undchris Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 No a 15-0 DII team that won a National Championship may be a better game than a 1-11 FCS team IMHO. I know the game out there was exciting but I think that had more to do with our second half performance than an indication of what future games will be like. Agreed! Hopefully they'll be able to bring in good quality competition! Quote
mksioux Posted December 15, 2008 Posted December 15, 2008 do we know who the D2 is? Heck a UND vs UMD game would be better than the Idaho State game. Regardless of how well UMD did this year, I'd much rather see Idaho State come to town than UMD. UND's goal should be to get as many DI opponents to come to Grand Forks as possible. Having said that, obviously UND is going to have to rely on DII teams to fill out its home schedule the next couple years. UMD would be a fine choice for one of those DII games. The problem though is that the NSIC is so big now that I think they only get one non-conference game per year. Quote
siouxfbfan Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 anyone else starting to get a little worried that the schedule hasn't been announced/talked about with more certainty at this point in the year? Merry christmas sioux fb fans Quote
supersioux Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 You can put me into the worried category. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted December 26, 2008 Posted December 26, 2008 Let's take a little ride in The Sicatoka's "Way Back Machine" and go wa-a-a-ay back to February 20, 2008: On February 20, 2008, the 2008 UND Football schedule was not yet announced. And now zapped back to the present: I won't be worried until at least March. Quote
dakotadan Posted December 30, 2008 Author Posted December 30, 2008 I found this website called FootballScoop.com that lists open dates for football games from NAIA all the way to FBS. Interesting to see who is still looking for games. UND is still showing open dates on: Sept. 5 Oct. 3 Oct. 17 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Quote
dakotadan Posted December 30, 2008 Author Posted December 30, 2008 If you look, alot of the Great West teams have similar open dates. Both UND and USD have Nov. 21 listed as open even though this is likely the weekend that they will be playing each other. I am sure they are trying to be flexible with the GW schedule to allow the teams to get the best OOC games as possible and therefor have GW weekends listed just to see what could possibly be worked out. Also, UND has Sept. 5 listed as open which is what I thought was going to be the Texas Tech game. Could the TT game possibly be on Aug. 29? I noticed that UND and Northern Colorado have common open dates on Sept. 5 and Nov. 21. I wouldn't mind to start a home-home with UNC. Quote
Shawn-O Posted December 31, 2008 Posted December 31, 2008 I found this website called FootballScoop.com that lists open dates for football games from NAIA all the way to FBS. Interesting to see who is still looking for games. UND is still showing open dates on: Sept. 5 Oct. 3 Oct. 17 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Hmm, November 7 is interesting. Quote
dakotadan Posted December 31, 2008 Author Posted December 31, 2008 Hmm, November 7 is interesting. Interested in a game against North Carolina Central or Old Dominion are we? Quote
Shawn-O Posted December 31, 2008 Posted December 31, 2008 Interested in a game against North Carolina Central or Old Dominion are we? Nah, Valdosta. This has a decent shot of happening. Quote
MplsBison Posted January 3, 2009 Posted January 3, 2009 Seeing that UND coming to Fargo on Nov 7th is looking more realistic every day, would you guys accept a one game contract with no guarantee money? Quote
GeauxSioux Posted January 3, 2009 Posted January 3, 2009 Seeing that UND coming to Fargo on Nov 7th is looking more realistic every day, would you guys accept a one game contract with no guarantee money? Hunting season opening day. Hopefully neither team schedules a home game for that day. Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted January 3, 2009 Posted January 3, 2009 Hunting season opening day. Hopefully neither team schedules a home game for that day. That rule only applies to our program. No other program ever seems to have a problem drawing fans on that day. Quote
UND92,96 Posted January 3, 2009 Posted January 3, 2009 Seeing that UND coming to Fargo on Nov 7th is looking more realistic every day, would you guys accept a one game contract with no guarantee money? Are you serious? I can't imagine any school in the country would agree to that. Quote
dakotadan Posted January 3, 2009 Author Posted January 3, 2009 Seeing that UND coming to Fargo on Nov 7th is looking more realistic every day, would you guys accept a one game contract with no guarantee money? I thought it was going to be in the Metrodome. Quote
sultan Posted January 3, 2009 Posted January 3, 2009 Would NDSU ever consider coming to Grand Forks for a one game no guarantee contract? I'm sure UND isn't interesting to going to Fargo for a one game contract. I suppose NDSU wouldn't since that would be a sure loss for them. Quote
Let'sGoHawks! Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 Would NDSU ever consider coming to Grand Forks for a one game no guarantee contract? I'm sure UND isn't interesting to going to Fargo for a one game contract. I suppose NDSU wouldn't since that would be a sure loss for them. NO way would they ever consider coming up to GF. Of course, the reasons they would use would be different from the actual reason of: THEY ARE SCARED! Quote
MplsBison Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 Deer hunting is irrelevant. Make it a night game, problem solved. Quote
star2city Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 Argus Leader: UND to play USF twice With the difficulty in getting home games, this was perhaps the best choice of an inevitable NAIA school. The University of Sioux Falls and the University of North Dakota have reached an agreement to compete in football during the 2009 and 2011 seasons. The Cougars and the Fighting Sioux will meet for the first time this fall, when Sioux Falls travels to Grand Forks, N.D. to face UND at the Alerus Center on Oct. 15. Quote
bincitysioux Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 Ughhh!! Scheduling must be going pretty poorly if we are signing multiple-year agreements with an NAIA school. I know USF is a high quality program, probably better than at least half of the NSIC, but this isn't real exciting to me. I would also think this means there is a good chance that their will be more than one sub-DI game in the Alerus this season. And I sure hope we are not ending up with yet another 10 game schedule. Quote
UND92,96 Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 Ughhh!! Scheduling must be going pretty poorly if we are signing multiple-year agreements with an NAIA school. I know USF is a high quality program, probably better than at least half of the NSIC, but this isn't real exciting to me. I would also think this means there is a good chance that their will be more than one sub-DI game in the Alerus this season. And I sure hope we are not ending up with yet another 10 game schedule. My guess--and it's strictly a guess--is that we will see a dII opponent for the fifth home game, and will also find one more dI road game to fill out an 11-game schedule. I'm too lazy to go back through this thread, but if memory serves me we now have Sioux Falls, Idaho State, Cal Poly and USD at home; and Texas Tech, Northwestern State, Stephen F. Austin, UC Davis and Southern Utah on the road. Quote
Let'sGoHawks! Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 This or anything else won't stop me from becoming a season ticket holder for the 1st time this year. The schedule had better improve over the next few years though... Quote
supersioux Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 My problem isn't playing them in 2009 but why agree to 2011 too, I hope that we aren't having the same scheduling issues in 2011 that we are having now. Quote
Let'sGoHawks! Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 My problem isn't playing them in 2009 but why agree to 2011 too, I hope that we aren't having the same scheduling issues in 2011 that we are having now. Can always buy them out if necessary. Quote
joker123 Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 I agree i am not happy with usf on the schedule but if i remember right sdsu played wisconsin lacross a couple years back and there program is well on its way to the top of Div 1AA and i think und will do the same. I'm not sure if lacross is NAIA but they are not real good. Ps sdsu lost. Quote
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