Bye week talker:. What FCS program would you like to schedule a home and home with?

[gizmo]

It's surprising to me how many people dislike the Fargodome/tailgating experience. After going to numerous stadiums, including FBS, I wouldn't trade with any of them.

[LongLostAlum]

Sagarin has us ranked 48th in the nation, so if we are going to be playing a home-and-home at our level, it would need to be an FBS team. The only FCS teams at our level are already in our conference, or if they're not, we'll probably end up playing them in the playoffs anyhow.

I like all the ideas on the Ivy League schools, etc, but I don't think there's much for us to gain from it, other than the novelty of it. I like how we match up with the MW Mountain. Only Boise State is ranked ahead of us, and I think that would be a great home-and-home setup. And of course, there's Wyoming there as well, but they seem to be on the decline again. We played CSU a few years back, and pretty much beat up on them.

[devin45k]

It's surprising to me how many people dislike the Fargodome/tailgating experience. After going to numerous stadiums, including FBS, I wouldn't trade with any of them.

People can find ways to complain about anything

[Christopher Moen]

People can find ways to complain about anything

I agree, the tailgating scene at the FargoDome totally blows away the one I see at Broncos' games.


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[TheDynastyContinues]

Would love to see us play Wyoming. Bohl vs. Klieman.

[FrozenTech]

It's surprising to me how many people dislike the Fargodome/tailgating experience. After going to numerous stadiums, including FBS, I wouldn't trade with any of them.

I remember talking to a former co-worker when I first started at my current job. I was wearing an NDSU polo the Friday before a game, which is kinda my tradition. Anyway, he asked me if I was a Bison Football fan, and I informed him that yes I was, and I had season tickets.

He responded with, "oh, you're one of them."

"What do you mean?"

The following conversation was basically that NDSU football fans were the worst kind of fans on the planet, and yadda yadda yadda, because reasons, and his daughter worked at BWW, where they're all drunk and boorish. He complained about how tailgate was a bunch of drunks, and this that and the other thing.

So I asked, "Have you been to the tailgate area in the last five years?"

No.

"Have you been to a Bison Home game, hell, since the Fargo dome opened?"

No.

"Then you don't know. There are always assholes in bars, and yes, at Tailgate some people get too drunk. It happens. But you're going to tell me the entire fanbase is like that? Tell you what, why don't you come out and tail gate with my folks some time and see if you think we're all still a bunch of assholes."

Offers still open, he hasn't ever shown up. Most people who complain about these things have never actually been to the event or thing they complain about.

[DePereBisonFan]

I would like a CAA-MVFC challenge. Every other year have a BSC challenge alternating with a CAA challenge. Home-and-homes thus returned every other year.

[NoDak]

I could go for a home-and-home with a variety of FCS Schools. It can be a good way to get a good gauge of how good we are rather than playing cupcake games. Here is a list of teams off the top of my head:
Montana
James Madison
Jacksonville State
Richmond

I don't foresee any FBS schools agreeing to a "home-and-home" with NDSU so I don't even consider them. Like the FBS the FCS has their perennial contenders so any of them would suit me fine.

[IzzyFlexion]

I could go for a home-and-home with a variety of FCS Schools. It can be a good way to get a good gauge of how good we are rather than playing cupcake games. Here is a list of teams off the top of my head:
Montana
James Madison
Jacksonville State
Richmond

I don't foresee any FBS schools agreeing to a "home-and-home" with NDSU so I don't even consider them. Like the FBS the FCS has their perennial contenders so any of them would suit me fine.

That is very true. However, there are a number of FBS schools that would certainly generate some interest among their fan base by entering in to such an agreement.
Just shootin' from the hip here......but......maybe:

Wyoming
Northern Illinois
Nevada
Akron
Buffalo
UNLV

Their benefit would be: great competition, likely a full stadium at their place, a chance to see how they stack up against the little world beater school, playing in the dome (which most in the country knw by now is an incredible environment.

I know, I know......not gonna happen.

[Christopher Moen]

That is very true. However, there are a number of FBS schools that would certainly generate some interest among their fan base by entering in to such an agreement.
Just shootin' from the hip here......but......maybe:

Wyoming
Northern Illinois
Nevada
Akron
Buffalo
UNLV

Their benefit would be: great competition, likely a full stadium at their place, a chance to see how they stack up against the little world beater school, playing in the dome (which most in the country knw by now is an incredible environment.

I know, I know......not gonna happen.

I would like to believe NDSU can at least do home and home games with any Sun Belt school. I know they suck, but hopefully they're not stuck up like a lot of MW schools in regards to playing NDSU.