Looking Ahead to 2024

[Hammerhead]

Two runner-ups in the last 3 years came from Montana.

I have no idea why you would include Montana schools, they haven't done shit.

This is the Dakota State division until someone else does something.

[GreenfieldBison]

Those of you who believe that St. Thomas is anything at all like Drake, or Butler, or any other Pioneer league school are living in LA LA Land. In terms of the depth of their pockets they are closer to a Harvard or a Yale. If they choose to be competitive in D1 FB, and I bet they will, then they will be. And PDQ. I personally know two benefactors who could easily write eight digit checks that would be good money on Tuesday morning if they were so motivated. And I don't know anybody.

[GreenfieldBison]

Drake put up 52 on them this season. They will probably have really good regular season records as long as they stay in the Pioneer, get the autobid, and lose in the first round most of the time. When they win, they'll go to a seeded team in the second and lose by 5 TDs.

Now if they move up to a scholarship conference, their ceiling gets quite a bit higher.

And USD hung 24 on them, just as they did to NDSU a couple of weeks later. The diff is that St. Thomas played in Vermillion and scored 0 whereas the mighty Bison played in Fargo and scored 17. But just like the Tommies, the Bison lost.

Looking forward to see how they do with UNI in Sept. at O'Shaughnessy.

[NI4NI]

. If they choose to be competitive in D1 FB, and I bet they will, then they will be.

I'm no CFB savant, but looking at their history I gotta agree. They've been kicking ass since Jesus was a Jew, I doubt that they would move up in class without intentions of doing whatever is required to keep racking up the wins.
If not, it's odd they would be scheduling with us big boys?

[AlumniGreen]

I'm no CFB savant, but looking at their history I gotta agree. They've been kicking ass since Jesus was a Jew, I doubt that they would move up in class without intentions of doing whatever is required to keep racking up the wins.
If not, it's odd they would be scheduling with us big boys?

I looked up endowments of some of our rivals/schools of interest.
NDSU is 457 million (2021).
St. Thomas is a whopping 630 million. (2021)
SDSU is 213 million and I believe their enrollment is around ours.
UND is 352 million.

We are doing pretty good.

I think most of these are 2022 or 2021.

[GreenfieldBison]

I'm no CFB savant, but looking at their history I gotta agree. They've been kicking ass since Jesus was a Jew, I doubt that they would move up in class without intentions of doing whatever is required to keep racking up the wins.
If not, it's odd they would be scheduling with us big boys?

My expectation is that by the time they are eligible for the postseason they will make the quarters.

[bisonaudit]

I looked up endowments of some of our rivals/schools of interest.
NDSU is 457 million (2021).
St. Thomas is a whopping 630 million. (2021)
SDSU is 213 million and I believe their enrollment is around ours.
UND is 352 million.

We are doing pretty good.

I think most of these are 2022 or 2021.

Thats not closer to Harvard or Yale than it is to Drake.

[tony]

My expectation is that by the time they are eligible for the postseason they will make the quarters.

We'll see, but the iron sharpens iron and the Pioneer is as hard as medium-aged gouda.

[Bisonator98]

My expectation is that by the time they are eligible for the postseason they will make the quarters.

Has a pioneer league team ever made the quarters?

They'll need to add scholarships if they ever want to be a challenger at the D1 level in FB.

[GreenfieldBison]

Thats not closer to Harvard or Yale than it is to Drake.

Too right. I might have exaggerated for effect.

But they do have peeps with very deep pockets who can ante up when needed.