To be honest, I'm not sure those receiving corps are as good as they look due to the terrible defenses they play. Look at how well SIU did this year against Ole Miss or SDSU against TCU a few years back. A top-ten team with a good receiving corp would be tough, but how much better would they be compared to some of the good passing teams NDSU has faced throughout the DI years with future NFL talent (or near talent). Northern Colorado had Vincent Jackson, Minnesota had Eric Decker, Central Michigan had Antonio Brown and J. J. Watt (TE then), Kansas State had Tyler Lockett and Tramaine Thompson, Iowa had George Kittle (killed my Broncos last week), SDSU had Jake Wieneke and Dallas Goedert and maybe the team with the hardest receiving corp to defend, Eastern Washington had Cooper Kupp, Kendrick Bourne and Shaq Hill.
Personally, I think NDSU could hold their own against just about any FBS team. For the absolute top FBS teams like Alabama, I think NDSU keeps it within 20.
Hail the BISON!!!
Give ndsu 20 more scholarships and you don't think they would be considered better than Utah, washington, penn state, iowa, Mississippi state?
Edit i see you think we're asshats according to what you said on sdsufans for thinking like this.
I'll explain it:
Because you're a fan of a loser program, you lose more games. That makes you ranked where you are which is in the 50s... but that'll drop because your team lost, probably back to the 60s which is terrible.
Still with me?
Now because ndsu isnt a loser, they have beaten their opponents by more than what the spread or predictor thinks.
Thus their historical current ranking receives merit because THEY ARE THAT DAMN GOOD.
But i mean to run to your board and call us asshats for likely being right about something is hilarious. Especially when you didnt have the balls to do it on here.
Since we're on the subject of losers... what's up with the majority of your fans wearing the stupid striped bib overalls? I mean it's cool in college, (narrator: it's not) but i saw a lot of people who've likely been out of school for 5+ years in them god forsaken things. Very weird.
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