UNDfan said:
That offer was the biggest joke ever. You wanted opponents to schedule in your transition, so you offered that for four years and four years only. At the time, the games would have counted against us because DII didn't recognize IAA games. DII would have punished us for playoff qualification. Now they don't. As soon as you were done with the transition, Taylor had every intent to dump us. You had 63 schollie vs 36 so you were damn and determined to beat us by hook and crook.
UND had an informal offer from the Big Sky for some time and was patient as Fullerton wanted. NDSU tried to force its way in, and barely had any conference that wanted it. Many Big Sky schools are leery of NDSU's admin, as they should be.
this is a lie. After NDSU was held out of the playoffs for beating Montana, the rule was changed for the next season, and Roger Thomas was well aware. Furthermore, Roger Thomas didn't just drop football, he dropped all sports simultaneously and the last minute after sitting on contracts for months promising to sign them while secretly negotiating alternate opponents. And then you are bold enough to accuse NDSU of trying to hard UND, ridiculous.
If the rivalry is so precious to you, then why does it matter that that it was only for 4 years? You can't even provide evidence that GT planned to drop the series after, or why that matters?