2024 Non-UND FCS Thread

[Oxbow6]

Cats have 47 Montana kids on their roster 

[90siouxfan]

Does moo U have a NIL fund for the refs?

[MinnDak]

2 hours ago, Oxbow6 said:

Wut??? 

They matter. 

[Kab]

Ndsu should have been on the road to mont. state today and the 2 SD schools should have played each other

the 2 sd  schools,got hosed on the seeding 

[homer]

3 minutes ago, Kab said:

Ndsu should have been on the road to mont. state today and the 2 SD schools should have played each other

the 2 sd  schools,got hosed on the seeding 

It was a toss up.  
 

We need to get our road woes figured out so we can play at home in the playoffs.   If today proved anything it’s that home field matters.  

[shep]

Do any of you have friends who are Bison fans and can not understand why you will not cheer for them in the title game?

I have some who make it sound like I'm giving the Nuclear Codes to the Chinese because I never cheer for the Bison.

[AJS]

NDSU needs to continue to (1) Win turnover battle (2) Penalty battle 15 to 1. If both happen they can beat Montana State. 

[Wilbur]

1 hour ago, shep said:

Do any of you have friends who are Bison fans and can not understand why you will not cheer for them in the title game?

I have some who make it sound like I'm giving the Nuclear Codes to the Chinese because I never cheer for the Bison.

Half the family is NDSU and I remind them that the Michigan people aren't cheering for Ohio State when the playoffs start. 

I've got to think NDSU will be favored in Frisco.  I don't think the Cats defense can stop the NDSU run game.  

[SiouxFan100]

Most of my family are bison fans - I am the only enlightened one

[F'n Hawks]

1 hour ago, shep said:

Do any of you have friends who are Bison fans and can not understand why you will not cheer for them in the title game?

I have some who make it sound like I'm giving the Nuclear Codes to the Chinese because I never cheer for the Bison.

Yep. “Cheer for the state of North Dakota.” No thanks…

[F'n Hawks]

Is this their radio guy? He is awful

[Oxbow6]

If the weather and field conditions are good in Frisco MSU will put up a lot of points. Touchdown Tommy is the best player in the FCS and it isn't really close.

[DL Sioux]

1 hour ago, Kab said:

Ndsu should have been on the road to mont. state today and the 2 SD schools should have played each other

the 2 sd  schools,got hosed on the seeding 

“Jobbed”

[TwamleyShuffle]

1 hour ago, shep said:

Do any of you have friends who are Bison fans and can not understand why you will not cheer for them in the title game?

I have some who make it sound like I'm giving the Nuclear Codes to the Chinese because I never cheer for the Bison.

I always argue that NDSU winning helps their recruitment of both football players and students in general, and since UND competes for a lot of the same students, it puts UND in a difficult space when they have to compete with NDSU being successful. If we both have the same number of natty titles for the year in football (ie 0) it’s easier to compete with them 

[jdub27]

11 minutes ago, TwamleyShuffle said:

I always argue that NDSU winning helps their recruitment of both football players and students in general, and since UND competes for a lot of the same students, it puts UND in a difficult space when they have to compete with NDSU being successful. If we both have the same number of natty titles for the year in football (ie 0) it’s easier to compete with them 

While that's partially true, NDSU's enrollment has been dropping for a decade and UND's has been climbing. 

[Sioux>Bison]

4 hours ago, shep said:

Do any of you have friends who are Bison fans and can not understand why you will not cheer for them in the title game?

I have some who make it sound like I'm giving the Nuclear Codes to the Chinese because I never cheer for the Bison.

I had one take offense because I told them I’d rather cheer for no one before I cheer on the bison. He said he cheers for UND hockey…… smh

[Cratter]

My takeaway:

UNDs current QB is nowhere near those of the FCS semifinalists.

[Cratter]

5 hours ago, F'n Hawks said:

Yep. “Cheer for the state of North Dakota.” No thanks…

Honestly,

That crowd is probably like 60-80% of fans.

The other 20-40% are more hardcore.

There's a lot of casual fans...females are less hardcore in general.

Of course not exclusive to North Dakota.

It's why NDSU should move up to FBS and build a new 35,000 seat Fargodome.

They could get the whole state (besides a small minority) behind them.

They conquered D2.

They conquered FCS.

It's time for them to tackle a new challenge.

[Johnny Five]

10 hours ago, F'n Hawks said:

Is this their radio guy? He is awful

Yeah I'm not a fan.  Miller and then Culhane were extremely good.  This guys is awful.

[UND-FB-FAN]

6 hours ago, Cratter said:

My takeaway:

UNDs current QB is nowhere near those of the FCS semifinalists.

Qb is a very very important position. To say otherwise is foolish. Need to be able to recruit and develop it but also need to utilize transfer portal if able. Will be interesting to see how Schmidt and Fruechte approach this critical position (and also will determine future success or lack thereof for the program). 

[gfhockey]

Whoever doesn’t get jobbed wins

[CMSioux]

9 hours ago, Cratter said:

Honestly,

That crowd is probably like 60-80% of fans.

The other 20-40% are more hardcore.

There's a lot of casual fans...females are less hardcore in general.

Of course not exclusive to North Dakota.

It's why NDSU should move up to FBS and build a new 35,000 seat Fargodome.

They could get the whole state (besides a small minority) behind them.

They conquered D2.

They conquered FCS.

It's time for them to tackle a new challenge.

Okay, but no state money should be involved. It's sports. 

[FSSD]

14 hours ago, F'n Hawks said:

Is this their radio guy? He is awful

I couldn't listen to that voice all game long.

[FSSD]

14 hours ago, jdub27 said:

While that's partially true, NDSU's enrollment has been dropping for a decade and UND's has been climbing. 

Thats what happens when you focus your efforts on Education vs Sports.  There is no comparison between the two campuses.  And when the STEM complex is complete the gap will get wider.

[Bison Dan]

4 minutes ago, FSSD said:

Thats what happens when you focus your efforts on Education vs Sports.  There is no comparison between the two campuses.  And when the STEM complex is complete the gap will get wider.

New buildings do not equal better education, if that was true you guys would be conference champs in all your sports with all the  bragging about the new athletic buildings you have.   Your opinion on campuses is just that your opinion.  Enjoy Bubba 2.0 - 3 quarters of them are Bubba coaches.  You still have his recruits and if you think you're going to hit a ton of home runs in the portal after losing the best 2 players on the team you're dreaming.