North Dakota State 29 Illinois State 27

[newarkcatholicfan]

What a great game by both teams.

 

The four time straight champions score the game winner with less than a minute left.

[bugatti]

Boom! Dynasty.

 

The Bison lost a ton of talent off last year's team. First year head coach with an all new staff (besides him).

 

Partying tonight in Fargo!

[NKY Bandit]

Congrats to the Bison! Four time champs.

[LionEagle]

When will they make the jump to FBS?

[NEERFAN]

Two teams from the same conference in the finals. Why didn't they face one another in the regular season?

[bugatti]

Two teams from the same conference in the finals. Why didn't they face one another in the regular season?

There is one team in the Missouri Valley a team will not play each season. It just happened to be one another this year. Ironically their only loss came to the same Northern Iowa team.

[bugatti]

Two teams from the same conference in the finals. Why didn't they face one another in the regular season?

 

They do not play each other next season either. I think every team is locked in to two year home/away deals before they cycle out a team. The Missouri Valley is a BEAST of a conference. The difference between these teams and what I am used to in the OVC is light years different.

[bugatti]

When will they make the jump to FBS?

 

It has been kicked-around but not sure how viable of an option it is. It is a big financial commitment for 1, and logistically it will be a challenge. I guess they would join the Mountain West, Mid American, or Sun Belt. The Fargodome holds 19,000 which is large enough and they sell out every game.