Originally Posted by
NovaBison
The risk vs. reward of scheduling NDSU makes it extremely difficult to schedule a game with any FBS team, P5 or G5. First off, if the FBS team wins, they were suppose to win given the 18 additional scholarships... if they lose, they join the growing list of FBS victims. In addition, FBS teams need to get 6 wins to be considered for a bowl, NDSU is not a team they can schedule as a high probability win. Finally, it seems you schedule "lesser" competition to build depth, and give more reps to the backups -- that's not likely to happen if you play the Bison.