Mike McFeely Trolls Bison Fans, Again

I have to admit that I am not a big fan of Mike McFeely's shtick, but this is kind of growing on me. I didn't expect McFeely to troll hairy cow fans this much. And he's got a point, I've seen a lot of silly stuff online from Bison fans wanting to move up to FBS and wanting to play to play the big boys of college football.

If any Bison fans watched Alabama game last night and are still saying "Bring on 'Bama," you need to check yourself into rehab pronto.

— Mike McFeely (@MikeMcFeelyWDAY) January 1, 2016

ESPN Coming Back to Fargo

You have to hand it to the NDSU Bison football team, they've won back-to-back-to-back-to-back FCS titles and they're getting the accolades that comes with having an awesome football team. Hat's off to them.

IT'S OFFICIAL: ESPN's @SportsCenter to broadcast from Fargodome this Saturday: http://t.co/aw8xf3Rv2u pic.twitter.com/gmDEej04Fj

— NDSU Athletics (@NDSUathletics) October 4, 2015

#NDSU announces SportsCenter On The Road will broadcast Saturday inside the Fargodome from 6-8am. Matt Barrie and Sara Walsh host show.

— Dom Izzo (@DomIzzoWDAY) October 4, 2015

Are the NDSU Bison on the Verge of Being a Dynasty?

North Dakota State's former athletic logo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Here’s a good read on the NDSU Bison from the Argus Leader. You have to give the Ag School their due, they’re a good football team. I don’t think they’re a dynasty, but they’re a good football team. They will not stay at the top forever. Like I have said in the past, let them have their day in the sun. It's well deserved. What goes up must come down.

Some poster over on Bisonville suggested that the FCS champion play the FBS champion. Yeah Right! Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Alabama would murder NDSU, it wouldn't be close.

Terry Vandrovec, Argus Leader – As if being ranked No. 1, selling out every home game before the opener and winning the last two national championships hadn’t brought enough attention and credibility to the Bison.

What’s more, this NDSU crew might be better than the last two – it’s certainly more experienced – and is bidding to join Appalachian State (2005-07) as the only programs to three-peat. So while this kind of run is not unprecedented in the FCS, it’s the first of its kind in the Upper Midwest.

Still, for all the swagger the Bison (3-0) display on the field they don’t want to talk dynasty – not publicly, not in the first month of this season and not with a showdown at No. 6 South Dakota State (3-1) set for Saturday. NDSU has decided against overtly chasing history.

“Complacency is something we’ve always been guarded against here,” NDSU coach Craig Bohl said. “Not only just recently, but North Dakota State has enjoyed a proud tradition for a long, long time. So we’ve been able to just gravitate back to some of our roots, which is great.”

If there’s a team that can beat NDSU, I think that SDSU has a chance. The Jack Rabbits have the best running back in the FCS with Zach Zenner, who fan wild against UND (296 yards) and Nebraska (202 Yards). I am going to say that Nebraska’s defense is better than NDSU.

EDIT: Apparently Bison Fans have been trolling my blog from Belligerentville aka Bisonville.

The Delusional Rantings of Bison fan

Check out the delusional ranting and raving of  John Neis, originally I had incorrectly said this was the delusional rantings of Lakes Buffoon as I call him, yeah that one that got himself in trouble not too long ago. This isn't him. I must apologize to Samuel Paul Humann aka Lakes Bison. Don't worry he's still deranged too. 

That being said, as long as the AG School aka NDSU keeps winning, you're going to see the belligerence of fans like this out in full force. Just thought you might like to see this, it's definitely funny. NDSU is good, but there have been better teams in FCS Football.

@wesncc1701 @scotthennen In this situation absolutely. Ohio St should never be forced to play a lesser team at their stadium
— BISONATION.info (@BisoNation) September 18, 2013

Moo U Football: Travis Beck pleads guilty in resisting arrest charge

North Dakota State Bison athletic logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

So, Mr Anger Management Travis Beck has had his day in court and pleaded guilty to resisting arrest. Just as I predicted, the win at all cost football program will not suspend the junior line backer and he will be playing next weekend against the K-State Wild Cats.

Emily Welker, Forum News Service — North Dakota State starting linebacker Travis Beck pleaded guilty to resisting arrest charges in Cass County court Monday, a move his attorney said was designed to allow him to put this summer’s legal woes behind him without a trial interfering with the Bison football season.

“Most people think resisting is fighting — you’ve seen the video,” said Beck’s defense attorney, Bruce Quick. “That’s the wrong word for this situation — what’s he’s charged with is failing to stop” when arresting officers told Beck to stop. At the time of the incident, Quick said, Beck had just been punched in the head at least twice.

Quick was referring to surveillance video evidence released this summer which shows Beck in an apparent brawl with another man near a downtown bar.

In it, Beck can be seen walking away from arresting officers responding to the fight. The video also seems to show Beck may have acted in self-defense against the other man in the fight, Matthew Aanenson, who police found lying unconscious in a nearby downtown parking lot.

The video evidence pulled from city surveillance cameras and local businesses led the State’s Attorney’s office to drop more serious felony aggravated assault charges against Beck.

Neither Quick nor Beck appeared at Monday morning’s plea and sentencing hearing. Instead, Quick’s fellow Vogel Law attorney Mark Friese entered a plea to a B misdemeanor resisting arrest charge on Beck’s behalf.

Beck was sentenced to 10 days in jail, with all time suspended, and 360 days unsupervised probation, plus a $225 fee.

“I know Mr. Beck was anxious to pull all this behind him,” said Friese after the sentencing. “This was a relief for him … to accept responsibility and to put it behind him.”

People are going to say, why should we care Eric? I going to tell you why. This is a heck of a message to send to the kids that look up to these athletes. Win at all costs, that's the message NDSU is sending the youth of North Dakota... Remember Travis Beck is a victim. The NDSU Football team is an out of control football program.

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Attorney: Bison linebacker's conduct 'defensible'

The Spin is starting in Fargo already for NDSU all-star linebacker Travis Beck... It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I predict that this kid will be playing for NDSU when the season kicks for NDSU.

Emily Welker, INFORUM – The attorney for Travis Beck, a star linebacker for North Dakota State University’s football team, said Beck’s conduct “was entirely defensible” in an incident outside a downtown bar here Sunday morning that led to charges of felony aggravated assault.

Beck, 21, is accused of hitting a man in the head multiple times in what began as a verbal fight in Sports Bar, allegedly leaving the man unconscious.

Defense attorney Bruce Quick said Tuesday that Beck is cooperating fully with the police investigation, which is ongoing.

“There’s much more to this case than what’s gotten out there,” said Quick, but he declined to provide details.

Beck was arrested on Sunday morning and charged Monday in Cass County District Court with one count of Class C felony aggravated assault.

If you’re a Bison Team maker or NDSU football fan, do you care? Is this a black eye on your program or is the mentality win at all cost and this is nothing to worry about…Boys will be boys right? Who cares if one of your star players are out punching people out at 0200 in the morning in front of a sports bar in Fargo?

NDSU Travis Beck suspended from Bison Football team after Felonious assault outside Fargo Bar

Ruh-roh! This isn’t going to end well for the NDSU Football team. This incident is going to be hard for NDSU to spin in a favorable way. This isn’t a minor in consumption or a voter fraud charge.

NDSU Linebacker Travis Beck (Munich, ND) the 2012 NCAA FCS Championship Game Most Valuable Players has been suspended indefinitely after being charged with felony aggravated assault. It will be interesting to see if Beck is on the team when the Bison take the field against Kansas State, in Manhattan, Kansas on August 30, 2013.

Jeff Kolpack, INFORUM – A standout North Dakota State University football player was charged Monday with felony aggravated assault, accused of beating a man unconscious in a downtown Fargo street after the bars let out early Sunday.

Travis Beck, 21, is accused of striking 24-year-old Matthew Aanenson several times, knocking him unconscious in the 600 block of NP Avenue, according to a Fargo police report.

Fargo police Deputy Chief Pat Claus said Aanenson was taken by ambulance to Sanford Medical Center with unknown injuries to his head. A Sanford spokesperson said Aanenson was not a patient there as of Monday afternoon.

Beck faces a Class C felony charge of aggravated assault, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and $5,000 in fines. He also faces a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest.

Beck was suspended from the team pending further information, head coach Craig Bohl said in a Monday written statement:

“Due to the serious nature of the charge of violence, Travis Beck will go through the university judicial process as a student, and as an athlete will be suspended indefinitely from team activities pending further information. Bison football has a zero tolerance for acts of violence.”

So, do you think Beck is kicked off the Bison football team? Is this something that media will let die? Since Beck is a top defensive player for the Bison, will Coach Bohl put winning in front of ethics and what’s right?.

NDSU Football again puts winning in front of doing the right thing

The NDSU Bison Football team proved once again that winning is more important than doing the right thing. Checking the newspapers today we find out that 10 Bison football players had their day in court today and once again the head football coach goes on record to say that none his players will miss any games. Marvelous!

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Ten North Dakota State University football players pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor election fraud and were sentenced to community service for faking signatures on proposed ballot measure petitions that they were hired to collect.

Among the players on the nation's top-ranked Football Championship Subdivision team who pleaded guilty Tuesday were starters Samuel Ojuri, Joshua Colville, Marcus Williams and Brendin Pierre. Players Lucas Albers, Aireal Boyd, Demitrius Gray Bryan Shepherd, Antonio Rogers, and Charles Smith III also pleaded guilty.

Each of the players was ordered to serve 360 days of unsupervised probation, complete 50 hours of community service and pay $325 in fees. All of the sentences were deferred, meaning the crime will be expunged from a player's record if he completes the conditions of his sentence.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed to the sentences for eight of the 10 players. The state had recommended 1-year suspended sentences for Ojuri and Williams because of prior misdemeanors.

The players declined to comment after the hearing. Quick deferred questions to NDSU.

Bison head coach Craig Bohl has said the team might discipline the players but won't suspend them. The school said he planned to issue a statement later Tuesday.

I have talked to quite a few UND fans that think the way that NDSU is handling this situation is a joke – we have players at UND getting suspended for Minor in Consumption which is a class B misdemeanor and then at NDSU we have football players pleading guilty to class A misdemeanors and they aren’t getting suspended. I think this send a poor message to the fans and especially to the young kids that look up to them. In fact, the NDSU Athletic Director Gene Taylor and the head football coach Craig Bohl are running deflections for their players.

@mikemcfeelykfgo Extremely good.They have the #3 team in the country this week. There isn't a coach in the country that would suspend them
— SiouxFootballInsider (@SiouxFootball) October 2, 2012

#NDSU President Dean Bresciani, AD Gene Taylor and HC Craig Bohl will address the media at 7:30 tonight on petition fraud case
— Dom Izzo (@DomIzzoWDAY) October 2, 2012

So is NDSU setting a precedent?

First off, I am not real familiar with the Bison Fan blog - this is a blog about the NDSU sports teams and more specially the NDSU Football and Basketball teams – that being said, are they providing cover for the NDSU Bison’s head coach Craig Bohl?

From time-to- time I do peruse the Bison sports fan blog when something big happens -there have been a few incidents lately that shed an unfavorable light on their football program. Here’s the latest from the NDSU Bison Fan Blog…

4. My thought on the forging scandal is to have all suspended for the CSU game. I do not think Coach Bohl is handling this wrong, but if he is nervous about losing a bunch of players for that game, he has to remember, he has great depth. Marcus Williams and Sam Ojuri, are great players, but they like every player is replaceable. You have great players around those who screw up. That is what a team is. If you lose the CSU game, you were probably not the favorite going in anyway and it is one loss with or without those players. It would have sent a strong message as well and shut up all the experts.

Also, the athletic department has already provided cover for the 8 student athletes that are involved in this voter fraud scheme.

Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) -- For the third time since the start of Fall Camp, Players on the NDSU Football team are caught up in the Cass County Legal system. But is the University worried about a possible negative reputation?

From traffic violations to indecent exposure, to voter fraud, the allegations against these student-athletes run the gamut. In the eyes of the law some of these charges are more serious than others. But the NDSU athletic department is taking a different course of action.

Gene Taylor/NDSU Athletic Director: "In terms of other things that kids get in trouble for, student athletes across the country, I do not think this rates where they should be suspended for a certain amount of time."

Is Gene Taylor, the NDSU Athletic Director sending a bad message to the fans and another student athlete at NDSU that considers doing something that is unethical, criminal or just wrong? Is Taylor providing cover for his beleaguered head football coach?

Let’s be clear, these are also the same people that will jump on the why didn't you discipline offending player(s) bandwagon the next time a UND student athlete from one of UND high profiles sports screws up. You can almost bet on it...

Also, these will be the same people that will second guess one of the UND head coaches if that said athlete isn’t punished up to their standards – but will provide cover when it’s one of their own.

So let’s post the question is; what is the standard? One of their players gets kicked off of the team, albeit that player had issues and another eight player’s screw up and these players get to keep playing so the Bison have a chance to play their FBS opponent this weekend. What kind of message is being sent – play at all cost because bottom line is more important.

Lastly, I am not going to say that my favorite school UND is squeaky clean because it’s not; I am sure that UND distractors will have a litany of issues that they could bring up. Yep, that’s true and there have been dust ups and moral/legal issues that have come out over the years too – every school has them it’s just a matter of how said schools handle the problems.

I am also sure that many could say that UND didn’t handle this or that particular situation in a very good manner and some have said, “what the ______?” I am not denying that one bit.

Some are going to ask me why it matter… I am going to say this, like it or not NDSU like UND are state funded schools that is owned by the tax payers of the great state of North Dakota and we are entitle to a little transparency and or at least some level of accountability. They owe it to us because we pay their salaries.

Lastly, are there going to be a second set of standards for NCAA Division I athletes then there are for regular students? It’s beginning to seem like we have set that precedent. If you can throw a football or make a tackle you're going to get more ley way than someone that can't.