http://missoulian.com/sports/college...9bb2963f4.html


Interesting...

I think if UM/MSU had those type of similar percentages of in state athletes as UND/NDSU, the fan base and donor support here in Montana would dwindle.....at both schools.

Both Fargo, and Grand Forks, being on the Red river are basically right in the middle of ND/MN, so maybe in that geographical fashion, there's maybe more of a fan base over the state line into MN and WISC, whereas out West, I think were a little more on an island as a state...in that regard.

q...Have the in-state percentages always been this low for NoDak kids , or as I suspect, have slipped to these figures over time??

I would guess that at some point several years ago the Dakotas and MT's had mostly in state kids...