NDSU Beats DI Ball State 29-24

[BisonBacker]

Yeah, 'Sky politics are good for fertilizing one's lawn.

The real question is what the 'Sky will do once the Montana schools leave. I would say it's inevitable that we'll hear some grumblings once Dennison is gone from the University of Montana. I think most people think it's inevitable that the Griz will move into a I-A conference at some point, and Montana State will go along.

The 'Sky has three types of programs. There's Montana and Montana State, solid programs, which are taking steps to move forward. Then, there's EWU, NAU, ISU, Weber, which are still good, but are moving in the wrong direction. There's PSU and Sac, which have never really felt comfortable in D-I. UNC seems to be moving in the right direction, but like PSU and Sac before, there is a long way to go.

NDSU and SDSU are taking a lot of steps in the right direction. UND could become very attractive as well. I see them being ready to move up to I-A around the same time as the Montana schools.

Man I hope your not driving anywhere real soon cuz you must be smoking some pretty strong stuff. UND at the DII level sports an 850k defecit right now. Moving up to DI (IAA) in football is going to increase the defecit quite a bit. If they were to try to move to DI in all sports that just isn't going to happen. They don't have the population base or the money to support it. I'm not even sure if NDSU has the population base to support it but if any school in ND is going to go DI accross the board it will be NDSU. GF and UND are in no position to do it, hell it can be argued with thier current financial problems that they are better off in DII. Then add to that they have a president who's being dragged kicking and screaming all the way in this latest fiasco it's pretty comical.

honestly id rather see the sioux then the bison.....fwiw

You just want a guaranteed win is all

no if i wanted a guarenteed win i would be pulling for north.....shoot they are already in

besides how did you guys do your last year of D2?

As I recall our last year of DII we beat Montana, how did you do against them? Besides I don't worry about the past I tend to live in the present and look forward to the future. Presently NDSU is ranked #11th in IAA. Where are you guys? Enough said.

ooh just you wait, the bison will have their dissapointing loss/slide at the end of the season

Well it didn't happen this weekend. We went in to one of the hardest places to get a W and spanked a 6 time IAA champion. Ohhh doesn't that just burn you

[Hell's Bells]

Yeah, 'Sky politics are good for fertilizing one's lawn.

The real question is what the 'Sky will do once the Montana schools leave. I would say it's inevitable that we'll hear some grumblings once Dennison is gone from the University of Montana. I think most people think it's inevitable that the Griz will move into a I-A conference at some point, and Montana State will go along.

The 'Sky has three types of programs. There's Montana and Montana State, solid programs, which are taking steps to move forward. Then, there's EWU, NAU, ISU, Weber, which are still good, but are moving in the wrong direction. There's PSU and Sac, which have never really felt comfortable in D-I. UNC seems to be moving in the right direction, but like PSU and Sac before, there is a long way to go.

NDSU and SDSU are taking a lot of steps in the right direction. UND could become very attractive as well. I see them being ready to move up to I-A around the same time as the Montana schools.

Man I hope your not driving anywhere real soon cuz you must be smoking some pretty strong stuff. UND at the DII level sports an 850k defecit right now. Moving up to DI (IAA) in football is going to increase the defecit quite a bit. If they were to try to move to DI in all sports that just isn't going to happen. They don't have the population base or the money to support it. I'm not even sure if NDSU has the population base to support it but if any school in ND is going to go DI accross the board it will be NDSU. GF and UND are in no position to do it, hell it can be argued with thier current financial problems that they are better off in DII. Then add to that they have a president who's being dragged kicking and screaming all the way in this latest fiasco it's pretty comical.

honestly id rather see the sioux then the bison.....fwiw

You just want a guaranteed win is all

no if i wanted a guarenteed win i would be pulling for north.....shoot they are already in

besides how did you guys do your last year of D2?

As I recall our last year of DII we beat Montana, how did you do against them? Besides I don't worry about the past I tend to live in the present and look forward to the future. Presently NDSU is ranked #11th in IAA. Where are you guys? Enough said.

ooh just you wait, the bison will have their dissapointing loss/slide at the end of the season

Well it didn't happen this weekend. We went in to one of the hardest places to get a W and spanked a 6 time IAA champion. Ohhh doesn't that just burn you

seems to me georgia southern is having a off year.....

[tcbison]

seems to me georgia southern is having a off year.....

That seems to be the response NDSU gets after beating a team on the road this year. At the beginning of the year everyone was saying how tough NDSU's schedule was, now people are saying the NDSU's competition isn't that good.

[Nick]

seems to me georgia southern is having a off year.....

That seems to be the response NDSU gets after beating a team on the road this year. At the beginning of the year everyone was saying how tough NDSU's schedule was, now people are saying the NDSU's competition isn't that good.

How can you deny that GSU is having an off year? They lost at home to Central Connecticut State for God's sake.

[tcbison]

seems to me georgia southern is having a off year.....

That seems to be the response NDSU gets after beating a team on the road this year. At the beginning of the year everyone was saying how tough NDSU's schedule was, now people are saying the NDSU's competition isn't that good.

How can you deny that GSU is having an off year? They lost at home to Central Connecticut State for God's sake.

I am not denying that GSU is down this year. I am saying that NDSU put together what they believed was a tough schedule. IF they beat the Gophers everyone will say how the Gophers are not very good this year. Instead of getting credit for the win they just get that the other team in not very good. Either way a win on the road is a win. Good luck to the Cats the rest of the season, especially against the Griz.

[WYOBISONMAN]

The Griz really need to make it over to Fargo for a little friendly competition.......Unless that is too scary.......come to think of it Halloween is coming up.......


BOO!

[Hell's Bells]

seems to me georgia southern is having a off year.....

That seems to be the response NDSU gets after beating a team on the road this year. At the beginning of the year everyone was saying how tough NDSU's schedule was, now people are saying the NDSU's competition isn't that good.

How can you deny that GSU is having an off year? They lost at home to Central Connecticut State for God's sake.

I am not denying that GSU is down this year. I am saying that NDSU put together what they believed was a tough schedule. IF they beat the Gophers everyone will say how the Gophers are not very good this year. Instead of getting credit for the win they just get that the other team in not very good. Either way a win on the road is a win. Good luck to the Cats the rest of the season, especially against the Griz.

i am not saying it was a tough schedule, any other year yes it would be a good win but lets face it, new coach, new philosopy on o, they are going to the spread as opposed to speed option, and they havnt had anybody on the peyton watch for somthing like 5-6 years = off year.

wait 2 years and reschedule them in statesborro

[tcbison]

seems to me georgia southern is having a off year.....

That seems to be the response NDSU gets after beating a team on the road this year. At the beginning of the year everyone was saying how tough NDSU's schedule was, now people are saying the NDSU's competition isn't that good.

How can you deny that GSU is having an off year? They lost at home to Central Connecticut State for God's sake.

I am not denying that GSU is down this year. I am saying that NDSU put together what they believed was a tough schedule. IF they beat the Gophers everyone will say how the Gophers are not very good this year. Instead of getting credit for the win they just get that the other team in not very good. Either way a win on the road is a win. Good luck to the Cats the rest of the season, especially against the Griz.

i am not saying it was a tough schedule, any other year yes it would be a good win but lets face it, new coach, new philosopy on o, they are going to the spread as opposed to speed option, and they havnt had anybody on the peyton watch for somthing like 5-6 years = off year.

wait 2 years and reschedule them in statesborro

Actually, they will be coming to Fargo. Looking forward to playing the Bobcats again.

[Hell's Bells]

seems to me georgia southern is having a off year.....

That seems to be the response NDSU gets after beating a team on the road this year. At the beginning of the year everyone was saying how tough NDSU's schedule was, now people are saying the NDSU's competition isn't that good.

How can you deny that GSU is having an off year? They lost at home to Central Connecticut State for God's sake.

I am not denying that GSU is down this year. I am saying that NDSU put together what they believed was a tough schedule. IF they beat the Gophers everyone will say how the Gophers are not very good this year. Instead of getting credit for the win they just get that the other team in not very good. Either way a win on the road is a win. Good luck to the Cats the rest of the season, especially against the Griz.

i am not saying it was a tough schedule, any other year yes it would be a good win but lets face it, new coach, new philosopy on o, they are going to the spread as opposed to speed option, and they havnt had anybody on the peyton watch for somthing like 5-6 years = off year.

wait 2 years and reschedule them in statesborro

Actually, they will be coming to Fargo. Looking forward to playing the Bobcats again.

good, i would love to see that game for one.

[bincitysioux]

Yeah, 'Sky politics are good for fertilizing one's lawn.

The real question is what the 'Sky will do once the Montana schools leave. I would say it's inevitable that we'll hear some grumblings once Dennison is gone from the University of Montana. I think most people think it's inevitable that the Griz will move into a I-A conference at some point, and Montana State will go along.

The 'Sky has three types of programs. There's Montana and Montana State, solid programs, which are taking steps to move forward. Then, there's EWU, NAU, ISU, Weber, which are still good, but are moving in the wrong direction. There's PSU and Sac, which have never really felt comfortable in D-I. UNC seems to be moving in the right direction, but like PSU and Sac before, there is a long way to go.

NDSU and SDSU are taking a lot of steps in the right direction. UND could become very attractive as well. I see them being ready to move up to I-A around the same time as the Montana schools.

Man I hope your not driving anywhere real soon cuz you must be smoking some pretty strong stuff. UND at the DII level sports an 850k defecit right now. Moving up to DI (IAA) in football is going to increase the defecit quite a bit. If they were to try to move to DI in all sports that just isn't going to happen. They don't have the population base or the money to support it. I'm not even sure if NDSU has the population base to support it but if any school in ND is going to go DI accross the board it will be NDSU. GF and UND are in no position to do it, hell it can be argued with thier current financial problems that they are better off in DII. Then add to that they have a president who's being dragged kicking and screaming all the way in this latest fiasco it's pretty comical.

honestly id rather see the sioux then the bison.....fwiw

I would guess you're in the minority on this board HB. Maybe we should start a poll, but I think the MSU / UM fans would overwelmingly support the Bison over the Sioux.

I know I'm getting into this discussion kind of late, but I thought I'd make my case for UND. I understand that Montana is a football state and NDSU is definately the most successful football school in ND and in all of the history of DII. It is pretty hard to argue with 8 national championships. But.......

UND is the largest University in North Dakota. UND has a larger fan base both within ND and across the country, especially in western states. UND sporting events including football and basketball are broadcast on TV across three states and into Canada. UND has far superior facilities for basketball, volleyball, and equal or better for football. UND men's basketball has had the most success and richest tradition in ND college basketball. UND women's basketball has been the best in the nation for the last 10 years (8 DII national title combined for UND and NDSU in the 1990's shows how good women's basketball in ND is). For good measure, since the Big Sky is known as a "football conference" it should be noted that over the past 15 years UND football has been far superior to NDSU football (although Coach Bohl seems to have them back on track toward prominence).

For those that think UND being a hockey first school is a bad thing, consider this: Thanks to UND hockey, Kansas would never have come to ND for a basketball game that drew over 13,000 fans, the highest attended college basketball game ever in ND. UND is a known commodity in the western U.S., especially the Denver/Colorado market which is apparently very important to the Big Sky. UND has one of the top 5 nicest basketball arenas in DII which would probably be one of the top 15 or so nicest of all the DI schools that play I-AA football. Most importantly, UND's success in hockey also proves that UND is committed to being successful in DI athletics. 7 DI national championships speaks for itself, I think.

In short, I think UND would be great fit for the Big Sky.

[BisonBacker]

Yeah, 'Sky politics are good for fertilizing one's lawn.

The real question is what the 'Sky will do once the Montana schools leave. I would say it's inevitable that we'll hear some grumblings once Dennison is gone from the University of Montana. I think most people think it's inevitable that the Griz will move into a I-A conference at some point, and Montana State will go along.

The 'Sky has three types of programs. There's Montana and Montana State, solid programs, which are taking steps to move forward. Then, there's EWU, NAU, ISU, Weber, which are still good, but are moving in the wrong direction. There's PSU and Sac, which have never really felt comfortable in D-I. UNC seems to be moving in the right direction, but like PSU and Sac before, there is a long way to go.

NDSU and SDSU are taking a lot of steps in the right direction. UND could become very attractive as well. I see them being ready to move up to I-A around the same time as the Montana schools.

Man I hope your not driving anywhere real soon cuz you must be smoking some pretty strong stuff. UND at the DII level sports an 850k defecit right now. Moving up to DI (IAA) in football is going to increase the defecit quite a bit. If they were to try to move to DI in all sports that just isn't going to happen. They don't have the population base or the money to support it. I'm not even sure if NDSU has the population base to support it but if any school in ND is going to go DI accross the board it will be NDSU. GF and UND are in no position to do it, hell it can be argued with thier current financial problems that they are better off in DII. Then add to that they have a president who's being dragged kicking and screaming all the way in this latest fiasco it's pretty comical.

honestly id rather see the sioux then the bison.....fwiw

You just want a guaranteed win is all

no if i wanted a guarenteed win i would be pulling for north.....shoot they are already in

besides how did you guys do your last year of D2?

As I recall our last year of DII we beat Montana, how did you do against them? Besides I don't worry about the past I tend to live in the present and look forward to the future. Presently NDSU is ranked #11th in IAA. Where are you guys? Enough said.

ooh just you wait, the bison will have their dissapointing loss/slide at the end of the season

Just curious to see what your excuse is for MVSU, they having a down year too?

[SonomaCat]

Hell's: What's with the anti-NDSU thing? You're talking smack like they are the Griz or something ... and not scoring too many points ... even under a ten-point must system.

I would hazard a guess that virtually every Bobcat fan would love to be able to say that our favorite team had earned the success that their team has had so far this season. What they have done this soon after moving up from D-II is nothing short of phenomenal ... and I personally would love to see them in the BSC.

I am just wondering who will win a national championship first -- NDSU or UC Davis? Both are on the rise and moving fast. When they are playoff eligible -- watch out.