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Just give students 1/3 of the lower bowl (behind the goalie). I just increased student attendance and the atmosphere with one stone....BOOM!

Less and less print paper for the Herald. More Bison football and Gopher hockey in the Herald. It's like they are purposely trying to kill it. http://www.westfargopioneer.com/sports/hockey/4510925-longtime-writer-jess-myers-cover-minnesota-gophers-hockey-new-forum-news The West Fargo Pioneer...a forum communication newspaper...somehow Fargo "area" has two newspapers owned by the same company. "Hey Forum Communications, It's Grand Forks, can we have at least one decent newspaper?" "No!"

The Herald's parent company, Forum Communications, recently hired Jess Myers on the payroll to cover "Gopher and college hockey." Expect to see more of this in the Herald.

Which is why they put energy into selling unsold tickets not selling already sold tickets.

Cheaper tickets.

Overheard some Bison fans: "UND is so bad. They have never beaten a team that has finished the regular season undefeated!"

North Dakota is 26th Northern Iowa is 30th in the latest AGS poll.

Good point about them playing two FBS teams.

Yes a 5-5 vs "D1 Competition" won't make the playoffs. If Indiana State wins they certainly have a case for the playoffs...same with WIU if they win.

Of course we're assuming these hypothetical playoff teams keep winning.

That's not a thing. Edit: To clarify you need 6 wins vs D1 at the end of the season, otherwise that teams selection may be in "jeopardy"....Which is sort of obvious because otherwise said teams would be 5-5 in d1 competition.

Wouldn't be the first time a team with 6 D1 wins gets in, especially if they beat Weber on Saturday.

Montana Montana State Idaho State North Dakota All currently sit at 6-4. Only one will get in...

Just like Dom Izzo who was trying to say if UND won the Big Sky Championship outright in 2016 they still weren't good enough to get a bye. It's almost like a game in the (social) media to see who can try and control and influence the narrative (voting members) the most.

Leaps and Bounds.

"It'll come down to"...will the committee realize how much stronger the Big Sky is vs the MVFC this year.

This. It likely will come down to these two games (if UND wins): If Montana St wins they are 7-4 and likely beat out UND for a playoff spot. Montana wins they are 7-4 and loses the "unofficial tie breaker" to UND. Idaho State* beats Weber State and they finish at 7-4 and also have the "unofficial tie breaker" over UND. (*The win vs Weber would probably trump playing a d2 team for Idaho State...or they'll use that excuse to selection another MVFC team).

Last year: EWU 7-4 UNI 7-4 The latest polls of the season, before the smoke filled room playoff teams were picked, both had EWU ranked above UNI. UNI was awarded a home playoff game while EWU's season was over. (Three 7-4 Big Sky teams sat home last year.)

Just finally saw it too.

Not a written rule. In 2016, Illinois State got in at 6-5. Selection committee uses a "Simple Rating System" as one of the tools for evaluating teams. Which one component is margin of victory.

Perfect time for a "what if" calculator right about now...

It all comes down to will these 5-5 MVFC teams be ranked above UND this week? And MVFC team, Indiana State, who is 6-4 with a d2 win on its schedule.

Dom is trolling for clicks. I trust him about as much as gfhockey.

Defense has, what, forced five turnovers the last two games.

I mean. I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. Average at best can pretty much sums up most people on the entire football team. There really isn't any studs or go to players. NFL receivers like Golladay don't come around very often unfortunately.