NDSU looks at possible football game at Target Field

[Professor Chaos]

Sorry, scheduling a game against a non scholarship basketball school at a baseball stadium as a litmus test on future neutral site games is dumb. Any Ivy League school, or at least a solid nationally known HBCU like Grambling or Southern would have been a better pick by a mile.

If you're talking about quality of the team/program then Grambling, Southern, and a good chunk of the Ivies aren't much better than Butler.

[NDSUstudent]

The Ivies that would bring a crowd and compete probably wouldn't play us...Grambling or Southern would be an ass-kicking.

The list of FCS teams we could play at neutral site and have it be somewhat legit are in no order Montana, JMU, UNI and SDSU.

If we ever went FBS this whole neutral site thing would become a lot more intriguing.

[LITTLEGUYSINGREEN]

Nobody wants to play us. We have to play random teams like Butler OOC.

I don't buy this. I'm sure there are plenty of SEC teams that will play us.

[bisonaudit]

Did they have an option to "pick" an opponent? Didn't the Twins organize this after Butler was already scheduled? the OOC next year is Butler, UND,@ Delaware, UC Davis correct? More to this behind the scenes than just picking a day and opponent I would guess

That is shaping up to be a pretty good non conference slate.

[tjbison]

I don't buy this. I'm sure there are plenty of SEC teams that will play us.

Jorgenson has said he called a couple, Arkansas being one I specifically remember and Missouri?? and both were not interested that was last year on 1660 I think he said it, might have been a few more but my memory is only so good

[tjbison]

That is shaping up to be a pretty good non conference slate.

agreed, having a Butler in there might be good, we will have some young new players...next year could be interesting

[CalBison97]

I don't buy this. I'm sure there are plenty of SEC teams that will play us.

I just don’t see NDSU ever turning down an offer to play an SEC team, or FBS game for that matter.


2016 Bisonville Survivor Pick’em Champ

[LITTLEGUYSINGREEN]

I just don’t see NDSU ever turning down an offer to play an SEC team, or FBS game for that matter.


2016 Bisonville Survivor Pick’em Champ

Never said we have turned down an offer, just don't think we have asked all of them.

[Christopher Moen]

2018 SEC versus FCS teams:

Alabama vs. The Citadel
Arkansas vs. Eastern Illinois
Auburn vs. Liberty (probably was a FCS team when the game was scheduled)
Florida vs. Charleston Southern
Florida vs. Idaho (probably was a G5 team when the game was scheduled)
Georgia vs. Austin Peay
Kentucky vs. Murray State
LSU vs. Southeastern Louisiana
Mississippi State vs. Stephen F. Austin
Missouri vs. UT-Martin
Ole Miss vs. Southern Illinois
South Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina (probably was a FCS team when the game was scheduled)
South Carolina vs. Chatanooga
Tennessee vs. East Tennessee State
Texas A&M vs. Northwestern State
Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee State

Also, pretty much every SEC team schedules two other OOC games featuring weak teams from G5 conference (mainly Sun Belt and C-USA).

Don't expect any SEC to be picking up the phone when Jeremy tries to call them. Those teams schedule teams that Bison fans wouldn't want to watch come to the FargoDome.

[B. b. bison]

I just don’t see NDSU ever turning down an offer to play an SEC team, or FBS game for that matter.


2016 Bisonville Survivor Pick’em Champ

This post made me wonder about this - (this is obviously hypothetical since none of these schools are likely to reach out to NDSU) What is the guarantee from MAC and Sunbelt schools? Would NDSU really forgo a home game for that? We don't really have anything to prove against those teams and can't expect much publicity from a win. Just some thoughts and honest questions.