The Sicatoka

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.

1:00 to go Saunders pulled. UAF takes a cross-checking penalty UND going on 6x4 skater advantage.

UAF 2 UND 1 1:37 to go

UAF 2 UND 1 5:34 remaining.

UAF 2 UND 1 7:20 left in game

UAF 2 UND 1 at 3:02.

UND 1 UAF 1 17:10 remaining in third.

UND 1 UAF 1 End of second

UND 1 UAF 1 8 minutes left in second.

It's for Twits.

I have Midco. Why? UND sports. But this week, because of the Root deal with the Big Sky, no UND Football game. But do you see me here berating any and everyone about it?

Montana punts first possession.

Hardin for 80 plus, then Hanson throws 5 yd TD.

UND takes first possession and takes first personal foul.

I wish I'd kept the quote, but back about 2005 an associate athletic director at Duke, when asked about the forming of superconferences and the potential for them to break away from the NCAA to form their own association, said that the NCAA is a voluntary organization*, meaning schools don't have to be a member and could leave at any time to do their own thing. The notion of the "above the line" or "top 5" BCS conferences going their own way is not that outlandish. But remember, money, not what is best for college athletics, will drive all the decisions. You can bank on that. Always has; Always will. *UND fans are brutally aware of that for the last few years.