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Big Sky Loses Fighting Hawks to MVFC
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Gil Dobie wrote:NDSU, UNC and SDSU moved first. UNC to the Big Sky, SDSU & NDSU to the Great West then the MVFC. A few years later UND and USD moved up to DI. The UND nickname was an issue, so both UND and USD joined the Big Sky, with USD bailing for the MFVC at the last minute.BDKJMU wrote:Why weren't they in the MVFC in the 1st place? When the Dakota schools moved up from Div II around a doz years ago I thought it was odd that NDSU, SDSU, and USD all went to the MVFC and ND went to the Big Sky.
The DII NCC conference voted on moving up as a conference. NDSU, SDSU, UNC and I think UNO voted for it, the others said no. There was bad relations at the time of the move. The other members said NDSU & SDSU would fail in the move and would not schedule them. Time appears to have healed the wounds.
Well almost: If you want to lead, go to NDSU, if you want to follow go to UND.
The North Dakotans I know say that if you want to run the farm go to NDSU. If you want to own the farm go to UND....

Seems like a bad move that is not going to increase interest because of the lack of rivalries. Big Sky is more natural for them,
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Re: Big Sky Loses Fighting Hawks to MVFC
They got it wrong. If you want to lead, go to NDSU, if you want to follow, go to UND.houndawg wrote:Gil Dobie wrote:
NDSU, UNC and SDSU moved first. UNC to the Big Sky, SDSU & NDSU to the Great West then the MVFC. A few years later UND and USD moved up to DI. The UND nickname was an issue, so both UND and USD joined the Big Sky, with USD bailing for the MFVC at the last minute.
The DII NCC conference voted on moving up as a conference. NDSU, SDSU, UNC and I think UNO voted for it, the others said no. There was bad relations at the time of the move. The other members said NDSU & SDSU would fail in the move and would not schedule them. Time appears to have healed the wounds.
Well almost: If you want to lead, go to NDSU, if you want to follow go to UND.
The North Dakotans I know say that if you want to run the farm go to NDSU. If you want to own the farm go to UND....![]()
Seems like a bad move that is not going to increase interest because of the lack of rivalries. Big Sky is more natural for them,

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Seems like you're the only one that feels this way dickhead. You're just tired of the new kid kicking your ass every year.SuperHornet wrote:Lose?!? THis is more a case of "don't let the door hit you on the way out", and hopefully they take SUU with them....
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Wildcat Ryan wrote:Mvemjsunpx wrote:
What's wrong with SUU? They fit regionally, they have decent facilities, and they're a good travel partner for NAU—a much better one than Sac State was.
The Weber/ISU series isn't the rivalry it used to be (heck even Kramer says it's not a rivalry game) So it's nice to have the Thunderbirds in the Sky and a real meaningful rivalry again.
The Beehive Bowl


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Thundernuts wrote:Wildcat Ryan wrote:
The Weber/ISU series isn't the rivalry it used to be (heck even Kramer says it's not a rivalry game) So it's nice to have the Thunderbirds in the Sky and a real meaningful rivalry again.
The Beehive Bowl
Totally agree, perfect in state rivalry. It's a lot of fun to watch each year, even if my Birds blow the lead in the last 5 minutes....
It's games like that that fuel the rivalry fire. Now SUU is gonna be hot going into the game next season in Ogden.
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