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I think you all are missing something, it's more than just the schools. It's the whole enivronment! Where I live and teach in the south acedemic standards and scores are at least as good if not better than most or all of ND. The reason is that the area has a very diverse population of people that mainly put a lot of value in education. These are people from Canada, India, China, the Midwest, and the East coast of the United states. In the district I work in seveal other schools get equal amount or more funding in some cases than the school I work at and yet the acedemics at the schools are terrible. The problem is really about individuals and individual families placing a high value on education and it seems many in the south do not. Take a rural school in ND that produces good students and sends many of them on to college. Now place that same school and teachers in Mississippi, do you think it would produce the same caliber of students. I doubt it, their would be a few but the school would be considered under funded and thats why the students don't learn. Do you think students at the University of North Dakota can't get as good an educations as someone that attends LSU?

Who care's what some of the Bison fans do? I really don't care what a few fans do, and wish the NDSU luck in the new division. When we start playing them again, then I will worry about the Bison.

Coach Lennon is a great coach and has the best philosophy as far as winning is concerned. I just wish they would not pull back the reins on the offense so much. UND has great players, they need to be allowed to go make some plays. Last year they would start slow and be forced to cut the offense loose, but only if they were losing. I understand that with this style of play you shouldn't turn the ball over as much, but that wasn't the case yesterday as they turned the ball over 4 or 5 times. I also think the team needs to develop a killer instict... put teams away when they have the chance! It almost seems as if the offense players are happy with a small lead and just push the game on the defense, and I don't like that. IMO UND could have one of the better offenses in D2 to match their defense. It's not part of the style of play for UND and that is fine, but please let the offensive players go out and make the plays they are capable of. Defense wins championships, but the team should not rely soley upon that because you have to score to win. When games are as close yesterdays was (and really shouldn't have been) 1 or 2 bad breaks and UND loses, and I just don't like cutting it that close. on the flip side, playing is close games will benafit the Sioux when it comes playoff time or at least when the UNO game takes place.

I think the ball could still be picked up by a UND player and returned, but if it is not (and the whistle is blown) the play is dead and ball should be spotted where the Delta State player first touched the ball, unless it bounces in UND's favor. Basically Delta is not allowed to touch the ball and have it bounce, be kicked or pushed in a way that would give UND worse field position after initially touching it. I think the bottom line is that if the whistle had not blown, the play is still live. But if the whistle had already been blown the play dead before the penalty occured, UND shouldn't have been penalized.

Thats why I said should and not is

Defense wins the game again!!! The offense needs to be more consistant. I understand it's early in the season, but they should not turn the ball over like that. Did the Sioux turn the ball over 5 times today?

UND, needs to stay aggressive in games and put teams away to start the second half. They give teams some hope, and it allows they back in the game. UND obviously did not come out and play well on offense in the second half. To much pressure on the defense, all the time.

UND just got a pick, game should be over

Sioux just threw a pick, another fricking turnover. Only 2 minutes left!

Sioux lead 21-19 in the 4th

It seems to me UND should have scored about 50 points in this game and hasn't. Crap Delta scores on a bomb!

Typical conservative play for UND with a lead in the second half, it is so frustrating because when you play like that you absolutely cannot turn the ball over and UND has made plenty of mistakes today.

Sioux lead 21-3 Either Delta isn't as good as advertised or UND is better. Sounds like the Oline is ripping delta's Dline and LB's up

If anyone has dataflix, is Delta really playing dirty or are the officials that bad?

What did the Delta player do to get ejected? They don't just eject people for no reason.

The Delta Broadcast is funny, because it reminds me of listening to a high school game.

I am listening to the Delta State Broadcast go to www.gostatesmen.com and click the teamline link

The only thing I worry about with this game is a slow start, basically not be ready to play from the opening kickoff. UND has had a history of slow starts in many games, and if it happens in this game, I am not sure they will be able to recover. Sioux come out ready to go UND-27 Delta-10 Sioux start slow UND-9 Delta-34

Can anyone fill me in on how the young sioux football players looked? (if they actually played) I am just curious to see how the new recruits look. (Freund, Drew Thomas, Brandon Jordan, and any others that saw some PT in the scrimmage or if someone has watched them practice)

So, what date is this? and will they have a team that would on the game the is UND or would you just pick a professional team? Sounds like it would be fun, but I need more info.

I am not all that concerned about the starters, I am more worried if somebody gets hurt. From what I know it doesn't look like the O Line is very deep, so pray for good hoggy health.

Yes, but they also put Bentley at #3 so I wouldn't be to proud of that ranking. SI really doesn't know anything. I think that we shouldn't worry about ranking so much right now and just hope the Sioux are focusing in on getting better and the team they play each week.

Jimmy K's catch and run on a slant route against NDSU! I think it was in 1998

Does anyone know where I could buy the Football America documentary on DVD or even VHS?

If you didn't know he was an outstanding athlete before that, you must not have seen him at all when he was in high school.