2020 ndsu football season

[Bison Dan]

Might have to take EWU off the list as they're broke as shit

Guess who was their AD a few years ago?

[Twincitybizon]

Guess who was their AD a few years ago?

Who good sir who????

[NDSUKurt]

For real, lets take an inventory of TOTAL FCS teams who have at least enough commitment from their admin where they dont want their football team to be an embarrassment to their school:

NDSU
Montana
Montana State
EWU
SDSU
JMU
USD
UND (as much as I laugh at them, they clearly want to be not embarrassing where as 97% of the FCS is 100% cool with playing in highschool stadiums)
Delaware
ISUr i guess? they have put alot of cash into their stadium in the last 4-5 years but i feel thats lipstick on a pig. maybe i'm wrong

Who else makes this list? Who am I forgetting? What are the other schools who financially prioritize their football program at a level that is far and away better than D2?

I really dont think UNI makes this list. They have shown precisely zero commitment to facility improvements outside of the water stained field for nearly 20 years. They seem completely comfortable ignoring the football program until farley passes away from old age.

I agree to a certain point about UNI, but I would still add them to the list. They do have a core base of fans, and they have the fair-weather fans. I think that they have been beaten up so often over the past 10 years that they have became complacent.

A lot of this has to do with their scheduling. Their old AD as well as his replacement would often schedule home and homes with Big Sky teams, and tough ones at that. They often began the season 2-2 or 2-3 and had to play almost perfect ball, which strained the program because they often had to play on Thanksgiving weekend.

The coach, Farley, recently complained about the UNI scheduling philosophy and how they always play home and homes with tough teams. His complaint makes sense - if they are gonna do home and homes, do them with a crappy Southland, Big South, Ohio Valley or someone and win the games easily and save your self for the playoffs.

If they start doing this and go 8-3 or 9-2 more often, their fans will turn out more and the commitment to their program will increase.

[mtoutfitter]

Who good sir who????

I'll take a stab....current Fhawker AD?

[Bison Dan]

I'll take a stab....current Fhawker AD?

Bingo!!!!!!

[bruinbison]

Nova would literally be 7-9th in the valley. Maybe last. They f*cking SUCK. It is laugh out loud funny that B Mac keeps pimping them like they're just 1-2 plays away from being a annual semifinalist or something.

Straight up, there are maybe 5 good teams (and by that I mean, not embarrassing) and everyone else is borderline D2. Virtually no FCS take football seriously. App state and GSU leaving were punches in the gut, but even thought the schools like liberty, ODU and CC were never world beaters, they were head and shoulders above the average FCS puds when it comes to commitment to the program. I think those three schools alone have put more into their stadiums than maybe the rest of the FCS combined during the same time period (if you exclude SDSU)

Without looking - other schools with renovation/rebuilding of their stadiums that look like nice places to be include
Missouri State, New Hampshire, Jacksonville State and Nicholls State. Last year’s Fighting Hawks game at Nicholls was kinda “quaint” looking, but they are adding on a new 6.5 M end zone facility - and had done other imp

[Bisonator98]

Without looking - other schools with renovation/rebuilding of their stadiums that look like nice places to be include
Missouri State, New Hampshire, Jacksonville State and Nicholls State. Last year’s Fighting Hawks game at Nicholls was kinda “quaint” looking, but they are adding on a new 6.5 M end zone facility - and had done other imp

Hope they include locker rooms.

[Bisman]

Coach Grant Olson talks about the linebacker group

https://soundcloud.com/user-74421198...down-june-11th

[Bisman]

2020 FCS Jersey Countdown: 66 -- The Best Player Who Wears No. 66 Is NDSU's Nash Jensen

https://herosports.com/fcs/football-...sh-jensen-bzbz

[Bisman]

2020 FCS Jersey Countdown: 67 -- The Best Player Who Wears No. 67 Is NDSU's Cordell Volson

https://herosports.com/fcs/football-...ll-volson-bzbz