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Sioux score on a long pass to Weber

I agree about dataflix, but I also think the athletic department and alumni association should provide us with the free radio service. Considering their is a lot of UND Alum outside the Grand Forks area. They should want to keep us interested in what goes on at UND both athletics and academics.

Finally I have the Central Washington Broadcast

Thats just great, I can't image they actually have many listeners for the garbage they have on the radio link right now. What station plays that stuff?

I am sure it never got fixed, or at least not fixed correctly

I think the only major affect athletics can have on schools like UND and NDSU is getting the name of the institutions out to other areas of the country. It gives the schools more name recognition so if someone from say Texas decides to go to school at UND, their is a better chance for people around them to have a general idea of what the University is like. Basically you wouldn't have as many people going, What! NORTH DAKOTA isn't that in Canada? If the University is known through athletics, at least they are getting some publicity. As sad as it is, if you live in another area of the country you most likely will not have a clue about the acedemics of those schools and without athletics and a few other programs these people wouldn't even consider checking it out.

It was news to me until someone mentioned it is a post right before gametime.

Just a guess, but if Bowenkamp was hurt last week they may have still started him due to the competition of Delta State. I am sure the coaching staff realized immediatly once watching Mesa's game tape that they were not very good and this would be a great opportunity to get JB some rest and Belmore some valuble game experiece with little to no risk. I was surprised that Dressler played. I am not completely sure about the redshirt rule, but if he plays next week and maybe gets hurt or the injury is aggrevated he could still get a medical hardship depending upon how much he has actually played during the games. I also think that UND never intended on redshirting him but didn't want to throw him to the wolves in the first game against fairly good competition. It is probably a good idea to ease any player into a major role on the team, especially if they are a true freshman.

How did Mesa score?

Is Bowenkamp really hurt? or did the UND coaches decide that Mesa stinks and this would be a good time to get the backup QB some game experience? Just asking because the Mesa radio announcers have said Bowenkamp has been in holding and I wouldn't think he would be holding if he was hurt.

Whats the score? UNO's secondary is getting shred by IUP and they are losing 28-14

I wonder why, it doesn't make sense to pull a redshirt on a guy if he isn't going to get some serious PT

UNO is down 21-14, just got ripped through the air. 3 or 4 play scoring drive for IUP, 2 passes over 30 yards

Wow, this is UGLY!! Even to read about it.

Thanks for the updates IUP and UNO are tied 14 all, but looking at the stats UNO should be ahead.

Has Mesa even got a first down yet?

It doesn't sound like Mesa State's defense is very good

I am reading because the audio I have is delayed and keeps cutting out and changing volume

According to the Mesa broadcast, the game hasn't started yet. They just finished the national anthem

The Mesa broadcast is on about a 10 minute delay, just great!

http://www.gomavs.org./ The broadcast has been cutting in and out, and are just going through a bunch of old interviews right now

The fighting sioux link isn't working yet and it's pissing me off. I email the athetic department this morning and they said it should be fixed, well I guess not. I am starting to think the old links are BS and they are trying to force people to pay for the broadcast.

Good post and I completely agree about supporting the other schools, I have had friends play at both schools and think we really should hope the other teams do well against any other competition. I do have a slight disagreement about ND talent and D1AA, IMO the only difference between a high level D2 team and D1AA team is depth. NDSU has done a lot of recruiting in ND and outside the normal recruiting area in order to build and better team and get more depth on the roster, but I would argue that UND is at least an equal if not better football team currently and has not had to do that type of recruiting.