2024 Non-UND FCS Thread

[F'n Hawks]

7 minutes ago, Bison Dan said:

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.  

To be fair, these facilities are just getting finished. Also, other than DBs coach the whole defensive staff is getting replaced which had been our biggest issue. Still worried about the QB position and WR room, but I think WR will continue to get addressed in the portal. 

[GoodGood]

10 minutes ago, Bison Dan said:

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.  

Well no it’s not an opinion. ndsu enrollment is declining and UNDs is on the rise. No opinions needed 

[MinnDak]

11 hours ago, Cratter said:

My takeaway:

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

And yet it seems everyone says the Hawks season was game after game of offensive genius. 

[SiouxBoys]

2 minutes ago, MinnDak said:

And yet it seems everyone says the Hawks season was game after game of offensive genius. 

Saying the defense is a bigger mess than the offense isn't saying the offense is "genius".

[geaux_sioux]

12 hours ago, Cratter said:

My takeaway:

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

They’re working to address this hard

[FSSD]

11 hours ago, Bison Dan said:

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.  

Dan, let's see:

"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.  ....."

Couple of points:

1)  Are you talking about education or athletics?  Your first phrase starts out talking about eduction and everything else is a rant on athletics.

2)  I was talking about educational related campus updates.  A newly remodel library to study in makes a difference.  A new union for student led associations and activities helps attract and build future leaders.  New and improved classroom help learning environments.  New dorms just make for a better overall experience.  Students are noticing those differences.  In addition to building updates, we are talking about new programs and endowed faculty positions.

You couple those updates with the lofty ambitions of the new school President and you can really see the momentum building on campus.  In 2020 UND President Andy Armacost outlined his vision as "One day the University of North Dakota will design, build, test, launch and fly satellites from Grand Forks."  Since then, the following:

• Harrington Hall updates - a newly constructed space named the Mark & Claudia Thompson National Security Corridor, establish a endowed faculty positions in national security.  The corridor will house laboratories and classrooms to facilitate work on initiatives such as satellite testing and design, quantum computing, cryptography and unmanned aircraft systems – all vital to the nation’s security.
• As the Space Development Agency’s Grand Forks Air Force Base facility comes online, the military space agency and UND have several new arrangements to share infrastructure and brainpower.  The SDA wants a steady supply of qualified engineers and technicians who can solve or even anticipate the problems the agency will face as it plans to launch and maintain hundreds of satellites from Operations Center North.  This will mirror the other agreement with Auburn University’s Huntsville facility, near the Redstone Arsenal, where the space agency’s Operations Center South is located.
• In the near future, UND's new three-story 96k square foot STEM Complex. The $163 million building project will impact over 40% of UND's student body.  This speaks to the growth of UND's programs.  UND’s College of Engineering & Mines has grown by as much as 400% in the past decade, Pieper said, and it’s time for its campus facilities to match its ever-expanding profile.

"Your opinion on campuses is just that your opinion." - OK

"Enjoy Bubba 2.0 - 3 quarters of them are Bubba coaches." - Staff has not been announced yet not how you can draw this conclusion yet.

"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."  - I think once that staff is in place.  We will see what the portal brings.  As a general rule, successful FCS programs need to recruit and develop players.  And that is one of the primary changes from day 1 per the new coach.

[geaux_sioux]

1 minute ago, FSSD said:

Dan, let's see:

"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.  ....."

Couple of points:

1)  Are you talking about education or athletics?  Your first phrase starts out talking about eduction and everything else is a rant on athletics.

2)  I was talking about educational related campus updates.  A newly remodel library to study in makes a difference.  A new union for student lead associations and activities helps attract and build future leaders.  New and improved classroom help learning environments.  New dorms just make for a better overall experience.  Students are noticing those differences.  In addition to building updates, we are talking about new programs and endowed faculty positions.

You couple those updates with the lofty ambitions of the new school President and you can really see the momentum building on campus.  In 2020 UND President Andy Armacost outlined his vision as "One day the University of North Dakota will design, build, test, launch and fly satellites from Grand Forks."  Since then, the following:

• Harrington Hall updates - a newly constructed space named the Mark & Claudia Thompson National Security Corridor, establish a endowed faculty positions in national security.  The corridor will house laboratories and classrooms to facilitate work on initiatives such as satellite testing and design, quantum computing, cryptography and unmanned aircraft systems – all vital to the nation’s security.
• As the Space Development Agency’s Grand Forks Air Force Base facility comes online, the military space agency and UND have several new arrangements to share infrastructure and brainpower.  The SDA wants a steady supply of qualified engineers and technicians who can solve or even anticipate the problems the agency will face as it plans to launch and maintain hundreds of satellites from Operations Center North.  This will mirror the other agreement with Auburn University’s Huntsville facility, near the Redstone Arsenal, where the space agency’s Operations Center South is located.
• In the near future, UND's new three-story 96k square foot STEM Complex. The $163 million building project will impact over 40% of UND's student body.  This speaks to the growth of UND's programs.  UND’s College of Engineering & Mines has grown by as much as 400% in the past decade, Pieper said, and it’s time for its campus facilities to match its ever-expanding profile.

"Your opinion on campuses is just that your opinion." - OK

"Enjoy Bubba 2.0 - 3 quarters of them are Bubba coaches." - Staff has not been announced yet not how you can draw this conclusion yet.

"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."  - I think once that staff is in place.  We will see what the portal brings.  As a general rule, successful FCS programs need to recruit and develop players.  And that is one the of primary changes from day 1 per the new coach.

It’s almost as if the students are choosing the place with the superior campus? Odd. They must all be online only students or something right @Bison Dan? Member that? How’d that work out for NDSU? 

[ND-fan]

I don’t think SU is going to get new stadium they haven’t even been able to get Dome updated when they have voted for tax increase to remodel the Dome. I know Fargo die hard fans and media want to move up to FBS but rest of country is not much interested because of geography and not enough tv market or population base to create opening for the Bison.  I look at FBS since they went to playoff system there are way to many teams at that level I don’t see expansion of FBS but number of conferences being dropped for the playoff system leaving them to come back to FCS. The thing for UND is we need to catchup to the top 5 or 6 teams in FCS with our football  program and it’s going to take work and money to get there now.

[fightingsioux4life]

35 minutes ago, ND-fan said:

I don’t think SU is going to get new stadium they haven’t even been able to get Dome updated when they have voted for tax increase to remodel the Dome. I know Fargo die hard fans and media want to move up to FBS but rest of country is not much interested because of geography and not enough tv market or population base to create opening for the Bison.  I look at FBS since they went to playoff system there are way to many teams at that level I don’t see expansion of FBS but number of conferences being dropped for the playoff system leaving them to come back to FCS. The thing for UND is we need to catchup to the top 5 or 6 teams in FCS with our football  program and it’s going to take work and money to get there now.

For once I agree with you.

[fightingsioux4life]

19 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 always tell people this: I would rather walk barefoot on molten glass than ever cheer for NDSU in any sport.

The UND alums who have jumped on the NDSU bandwagon because they "want to be a part of it" make me ill. Unless you have a kid on one of NDSU's teams, it is pure treason. That is a line that should never be crossed.

[UND-FB-FAN]

2 hours ago, Bison Dan said:

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.  

Ha! 
I dislike NDSU, and I dislike most of its supporters, at least one day out of the year. Useless university, waste of tax dollars.

Bubba 2.0 …. We’ll see, we’ll see. Stay classy Fargo and Bison Dan, ya f*ck. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

2 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

I always tell people this: I would rather walk barefoot on molten glass than ever cheer for NDSU in any sport.

The UND alums who have jumped on the NDSU bandwagon because they "want to be a part of it" make me ill. Unless you have a kid on one of NDSU's teams, it is pure treason. That is a line that should never be crossed.

Yet look what our new governor (who has two degrees from UND) just did yesterday … it’s beyond maddening. I tell you … the UND community needs to rally to make everything right again in the world. 

[The Sicatoka]

NDSU:

- brand new ground up $50M football practice field

- wrap old engineering buildings with facade

- build Sugihara Hall for programs eliminated a year later because of budget deficits and program cuts

 Might students get an impression of who/what is most important at NDSU? 

[geaux_sioux]

6 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

NDSU:

- brand new ground up $50M football practice field

- wrap old engineering buildings with facade

- build Sugihara Hall for programs eliminated a year later because of budget deficits and program cuts

 Might students get an impression of who/what is most important at NDSU? 

Maybe the simplest thing to do would be compare presidents. Ours is as good as they get.

[The Sicatoka]

9 minutes ago, geaux_sioux said:

Maybe the simplest thing to do would be compare presidents. Ours is as good as they get.

I know someone who went to NDSU graduation Friday. First exposure to NDSU’s Cook and they were underwhelmed. Same for the SBHE member who spoke. 

[Oxbow6]

1 hour ago, geaux_sioux said:

They’re working to address this hard

Using AI and analytics all while crunching completion percentage, fall camp tape, HS stats and college highlight reels??

[geaux_sioux]

8 minutes ago, Oxbow6 said:

Using AI and analytics all while crunching completion percentage, fall camp tape, HS stats and college highlight reels??

I’m confident we'll see soon enough

[bison73]

On 12/21/2024 at 6:08 PM, 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 dont understand where that type of thinking comes from????? I wouldnt expect you to root for NDSU under any circumstances. Just as I wouldnt cheer for UND.  Its a crazy world out there.  May be if we went back to drinking the blood from our enemies skulls again the universe would right it self

[1972]

On 12/21/2024 at 6:08 PM, 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.

same...they just dont understand.  we have a mutual friend who is an ohio st fan, and i asked him if he would ever cheer for michigan...he said f... no!  so i looked at our other friends and said "see...same thing  i feel towards  NDSU"

[The Sicatoka]

The day you see me cheering for Gopher Hockey you know it's AI generated.

[Shawn-O]

5 minutes ago, 1972 said:

same...they just dont understand.  we have a mutual friend who is an ohio st fan, and i asked him if he would ever cheer for michigan...he said f... no!  so i looked at our other friends and said "see...same thing  i feel towards  NDSU"

I think a lot of it comes from folks that grew up and or live in North Dakota but didn’t attend either school. I’ve been through this with a few of my uncles 

[NewUndFan]

5 hours ago, Shawn-O said:

I think a lot of it comes from folks that grew up and or live in North Dakota but didn’t attend either school. I’ve been through this with a few of my uncles 

Exactly!  Not sure why that is so hard to understand how you could cheer for both schools.  North Dakota should have done what Wyoming, Minnesota, and Nebraska did ONE University that the whole state could rally around.  North Dakota is way to small to be divided between two schools.   

[siouxweet]

6 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

The day you see me cheering for Gopher Hockey you know it's AI generated.

If they play Denver??

[fightingsioux4life]

1 minute ago, siouxweet said:

If they play Denver??

No, no, no, a hundred times NO.

I don't care what realignment did to the college game, the Goofs are still my #1 enemy.

[The Sicatoka]

11 minutes ago, siouxweet said:

If they play Denver??

I'd cheer for the ice, the boards, the pipes, and the glass. 

 

Firmly anti- maroon and gold.