re: ULL to Baton Rouge for 2015?

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and North Dakota State always plays close,

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They do better than that. 6-3 vs FBS and 3 straight wins over FBS teams (they definitely aren't the top BCS schools - but still a good accomplishment). Here's there performance against FBS schools since moving up from D-II:

2006: 29-24 over Ball St; 9-10 loss to Minnesota
2007: 44-14 over Central Michigan; 27-21 over Minnesota
2008: 13-16 loss to Wyoming
2009: 17-34 loss to Iowa St
2010: 6-3 over Kansas
2011: 37-24 over Minnesota
2012: 22-7 over Colorado St

I honestly have no idea why Minnesota would ever schedule them again.