2024 College Football 🏈 Season starts tomorrow…. Yee Yee

[seeth07]

Lol at what point is it time to fo fbs?

Winners of the losers? Yeah I don't get it either and NDST always winning

 

[8andcounting]

Didn’t like Tommy tipping can over . Good player but that was poor

 

[VikingsGuy]

Lol at what point is it time to fo fbs?

The problem is local population can’t support competitive program at that level - Fargo is about a half the size of Boise.

 

[VikingsGuy]

Winners of the losers? Yeah I don't get it either and NDST always winning

So, are state HS champs in MT, WI, IL all losers because they aren’t in Texas or Florida? Are FBS champs losers because the Jacksonville Jags would beat them 80-3? Its fun to have different levels of competition.

 

[Forkyfinder]

The problem is local population can’t support competitive program at that level - Fargo is about a half the size of Boise.

Tons of fbs programs in that space/population size. K state for example. Many more out there

 

[VikingsGuy]

Tons of fbs programs in that space/population size. K state for example. Many more out there

The alumni base of KState is 5x that of ND and has a huge draw from KC. (I know, I went there for grad school).

 

[VikingsGuy]

The alumni base of KState is 5x that of ND and has a huge draw from KC. (I know, I went there for grad school).

Heck, there are individual players at the FBS level that make more in NIL than the whole football program budget at NDSU.

 

[JEL]

Didn’t like Tommy tipping can over . Good player but that was poor

For cripe sakes. Give the kid a break. Tommy is a class act. Probably the best example of a student athlete you’re gonna find.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Didn’t like Tommy tipping can over . Good player but that was poor

You musta been quite the player.

 

[Beignet]

Lol at what point is it time to fo fbs?

I was thinking that watching the game as well. ND kept it close against Colorado this season and have a pretty good record against FBS teams in the past.

I don’t pay extra for the Athletic, but I did find an article from 2023 called “Will [NDSU] Make an FBS Move? The FCS Power Needs to Be Wanted First” that would probably shed some more light on things.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

That 4 guys in the box play letting cam run unimpeded down the middle of the field into the end zone was quite the mess up.

Took a couple great catches from Lance to get out with a W. Feel bad for the cat faithful. Bison fans are spoiled, woulda been nice for the cats fans to have one.

 

[Treeshark]

Heck, there are individual players at the FBS level that make more in NIL than the whole football program budget at NDSU.

This is a great point. Perhaps NDSU should make (or should have made) the jump at some point, but 2025 is certainly not the time to do it with how crazy the NIL money situation has become.

 

[seeth07]

So, are state HS champs in MT, WI, IL all losers because they aren’t in Texas or Florida? Are FBS champs losers because the Jacksonville Jags would beat them 80-3? Its fun to have different levels of competition.

Difference is that it's not thr same team winning every year

 

[Hem]

For cripe sakes. Give the kid a break. Tommy is a class act. Probably the best example of a student athlete you’re gonna find.

Seriously this^.
Pretty impressive what he has accomplished.
I'm sure all the NoDak players were saying kind things when he crossed their sideline.

 

[406dn]

I enjoyed the game and thought it was well played. The Bison had two of the three best players on the field. Tommy Mellott played a great game. Without him, the game would have been lopsided.

NDSU does not win without Bryce Lance. He made several great plays including corralling the onside kick.

MSU gifted two scores to NDSU. One with the defensive alignment that left the entire middle uncovered and the other not punting on fourth down late in the second quarter.

 

[VikingsGuy]

For cripe sakes. Give the kid a break. Tommy is a class act. Probably the best example of a student athlete you’re gonna find.

What about Cam Miller? And he wins the big games.

 

[VikingsGuy]

Seriously this^.
Pretty impressive what he has accomplished.
I'm sure all the NoDak players were saying kind things when he crossed their sideline.

Lots of hard working kids on that field. Fun to root for the home town kids on either side.

 

[Treeshark]

Difference is that it's not thr same team winning every year

The mighty Kimberly Papermakers would beg to differ

 

[VikingsGuy]

For the “Dakota” teams dominance to stop, the Big Sky is going to have to get better across the board. One advantage the Dakota schools have is that they play several games in each regular season against championship level quality teams and five or six other playoff quality teams. It makes the semis and title game competition “normal” for them. As I see the Dakota schools plow through the playoffs every year I see opponents who are play this level of competition for the first time this season and sometimes first time in their career.

I would rather the Big Sky come up so its top half is as consistently strong as the MVFC, than have the two Dakota State teams move up to be FBS after thoughts and deal with the NIL and portal mess we have there. I wish JMU, Appalachia State, Georgia Southern and Sam Houston State had all stayed in FCS rather than moving up and struggling to make the “Dec 3rd Who The Hell Cares Car Wash Bowl in Toledo Ohio”.

 

[Beignet]

For the “Dakota” teams dominance to stop, the Big Sky is going to have to get better across the board. One advantage the Dakota schools have is that they play several games in each regular season against championship level quality teams and five or six other playoff quality teams. It makes the semis and title game competition “normal” for them. As I see the Dakota schools plow through the playoffs every year I see opponents who are play this level of competition for the first time this season and sometimes first time in their career.

I would rather the Big Sky come up so its top half is as consistently strong as the MVFC, than have the two Dakota State teams move up to be FBS after thoughts and deal with the NIL and portal mess we have there. I wish JMU, Appalachia State, Georgia Southern and Sam Houston State had all stayed in FCS rather than moving up and struggling to make the “Dec 3rd Who The Hell Cares Car Wash Bowl in Toledo Ohio”.

Rose Bowl be damned. The Toledo Bright Shine Bowl is the biggest day of the year!