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I agree with "goyotes" and I saw the problem driving away from REA last night: I looked through the wide open front window of a home near REA. In it was at least a 55" television and a half dozen people (looked like students, guessing minors) consuming "beverages" and/or using their phones. I was stopped in traffic for about two minutes and watched them surf at least four sports events. For them I'm guessing the question is why go to a game when you can sit at home in luxury like that?

This one has gone way off topic (and personal).

Last Friday doesn't mean squat this Friday or this Saturday. These are four must points on the way to bigger things.

I see threads in about every forum about "where to watch" UND athletics. Do we need a forum for that? Do we need a Wikipage here for that? I'm tired of stumbling over the same thread and same questions in every forum. Thoughts?

... or violent in nature. That's the Coach Bohl/AD Taylor benchmark: sexual or alcohol or violent.

Wasn't the spin on the A misdemeanors (the voter fraud) something like, " ... it's not violence or alcohol or sexual related ... "?

Of course an NDSU fan would. That would help NDSU secure absolute home-field advantage in the playoffs.

Personally, the ways I find best are either: - have pictures of the game referee in bed with his mistress and threaten to send them to his wife or - walk past the game officials' pre-game meal table and drop a bulging envelope while saying "straight cash, homey" Oh. Wait. You meant hypothetically, not what's worked in the past. Signed, A proponent of the idea that UND should change it's moniker to "The Mafia" ... Capiche?

"Gay spent five seasons as the head coach at North Dakota and compiled a career record of 22-61-6." Using ties as "half a win" 22-61-6 is 0.281. 0.281 is a batting average for a slick fielding shortstop, not a winning percentage at UND.

According to the Summit League ... UMKC? No, "Kansas City". UNO? No, "Omaha". IPFW? No, "Fort Wayne". IUPUI? No, "Indianapolis". Thus, we now also have "Fargo" (aka FU), "Brookings", and "Vermillion", and "Macomb" (Western Illinois).

Kinda early to be hittin' the sauce on a Tuesday morning don'cha think?

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On that, I'm pretty sure you're mistaken. Idaho's leaving the WAC presumably because of the low academic calibre of the teams just invited to the WAC. Idaho State isn't much better. Idaho would prefer to be associated first with the Montanas. Idaho State and Weber State are the logical travel pair (as are EWU and UI). If it goes divisions, I expect them (UI/ISU) to be apart.

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Cool. I'll be forwarding that notion to Sam Houston State regarding a game against NDSU.

A 22-game conference schedule still leaves room for 5-7 non-conference games (depending on how you schedule them). Given that many non-Big Sky teams are too soft and meek to brave North Dakota in December through February a 22-game conference schedule isn't a bad notion. Alternatively, I predict the west coast and southern teams in the BSC will not want full round robing (22 games) because they have an easier time scheduling non-conference.

What I'd like to see is Midco get high-def going at The Ralph and The Al and then negotiate with Root to trade games on Root for use of Midco's production equipment when Root does Big Sky games in Grand Forks. The win-win I'd try to negotiate: - MidcoSN could show "Root exclusive" games involving UND - Root would save the costs of bringing their HD equipment to GF for Big Sky games

Of the hospital and not the family? Seriously?

Can I second that motion?

Win at home. Split on the road. That is all.

The polls are meaningless period. What matters is PWR because that seeds the tournament to a title.

Allow me to say it was a good win and one more thing: UND had the chance to let another game get away. They didn't let it happen this time. The win over Montana is nice; how they didn't roll over this time, and came back to win, is more important.

The solution to "get students to show and stay" is easy (and I know it'll irk some of you): Give out student tickets to the next home hockey series at the end of home football games.

Game. UAF 2 UND 1

0:33 to go. Rowney in crease. Face-off outside.