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I don't know about the UxDs, but SDSU has two starting QBs returning from injury, one of whom was conference offensive player of the year and newcomer of the year as a frosh, and the other on the conference all-newcomer team as a frosh as well (and was the best QB on the field when the U was...

The corporate limits of Sioux Falls do not coincide with the school district boundaries. In fact, a large swath of southern Sioux Falls (where much of the Sioux Falls growth is concentrated) is actually in the Harrisburg district. It's building schools left and right and it's buildings are...

There can be a case of "if you build it, they will come." The Dakota schools' athletic budgets have ballooned since moving to DI. SDSU was not allowed to surcharge students to fund the move. Basketball has seen its attendance cut in half from the old DII days. Football attendance is up...

This is not even a remote possibility. The MVFC is the best conference in FCS football and its not even close. The more likely scenario would see teams leave the MVFC. Youngstown and Mo St. have had eyes for FBS and Youngstown is a geographic outlier. NDSU might have the local and regional...

Not correct. It has been widely reported that Augustana's endowment is <$50,000,000. It is also widely assumed that Sanford Health would be a big supporter of a D-I Augie but nothing publicly reported. Sandford also funnels a lot of money to SDSU, USD and even NDSU and if Sandford wanted...

Gustavus is only Lutheran when soliciting aged potential donors. There isn't the same religious loyalty to schools like gustavus as for the catholic institutions.

SDSU played UWLaCrosse (or was it Oshkosh?) early in its transition and lost. That same year the ever modest NDSU Bison, not yet eligible for the FCS playoffs and undefeated going into its final game including two FBS wins, was making noise about a playoff waiver or even a bowl invite. SDSU...

The NFL is loaded with players who were lightly recruited and developed over the course of their college careers into Sunday afternoon players. Almost every collegiate program at any level has a guy every year who punches above his weight. A program that can consistently identify and develop...

Even without the scandal, I don't see Jacobson as a jersey in the rafters guy. Sam was my favorite player growing up because he was from here. But looking at him objectively, not worthy. If he wasn't from here, his name wouldn't come up. I agree on a pause. The Twins and Vikings have really...

It's a dreary building standing alone but the game atmosphere has been electric over the last 10 years.

I would have taken SDSU's Gibbs over Morgan after that game but since then? Forget about it. I'd agree that Lance has potential but I didn't see Lance have to make any throws this season. That's not his fault but at the same time, there's no objective analysis that compares to Tanner Morgan's...

I recently saw a very good analysis regarding the possibility of NDSU moving to FBS that concluded that financially, neither MW or MAC, the most likely landing spots in the unlikely event NDSU would pursue FBS, would be financially feasible. The absolute best case scenario but realistically not...

What exactly does the NFL actively or directly do to mute CFB? I don't see any evidence. There NFL obviously competes in the marketplace and very successfully. It is very good at keeping itself front and center in sports consumers' minds year round and creating and keeping interested fans...

But you said Green Bay and Madison are different markets? What does Milwaukee and Chicago have to do with it the Green Bay and Madison, which according to you, are separate markets? Aren't Milwaukee and Chicago separate markets then?

The big issue facing college football is parity, or lack thereof. How many college football fans can reasonably believe that their team can compete for an fbs national championship year in and year out? OSU, Bama, Clemson. And then there is the revolving group comprised of Oklahoma, Auburn...

No. The NFL is King. But I don't believe that the Vikings had anything to do with the fall into mediocrity suffered by the U. In my mind, they two primary factors that hurt U football were desegregation in the south and the lack of institutional support. I don't believe that there is only so...

I believe he shut down his recruiting fairly early but playing a skill position at Marshall makes it hard to get attention. Marshall had excellent athletic programs but the level of competition is pretty gross. This kid is a gamer though. If he played at a similarly sized school on Texas no...

Right. NDSU enjoys so much success in part because it offers a viable alternative to borderline FBS talent that can play meaningful games in a tremendous game day environment in a program that has shown that it can develop guys with a shot to make an NFL roster. If I'm an 18 year old kid, I...

The Dakotas certainly don't see themselves that that way. Sure, I would guess east of the Missouri River most Dakota NFL fans pledge allegiance to the purple. West of the River the allegiances are more mixed, with Denver being the preferred Sunday club. At the FBS level there is no affinity...