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We’ve seen what North Dakota State has done and we

want to make sure we’re right there with them.
– JEFF BOURNE, James Madison University Athletic Director

Dave Wallis / Forum News Service

Concordia College 2011 Alumni
Achievement Award-winner Clint Hill,
a former Secret Service agent who
was with President John F. Kennedy
the day he was assassinated,
answers questions fielded by author
Lisa McCubbin in 2011 in Moorhead.

Former Secret
Service agent
to receive
ND Rough
Rider Award
By John Hageman
Forum News Service
BISMARCK — Gov. Doug Bur-
gum announced plans to honor
North Dakota native and former U.S.
Secret Service agent Clint Hill on
Friday, Oct. 5, nearly 55 years after
he scrambled on top of the presiden-
tial limousine to shield its occupants
from a gunman who assassinated
President John F. Kennedy.
Burgum named Hill as the 44th
recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Rider Award, which the gov-
ernor’s office described as the state’s
“highest commendation for its cit- Mike McFeely / The Forum
izens.” Athletic Director Jeff Bourne says James Madison University has drawings to expand Bridgeforth Stadium to a seating capacity of
Hill served in the Secret Service 40,000, up from about 25,000 now. There is no timeline to expand at this point.

James Madison built for

from 1958 to 1975. He is best known
for using his body to shield Kennedy
and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy
after the president was shot as his
motorcade drove through Dallas in

a dynasty, just like NDSU

1963. He was later honored by the
Treasury Department, which over-
saw the Secret Service until 2003,
with its highest award for bravery.
“Every day, there’s something that
reminds me of either the Kenne-
dy administration, Mrs. Kennedy, or
Harrisonburg, Va.

President Kennedy or the children,”
Hill told the Grand Forks Herald last
year. “There isn’t a day that goes by
that there isn’t a song I hear, a mag-
azine I see the cover of, a newspaper
article, something mentioned on the
TV or on the radio — every day,
there’s something.”
The Rough Rider award recognizes
current and former North Dakotans
who have been influenced by the
state in achieving national promi-
nence. Past recipients include former
basketball coach Phil Jackson, base-
ball legend Roger Maris and enter-
tainer Lawrence Welk.
Paintings of award recipients hang
in the Theodore Roosevelt Rough
Rider Hall of Fame in the ground
floor of the state Capitol. The award
will be presented to Hill in person at
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Commentary
school was still called Madison
College. And it was actually a
junior varsity squad.
score was Shepherd 6, Madison
The first game was scheduled
0.
to be at the high school in
Harrisonburg, since Madison “The college president,
Dr. Ron Carrier, carried two
College didn’t have a football
field. But a rainstorm soaked folding chairs to the field and
the town and school district put them down on the 50-yard
officials told Madison that line and he and one of his vice
tearing up the soggy high presidents, Ray Sonner, sat and
school field wasn’t an option. watched the game. So I guess
JMU Athletics photo So Branich, his Madison you could say our stadium had
Ron Carrier, left, president of what was then called Madison teammates and their coaches a seating capacity of two,” said
College, watched the school’s first football game with school plotted out a 100-yard grid on Branich, now a major donor
vice president Ray Sonner in 1972. The school would be campus, chalked it and hosted
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to the football program.
“We didn’t score a point
that year in a five-game
JV schedule. But we did
get a 0-0 tie.”
The field on which that
first game was played
is now a parking lot,
recently paved, within
punting distance of
spectacular Bridgeforth
Stadium, the 25,000-
seat home to the James
Madison Dukes, the
two-time Division I FCS
national champions who
are challenging North
Dakota State as kings of
the division.
The Dukes stopped
NDSU’s string of
consecutive national
championships at five
in 2016 by beating
the Bison 27-17 in the
playoff semifinals at the
Fargodome. The Bison
then stopped JMU’s
26-game winning streak
with a 17-13 win in the
national title game in
January in Frisco, Texas.
The Bison are ranked
No. 1 and the Dukes
No. 2 in this season’s
national rankings and
there is a hope for many
in Harrisonburg, it seems,
that the teams meet again
in Frisco in January 2019.
“It was a competitive
game in Frisco and the
Bison won. No question.
But we felt we left a lot
of points out there and
we’re looking forward to
the next matchup. These
two teams have separated
themselves, I think, from
everybody else in FCS and
to play again in Texas
would be perfect,” said
Jim Dotter, a JMU donor
who was making his way
around campus Friday,
Oct. 5, with his wife Cathy
and daughter Ryan, a JMU
sophomore, on Parents
Weekend.
There is a feel walking
around the expansive,
picturesque, Colonial-
style JMU campus that if
the Bison’s run at the top
of FCS is a dynasty, then
the Dukes want one of
their own.
The word “rivalry”
comes up often when
folks around here discuss
the two programs, even
from the mouth of JMU
president Jonathan Alger.
That’s a different vibe
than the one at NDSU,
where coaches and
players insist two games
in two years does not
make a rivalry.
“I watch every score of
every game they play,”
said Alger, wearing a
suit and tie in a well-
appointed conference
room facing the campus
quad where ESPN College
GameDay twice broadcast
its show to raucous
crowds. “I know they beat
South Dakota State 21-17
last week. I know where
they are in the rankings
and where we are in the
rankings. I believe it’s a
growing rivalry.”
Alger, like all presidents
at universities with
successful football
programs, views athletics
as a “front porch” to
James Madison University president Jonathan Alger
says the school is happy at the Football Championship
Subdivision but will continue to monitor the college
landscape.
the school. He is another
in a succession of JMU
presidents who believe
winning sports teams are
a way to attract attention
to a university that
otherwise wouldn’t get
much. And it’s not just
football that wins, Alger
points out. The Dukes
women’s lacrosse team
won a national title last
spring, an astounding
accomplishment for a
mid-major Division I.
Alger believes the
football program’s
growing profile and
the visits from ESPN
have helped move along
the school’s already
stated goal of becoming
nationally known. It’s
also helped raise money
across the university, he
said.
It’s pretty much
the same thing North
Dakotans have heard
about NDSU’s rise
to Division I football
prominence.
It’s huge growth from
where JMU began – as
an all-female teacher’s
school that didn’t become
coeducational until 1966
and didn’t field a football
team until 1972. By that
time, NDSU already had
three national titles in the
equivalent of today’s NCAA
Division II and would add
five more before turning
Division I.
Today, JMU is deemed
a comprehensive
public university (non-
research) that has about
22,000 students, mostly
undergraduate. Those
students provide nearly
$40 million a year in
fees for the athletic
department, which has
a $50 million budget.
By comparison, NDSU
students provide about
$1.4 million annually for
the total athletic budget of
about $27 million.
JMU’s football budget
is nearing $10 million.
NDSU’s is about $5.5
million.
That’s why as Dukes
athletic director Jeff
Bourne sits in his suite
overlooking Bridgeforth
Stadium, he seems
supremely confident JMU’s
football program is well-
positioned to win in the
long-term. He looks out at
a state-of-the-art stadium
that ranks in the top five
in FCS attendance, the
Blue Ridge Mountains in
the distance, and says the
school has drawings that
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could add 15,000 more
seats to bring capacity to
40,000.
Would that happen only
if the Dukes move up a
level to Football Bowl
Subdivision?
“No. We want to win
championships and have
enough demand that we
have to put another side
on the stadium. That’s
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the goal,” Bourne said.
“There’ll be 26,000 people
here (Saturday, when Elon
visits). We graduate 4,000
students a year, many who
stay in the area. That’s
40,000 people in 10 years.
If I can get even a portion
of those to come to
football games, they could
fill the stadium.”
There is a palpable
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NDSU leads the country in most
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James Madison
has FBS look, but
staying put at
FCS level for now
By Mike McFeely
mmcfeely@forumcomm.com
HARRISONBURG, Va. — It is obvious to
see how James Madison University could
add another two-tier side to Bridgeforth
Stadium and turn its impressive Divi-
sion I FCS facility into one suitable for
FBS. Knock down the old bleachers and a
building sitting behind them and, presto,
the Dukes suddenly have a 40,000-seat
stadium that would fit perfectly in, say,
the American Athletic Conference.
The plans have been drawn. When
JMU expanded Bridgeforth to its current
25,000-seat capacity in 2011, architects
put on paper what would need to be done
to make the stadium bigger-time.
The school isn’t yet ready to pull the
trigger. Like the program the Dukes are
jostling with for superiority in FCS, North
Dakota State, JMU doesn’t believe the
time is right to leave FCS. And like the
Bison, JMU officials say they’d pick up
the phone if the right conference called.
That doesn’t mean they’d go, but the
Dukes would listen. Perhaps intently.
JMU athletic director Jeff Bourne gets
a look on his face like he’s been asked
about FBS a million times. That’s because
Bourne estimates he’s been asked about
the Dukes moving to FBS about a million
times.
“The response to that hasn’t changed,”
Bourne said. “We will look at options that
are beneficial to us and meet the criteria
for us to be successful. Right now, I don’t
see an option like that.”
If that sounds familiar, that’s because
it’s only the exact response NDSU presi-
dent Dean Bresciani and athletic director
Matt Larsen have been giving for years
when they are asked about the Bison
moving to FBS.
It’s natural for fans to wonder about
the future of both these schools, given
NDSU has won six of the last seven Photos by David Samson / The Forum
national championships and JMU won Fargo Force forward Aaron Huglen (22) skates to the bench as he celebrates his first period goal against Sioux Falls on Friday,
one in 2016 and was runner-up last sea- Oct. 5, 2018, at Scheels Arena. Fargo Force won their home opener with a 3-1 victory over Sioux Falls.

son. In the Bison’s case, one has to ask
if there’s anything left to accomplish in
FCS. In the Dukes’ case, one need only
look around at the huge campus that is
home to 22,000 students and the facili-
ties that look a notch above FCS to ask if
they wouldn’t be a better fit in a bigger
conference.
JMU athletics has a budget of nearly
$50 million, which ranks it 62nd in the
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Mike McFeely / The Forum
A mural inside the James Madison athletic
performance center.
SIGN OF SUCCESS
Force unveil Clark Cup championship banner, top rival Sioux Falls
By Chris Murphy
cmurphy@forumcomm.com
FARGO — The Fargo Force unveiled the
2017-18 Clark Cup championship ban-
ner Friday at Scheels Arena to celebrate
the franchise’s first United States Hockey
League title. The Force then showed why
the banner may have to make room for
more with a 3-1 win over rival Sioux Falls.
It was a banner night
for the Force. Fargo 3,
“It’s a tremendous Sioux Falls 1
accomplishment and
something that really
marks the accomplishment,” Force coach
Cary Eades said of the banner. “It’ll be
fun to look at it every time you come in
the building and remember what a cast of
characters, really warriors, putting their
heart and soul on the line for each other
every night. For this year’s team, it’s a
constant reminder only one team gets
that special banner and every team in the
league is working for it.”
Fargo (2-1) struck first midway through
the first period when Aaron Huglen fired
from the point with Ondrej Pavel and Zach
Faremouth creating traffic in front of
The 2017-2018 Clark Cup title banner is displayed before the home
FORCE: Page D4 opener against Sioux Falls on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Scheels Arena.

No. 2 Century runs

away from No. 4 Davies
By Clay Cunningham
ccunningham@forumcomm.com
FARGO — If Friday’s
game against Bismarck
Century was a postsea-
son preview, Fargo Davies
clearly has a lot to work to
do in the coming weeks.
Grant Anderson returned
the opening kick 92 yards
for a touchdown and things
snowballed from there
for the Class 3A fourth-
ranked Eagles, who were
dominated wire-to-wire
in a 45-3 loss to the sec-
Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor ond-ranked Patriots.
Zach Mitzel of Fargo Davies passes against Bismarck Century during their football Anderson accounted for
game Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at Davies. two of the four touch-
Bismarck Century 43,
Fargo Davies 3
downs the Patriots scored
in the opening 14 minutes,
8 seconds — plunging in
from six yards out on the
first offensive series for
the Patriots, who ran just
two plays in their own ter-
ritory in the first quarter.
He finished with 83 yards
on the ground.
Already in a two-touch-
down hole, Davies Coach
Jason Thielges took a big
gamble, electing to go
for it on 4th-and-1 from
the his own 33 midway
through the first quarter.
But the risk didn’t pay
off, as tailback Isaac Bal-
vitsch ran into a wave of
bodies and was driven
back for a two-yard loss.
“I just felt like we had
to get some momentum at
that point,” Thielges said.
“We were struggling and
if we could put a drive
together. I didn’t want to
punt and give them the
ball again.
“Obviously it wasn’t the
right decision but if we
can’t get one yard with our
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Dukes, Bison talked about playing a nonconference football game

By Mike McFeely
mmcfeely@forumcomm.com
HARRISONBURG, Va.
— It would have been a
blockbuster regular-sea-
son matchup for the Divi-
sion I Football Champi-
onship Subdivision. North
Dakota State playing James
Madison in a non-confer-
ence game in a big-time
stadium, probably nation-
ally televised.
But it’s not to happen.
Fans from the schools
will have to wait until the
playoffs for their teams to
meet, at least for the fore-
seeable future.
The athletic direc-
tors from the FCS pow-
ers earlier this year dis-
cussed the schools sched-
uling a non-conference,
neutral-site game in the
coming years but couldn’t
come to an agreement,
according to JMU’s Jeff
Bourne and NDSU’s Matt
Larsen.
straight championships
with a 27-17 win in the
playoff semifinals in 2016.
NSDU exacted revenge in
the title game last season,
beating JMU 17-13 in Fris-
co, Texas.
The teams are ranked
No. 1 and No. 2 this season
and both are undefeated.
Bourne said the promot-
er suggested a one-time
game at a major-college
or professional stadium.
The discussions didn’t
go far enough to get into
David Samson / The Forum
North Dakota State and James Madison last played specifics of which stadium
each other in last January’s FCS championship game in or even what part of the
Frisco, Texas. country it would be in.
JMU didn’t like giving
Bourne shared the tidbit ference game, Bourne
up a home game and ticket
Friday, Oct. 5, while sit- said the schools had been
revenue, Bourne said, and
ting in the athletic direc- approached by a promoter didn’t believe the guar-
tor’s suite at Bridgeforth looking to put together the
anteed money for play-
Stadium, talking about marquee matchup. ing the game would make
the comparisons between NDSU has won six of it financially worthwhile.
the Dukes and the Bison. the last seven national The Dukes’ non-con-
Asked whether JMU and titles and JMU won the ference model is to play
NDSU had talked about other. The Dukes ended three home games at the
scheduling a non-con- the Bison’s streak of five 25,000-seat Bridgeforth
and one road game against
a Football Championship
Subdivision opponent with
a large financial guaran-
tee.
“We would like a game
here and I’m sure NDSU
would like a game at their
place. I just don’t know
that a neutral site game is
a good idea,” Bourne said.
Larsen echoed Bourne’s
concerns, saying NDSU
would be interested in a
home-and-home series
with a team like JMU. The
financials were also diffi-
cult, Larsen said.
“Those were the
deal-breakers. It was
going to be tough to make
it work,” Larsen said.
The Bison play Butler
at Target Field in Min-
neapolis next season and
have a road game at Del-
aware, the second game in
a home-and-home con-
tract with the Blue Hens.
NDSU plays North Dakota
and Cal Davis at the Far-
godome in non-confer-
ence games.
In 2020, the Bison play
at Oregon in their first FBS
game since 2016. NDSU is
scheduled to play at Ari-
zona in 2022 and at Colo-
rado in 2024.
JMU’s non-conference
schedule is set for 2019
with an FBS game at West
Virginia. The Dukes are
scheduled to play at FBS
schools in 2022 (Louis-
ville) and North Carolina
(2025).
“Our fans for now will
have to be satisfied play-
ing NDSU in the playoffs.
I hope come January 2019
we are sitting in Frisco,
Texas, talking about it,”
Bourne said. “Playing
them is a great experi-
ence for our fans and I
think it’s a great rivalry
developing. It’s great for
college football.”
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Mike McFeely at (701) 451-5655

Above: James Madison donor Larry Caudle points out where ESPN GameDay set up the
popular television show visited James Madison University in 2015 and 2017. Left: James
Madison University’s 2016 national championship trophy is on display in the school’s
athletic performance center overlooking Bridgeforth Stadium.

JMU
From Page D1
NCAA, according to a
database compiled by USA
Today. That puts it in the
ballpark with FBS schools
in the AAC and the Moun-
tain West. NDSU’s bud-
get is about $27 million,
ranking it 115th.
“We have studied the
issue, but right now we
are focused on winning
another FCS national
championship and being
competitive nationally
every year,” JMU presi-
dent Jonathan Alger said.
Alger, like Bresciani at
NDSU, says JMU will con-
tinue to monitor the col-
lege athletics landscape
but doesn’t foresee a move
up being any easier soon.
Alger said TV contracts for
so-called Group of Five
schools, lesser Division
I conferences below the
Power Five leagues like the
Atlantic Coast Conference
and others, aren’t lucrative
enough to make a move
worthwhile in most cases.
“It’s a financial model
that doesn’t work,” said
Dukes booster Larry Cau-
dle, past president of the
JMU Alumni Association.
“It’s purgatory, going
somewhere like the Sun
Belt Conference. That’s
what I call it. Frank-
ly, we’d go bankrupt and
we’d lose the momentum
we’ve built in our pro- Mike McFeely / The Forum
gram.” Bridgeforth Stadium at James Madison University was expanded to seat about 25,000 people in 2011, giving it the feel of a higher-level stadium.
Other regional schools
enough by joining FBS? NDSU would be so far out
that had success in
One conference might be of the league’s geographic
FCS have moved to FBS
attractive enough to lure footprint that it would be
recently and joined small-
JMU. The AAC includes cost prohibitive.
er leagues like the Sun
Central Florida, Cincin- For now, fans and the
Belt and Conference USA.
Appalachian State, Geor- nati, Houston and South JMU administration are
gia Southern and Coastal Florida in a 12-team, focused on trying to win
Carolina are in the Sun two-division league and another FCS national title
Belt. Old Dominion joined views itself a notch above and maintain their spot at
Conference USA. leagues like the Sun Belt the top of the division and
“I think today if the and Conference USA. The continuing to challenge
administration here was Dukes would fit nicely NDSU.
offered a spot in Con- into the East Division with “With the success we’ve
ference USA they would Cincinnati, Central Florida, had the last five years,
say ‘no’ and they would South Florida, East Caroli- there’s all kinds of talk
be right to do so,” Cau- na, Temple and Connecti- about moving up,” said
dle said. “I just don’t cut. Les Branich, a major donor
see the attraction of giv- If the AAC called, “I think and the quarterback on the
ing away what we have we’d probably give them a Dukes’ first football team
with a chance to play for call back,” Bourne said. in 1972. “I would like to see
a national championship, That gives JMU one us stay in FCS. The chance
and the best we’re going advantage over NDSU in the to be at the top of the
to do is get invited to the FBS landscape. The Dukes division and compete for
Bahamas Bowl a couple of could fit in geographical- national championships I
days before Christmas.” ly with the AAC East. The think outweighs being a
It’s the age-old debate Bison have nowhere to go lower level FBS team.” Cathy, Ryan and Jim Trotter, like many James Madison University football fans,
among top-level FCS and if a conference like Readers can reach Forum columnist consider North Dakota State a growing rivalry after the schools played each other
schools — do you gain the Mountain West called, Mike McFeely at (701) 451-5565 twice in the last two seasons.