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If that’s UNDs regional, there will be a few of driving down Thursday night.

Good point. Yeah, that 2011 game, looked like Mussman was about done after that game if it wasn't for that comeback. Interesting to think where things could've been.

Then the comeback in 2011 I believe when it felt like UND was getting run out of the Alerus. Some fun memories.

Defense has been very disappointing to me. I get the struggles, but like others, by this time of the year, like to see a little progression. What I am struggling to understand is UND had such a run of consistent kickers, even in the Mussman era. What happened to that. Stevens has come a ways, so I'll give him credit, but he is a senior.

Would love to see UND get out to the lead on Saturday and run away with it. Last Saturday had the feeling that UND was going to get burned by letting them hang around instead of putting it away given the opportunity. If UND gets one stop last week and goes up 17 instead of giving up a touchdown and only being up 3, the questionable calls by the refs would've been irrelevant and game over. That has to start with kickoff coverage after a TD being much better. Was getting to a point, they should've just borderline kicked it out of bounds, instead of a long return and losing all the momentum. Even when they squib kicked it, they still were able to return it to midfield. While the defense needs to improve, they were also being put out there with a short field way too often.

Just win. This game scares me with an emotional game last week, plus what will be a much emptier Alerus this week. Still looking forward to getting there early and tailgating, then watching hockey on tv whenever the football game ends. This week will tell me a lot with how much this game is promoted. UND needs to be all over Twitter/Facebook/Commercials and whatever else for this game. I think everyone knows by now if they are going to Vegas or not, so anything besides start time/how to watch/listen to the game is unnecessary at this point.

Yeah think the hockey in the cities will be an issue. Hope UND can put together some ticket promotion to help offset that issue and get some people who typically wouldn't go to get there. Could be a #1 team in the country at the Alerus, advertise it like crazy and take advantage of the opportunity.

Any UND tailgating set ups tomorrow? Plan on heading over around 8:30-9 to walk around

The next couple weeks will be interesting. I agree, I wonder what the consequence will be of returning Hain/Senden, while only 2 seniors leaving and 1 early departure. I don't know exactly how it looks or what the roster count will be at now if you include projected freshmen coming in, but with this small of turnover, wonder about players transferring out, and if so, who and how many?

2010-2011 was the toughest loss and in my memory, the best team. The losses to BC + all other FF losses hurt, but that 2011 was just different. After all the FF losses, thought it was finally time to get it done. One underrated game that hurt losing was '09 vs UNH. That team might not stack up on this list, but that loss hurt like it does. Game that got away.

Think this goes without saying, but against a team like Notre Dame and their defense abilities, scoring first needs to happen. I think its a lot more important for UND to score first then Notre Dame. Think they have the ability to win a game 1-0 or 2-1, especially if the 1-0 carries into late second period. Get the lead and make them open up a little bit.

Would really like to see und beat Michigan, but after what happened earlier this season, would really love to see Western get that game back and beat them in the tournament, even sweeter way of adding to that debacle.

Whomever scores the first goal is going to win the game as I think it will really alter how the game is played. If UND had Sanderson or Kleven, I think they win, but think WMU steals the game and wins 2-1 with their goalie again. If UND can get the first goal, that changes things in a hurry, especially with basically a home game.

AHA: AIC/RIT/Air Force/Mercyhurst ECAC: Quinnipiac/Clarkson/Harvard/Colgate HEA: Northeastern/UMass/UM-Lowell/UConn CCHA: Minnesota State/Bemidji State B1G: Minnesota/Michigan NCHC: Denver/UND/WMU/UMD

Trying to find a positive is that UND has done well without his services this year. I guess couple positives are that UND has experience without their star player for a majority of the second half, was quite successful, and already have a NCAA spot locked up. The listing of week-to-week tells me that regionals likely aren't going to happen. At least the younger D-Men have already gained plenty of valuable experience against high quality teams.