We always have players banged up near the end of the year. Playing that extra game early in the year just means we are more dinged up by the end. I see no reason to play a useless 12th game. I'd rather save it for the playoffs. I'm not worried either. This idea is going nowhere.
FBS OR BUST FIRE LARSEN
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A big reason I am a bit on the fence, is there is a school out there who thinks they are entitled to play NDSU.....may the Almighty strike TAB dead with lightning before NDSU defiles itself by heading to that waste land.
The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
Paul Fix.
I actually wouldn't mind seeing a 9 game conference schedule. Everybody would get an extra home game every other year, schools like NDSU who already have a tough time scheduling OOC games could have the option of scheduling more home and home games knowing they could still have 6 home games with just 1 OOC at home, and there is no season where you don't play someone. This works for the MVFC having 10 schools, but I don't know how it works for everyone else like the big fluffy with 36 schools. If they let them have a conference championship, they could split into two divisions and have their 12 game be 1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, and so on. I think Idaho gives them an odd number though.
To have 12 games just to have 12 games is silly. If they are going to do something with it, it should be to either promote more excitement with the level or ease the scheduling burden for some of the top schools. I don't care to see the f'n hawks every year and at some point, we would have to let them have a home game. They don't do enough for me to lock up a game a year regardless if it means easier scheduling. I would love to see home and homes with the top tier FCS schools who have typically dodged NDSU during the regular season for whatever reason. With just the top FCS tier schools coming up this season, it will be one of the more exciting seasons we have had. A nine game conference schedule could lock in seasons like this every year. It takes all the pressure off finding two games at home when you have the flexibility to reciprocate home and home games with a quicker turn around.