I think your point is supported by the fact that NDSU competes regularly with Wyoming for the same recruits, many we win, some we lose, but they are trying to win with 85 of the same guys NDSU plays. Same with the MAC. MAC schools and Wyoming get piss pounded by the top B1G schools year in and year out.
That ignores the mystique of Bison Pride, though!
Seriously... I think you can take the same players, put them in different environments with different coaches and expect different results. I don't believe NDSU would get piss pounded by the top B1G schools even now. I doubt we'd win, but it would be a respectable loss, in my opinion.
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Nebraska just canned their AD....Stick a fork in Riley, he's done.
NDSU to the FBS always. In all ways.