Starting the season with two road games...

[tony]

When is the last time that happened?

Hint: the last time we opened the season on the road was 1987... so it's been a while.

[chuckles]

And against quality opponents... The clones are no Austin Peay or Concordia-St. Paul

[Kevin]

Last year the first two games gave us a feeling that we were better than we ended up being. This year may have the opposite affect. I think it will be an alright season.

The question then becomes is "alright" acceptable given the NDSU Tradition?

[A1pigskin]

22 years ago.

[tony]

22 years ago.

Ya gotta go even farther back... we played SDSU at home the second game in 1987.

[DjKyRo]

Is it a bit of a disadvantage? Yes, but if we can snatch a win from SHSU next week, I think the team will get a lot of positive reps. We pla game against ISU, and I for one think a lot of the question marks of the team were positively answered.

i'm thinking 7-4 this year with a shot at playoff contention.

[TheBisonator]

Aaahhh, trusty media guide... You never let me down...

1985 we played at Northern Michigan and Cal-Poly to start the year. Won 26-10 and lost 29-35.

Guess how that season ended??

[CaBisonFan]

It was a transition year, with a new QB, a new head coach, and a rash of injuries. They went something like 6-5...and pulled it together to beat the shit out of the Sioux. Probably could have made a playoff run at that point in the year.

If we can win next weekend...1-1 won't look too bad. 2-2 in a few weeks will look OK...not great. 3-1 would look great.

[TheBisonator]

It was a transition year, with a new QB, a new head coach, and a rash of injuries. They went something like 6-5...and pulled it together to beat the shit out of the Sioux. Probably could have made a playoff run at that point in the year.

If we can win next weekend...1-1 won't look too bad. 2-2 in a few weeks will look OK...not great. 3-1 would look great.

Read my post above... :D

[CaBisonFan]

Read my post above... :D

Whooops......my bad.:ranting: