Oh and strangely enough there have been a LOT of them through the years. Heck, searched this board for "NDSU" and
FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE POSTS were found that mentioned the term! Four things jump out in the threads that feature the Bison directly.
1. Nearly every fan/supporter of the Bison comes over and first or
eventually at least, says that NDSU owns the Gophers.
2. How embarrassing it must be for the U of M that a small school from 1-AA / FCS keeps beating them.
3. Nearly ALL of the Bison's best players are from Minnesota. Players that either weren't offered by the U or were asked to Walk On.
4. Why won't the Gophers schedule MORE games against the Bisons? / Please schedule more games against the Bison.
Now, throw in the facts that:
- The BTN and ESPN do not want to televise ANY games where Conference teams play FCS teams.
- The B1G National TV contract expires in 2017
- That TCF unlike the Dome, doesn't have to fill
30 - 35 thousand seats on a regular basis.
How can anyone not wearing Packer colors know those things and want the series to continue? Thinking that it should continue could cast aspirations on the quality of one's education. Knowing NDSU Grads and some Professors myself, that shouldn't come into play.
Oh, the other thing that comes-up is how much the Gophers need to have that
one game to get to six wins and thus to a Bowl Game. Even Teague and Kill themselves have talked about that need ("cough, cough") too. Here's the deal, if they need to play a FCS team every year just to get to
Six wins well, then they MAY be looking to fill those 30-35 seats at TCF too..