December 2, 2024 • 16 mins
NDS Sideline reporter, Noah Gindorff, has his thoughts on the playoff opener for NDSU and Cole Wisniewski not coming back for the Bison.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Joys on the All Star Construction Hotline. Bison sideline analysts
noahgain Do or former Bison tight end here with us. Noah,
great to have you, man. I hope it was a
great Thanksgiving. What do you think better job? If you're
a head coach and you have the opportunity you n
D or you and I, which one would you would
you take as the top opportunity?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Yeah, I don't. I don't know. I mean it is
probably pretty close obviously, Like you guys said, you know,
if you're closer to a championship, obviously, I think that
leans a little bit towards you and D. But you know,
I think it just it's not a great opportunity, you know,
if you look at the state of both programs right now.
(00:40):
But like you said, Sam, I think the buys and
faithful might come after you if you pick you and D.
So I'll go I'll pick you and I as well,
I'd say. I mean, you know, they've had that tradition
and at least have found a lot of success at
the Division one level in the past, and we know
you and D is still trying to, you know, find
their way, and you know, to their credit, I think
they are kind of on their way, but you know,
(01:03):
I think you just kind of have to go with
that rich tradition that you and I have had in
the past.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Well said, way to play the cards. Right there, my friend,
we're right there with you.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
You and I for sure you were kind of playing
against you and I know what during like the end
of their really like still tough to play against, still
really usually competitive games. And now I think you caught
them on the front end of what these last five
years or so have been of Man, it just doesn't
seem like the same type of team was. Did you
sense that as a player where it kind of flipped
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a little bit where they just weren't quite the same
team to play against.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Yeah, I mean, like you said, I came in on
the tail end of it. You know, twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen,
they still had, you know, some good players, but you
know they I mean, they're the same as they always
had been. You know, their big physical you know a
lot of really good athletes across the board. But and
(01:58):
you got the sense of that, I mean, the rivalry
was still there. You know, there was still that hatred
for you and I. When I first came on the campus.
But I mean that that rivalry really kind of fell
off compared to how you know, the un D rivalry
has come back and SDSU has been there and been
competitive for so long. So I think that rivalry did
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kind of fall to the wayside, which is unfortunate I think.
But you know, who knows if that's something that can
be reignited, but because I mean, they do have that
rich history and tradition down there. But yeah, I mean
it definitely, it definitely has fallen off, and you could
kind of feel that through my time there, it just
kind of lessened and lessened, and you know, I don't
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think we had any particularly close games in my whole
time there, So yeah, I mean, who knows what's going
to happen with that that.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Rivalry there No gindor if you're with us former Bison
tight end on our sidelines for the Bison football radio broadcast,
you can hear right here on sixteen sixty. Let's take
a look at the journey now for the Bison. NOA,
you got four more games to accomplish your ultimate goal
and it starts on Saturday with Abaline Christian. You're coming
(03:08):
off of this first round by what what's what's a
player's mindset here when you've been in this before where
you have Thanksgiving off, you got a chance to reset,
but now you're getting ready to play win or go
home football.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Yeah, I mean, I I think getting that first round
by is always pretty important, you know, just kind of
taking that time, you know, be able to reset. Guys
are a little banged up from the end of the season,
can can get healthy, and guys can go home see
their families and just kind of you know, hit that
hard reset button and then when you get back, it's
it's back to work. And you know, you know the
(03:43):
FCS playoff pool, you know, usually this first round game
you get chances are you're going to get you know,
somebody regional or you know, you're going to get somebody
from down south who is a conference champion but maybe
isn't playing in you know, the best conference. And so
that's kind of what the Bison got this time around.
(04:04):
And you know, I think it's a good matchup for them.
You know, I think they'll be able to take care
of business. But you know, obviously you're always trying not
to look ahead. You're taking the game that's sitting there
right in front of you. But you know, just I
think it's it's gonna be really important that they come
out and and get that first one obviously, you know,
(04:26):
with the way the regular season ended, just to be
able to start fast, build some confidence again and put
some good uh, you know, some good snaps together in
a row, you know, and build that confidence back up
so when you get to those really competitive games towards
the end of the playoffs that you're you're feeling good
and you get that confidence in mojo back, you know again.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Door if you're with us Bison's sideline reporter on the
calls all year along but doing a great job by
the way, here with Sam and Phil on the broadcast,
you look at a team coming into the Dome for
the first time. Noah, what did you guys say, is
play years of this team and they don't know what
they're walking into here. This is this is a far go.
Don't we defend this thing? They haven't been here before.
What kind of advantage do you feel that as in
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this game?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Yeah, definitely, I mean you can I can kind of
feel it like when we would go and play at
an FBS stadium for the first time, Like there is
that you know moment where you're kind of looking around
and you know you're a little intimidated. But obviously the
dome you know, presents a huge advantage with the crowd
noise and things like that. But I mean, you typically
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can tell pretty much right away when if team comes in,
if if you know, the lights are going to be
too bright for them and and they'll fold pretty quick,
or you know, if they take it down and score
right away and they're fired up, and you can say, okay,
we got a ballgame here, and these guys are you know,
prepared to play, and we got to lock in a
little bit here. So I mean, you can usually tell
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right away if it's going to be too much for uh,
the opposing team to handle. So you know, I always think,
I mean, I always say my keys to the game
before the Bison just need to start fast. You know.
NDSU does have that you know, rich tradition, and I
think it can be a little intimidating for opposing teams.
And I think if you just jump on them, you know,
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right away and kind of let them know that, uh,
you know this is for real and you're you were
right to fear playing the Bison a lot of teams
will kind of kind of you know, fold and and
it'll make for a pretty easy day for the Bison.
So just I mean, if the Bison can come out
and the crowd can get into it and NDS you
can start fast, I think it'll be a pretty smooth
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sailing Saturday for NDSU.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
No again, Door, you're killing me on that one. Noah,
just letting you know you're killing me because I never
say fast. That's not my my favorite key to the game.
What what would lead to a fast start? In your
mind in this game? What are the things you got
to do that does put a team kind of puts
that doubt in their mind and gets a fast start glowing.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
I mean, I think you know, being able to run
the ball effectively early in the game is really important.
You know, a lot of times you see NDSU, you
know these runs in the early on in the game
are are not really hitting. But as the game goes
on and NDS, who is able to impose their physicality
and kind of use their conditioning to their advantage, you know,
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those runs start to break a little bit more and more,
and you know, early on in the game, those one
and two yard runs are turning into four and five,
and that's kind of what you're used to seeing out
of NDSU. But if nd SU is able to spring
a couple of big runs early and you know, really
assert their dominance up front, that's a great start offensively,
and uh, you know, defensively, I think it comes to
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you know, if you get the crowd into it, maybe
get a fall start or two and and get a
three and out early on in the game. I mean
that that really gets things rolling. Then that's the offense
up with good field position. So yeah, I think it's
honestly more important defensively get that three and out early on,
or even force the turnover, get a big sack potentially,
just something to really get the crowd into it, you know,
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get them feeling it, and then you know, let the
offense just.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Go to work.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
So you know, I mean the fall start is kind
of cliche, but I do think that is just so
important for the way that NDSU plays. And they're really
good at playing with the lead, I think, and so
just to start, you know, fast start and jump out
to that early lead and let them kind of play
the way that they want to play, I think is
(08:26):
really important.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I like, we got a definition there, the old fast start.
That's good. I see what you're saying there. No, I
think if you can kind of dictate the terms and
let them know whose boss from the jump, that bodes
in ndisu's favor for this playoff game against Abaline. Christian
didn't want to ask you about some news that we
got just earlier today, and it's of Cole we Snevsky.
(08:50):
He's entering the portal as a grad transfer. That came
out from Mike Ferrell Sports, who tracks transfer portal activity,
was confirmed by the forum a little bit early or ago. Obviously, Noah,
you played with Whiz a lot of NDSU Bison Nation
faith for Will, hoping for him to potentially return for
this postseason when he's been rehabbing back from his foot
(09:11):
injury that's kept him out of the regular season. It
sounds like that's not going to be the case. Obviously,
can't speak for Cole and we haven't heard from him
yet or from coach Polisik officially on it. But but
what do you make of that report and what do
you think it means here for the Bison moving forward?
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Yeah, I mean it is unfortunate, and you know you
want those guys to stick around obviously and be a
part of the program. But I think that's just you know,
in this landscape of FCS football, I think that's just
going to be a problem that you kind of have
to deal with. You know, you got these schools, you know,
these big Power five schools with huge donors that are
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willing to you know, dish out a lot of money.
I think that's always going to be a problem. And
you know, to NBC's credit, they've kind of been able
to fight this thing off a little bit. But I
I really do think this is going to be a
problem for all of SCS football moving forward. That you know,
your top players are going to get offered, you know,
a lot of money, uh to go and play at
(10:09):
the next level. And you know, NDSU obviously has the
rich tradition and and it's been able to keep a
lot of guys around. But you know, it's it's it's
hard for players. And I understand it. You're a you're
a young guy, and if a school offers you a
whole lot of money that NDS you is not able
to offer you, I can see how that can be
(10:30):
really tempting. And yeah, I think that could be a
problem obviously. You know, we're just getting the collective going
up here, and I think that's going to be really
good for the players moving forward, but it's just gonna
be tough to compete with some of those bigger programs
until you know, NDSU potentially makes that jump, and I
think we'll see kind of a new wave of enthusiasm
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and money coming in and all those sort of things.
But these things just kind of take time to get going,
and you know, you really want to see Ndias you
jump out ahead this thing and be proactive, so I
guess we'll see what happens.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Last one for me, Noah, I texted you about this
earlier over the weekend, and I thought of you immediately.
The Michigan Ohio State melee that took place after the
flag planting from Michigan on the bloco at midfield. The
Michigan flag was ripped away by one of the Ohio
State players who was getting passionate trying to stand up
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for his team, and then their radio sideline guy, Jason Levant,
who used to play for Michigan much like you with
the Bison, stood in and got the flag back and
was trying to protect it for his team. So I've
got two for you. I'm sure you would be ready,
ready and willing to stand in and defend the logo
if a scenario like that ever happened for the Bison,
(11:46):
So would you. And then also, what do you think
of this whole flag planting discussion that we saw over
rivalry weekend in college football? Do you think that's unsportsmanlike?
Does it need to go or we make it too
big of a deal of it? What do you think?
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Yeah, I mean it is, I don't know, it's it's
kind of somewhere down the middle. I mean, you love
to see the passion and the excitement, and you know,
these big rivalry games, obviously you get the students storming
the field, and I don't know how much of it is,
you know, students bringing a flag and trying to plant it,
or if it's players bring one off the sideline. But yeah,
(12:24):
I think that, dude, comes down to your coaching, and
your coaches need to be the one to be proactive
in preventing those things because I personally am not for
you know, the flag planting and things like that. I
think it's just kind of classless. And then you know,
you end up seeing that stuff next year, and then
you know, obviously it's going to start a fight. I mean,
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guys are passionate about their university and they're going to
go out there and defend it. And you know, you
ask me if I would do the same thing, and
absolutely I would. You know, in that case, obviously Michigan
was the road team, so that would mean, you know,
if NDSU was down in Brookings and one of our
players try to run out there and plant the flag,
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you know, I don't know how hard I'd be fighting
to defend that. But obviously, you know, you got pride
in NDSU, and and you know obviously wouldn't want an
opposing player to stomp on our flag or anything like that.
You know, we have a lot of pride in our program,
but it is just kind of this thing that's kind
of run away from itself a little bit and probably
(13:29):
has gotten taken a little too far. Obviously. You know,
you love the passion and love the fans storm in
the field after big upsets and things like that, and
I'm all for that, but you know, there's that line
of respect too. Obviously, it's mutual and and you need
to show respect for your opponents. But Also, I'm sure
some of these guys feel like it's not being shown back.
(13:51):
So it definitely can be a slippery slope, I think,
and it can cause a lot of hatred in these rivalries.
So at the end of the day, it's it's whatever,
and I think it it is getting blown out of
proportion a little bit. But it was kind of a
wild weekend in college football, for sure.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
Sam, you had known this better than I. Are there
any trophies for those games.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
For Michigan Ohio State? Yeah, No, it's just the game,
even like it's just the game the Iron Bowl. Iron
Bowl doesn't have a trophy.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Yeah, like all these ones where we ad the like Arizona,
Arizona State, the I don't think there's a trophy, right.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Obviously you got the axe for the Gophers and yeah, but.
Speaker 3 (14:27):
It seems like any one of those where there's a trophy,
no one's worried about flake planting.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Yeah, the trophies.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
Maybe that's a solution, a trophy for this.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
I think you just broke through something. Maybeah, yeah you did.
I I agree with you, know, I think that's really
well said. I think it does go over a line
a little bit. I think you can kind of taunt
your win in a different way. That's a little boit.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Take the flag and run around the whole stage.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Yeah, yeah, the planting is if you're gonna do that,
the other team's gota want to step in and retaliate.
I mean that is Yeah, it's on their field. But
that was a crazy weekend.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Man, it definitely was. And and yeah, like you just said,
I think maybe taking the flag and run around the
field is a lot better idea. I mean, get the
fans engaged that are on the road, because obviously, you know,
if you're planting the flag on the logo, that means
you're on the road, so you're not in your own
not in your own stadium, per se. And so you
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just something to you know, acknowledge the fans that made
the trip, and something like that I think would go
a lot better than you know, obviously, trying to disrespect
the logo of the school that you're playing against.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Right, go sing with the band, go go away with
your fans, all that good stuff. I think that's a compromise.
Good stuff. Noah, appreciate it. Man. If you're ever to skirmish,
we know that you're going to be down there and
report eddsu well, I thought that was funny with the
Michigan sideline guy as well, but we appreciate you taking
the time. I hope it was a great Thanksgiving and
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we'll talk to you on Saturday. Let's play ballman, win
or go home.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Awesome love to hear it, guys. Thanks for having me
on
Joys on the All Star Construction Hotline. Bison sideline analysts
noahgain Do or former Bison tight end here with us. Noah,
great to have you, man. I hope it was a
great Thanksgiving. What do you think better job? If you're
a head coach and you have the opportunity you n
D or you and I, which one would you would
you take as the top opportunity?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Yeah, I don't. I don't know. I mean it is
probably pretty close obviously, Like you guys said, you know,
if you're closer to a championship, obviously, I think that
leans a little bit towards you and D. But you know,
I think it just it's not a great opportunity, you know,
if you look at the state of both programs right now.
(00:40):
But like you said, Sam, I think the buys and
faithful might come after you if you pick you and D.
So I'll go I'll pick you and I as well,
I'd say. I mean, you know, they've had that tradition
and at least have found a lot of success at
the Division one level in the past, and we know
you and D is still trying to, you know, find
their way, and you know, to their credit, I think
they are kind of on their way, but you know,
(01:03):
I think you just kind of have to go with
that rich tradition that you and I have had in
the past.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Well said, way to play the cards. Right there, my friend,
we're right there with you.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
You and I for sure you were kind of playing
against you and I know what during like the end
of their really like still tough to play against, still
really usually competitive games. And now I think you caught
them on the front end of what these last five
years or so have been of Man, it just doesn't
seem like the same type of team was. Did you
sense that as a player where it kind of flipped
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a little bit where they just weren't quite the same
team to play against.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Yeah, I mean, like you said, I came in on
the tail end of it. You know, twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen,
they still had, you know, some good players, but you
know they I mean, they're the same as they always
had been. You know, their big physical you know a
lot of really good athletes across the board. But and
(01:58):
you got the sense of that, I mean, the rivalry
was still there. You know, there was still that hatred
for you and I. When I first came on the campus.
But I mean that that rivalry really kind of fell
off compared to how you know, the un D rivalry
has come back and SDSU has been there and been
competitive for so long. So I think that rivalry did
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kind of fall to the wayside, which is unfortunate I think.
But you know, who knows if that's something that can
be reignited, but because I mean, they do have that
rich history and tradition down there. But yeah, I mean
it definitely, it definitely has fallen off, and you could
kind of feel that through my time there, it just
kind of lessened and lessened, and you know, I don't
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think we had any particularly close games in my whole
time there, So yeah, I mean, who knows what's going
to happen with that that.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Rivalry there No gindor if you're with us former Bison
tight end on our sidelines for the Bison football radio broadcast,
you can hear right here on sixteen sixty. Let's take
a look at the journey now for the Bison. NOA,
you got four more games to accomplish your ultimate goal
and it starts on Saturday with Abaline Christian. You're coming
(03:08):
off of this first round by what what's what's a
player's mindset here when you've been in this before where
you have Thanksgiving off, you got a chance to reset,
but now you're getting ready to play win or go
home football.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Yeah, I mean, I I think getting that first round
by is always pretty important, you know, just kind of
taking that time, you know, be able to reset. Guys
are a little banged up from the end of the season,
can can get healthy, and guys can go home see
their families and just kind of you know, hit that
hard reset button and then when you get back, it's
it's back to work. And you know, you know the
(03:43):
FCS playoff pool, you know, usually this first round game
you get chances are you're going to get you know,
somebody regional or you know, you're going to get somebody
from down south who is a conference champion but maybe
isn't playing in you know, the best conference. And so
that's kind of what the Bison got this time around.
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And you know, I think it's a good matchup for them.
You know, I think they'll be able to take care
of business. But you know, obviously you're always trying not
to look ahead. You're taking the game that's sitting there
right in front of you. But you know, just I
think it's it's gonna be really important that they come
out and and get that first one obviously, you know,
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with the way the regular season ended, just to be
able to start fast, build some confidence again and put
some good uh, you know, some good snaps together in
a row, you know, and build that confidence back up
so when you get to those really competitive games towards
the end of the playoffs that you're you're feeling good
and you get that confidence in mojo back, you know again.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Door if you're with us Bison's sideline reporter on the
calls all year along but doing a great job by
the way, here with Sam and Phil on the broadcast,
you look at a team coming into the Dome for
the first time. Noah, what did you guys say, is
play years of this team and they don't know what
they're walking into here. This is this is a far go.
Don't we defend this thing? They haven't been here before.
What kind of advantage do you feel that as in
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this game?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Yeah, definitely, I mean you can I can kind of
feel it like when we would go and play at
an FBS stadium for the first time, Like there is
that you know moment where you're kind of looking around
and you know you're a little intimidated. But obviously the
dome you know, presents a huge advantage with the crowd
noise and things like that. But I mean, you typically
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can tell pretty much right away when if team comes in,
if if you know, the lights are going to be
too bright for them and and they'll fold pretty quick,
or you know, if they take it down and score
right away and they're fired up, and you can say, okay,
we got a ballgame here, and these guys are you know,
prepared to play, and we got to lock in a
little bit here. So I mean, you can usually tell
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right away if it's going to be too much for uh,
the opposing team to handle. So you know, I always think,
I mean, I always say my keys to the game
before the Bison just need to start fast. You know.
NDSU does have that you know, rich tradition, and I
think it can be a little intimidating for opposing teams.
And I think if you just jump on them, you know,
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right away and kind of let them know that, uh,
you know this is for real and you're you were
right to fear playing the Bison a lot of teams
will kind of kind of you know, fold and and
it'll make for a pretty easy day for the Bison.
So just I mean, if the Bison can come out
and the crowd can get into it and NDS you
can start fast, I think it'll be a pretty smooth
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sailing Saturday for NDSU.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
No again, Door, you're killing me on that one. Noah,
just letting you know you're killing me because I never
say fast. That's not my my favorite key to the game.
What what would lead to a fast start? In your
mind in this game? What are the things you got
to do that does put a team kind of puts
that doubt in their mind and gets a fast start glowing.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
I mean, I think you know, being able to run
the ball effectively early in the game is really important.
You know, a lot of times you see NDSU, you
know these runs in the early on in the game
are are not really hitting. But as the game goes
on and NDS, who is able to impose their physicality
and kind of use their conditioning to their advantage, you know,
(07:17):
those runs start to break a little bit more and more,
and you know, early on in the game, those one
and two yard runs are turning into four and five,
and that's kind of what you're used to seeing out
of NDSU. But if nd SU is able to spring
a couple of big runs early and you know, really
assert their dominance up front, that's a great start offensively,
and uh, you know, defensively, I think it comes to
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you know, if you get the crowd into it, maybe
get a fall start or two and and get a
three and out early on in the game. I mean
that that really gets things rolling. Then that's the offense
up with good field position. So yeah, I think it's
honestly more important defensively get that three and out early on,
or even force the turnover, get a big sack potentially,
just something to really get the crowd into it, you know,
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get them feeling it, and then you know, let the
offense just.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Go to work.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
So you know, I mean the fall start is kind
of cliche, but I do think that is just so
important for the way that NDSU plays. And they're really
good at playing with the lead, I think, and so
just to start, you know, fast start and jump out
to that early lead and let them kind of play
the way that they want to play, I think is
(08:26):
really important.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I like, we got a definition there, the old fast start.
That's good. I see what you're saying there. No, I
think if you can kind of dictate the terms and
let them know whose boss from the jump, that bodes
in ndisu's favor for this playoff game against Abaline. Christian
didn't want to ask you about some news that we
got just earlier today, and it's of Cole we Snevsky.
(08:50):
He's entering the portal as a grad transfer. That came
out from Mike Ferrell Sports, who tracks transfer portal activity,
was confirmed by the forum a little bit early or ago. Obviously, Noah,
you played with Whiz a lot of NDSU Bison Nation
faith for Will, hoping for him to potentially return for
this postseason when he's been rehabbing back from his foot
(09:11):
injury that's kept him out of the regular season. It
sounds like that's not going to be the case. Obviously,
can't speak for Cole and we haven't heard from him
yet or from coach Polisik officially on it. But but
what do you make of that report and what do
you think it means here for the Bison moving forward?
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Yeah, I mean it is unfortunate, and you know you
want those guys to stick around obviously and be a
part of the program. But I think that's just you know,
in this landscape of FCS football, I think that's just
going to be a problem that you kind of have
to deal with. You know, you got these schools, you know,
these big Power five schools with huge donors that are
(09:48):
willing to you know, dish out a lot of money.
I think that's always going to be a problem. And
you know, to NBC's credit, they've kind of been able
to fight this thing off a little bit. But I
I really do think this is going to be a
problem for all of SCS football moving forward. That you know,
your top players are going to get offered, you know,
a lot of money, uh to go and play at
(10:09):
the next level. And you know, NDSU obviously has the
rich tradition and and it's been able to keep a
lot of guys around. But you know, it's it's it's
hard for players. And I understand it. You're a you're
a young guy, and if a school offers you a
whole lot of money that NDS you is not able
to offer you, I can see how that can be
(10:30):
really tempting. And yeah, I think that could be a
problem obviously. You know, we're just getting the collective going
up here, and I think that's going to be really
good for the players moving forward, but it's just gonna
be tough to compete with some of those bigger programs
until you know, NDSU potentially makes that jump, and I
think we'll see kind of a new wave of enthusiasm
(10:50):
and money coming in and all those sort of things.
But these things just kind of take time to get going,
and you know, you really want to see Ndias you
jump out ahead this thing and be proactive, so I
guess we'll see what happens.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Last one for me, Noah, I texted you about this
earlier over the weekend, and I thought of you immediately.
The Michigan Ohio State melee that took place after the
flag planting from Michigan on the bloco at midfield. The
Michigan flag was ripped away by one of the Ohio
State players who was getting passionate trying to stand up
(11:25):
for his team, and then their radio sideline guy, Jason Levant,
who used to play for Michigan much like you with
the Bison, stood in and got the flag back and
was trying to protect it for his team. So I've
got two for you. I'm sure you would be ready,
ready and willing to stand in and defend the logo
if a scenario like that ever happened for the Bison,
(11:46):
So would you. And then also, what do you think
of this whole flag planting discussion that we saw over
rivalry weekend in college football? Do you think that's unsportsmanlike?
Does it need to go or we make it too
big of a deal of it? What do you think?
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Yeah, I mean it is, I don't know, it's it's
kind of somewhere down the middle. I mean, you love
to see the passion and the excitement, and you know,
these big rivalry games, obviously you get the students storming
the field, and I don't know how much of it is,
you know, students bringing a flag and trying to plant it,
or if it's players bring one off the sideline. But yeah,
(12:24):
I think that, dude, comes down to your coaching, and
your coaches need to be the one to be proactive
in preventing those things because I personally am not for
you know, the flag planting and things like that. I
think it's just kind of classless. And then you know,
you end up seeing that stuff next year, and then
you know, obviously it's going to start a fight. I mean,
(12:46):
guys are passionate about their university and they're going to
go out there and defend it. And you know, you
ask me if I would do the same thing, and
absolutely I would. You know, in that case, obviously Michigan
was the road team, so that would mean, you know,
if NDSU was down in Brookings and one of our
players try to run out there and plant the flag,
(13:09):
you know, I don't know how hard I'd be fighting
to defend that. But obviously, you know, you got pride
in NDSU, and and you know obviously wouldn't want an
opposing player to stomp on our flag or anything like that.
You know, we have a lot of pride in our program,
but it is just kind of this thing that's kind
of run away from itself a little bit and probably
(13:29):
has gotten taken a little too far. Obviously. You know,
you love the passion and love the fans storm in
the field after big upsets and things like that, and
I'm all for that, but you know, there's that line
of respect too. Obviously, it's mutual and and you need
to show respect for your opponents. But Also, I'm sure
some of these guys feel like it's not being shown back.
(13:51):
So it definitely can be a slippery slope, I think,
and it can cause a lot of hatred in these rivalries.
So at the end of the day, it's it's whatever,
and I think it it is getting blown out of
proportion a little bit. But it was kind of a
wild weekend in college football, for sure.
Speaker 3 (14:09):
Sam, you had known this better than I. Are there
any trophies for those games.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
For Michigan Ohio State? Yeah, No, it's just the game,
even like it's just the game the Iron Bowl. Iron
Bowl doesn't have a trophy.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Yeah, like all these ones where we ad the like Arizona,
Arizona State, the I don't think there's a trophy, right.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Obviously you got the axe for the Gophers and yeah, but.
Speaker 3 (14:27):
It seems like any one of those where there's a trophy,
no one's worried about flake planting.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Yeah, the trophies.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
Maybe that's a solution, a trophy for this.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
I think you just broke through something. Maybeah, yeah you did.
I I agree with you, know, I think that's really
well said. I think it does go over a line
a little bit. I think you can kind of taunt
your win in a different way. That's a little boit.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Take the flag and run around the whole stage.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Yeah, yeah, the planting is if you're gonna do that,
the other team's gota want to step in and retaliate.
I mean that is Yeah, it's on their field. But
that was a crazy weekend.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Man, it definitely was. And and yeah, like you just said,
I think maybe taking the flag and run around the
field is a lot better idea. I mean, get the
fans engaged that are on the road, because obviously, you know,
if you're planting the flag on the logo, that means
you're on the road, so you're not in your own
not in your own stadium, per se. And so you
(15:22):
just something to you know, acknowledge the fans that made
the trip, and something like that I think would go
a lot better than you know, obviously, trying to disrespect
the logo of the school that you're playing against.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
Right, go sing with the band, go go away with
your fans, all that good stuff. I think that's a compromise.
Good stuff. Noah, appreciate it. Man. If you're ever to skirmish,
we know that you're going to be down there and
report eddsu well, I thought that was funny with the
Michigan sideline guy as well, but we appreciate you taking
the time. I hope it was a great Thanksgiving and
(15:56):
we'll talk to you on Saturday. Let's play ballman, win
or go home.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Awesome love to hear it, guys. Thanks for having me
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