2023 Season Thread

[Bisonguy]

Bison have another 3 home games remaining before the conference schedule begins. NoCo and Pine Bluff should be a couple Bison confidence boosters, while Creighton might be more comparable to the upper teams in the Summit. Creighton is currently 0-2-3 but played a fairly tough schedule so far with B1G, SEC, A10,and Big 12 opponents.

I'd love to see SDSU's 5 game or Denver's 9 game winning streaks end this season.

Currently sitting at 2-2-2 and 1-1 in exhibition games.

Date Time At Opponent Location Result Opp RPI (out of 348) 2022 numbers for non-conference games

Aug 7 (Mon) 6:00 PM Away Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. L 0-2 127

Aug 14 (Mon) 6:30 PM Home Manitoba Fargo, N.D. (Dacotah Field) W 2-0 Not NCAA team

Aug 17 (Thu) 6:30 PM Home Boise State Fargo, N.D. (Dacotah Field) T 1-1 159

Aug 20 (Sun) 1:00 PM Home Montana Fargo, N.D. (Dacotah Field) L 1-3 127

Aug 25 (Fri) 3:00 PM Home Austin Peay Fargo, N.D. (Dacotah Field) W 4-1 216

Aug 27 (Sun) 1:00 PM Away Drake Des Moines, Iowa L 0-2 252

Aug 31 (Thu) 6:00 PM Away Coastal Carolina Conway, S.C. W 1-0 287

Sep 3 (Sun) 1:00 PM Away The Citadel Charleston, S.C. T 1-1 233

Sep 8 (Fri) 6:30 PM Home Northern Colorado Fargo, N.D. (Dacotah Field) W 1-0 293

Sep 10 (Sun) 1:00 PM Home Creighton Fargo, N.D. (Dacotah Field) L 3-2 96

Sep 15 (Fri) 6:30 PM Home Arkansas-Pine Bluff Fargo, N.D. (Dacotah Field) W 3-0 334

Sep 21 (Thu) 6:30 PM Home Kansas City Fargo, N.D. (Dacotah Field) T 1-1 239

Sep 24 (Sun) 1:00 PM Home Omaha Fargo, N.D. (Dacotah Field) T 2-2 130

Sep 28 (Thu) 6:00 PM Away South Dakota State Brookings, S.D. L 0-1 124

Oct 1 (Sun) 1:00 PM Away St. Thomas St. Paul, Minn. T 0-0 193

Oct 5 (Thu) 7:00 PM Away Oral Roberts Tulsa, Okla. L 0-1 146

Oct 8 (Sun) 4:00 PM Home North Dakota Fargo, N.D. (Dacotah Field) T 0-0 280


Oct 15 (Sun) 1:00 PM Away South Dakota Vermillion, S.D.

Oct 19 (Thu) 6:30 PM Home Denver Fargo, N.D. (Dacotah Field)

[Bisonguy]

Bison add another W before the conference schedule starts with a 3-0 win over Arkansas Pine Bluff

[Bisonguy]

Bison start conference play with a pair of ties and a loss at SDSU.

RPI current for conference games.

Would have been nice to pick up 3 pts vs KC. The next 3 games will be huge to hopefully pick up 7-9 points and get out of the bottom third of the conference standings.

[Bisonguy]

Bison with a draw at St. Thomas and a loss at Oral Roberts to end a 3 game 1 point total road trip. Any chance of making the Summit League tournament (top 6 of 9 teams) and a conference win now most likely comes down to the game vs UND this Sunday. 5 tournament spots are pretty much sewn up, but the #6 spot is still a possibility. A win would potentially give them enough points to move ahead of KC who still has to play Denver, Omaha, and both SD schools.

[Bisonguy]

Looked up RPIs of NDSU's Wins from 10/1- out of 347 teams:

NDSU- 214
Austin Peay- 304
Coastal Carolina- 248
NoCo- 328
APB- 335

I haven't been able to make any games this year, but am wondering if this is really poor recruiting or coaching causing this????

[El_Chapo]

Looked up RPIs of NDSU's Wins from 10/1- out of 347 teams:

NDSU- 214
Austin Peay- 304
Coastal Carolina- 248
NoCo- 328
APB- 335

I haven't been able to make any games this year, but am wondering if this is really poor recruiting or coaching causing this????

hey he talks with an accent so that's gotta be a good soccer hire.... he was on radio trying to pump up a ndsu v und soccer game. yea buddy, its not 1997. sorry.

[Bisonguy]

hey he talks with an accent so that's gotta be a good soccer hire.... he was on radio trying to pump up a ndsu v und soccer game. yea buddy, its not 1997. sorry.

It was the battle to the bottom of the Summit League, so there was plenty to pump up. A win would have placed NDSU in a very good spot to secure a Summit Tourney ticket.

Bison now in 8th place and with a road game at USD and a home game vs Denver to finish the season. It's going to be extremely tough to gain enough points for a Summit Tourney spot (top 6 in the tourney, Denver currently #1 and USD #4).

NDSU RPI currently at 234 and the 4 Draws are against the bottom half of the Summit.

[El_Chapo]

It was the battle to the bottom of the Summit League, so there was plenty to pump up. A win would have placed NDSU in a very good spot to secure a Summit Tourney ticket.

Bison now in 8th place and with a road game at USD and a home game vs Denver to finish the season. It's going to be extremely tough to gain enough points for a Summit Tourney spot (top 6 in the tourney, Denver currently #1 and USD #4).

NDSU RPI currently at 234 and the 4 Draws are against the bottom half of the Summit.

ouch. another subpar year

[Bisonguy]

ouch. another subpar year

This one might be shaping up to be one of the worst. Have to go back to 1997 for a winless conference record and that was with a 4 team NCC.

[TAILG8R]

This one might be shaping up to be one of the worst. Have to go back to 1997 for a winless conference record and that was with a 4 team NCC.

I would say at this point it's time for a coaching change. I don't know if Dan Weiler wants to come back to the area but he would be my top choice for next head coach.