Stand your ground, have a tough hide, roam wild and free, have a strong spirit, let the chips fall where they may.
I was listening the Cal Poly Coaches show this week (its available on their athletic site). Their coach feels NDSU has a good chance to repeat, but.... if on a neutral field with Utah (who played their next opponent Weber State), estimates NDSU would lose by 3 TD's. The media guy disagreed with him.
The weather in Fargo keeps the undesirables out.....
...Which is why I live near the Twin Cities.
On a normal day it would take one hell of a football team to beat NDSU by three TD's, let alone Utah, a highly over-rated team every year. Add to that a neutral field!!! something the Bison have never had vs. FBS road wins. Try and get Utah to schedule NDSU on a neutral field, or, even schedule them for that matter.
FWIW, Sagarin has Utah favored by 1 point over NDSU on a neutral field. Only the top 4 teams would be favored by 14 or more on neutral field.
It's OK to not be OK.
Fairness in savagery, he also said NDSU would compete yearly for the Mountain West Championship. I also suspect there is a bit of "political correctness" involved. Weber State lost by 31 to Utah. If he came out and said "NDSU is 31 pts better than Weber State" I am sure it gets treated as builtin board material.
The weather in Fargo keeps the undesirables out.....
...Which is why I live near the Twin Cities.