Cdog923 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 They will very soon get completely passed by in this conference with the way that Meyer, Harbaugh, D'Antonio, and Riley have upped the B1G's ceiling. One of these coaches does not belong in this sentence. Only one of them buys his khakis at Wal-Mart? 1 Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Maybe NDSU could beat most of the Top 25. If they only had one game per season and it was the only game they prepared for from January thru August. Quote Link to comment
VectorVictor Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 I can respect that take, RedDenver. Regardless, they had no business at #13 coming into that game. Last season, they didn't play Michigan, Michigan State, or Ohio State. This year, they only have Michigan (at home) out of that stretch. They will very soon get completely passed by in this conference with the way that Meyer, Harbaugh, D'Antonio, and Riley have upped the B1G's ceiling. Honestly, they were never really "there" to begin with, imo. I mostly agree, but they did play (and barely lost to) Michigan St. In all fairness, Michigan State lost to us last year, and they've shown a tendency to play up/down to their opponent's level the past few years. Quote Link to comment
VectorVictor Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Maybe NDSU could beat most of the Top 25. If they only had one game per season and it was the only game they prepared for from January thru August. NDSU would win the Big XII outright this year, and easily be #2 in the B1G West, Pac-12 South, or SEC East. They don't have a lot of depth, so attrition due to injuries would be a factor, but the Big XII is a steaming pile of excrement this year (so far). Maybe the Big XII needs to check out the Fargo media market for expansion... Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 North Dakota State is a good football team, but their FBS success has as much to do with fortuitous scheduling as anything.- 2010 Kansas -Record: 3-9Score: 6-3Sagarin: 119Next Opponent: Georgia Tech- 2011 Minnesota -Record: 3-9Score: 37-24Sagarin: 88Next Opponent: Michigan- 2012 Colorado State -Record: 4-8Score: 22-7Sagarin: 134Next Opponent: San Jose St.- 2013 Kansas State -Record: 8-5Score: 24-21Sagarin: 23Next Opponent: Louisiana (Not LSU)- 2014 Iowa State -Record: 2-10Score: 34-14Sagarin: 105Next Opponent: Kansas State - Combined record of NDSU's FBS victims - Record: 20-41Score: 123-69Sagarin: 93.8 (Average) In four of those five games, NDSU beat not just bad teams, but awful teams, ranked in the bottom 25% of FBS. Aside from 2013 Kansas State, their opponents were at least four games under .500 and had a much tougher opponent (on paper) to play immediately after the NDSU game. Iowa's next opponent is Rutgers, so I'm not sure what their excuse is, other than NDSU is a good team and can beat you. The ol' "On Any Given Saturday" thing. 1 Quote Link to comment
sodakhusker36 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 North Dakota State is a good football team, but their FBS success has as much to do with fortuitous scheduling as anything. - 2010 Kansas - Record: 3-9 Score: 6-3 Sagarin: 119 Next Opponent: Georgia Tech - 2011 Minnesota - Record: 3-9 Score: 37-24 Sagarin: 88 Next Opponent: Michigan - 2012 Colorado State - Record: 4-8 Score: 22-7 Sagarin: 134 Next Opponent: San Jose St. - 2013 Kansas State - Record: 8-5 Score: 24-21 Sagarin: 23 Next Opponent: Louisiana (Not LSU) - 2014 Iowa State - Record: 2-10 Score: 34-14 Sagarin: 105 Next Opponent: Kansas State - Combined record of NDSU's FBS victims - Record: 20-41 Score: 123-69 Sagarin: 93.8 (Average) In four of those five games, NDSU beat not just bad teams, but awful teams, ranked in the bottom 25% of FBS. Aside from 2013 Kansas State, their opponents were at least four games under .500 and had a much tougher opponent (on paper) to play immediately after the NDSU game. Iowa's next opponent is Rutgers, so I'm not sure what their excuse is, other than NDSU is a good team and can beat you. The ol' "On Any Given Saturday" thing. I completely agree. I live in North Dakota right now and it is tough to explain to Nodaks that they have just benefitted from playing bad FBS teams. A couple years ago, an individual said that they could compete with Alabama. It has been impressive what they have done in FCS, but a facing a Power 5 schedule would put them below .500 Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Maybe NDSU could beat most of the Top 25. If they only had one game per season and it was the only game they prepared for from January thru August. NDSU would win the Big XII outright this year, and easily be #2 in the B1G West, Pac-12 South, or SEC East. They don't have a lot of depth, so attrition due to injuries would be a factor, but the Big XII is a steaming pile of excrement this year (so far). Maybe the Big XII needs to check out the Fargo media market for expansion... Dude, you are freaking crazy. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 NDSU schedules really smart. Quote Link to comment
TGHusker Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 NDSU schedules really smart. It is nice when you can get a big pay day and a win and not just the typical big pay day and being pounded into pulp like most of these Power 5 vs FCS games. I'm a bit jealous of their success in that I'm a SDSU grad (from many years back) and the conference championship often come down to our game wt NDSU (SDSU seemed to be the bridesmaid more times than not) . They have always been good and they are on a higher level now. Quote Link to comment
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