2026 Non-UND FCS News/Scores Thread

[SIOUXFAN97]

9 minutes ago, Siouxperman8 said:

Not sure what the payback is for slots outside of Vegas but there it is around 90%.

If you ignore expenses, that'd mean you need a handle of just under $1B over those 10 years to clear $97.5M  Good luck with that

how much does team makers make on their slots?

[fightingsioux4life]

23 minutes ago, AJS said:

Same place it’s coming from for NDSU. UND is raising over 100 million a year during their Forever UND campaign. Will soon again overtake NDSU will their endowment. UND has donors - need someone who can sell the athletic vision like they have on the academic side. 

I definitely don't want to end up like Rutgers (great academics, bad athletics). I believe that we can have both.

[sioux rube]

How cool is that

 

Former Dragons QB Jack Strand earns roster spot with Atlanta Falcons

https://www.inforum.com/sports/pro/former-dragons-qb-jack-strand-reportedly-earns-roster-spot-with-atlanta-falcons

[1972]

9 minutes ago, sioux rube said:

How cool is that

 

Former Dragons QB Jack Strand earns roster spot with Atlanta Falcons

https://www.inforum.com/sports/pro/former-dragons-qb-jack-strand-reportedly-earns-roster-spot-with-atlanta-falcons

And I belive Miller, lance and stick all got cut

[siouxweet]

31 minutes ago, 1972 said:

And I belive Miller, lance and stick all got cut

Lance has to go down as one of the biggest draft busts in history although Zach Wilson was picked right before him.  The Niners even traded up to that spot to get him.  That QB draft was awful as it also included Justin Fields.

[Rory]

1 hour ago, siouxweet said:

Lance has to go down as one of the biggest draft busts in history although Zach Wilson was picked right before him.  The Niners even traded up to that spot to get him.  That QB draft was awful as it also included Justin Fields.

And he’s laughing all the way to the bank 

 

Trey Lance has an estimated net worth of approximately $34 million, driven almost entirely by his NFL contracts rather than outside endorsements. [1]

By the conclusion of his current deal with the Los Angeles Chargers, his total career earnings will exceed $42 million

[Rory]

1 hour ago, 1972 said:

And I belive Miller, lance and stick all got cut

Lance is the backup QB for Chargers 

[fightingsioux4life]

7 minutes ago, Rory said:

And he’s laughing all the way to the bank 

Trey Lance has an estimated net worth of approximately $34 million, driven almost entirely by his NFL contracts rather than outside endorsements. [1]

By the conclusion of his current deal with the Los Angeles Chargers, his total career earnings will exceed $42 million

Sounds like he has managed his earnings well. Kudos to him for that. A lot of NFL players don't know how to manage their money.

[SIOUXFAN97]

2 hours ago, Rory said:

And he’s laughing all the way to the bank 

 

 

Trey Lance has an estimated net worth of approximately $34 million, driven almost entirely by his NFL contracts rather than outside endorsements. [1]

By the conclusion of his current deal with the Los Angeles Chargers, his total career earnings will exceed $42 million

your bragging that yeah he's a bust but he's getting paid  very well to be the biggest bust ever....got it 

(check ticket prices for a Vikings game.....i'll pass)

[Long Snapper 92]

11 hours ago, Rory said:

And he’s laughing all the way to the bank 

 

 

Trey Lance has an estimated net worth of approximately $34 million, driven almost entirely by his NFL contracts rather than outside endorsements. [1]

By the conclusion of his current deal with the Los Angeles Chargers, his total career earnings will exceed $42 million

Flexing another man’s money….insane behavior 

[Hayduke1]

20 hours ago, Rory said:

FCS is a joke. Bison did the right thing and looked impressive yesterday. 

I wouldn’t call the FCS a joke. But I do agree that NDSU needed to move up   Nothing left to prove in FCS for them l.  

Now they will compete at the highest level of college football, albeit in a weaker MWC considered a lesser conference even before the exit of the better programs to the PAC 12 

On paper they have an opportunity to play for a real D1 championship, not a sub level one  Yup  Like the line in Dumb and Dumber - So you are saying there’s a chance! 
 

Still, I commend them for taking a shot. They may win the MWC in their first year.

UND is a hockey school with 8 real D1 championships.  Not sub level.  Not as impressive as a real D1 football championship, but damn great in the world where they exist   They chose to stay in their lane  

I wish the Bison well in their quest   Who knows?  They might surprise us all.  But, they are giving it a shot.   

 

 

 

[CMSioux]

48 minutes ago, Hayduke1 said:

I wouldn’t call the FCS a joke. But I do agree that NDSU needed to move up   Nothing left to prove in FCS for them l.  

Now they will compete at the highest level of college football, albeit in a weaker MWC considered a lesser conference even before the exit of the better programs to the PAC 12 

On paper they have an opportunity to play for a real D1 championship, not a sub level one  Yup  Like the line in Dumb and Dumber - So you are saying there’s a chance! 
 

Still, I commend them for taking a shot. They may win the MWC in their first year.

UND is a hockey school with 8 real D1 championships.  Not sub level.  Not as impressive as a real D1 football championship, but damn great in the world where they exist   They chose to stay in their lane  

I wish the Bison well in their quest   Who knows?  They might surprise us all.  But, they are giving it a shot.   

 

 

 

He's calling the FCS a joke - so that means all those championships were a joke. One could say that the only way su goes on their ten year run is because many of the teams that challenged them left years ago. 

[Hayduke1]

40 minutes ago, CMSioux said:

He's calling the FCS a joke - so that means all those championships were a joke. One could say that the only way su goes on their ten year run is because many of the teams that challenged them left years ago. 

No doubt if some of those teams stayed NDSU wouldn’t have won as many.  But they would have won at least some of them. 
 

FCS is a lower level but not a joke. A joke is remaining at a level of football when it is obvious you should move up.  
 

The Dakota schools staying in the D2  North Central Conference as long as they did was a joke. They should have been NCAA 1-AA long before. 
 

UND, USD and even SDSU (for now) belong in FCS.  NDSU has finally and rightfully moved on. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 hour ago, Hayduke1 said:

I wouldn’t call the FCS a joke. But I do agree that NDSU needed to move up   Nothing left to prove in FCS for them l.  

Now they will compete at the highest level of college football, albeit in a weaker MWC considered a lesser conference even before the exit of the better programs to the PAC 12 

On paper they have an opportunity to play for a real D1 championship, not a sub level one  Yup  Like the line in Dumb and Dumber - So you are saying there’s a chance! 
 

Still, I commend them for taking a shot. They may win the MWC in their first year.

UND is a hockey school with 8 real D1 championships.  Not sub level.  Not as impressive as a real D1 football championship, but damn great in the world where they exist   They chose to stay in their lane  

I wish the Bison well in their quest   Who knows?  They might surprise us all.  But, they are giving it a shot.   

 

 

 

highest level...followed by "weaker MWC".....well el duke...check oout the mwc in five years (or less)

real d1 championship...love it!!!

good luck

[Undertherock]

1 hour ago, Hayduke1 said:

I wouldn’t call the FCS a joke. But I do agree that NDSU needed to move up   Nothing left to prove in FCS.

 

 

 

Everyone acts like the NDSU of the 2020s was the same NDSU of the 2010s.  This decade, they went to 3 championship games and won 2, the same results as the other xDSU, with almost the same overall record.  2 other teams have won championships this decade.  Still at the top?  Sure, but not for ordained like 10 years ago when they were spending head and shoulders above other FCS schools.  But SDSU caught up (and passed in spending).  JSD and UND were pulling even and the Montanas are pouring resources into their programs.  And for all the talk of the JMUs and Georgia Southerns leaving, the aforementioned schools filled the void along with Tarletons, UTRGV, etc.  

[fightingsioux4life]

2 hours ago, Hayduke1 said:

I wish the Bison well in their quest

If you want to cheer them on so you can "be a part of it", go ahead.

I for one hope they fail spectacularly. Their fans (especially the fair weather ones) deserve no less.

What the bloody hell has happened to our fan base? When I was growing up in Grand Forks and attending UND, supporting NDSU and wishing them well simply did not happen. Now we have our own fans rooting for them. It is truly nauseating.

[UND1983]

Reminder: we could easily be "FBS" right now if we wanted to pay 20 million+.  Sac State showed that much

 

[Bison06]

FCS is not a joke. Though it has become significantly weakened over the years. I agree that if App St., GA Southern, JMU, Marshall, SHSU and a few other traditional powerhouses stay FCS, NDSU likely doesn't win as many championships in the FCS. However, if those teams had stayed, I also believe NDSU would have stayed FCS for much longer. Love NDSU or hate NDSU, they have messaged that football is priority in Fargo and they want to continue to rise in the ranks of the game. Nobody is expecting anyone from UND to hope for good things for NDSU as they make this move, but I do find the diminishing of this decision and some arguing that it isn't a level up to be odd. James Madison is proof that schools can make a transition up and be competitive, making the playoff within a few years of moving up. 

So talk your trash, have your fun, but don't talk out of both sides of your mouth. Either FCS is "JV" and FBS is a level up, or the top of FCS is very similar to G6 conferences and top FCS teams who want to make football a priority should move and a play "real schools" for "real D1 championships" how ever infinitely unlikely it may be for a G6 team to win it all. Can't have it both ways on that conversation.

[Bison06]

For what its worth, I hope that the Montana and Dakota schools make the move also eventually. UND, USD, SDSU, Montana and Montana St all play really good football and would all compete well with the vast majority of G6 and lower P4 teams.

[cowboys5xsbs]

 

[SIOUXFAN97]

32 minutes ago, Bison06 said:

FCS is not a joke. Though it has become significantly weakened over the years. I agree that if App St., GA Southern, JMU, Marshall, SHSU and a few other traditional powerhouses stay FCS, NDSU likely doesn't win as many championships in the FCS. However, if those teams had stayed, I also believe NDSU would have stayed FCS for much longer. Love NDSU or hate NDSU, they have messaged that football is priority in Fargo and they want to continue to rise in the ranks of the game. Nobody is expecting anyone from UND to hope for good things for NDSU as they make this move, but I do find the diminishing of this decision and some arguing that it isn't a level up to be odd. James Madison is proof that schools can make a transition up and be competitive, making the playoff within a few years of moving up. 

So talk your trash, have your fun, but don't talk out of both sides of your mouth. Either FCS is "JV" and FBS is a level up, or the top of FCS is very similar to G6 conferences and top FCS teams who want to make football a priority should move and a play "real schools" for "real D1 championships" how ever infinitely unlikely it may be for a G6 team to win it all. Can't have it both ways on that conversation.

G6 is fcs

fcs is g6

that game on saturday in fargo was a train wreck

 

[NDRA]

58 minutes ago, Bison06 said:

For what its worth, I hope that the Montana and Dakota schools make the move also eventually. UND, USD, SDSU, Montana and Montana St all play really good football and would all compete well with the vast majority of G6 and lower P4 teams.

Agree, teams mentioned play quality football.

Say what you want about the AG school but their social media presence has exploded since Saturday's game.  According to said social media, they had 10 guys make NFL rosters.  Probably get a few more practice squad guys as well.  None of us have to like it but ya gotta respect it.

[Bison06]

40 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

G6 is fcs

fcs is g6

that game on saturday in fargo was a train wreck

 

I don’t agree. The top of FCS is mostly the same as most G6 teams but the top of FCS is my mind is about 4-5 teams these days. 
 

Also, I’m sure I’ll regret asking, but what about the game in Fargo was a “train wreck”. First game mistakes were there with some uncharacteristic penalties, but I’ve watched a lot of NDSU football in my day, and that looked on par with most of it. The crowd hasn’t been that rowdy in a decade and JSU didn’t handle it well.