Originally Posted by
silkamilkamonico
Of course it is, and no, I'm not starting this topic because of the miserable UCDavis game at half.
But consider if we did get invited to the Gateway. *The Gateway is reguarded as one of the best, if not the *#1 D1AA conference year in and year out. *Tough, tough teams and wins are hard to come by.
Conference games alone are going to be tough. *With the ties NDSU has, consider the nonconference schedules. *Possibly a D1AA team like UofM, or other, and other top notch teams like UCDavis, Cal-Poly, the Montanas, etc.
I love the idea that NDSU wil.l be playing this top notch competition week in and out, but I'm not so sure we should put alot of weight in playoffs every year. *
It's an interesting debate, and yes I think it shouldn't matter because NDSU is a CLass A program, but a few slip ups in some games, we could kiss the playoffs goodbye with even the best of NDSU teams.