InstantForum.NET v4.1.3Gateway Nationhttp://www.gatewaynation.com/noreply@gatewaynation.comWed, 27 Aug 2008 18:24:23 GMT20http://www.gatewaynation.com/Topic459-39-1.aspxCongratulations! Everyone in Fargo is looking forward to our game with the Leathernecks. I had thought we had played in the past but find no record of it. Apparently its a home/home with WIU coming to Fargo and the Fabulous Fargo Dome in 2008. Hopefully it will be a conferenc game!<br><br>North Dakota State and Western Illinois have agreed – but not signed – to a home-and-home contract for football.<br><br>From todays Fargo Forum:<br><br>"NDSU athletic director Gene Taylor said Western Kentucky’s departure from the Gateway Football Conference beginning next year paved the way for the two schools to play. Western Illinois is a Gateway member.<br><br>NDSU will most likely travel to Macomb, Ill., for 2007 and the Leathernecks would come to Fargo in 2008. It’s possible the 2008 game could be a league game since the Gateway has already contacted NDSU about possible conference membership.<br><br>The Western Illinois game would give NDSU nine for 2007: home against Stephen F. Austin, Montana State, California Davis and Southern Utah, and on the road at Mississippi Valley, Minnesota, Cal Poly and South Dakota State.<br><br>Taylor said he still wasn’t sure if Montana State was a lock. It’s possible the Bobcats may buy out the NDSU contract to play a I-A game."Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:18:17 GMTJBB