McFeely: Is history repeating itself with Bison’s move to FBS?

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Presidents of the member schools in the NCAA Division II North Central Conference held their annual get-together to discuss league business. ADVERTISEMENTA Forum article from May 2002 outlining NDSU's and other schools' interest in going from NCAA Division II to Division I. Phil Harmeson, a senior assistant to then-UND president Charles Kupchella, even questioned whether SDSU and USD were really going Division I. “The idea that USD and SDSU are going Division I is not foregone,” he said. ADVERTISEMENTFormer NDSU President Joseph Chapman.