hitting decibel levels in the 100's, you are going to make it very difficult for the opposing offense to operate. You see a lot of teams come into the dome and the noise overwhelms them.

  7. I guess I'm not sure what the job description of a "teammaker" is, but I'm sure you will have no problem telling us all how good you are at it. I've played in front of loud crowds at UND and not loud crowds, and it's funny, not once did any of the fans come down and help us with the game. I've been apart of teams that won games and lost games in front of all different types of crowds, when you're playing the game, something you have no experience doing, the crowd really becomes a non factor once the game starts. Sure a loud crowd can cause a team to take a timeout here and there to get organized, but other than that, crowd noise never really made a huge difference, if these recent teams of NDSU didn't have loud fans, I'm sure they would still have been as successful as they have been, because they were good football teams, not because their fans are "awesome".

    Don't lump me in with "guys" tearing down NDSU and the road playoff argument. I've never done that or gave any insight into the road playoff records, if you're mad at someone for doing it, take it up with them, or get over it because what does it matter anyways.

    I've never "puffed" my chest out about UND, not my thing, I am though proud to be a Fighting Sioux and will never be ashamed of it, no matter how successful the team has been recently. But if UND fans want to do that on a UND message board, you're probably the last person anyone would take advice from on what to do and not to do on a message board.

    That is good that you played at UND....Wish I had the opportunity to play college athletics.

    For the record, I don't hate UND. I have never openly rooted against them to loose ever unless they are playing NDSU or them winning have a bearing on NDSU making the post season.

  8. That thought process was started on this site by some after the convincing win over Stoneybrook and their vaunted D....which is currently the #6 defense in the NFL.

    Guess I wasn't aware UND played NFL teams....

  9. I had 6 job offers a year before graduating and beat out UND candidates for positions at most of those places.

    I really didn't think I would get a job over those UND candidates. I mean my god, your university is Ivy League status.

    Give me a break.....

  10. I honestly think if NDSU had lost another regular season game and had to go on the road, this could be a very different story. Road games are tough. A road game in Frisco is not a hostile environment.....so if the Bison go to the title again....I suspect playing in Frisco will help the Bison.

    Yes you are right, along with any team. Winning on the road is a hard thing to do. That is why the coaches say winning the championship starts with game 1.

  11. Zero, and comparing the timelines between UND and NDSU during their transitions, NDSU had 3 playoff games in their 3rd year of being playoff eligible. UND went through a coaching change in their third year of being eligible. We get it, NDSU has been successful recently and UND has struggled. Other than being a fan, what have you done to contribute to the success of NDSU? Nothing I presume, so your trash talking really has no merit.

    Being a fan, along with a teammaker, is all I can do. Maybe if UND had more fans, your team would be more successful on the field. Having fans like NDSU has helped this team tremendously by having what might be the best home field advantage in the FCS.

    You guys try to tear down anything NDSU does using whatever crazy logic you can come up with, including now this playoff road argument. Again, until your team does something, don't puff your chest acting like NDSU has something to prove.

  12. Zero, and comparing the timelines between UND and NDSU during their transitions, NDSU had 3 playoff games in their 3rd year of being playoff eligible. UND went through a coaching change in their third year of being eligible. We get it, NDSU has been successful recently and UND has struggled. Other than being a fan, what have you done to contribute to the success of NDSU? Nothing I presume, so your trash talking really has no merit.

    Being a fan, along with a teammaker, is all I can do. Maybe if UND had more fans, your team would be more successful on the field. Having fans like NDSU has ( fans that actually attend NDSU games) helped this team tremendously by having what might be the best home field advantage in the FCS.

    You guys try to tear down anything NDSU does using whatever crazy logic you can come up with, including now this playoff road argument.

    Again, until your team does something, don't puff your chest acting like NDSU has something to prove.

  13. Bison Championship seasons, zero road victories and counting!! No one with a brain considers neutral site games road games. We are beating a dead horse on this point.

    Not having to play road playoff games and at the same time win 3 consecutive national championships and at least play a semi final game in 4 years means you are doing something right as a program. Not having to play games on the road as a 1 or 2 seed....that should be the goal of every team heading into the playoffs.

    How many playoff games has UND played in since moving up again?

  14. Do you guys think UM is the only FBS school that recruits Minnesota or something ? Every Big 10 school recruits Minnesota. If UM missed out on guys like Billy Turner, so did Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan State etc.

    A lot of these guys that went to NDSU and went on to play in the NFL were not even close to the same quality player their senior year as freshman. NDSU does a better job of developing players than perhaps any college program in the nation. Who knows. Billy Turner could have went to Minnesota, sat behind more talented players, never developed under coach Kramer and Fuchs, started his senior year and been half the player he was at Minnesota as he was at NDSU.

    Someone mentioned Paul Cornick. Paul was a walk on at NDSU for christ sakes. NDSU could have even missed out by not offering a scholarship. Again, clearly he was not Big 10 talent coming into his freshman year. NDSU developed him into an NFL player.

    Only guy on this run that was a Big 10 player out of high school was Crockett. He had every Big 10 school after him, but his grades were atrocious due to being homeless.

    Up until these last few years, I never saw NDSU winning recruiting battles over quality FBS teams. Last year, QB recruit picked NDSU over a full ride at Rutgers. This year it appears Ben Ellefson is staying at NDSU rather than going to Purdue. They have been getting better at recruiting, not worse. When it comes to ND, these young kids are growing up watching NDSU on Saturdays, watching NDSU on ESPN etc. NDSU will dominate recruiting in ND and western Minnesota for years to come.

  15. There is no way you can say that....the class 5 years ago won 3 championships. I can't wait until UND is competitive so Bis on fans like this go away...."to many tv appearances to count"...give me a break[/quot

    Scary thought for you guys, isn't it?

    On paper, most talented I have seen.

    We didn't have a quarterback picking NDSU over Big 10 teams in 2008 and 2009.

  16. All UND fans want for Christmas is a Bison loss. Still living vicariously through NDSU's success and failure rather than supporting and focussing on your own team.

    Definition of a loser fan base.

  17. Lost track of how many nationally televised games NDSU has had over the past few years. I think it is up to 13. You also had 2 Gameday appearances in Fargo.

    NDSU's recruiting classes have gotten better and better. Last year's class with Stick, might be the best NDSU has ever had. Clearly national recognition is huge for recruiting.

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