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This is the McFeely column in today's Fargo Forum:

School comes out of Big Sky rejection in very good shape

Mike McFeely, The Forum

The most amazing thing happened Wednesday at the press conference announcing North Dakota State’s union with the Gateway Football Conference. Joe Chapman, Gene Taylor and Craig Bohl stood in unison, turned toward Ogden, Utah, and raised their middle fingers.

Read the whole article here......

http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=158865

Just reaffirms to me that "Fullerton" screwed us again! It appears to me that the Big Sky is going downhill and the Gateway will be in the lime light. If only we would have gotten NDSU and SDSU.

Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Do you suppose if, when we come around, we send lots of flowers and send some nice little original poetry, we can win her back? Or is she going to stay with this Gateway guy forever?

Can we play the "I was drunk when I said that thing about not wanting you in our conference" card?

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Do you suppose if, when we come around, we send lots of flowers and send some nice little original poetry, we can win her back? Or is she going to stay with this Gateway guy forever?

Can we play the "I was drunk when I said that thing about not wanting you in our conference" card?

I would say unless we're sending $500,000 worth of flowers we got no chance until at least 2016 (They have an 8 year commitment with a $500,000 buyout for leaving early). And even then, I'm guessing they'd just give a quick slap to the face and then laugh at us.

kmax wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Do you suppose if, when we come around, we send lots of flowers and send some nice little original poetry, we can win her back? Or is she going to stay with this Gateway guy forever?

Can we play the "I was drunk when I said that thing about not wanting you in our conference" card?

I would say unless we're sending $500,000 worth of flowers we got no chance until at least 2016 (They have an 8 year commitment with a $500,000 buyout for leaving early). And even then, I'm guessing they'd just give a quick slap to the face and then laugh at us.

Cripes ... they'll probably run around making out with Gateway in public like a couple of horny teenagers just to rub our faces in it.

You know how much we have to drink every night to convince ourselves that UNC is as hot as NDSU? Sure, UNC lives closer, and she's no threat to ever leave us for somebody better, but it's just hard to shake the pain of losing the hot one that got away because of our own bad decisions.

Bay Area Cat wrote:

kmax wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Do you suppose if, when we come around, we send lots of flowers and send some nice little original poetry, we can win her back? Or is she going to stay with this Gateway guy forever?

Can we play the "I was drunk when I said that thing about not wanting you in our conference" card?

I would say unless we're sending $500,000 worth of flowers we got no chance until at least 2016 (They have an 8 year commitment with a $500,000 buyout for leaving early). And even then, I'm guessing they'd just give a quick slap to the face and then laugh at us.

Cripes ... they'll probably run around making out with Gateway in public like a couple of horny teenagers just to rub our faces in it.

You know how much we have to drink every night to convince ourselves that UNC is as hot as NDSU? Sure, UNC lives closer, and she's no threat to ever leave us for somebody better, but it's just hard to shake the pain of losing the hot one that got away because of our own bad decisions.

how drunk were we to dump ndsu for unc to begin with? must have been pretty damn drunk

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Maybe the BSC won't screw it up again when NDSU's and SDSU's twin sisters of UND and USD seek admission to the Big Sky...if in fact they do because a bridge or two has already been burned.

Hell's Bells wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:

kmax wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Do you suppose if, when we come around, we send lots of flowers and send some nice little original poetry, we can win her back? Or is she going to stay with this Gateway guy forever?

Can we play the "I was drunk when I said that thing about not wanting you in our conference" card?

I would say unless we're sending $500,000 worth of flowers we got no chance until at least 2016 (They have an 8 year commitment with a $500,000 buyout for leaving early). And even then, I'm guessing they'd just give a quick slap to the face and then laugh at us.

Cripes ... they'll probably run around making out with Gateway in public like a couple of horny teenagers just to rub our faces in it.

You know how much we have to drink every night to convince ourselves that UNC is as hot as NDSU? Sure, UNC lives closer, and she's no threat to ever leave us for somebody better, but it's just hard to shake the pain of losing the hot one that got away because of our own bad decisions.

how drunk were we to dump ndsu for unc to begin with? must have been pretty damn drunk

I gotta say, that is some creative and damn funny posting.

What the heck, let's go for what we can do now, patch up the frustration over the buyout this year, and try to get the Bison and Cats meeting on a regular basis for OOC games. It would be a great gate for your school and I know NDSU would get a heck of a gate out of it too........

They are not our twins, but you could do worse.

WYOBISONMAN wrote:

Hell's Bells wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:

kmax wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Do you suppose if, when we come around, we send lots of flowers and send some nice little original poetry, we can win her back? Or is she going to stay with this Gateway guy forever?

Can we play the "I was drunk when I said that thing about not wanting you in our conference" card?

I would say unless we're sending $500,000 worth of flowers we got no chance until at least 2016 (They have an 8 year commitment with a $500,000 buyout for leaving early). And even then, I'm guessing they'd just give a quick slap to the face and then laugh at us.

Cripes ... they'll probably run around making out with Gateway in public like a couple of horny teenagers just to rub our faces in it.

You know how much we have to drink every night to convince ourselves that UNC is as hot as NDSU? Sure, UNC lives closer, and she's no threat to ever leave us for somebody better, but it's just hard to shake the pain of losing the hot one that got away because of our own bad decisions.

how drunk were we to dump ndsu for unc to begin with? must have been pretty damn drunk

I gotta say, that is some creative and damn funny posting.

What the heck, let's go for what we can do now, patch up the frustration over the buyout this year, and try to get the Bison and Cats meeting on a regular basis for OOC games. It would be a great gate for your school and I know NDSU would get a heck of a gate out of it too........

that would be a good idea - another time i can root against NDSU

but then again it would be wasted by fullertons next expansion project: Montana Tech!
(jokeing)

MTBobcatFan wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Maybe the BSC won't screw it up again when NDSU's and SDSU's twin sisters of UND and USD seek admission to the Big Sky...if in fact they do because a bridge or two has already been burned.

Gosh! We're already joined at the hips with the fizzledoutagain bunch of liberal arts group What a hideous idea--both of those schools probably drink wine instead of beer and serve their recruits pasta and cheese products instead of hamburgers like we do (plus UND has an actual National Championship--although it's in a Canadian or northeastern/midwest sport--so the fizzles won't allow it.)

Cat Grad wrote:

MTBobcatFan wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Maybe the BSC won't screw it up again when NDSU's and SDSU's twin sisters of UND and USD seek admission to the Big Sky...if in fact they do because a bridge or two has already been burned.

Gosh! We're already joined at the hips with the fizzledoutagain bunch of liberal arts group What a hideous idea--both of those schools probably drink wine instead of beer and serve their recruits pasta and cheese products instead of hamburgers like we do (plus UND has an actual National Championship--although it's in a Canadian or northeastern/midwest sport--so the fizzles won't allow it.)

I never said they were the good looking twin sisters.

MTBobcatFan wrote:

Cat Grad wrote:

MTBobcatFan wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Maybe the BSC won't screw it up again when NDSU's and SDSU's twin sisters of UND and USD seek admission to the Big Sky...if in fact they do because a bridge or two has already been burned.

Gosh! We're already joined at the hips with the fizzledoutagain bunch of liberal arts group What a hideous idea--both of those schools probably drink wine instead of beer and serve their recruits pasta and cheese products instead of hamburgers like we do (plus UND has an actual National Championship--although it's in a Canadian or northeastern/midwest sport--so the fizzles won't allow it.)

I never said they were the good looking twin sisters.

whos complaining about twins?

Plus, UND has a medical school, so...our ugly sister will be all over the expansion committee

MTBobcatFan wrote:

Cat Grad wrote:

MTBobcatFan wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Maybe the BSC won't screw it up again when NDSU's and SDSU's twin sisters of UND and USD seek admission to the Big Sky...if in fact they do because a bridge or two has already been burned.

Gosh! We're already joined at the hips with the fizzledoutagain bunch of liberal arts group What a hideous idea--both of those schools probably drink wine instead of beer and serve their recruits pasta and cheese products instead of hamburgers like we do (plus UND has an actual National Championship--although it's in a Canadian or northeastern/midwest sport--so the fizzles won't allow it.)

I never said they were the good looking twin sisters.

Are they identical? If not, I'm okay with the ugly one.

Egg Salad wrote:

MTBobcatFan wrote:

Cat Grad wrote:

MTBobcatFan wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Maybe the BSC won't screw it up again when NDSU's and SDSU's twin sisters of UND and USD seek admission to the Big Sky...if in fact they do because a bridge or two has already been burned.

Gosh! We're already joined at the hips with the fizzledoutagain bunch of liberal arts group What a hideous idea--both of those schools probably drink wine instead of beer and serve their recruits pasta and cheese products instead of hamburgers like we do (plus UND has an actual National Championship--although it's in a Canadian or northeastern/midwest sport--so the fizzles won't allow it.)

I never said they were the good looking twin sisters.

Are they identical? If not, I'm okay with the ugly one.

They are two sacks ugly

Hell's Bells wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:

kmax wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Do you suppose if, when we come around, we send lots of flowers and send some nice little original poetry, we can win her back? Or is she going to stay with this Gateway guy forever?

Can we play the "I was drunk when I said that thing about not wanting you in our conference" card?

I would say unless we're sending $500,000 worth of flowers we got no chance until at least 2016 (They have an 8 year commitment with a $500,000 buyout for leaving early). And even then, I'm guessing they'd just give a quick slap to the face and then laugh at us.

Cripes ... they'll probably run around making out with Gateway in public like a couple of horny teenagers just to rub our faces in it.

You know how much we have to drink every night to convince ourselves that UNC is as hot as NDSU? Sure, UNC lives closer, and she's no threat to ever leave us for somebody better, but it's just hard to shake the pain of losing the hot one that got away because of our own bad decisions.

how drunk were we to dump ndsu for unc to begin with? must have been pretty damn drunk

"coyote ugly" drunk

Bleedinbluengold wrote:

Hell's Bells wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:

kmax wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Do you suppose if, when we come around, we send lots of flowers and send some nice little original poetry, we can win her back? Or is she going to stay with this Gateway guy forever?

Can we play the "I was drunk when I said that thing about not wanting you in our conference" card?

I would say unless we're sending $500,000 worth of flowers we got no chance until at least 2016 (They have an 8 year commitment with a $500,000 buyout for leaving early). And even then, I'm guessing they'd just give a quick slap to the face and then laugh at us.

Cripes ... they'll probably run around making out with Gateway in public like a couple of horny teenagers just to rub our faces in it.

You know how much we have to drink every night to convince ourselves that UNC is as hot as NDSU? Sure, UNC lives closer, and she's no threat to ever leave us for somebody better, but it's just hard to shake the pain of losing the hot one that got away because of our own bad decisions.

how drunk were we to dump ndsu for unc to begin with? must have been pretty damn drunk

"coyote ugly" drunk

aahh...in other words "Beer Goggles...."

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Do you suppose if, when we come around, we send lots of flowers and send some nice little original poetry, we can win her back? Or is she going to stay with this Gateway guy forever?

Can we play the "I was drunk when I said that thing about not wanting you in our conference" card?

What if she was a gold digger though?

CARDIAC_CATS wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:Does anyone else feel like a guy who dumped a really cool girl, and now wants her back really bad?

Do you suppose if, when we come around, we send lots of flowers and send some nice little original poetry, we can win her back? Or is she going to stay with this Gateway guy forever?

Can we play the "I was drunk when I said that thing about not wanting you in our conference" card?

What if she was a gold digger though?

Great stuff. To win or in the BSC's case to win them back you have to make nice with the ugly twin sister to eventually get the better looking one.