Geaux Sioux doesn't work at target and his wife doesn't love NDSU.
As of late, you absolutely had some great teams and lost some close games. You also won some close games in the run.
Last 2 years, things began to and did change.
Where was the JM game at? Why? Ratings.
Were the ratings wrong, and if so, should have the game been at JM?
Looking forward to Summit & MVFC[SIGPIC]
The biggest change last year was not having an injury happen to one major, important playmaker, but instead, several major, important playmakers. JMU doesn't win if Tanguay, DeLuca and Easton are healthy. It might be a blow-out if all three were healthy.
Ratings? I'm guessing you meant rankings. During the run, NDSU didn't always get seeded #1, but I believe were always in the top three. No change there. Why were the Bison ranked #1? Easy. They had one lost to team that beat them at the last second. That team would also be a playoff team. Plus, NDSU arguably had the toughest schedule among the teams in the top-five. This included a victory over #2 EWU and also a big-time victory over an undefeated Iowa team that had participated in the previous year's Rose Bowl. Pretty hard to argue a #1 ranking come playoff time.
Why was JMU ranked #4. Probably because the CAA doesn't hold the esteem it once did and the blow-out lost to North Carolina looked pretty bad on their resume when comparing one-lost records to EWU and arguably Jacksonville State. JSU probably got #3 based on them being in the Championship game and JMU getting beat at home by Colgate in the previous playoff.
Therefore, no evidence of a "slip." NDSU is still a super strong contender for the NCAA Division I Championship Trophy.
Your school, on the other hand, is only a Big Sky contender on paper. Reality is about to hit you guys/gals like a Mack truck. Just wait until 2020, when that Mack truck smack happens on a weekly basis. Sorry, Bubba isn't a Bohl and I doubt you guys/gals are going to be able to attract enough horses to Grand Forks, even if they're a Canuck, to absorb the grind of the MVFC schedule.
Hail the BISON!!!