UND and the Big Sky could go FBS

[SIOUXFAN97]

5 minutes ago, Gothmog said:

You do understand the difference between having a DI sport, and being a DI school, don't you? Bemidji State has DI sports.

 

fixed it for ya...

[Gothmog]

1 minute ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

to 98% of college football fans if your school isn't fbs you are still d2..hence the espn tweet about wentz not playing against "d1 talent each and every week"

Is there a point in there? I'm pretty sure the millions of folks who have watched NDSU in the NCAA DI Basketball tournament, or filled out a bracket, had no such misunderstanding.

 

[Gothmog]

2 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

fixed it for ya...

Count it twice if you want. Hockey will still be just one sport.

[SIOUXFAN97]

6 minutes ago, Gothmog said:

Is there a point in there? I'm pretty sure the millions of folks who have watched NDSU in the NCAA DI Basketball tournament, or filled out a bracket, had no such misunderstanding.

 

they thought they were picking bucknell but when they tuned in they told there friends that that team has a pretty good hockey team...so yeah there is probably still some misunderstanding

[jdub27]

31 minutes ago, bison73 said:

I found his comment they were committed to funding football for now comment strange. I would assume they are committed to funding for football---period. Not just for now.

 

Or am I reading that wrong?

Can you provide a link to where this came from? I can promise you that dropping football is nowhere even close to being on the radar and am very interested what was actually said and in what context because it seems about as dumb as the UND dropping to D-2 stuff I have been hearing from FargoU fans.

[Gothmog]

1 minute ago, jdub27 said:

Can you provide a link to where this came from? I can promise you that dropping football is nowhere even close to being on the radar and am very interested what was actually said and in what context because it seems about as dumb as the UND dropping to D-2 stuff I have been hearing from FargoU fans.

 

If it's really what he said, I would take it as a suggestion that cuts to the football program may be necessary at some point in the future. No more, no less.

 

[UND1983]

1 hour ago, bison73 said:

I found his comment they were committed to funding football for now comment strange. I would assume they are committed to funding for football---period. Not just for now.

 

Or am I reading that wrong?

Are you going off the interview today?  Because he said NOTHING along those lines and you completely twisted the words around.  Good lord.

[lawkota]

1 hour ago, bison73 said:

I found his comment they were committed to funding football for now comment strange. I would assume they are committed to funding for football---period. Not just for now.

 

Or am I reading that wrong?

He didn't say that, as least not how you've spun it.  "[R]ight now, for this institution, we are committed to having football".  It was in the context of conference affiliation; the gist being that when they look at conference affiliation, right now, they have to have a home for football. 

[UNDBIZ]

1 hour ago, UNDBIZ said:

Faison isn't very good at public speaking or interacting with other people in general.  I wouldn't read too much into any off the cuff radio comments.

 

[Gothmog]

12 minutes ago, lawkota said:

He didn't say that, as least not how you've spun it.  "[R]ight now, for this institution, we are committed to having football".  It was in the context of conference affiliation; the gist being that when they look at conference affiliation, right now, they have to have a home for football. 

That's really not that much different. Either way there's an implication that at some point they might not be committed to "having" or "funding" Football. He needs to be more careful with his public statements.

  

[UND1983]

The emphasis was..." right now, FOR THIS INSTITUTION, we are committed to having football.......blah blah......that means your football program needs to be in a conference...."  

Go listen to it.  

[UND1983]

3 minutes ago, Gothmog said:

That's really not that much different. Either way there's an implication that at some point they might not be committed to "having" or "funding" Football. He needs to be more careful with his public statements.

  

No there isn't. Go listen to it instead of spouting off about what other people wrote.

Faison was talking that currently, as he is speaking to them (because they asked about right now).

[lawkota]

2 minutes ago, Gothmog said:

That's really not that much different. Either way there's an implication that at some point they might not be committed to "having" or "funding" Football. He needs to be more careful with his public statements.

  

I read what bison73 wrote so I went and listened to the podcast.  What Faison said was nothing like what bison73 implied.  At least to me.  You take whatever you want out it.

[jdub27]

2 hours ago, bison73 said:

I found his comment they were committed to funding football for now comment strange. I would assume they are committed to funding for football---period. Not just for now.

Or am I reading that wrong?

I listened to what he said and there is nothing strange about it. The whole conversation was based on conference affiliation and he stated that UND is committed to having football at the level it is at and stating there is basically two conference options for the geography where UND is located, the Big Sky and MVFC. Basically stating that the Summit talk is a non-starter unless there would be a possibility of being a football affiliate to the Big Sky. There was zero comments about funding as it relates to football. Where the hell do you come up with this stuff?

[Gothmog]

26 minutes ago, UND1983 said:

No there isn't. Go listen to it instead of spouting off about what other people wrote.

Faison was talking that currently, as he is speaking to them (because they asked about right now).

Sorry, but the implication IS there. Words have meaning, he choose his poorly. Remove "right now" from what he said and the implication is not there.

[UNDColorado]

Seems there are a lot of UND fans in hiding posting on here. Just admit it already guys: you all post here so much because deep down you love UND. Welcome!

[Gothmog]

The thing that's interesting about the interview is that he does confirm that there have been conversations between UND and the MVFC about the possibility of expanding.

[bison73]

38 minutes ago, jdub27 said:

I listened to what he said and there is nothing strange about it. The whole conversation was based on conference affiliation and he stated that UND is committed to having football at the level it is at and stating there is basically two conference options for the geography where UND is located, the Big Sky and MVFC. Basically stating that the Summit talk is a non-starter unless there would be a possibility of being a football affiliate to the Big Sky. There was zero comments about funding as it relates to football. Where the hell do you come up with this stuff?

Where? I took his comment from a conversation I had. Obviously the message was lost in translation as Ive listened to the comments and agree---where the hell did come up with that interpretation.

[jdub27]

57 minutes ago, Gothmog said:

The thing that's interesting about the interview is that he does confirm that there have been conversations between UND and the MVFC about the possibility of expanding.

Considering multiple posters have said multiple times that there have been informal discussions for years, not sure why that's interesting. There isn't much of a conversation though since the MVFC position has always been that they have zero intentions of having an 11 team conference. 

[Gothmog]

3 minutes ago, jdub27 said:

Considering multiple posters have said multiple times that there have been informal discussions for years, not sure why that's interesting. There isn't much of a conversation though since the MVFC position has always been that they have zero intentions of having an 11 team conference. 

It's interesting because it's an official confirmation that UND is considering changing conferences, and has gone as far as making inquiries of a potential new conference. Perhaps, that has already been confirmed. If so, I'm not aware of it.

There's a pretty big difference in credibility between some guy on an internet message board and the AD of the university.  

 

[SiouxVolley]

1 hour ago, Gothmog said:

It's interesting because it's an official confirmation that UND is considering changing conferences, and has gone as far as making inquiries of a potential new conference. Perhaps, that has already been confirmed. If so, I'm not aware of it.

There's a pretty big difference in credibility between some guy on an internet message board and the AD of the university.  

 

So you are going on record that UND wants the MVFC.

You will be highly disappointed when it you learn that UND isn't even pushing for it behind the scenes.

[SWSiouxMN]

One way or the other, things will be rather interesting around here.

On an unrelated note, I do wonder how long Faison is going to be AD here. You got to think he is going to hang it up sometime in the near future

[SanDakotaState]

54 minutes ago, SiouxVolley said:

So you are going on record that UND wants the MVFC.

You will be highly disappointed when it you learn that UND isn't even pushing for it behind the scenes.

You know this for a fact?

Why are you so against the Summit and the MVFC? It's obviously working out for the rest of the Dakota schools.

[bison73]

1 hour ago, SiouxVolley said:

So you are going on record that UND wants the MVFC.

You will be highly disappointed when it you learn that UND isn't even pushing for it behind the scenes.

 

[bison73]

1 hour ago, SiouxVolley said:

So you are going on record that UND wants the MVFC.

You will be highly disappointed when it you learn that UND isn't even pushing for it behind the scenes.

Where do you come up with that stuff?  Whoa--- there mule. He never said UND wants MVFC.  Plus why would anybody be disappointed if behind the scenes  UND wasnt looking at the MVFC???

 

It was your boy BF that mentioned the MVFC. You need to talk to him.