This press release lost me. Far too long. I'm not even sure what this means, beyond putting a ribbon on existing games.

Good stuff, thanks for posting!

ML, don't dig deeper than the first paragraph. The Challenge Series is to promote games that are currently on the schedule and to try and entice Big Sky/MVFC teams to schedule future games. Think of it as something similar to what we see in college hoops with the ACC/SEC Challenge.

Well if it leads us to eventually getting more FCS opponents for OoC games then that's a plus in my book.

I understand if there's a financial necessity to fbs games but if they can keep it down to a MW school then one of those and two fcs opponents would make for a challenging but still manageable slate.

and no more D-II or NAIA games please!

I went to a game vs Winston-Salem State like the week after they announced they weren't moving up to FCS. The Ags crushed them big time, though i don't remember the score.

[ Psst: I think that's the ACC/BIg Ten (14) or the SEC/Big 12 (10). ]

My bad! You are correct.

Tell my kids. I'm usually not correct until sometime after Labor Day.

it was 45-14, but we were up 38-0 at the half. they weren't very good, and they turned the ball over a ton. one thing that i thought was interesting was the WS had a 'state trooper' on their sidelines, like you see in a SEC game surrounding their coaches. not sure what they were expecting from our 'rabid' fanbase.

Yes, I remember that. It was so strange. On a similar but different note, when we lost to South Alabama, that was a really different experience. There were all the tailgaters and rabid fans you'd see at a game in the south.

i also remember driving out of the stadium onto Hutchinson and they had a Big Rig with their colors/emblem for their equipment. our kids were balancing their shoulder pads/helmets while riding their bikes from Hickey. they do things a little different down there.

some of their taligaters stopped by 6th tent to talk about the game. they had studied film and knew more about our players than we did. a memorable quote from one of them 'y'all got some good players but you need some more brothers.'

Haha thats seriously the funniest thing ever.