ESPN Gameday live from NDSU

[DIBISON]

Are you comparing the NDSU UND rivalry to the big ones?

The NDSU UND rivalry doesn't even cross the borders of ND, but it is the best in the state!!

[ByeSonBusiness]

Ferguson? Lmao.

I was in line at the first GameDay at 4 in the morn and saw plenty of hockey jerseys and I'm pretty sure those guys left without an scratch.

Let's not overhype, it's still north dakota and western minnesota. We're not exactly hard asses when it comes to sports. Cussing sure. Riots, arrests, assaults? Minimal. Hell I didn't even see one punch thrown at Texas ou. It ain't gonna be Nam out there

If OU/UT goes alright... I think we'll be fine if it is here September 19.

The NDSU UND rivalry doesn't even cross the borders of ND, but it is the best in the state!!

Right... So it's the principle of a home school.

[tjamz]

There was 1 fan that wrote a letter. Most people realize that there isn't a chance Gameday is going to Brookings

So which one of the two tailgaters was it?

[JMB]

There would be fights and cussing and swearing all over the place. You can't drown all that out. It will be like Ferguson, and gameday would never come back!!!

Sounds like the end of Animal House.

[tjamz]

Which would certainly justify playing them every year in football, would it not? So...............yes or no, do you advocate for playing UND every year in football?

I don't advocate playing them any year in football, much less every year.

[tjbison]

college FB live ran a Gameday promo

had the clear Corso pick with "we love you Fargo"

[SC_TX]

..........

you should maybe leave the state sometime

[tjbison]

espn snapchat feed....check it out

[Hammersmith]

Come on now. Gameday has gone to plenty of other rivalries before and far bigger and intense ones that this.

What some of us are concerned about is this:

The producer, cast and crew of Gameday like Fargo because we are friendly and have a very positive vibe. The city/university in many of the "big-time" locations now tolerate Gameday, but don't embrace it anymore. Gameday coming to your town/university causes many disruptions. Some cities have grown tired of that. To Fargo, it's still new and the city enthusiastically backs ESPN when they come. And the crowds we've gathered are very positive as well. I get the feeling that the cast and crew feels energized when they leave here rather than exhausted like some other locations.

Now let's add UND to the mix. Instead of a positive vibe from the crowd, the cast has to deal with constant "Sioux S--k" chants throughout the broadcast. The crew is constantly trying to get the crowd to keep it clean. After four hours of that, the cast and crew are drained. The producers and cast leave Fargo this time thinking, "why should we come back here when there are dozens of other places no different". Right now we're unique; after a tough morning, we wouldn't be.

Yes, this is a worst-case scenario. But why risk it if we don't have to? If ESPN wants to come on the 19th, we're certainly not going to say no. But if it happens, I'll be crossing my fingers during the whole broadcast that the crowd doesn't go completely stupid. A few chants here and there would be fine, but chants every five or ten minutes would get old really fast.

JMO of course.

[aces1180]

Won't be here this year, unfortunately.