The Sicatoka

Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance

Dearest Bunnies, There are no worries for you over the next two weeks. Please, please, just focus on your FBS opponent and your "rivals" from Fargo that close out September for you. That is all. Signed,

I was surprised at the number of first downs Butler got against SDSU, no matter who was playing.

Would the depth be better? Arguably. But is depth the whole issue? Right now the greatest asset is the vision and focus of the staff there. They can prep a team for a game second to none. They seem to be able to manage a schedule years in advance. I see Bohl's departure some day as the biggest danger to competitiveness at NDSU.

... Or stupid. He's a Gopher. Never mind ...

This is touching on something that I've wondered about: Of late, UND looks smaller than many opponents. Maybe it's the black uniforms. Maybe it's the Hardin factor. He's not big (neither is McGill). Maybe it's TV. But to my eyes UND's legs, and many of the players in general, are smaller than the opposition.

You're stretching. The article says the moped may be owned by a Gopher coach. We don't know who owns it for sure (and can't say it was bought for a player). However, we can ask who owns said moped and if GG had authority to operate it, and if that allowance is a violation if it's an inappropriate benefit to a student athlete.

Don't ever criticize Faison for strong and proper reaction to a bad situation. What's that? Get out in front of it, because then you can set the message (aka "spin") as best you can. That is something some folks at NDSU would do well to understand and start to practice. It's better and easier than reacting to the next "find" by a cub reporter looking in the City of Fargo/Cass County/State of ND law enforcement blotters.

That much I wholly agree with. I reserve comment on the rest of that post.

A couple. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McCoy

It's Ward County, heart of the Bakken. The DAs out there need to protect the cops. How can they do that? Send a clear message: touch a cop, face the maximum possible charge. The DA has now given himself a lot of negotiating room also. It sounds really harsh, but it's the right tactic from the DA's office. Signed, Jack McCoy

BES of GFH is tweeting that Guertler is suspended indefinitely.

Probably ask Craig Bohl for advice.

Apparently they've never heard the joke about how mopeds are like "larger" girls.

Montana 23 App St 6 13:13 to play Weber St 50 SFA 40 F

Try this. http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/preview?gameId=332432692

EWU takes out #25 Oregon State. That doesn't negate NDSU's win (tip of cap to 'SU), but they may not be the story of the weekend anymore. Seems the top of FCS, for a game, should be able to handle an FBS school. For a game. I don't believe an FCS school has the depth to play a full schedule of FBS teams, especially those from power conferences. For UND? Get to the top of FCS. For NDSU? They scheduled a month to recover. That's part of this run: smart scheduling. Final thought: may the biggest of the big be talking about their own division and playing insular schedules to prevent these types of losses in the future?

It's never as bad as you think it is in bad times. It's never as good as you think it is in good times.

Indubitably.

If you are serious you need to have that myopia checked.

Thought Bisonville.com was about NDSU(AAS) but there are a ton of UND threads there.

Yours, needing to attempt to defend what is indefensible, is showing.

What is so bad about plus four and getting the first hit jitters out of the way? That is not a downer. It is a good thing.

Well, there is precedent in some places ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10272953/Kim-Jong-uns-ex-lover-executed-by-firing-squad.html