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Griebel's highlights are spectacular, not only is he crazy quick, but his cuts are ridiculous.

Win it all!

How many more scholarships do they have left for this class? There were between 12 / 14 seniors (Arnell, Georges still ?), so you wouldn't think there is a lot of $$$ this year.

Here's how I look at the season so far, they are currently 9-6-3 and ranked 10 in the PWR (obviously pretty volatile right now). There has been more positives than negatives when looking overall, they've had a few bad games (Minnesota Fri, Mich State, Western Michigan), but also a lot of games where they played pretty well (Denver, UMD Sat, Minny Sat), but came up short. They've done pretty well, without (1) Healthy Boeser (2) Gardner / Poganski significantly underperforming (3) Injuries on defense Get Boeser back, Gardner / Poganski get back to their late season form and the freshman dman will have now a half year under their belts. There's no reason they can't win it all again.

Anymore information on Olsgaard or any other JUCO QB's? This is one of the biggest needs for next years team.

I've been saying this for years, just copy the teams that have an effective PP.

This. It's just not tonight, their special teams are awful and have been all year. 31st PP and 46th PK in the nation, that is completely unacceptable, but will we see them try anything differently? Based on the past decade the answer is no. Cost them another game tonight.

After watching their runs the past five years, it's really easy to find the moment when the game is over. The 3rd and 25 was that moment. To beat NDSU in the playoffs, it's like you almost need the inside straight draw. There needs to be a team that is (1) Better (2) Plays their best game of the season. If you are on par with them, you have no shot, because although there have been close games, they always make the play that counts.

James Madison is the only team left, EWU will get smoked if they meet in Frisco. This isn't the regular season (see today).

James Madison is the only team that has a shot.

I said it back during that possession, but that was the ball game. Everything that happens after doesn't matter. Game was over when NDSU was down 10-7.

Only a team that has a truly great defense will be able to beat NDSU in the playoffs. SDSU doesn't even have close to that. NDSU might not win by 30, but SDSU is bleeding out right now and has no chance to stop it. Today, it could be 3rd and 2 or 3rd and 25, doesn't matter, they'll get the first down.

Down 10-7 in the 2nd and you can already turn it off. The reason NDSU will win this one and march to #6 is coaching. I'm at a loss for words for how poor SDSU's game plan is on defense. Someone explain why on 3rd and 25 you only rush 3 and then have the rest of your guys 50 yards down field.

NYC is a destination, Sioux Falls is Sioux Falls. I'm going to concede this discussion since we won't know until it happens. My original statement was I preferred Fargo over Sioux Falls, because I thought it offered a better home ice advantage. I think financially, it's tough for a lot of people to make 3 possible trips in a row work. The Frozen Faceoff is well attended by UND fans, then a lot would attend the Frozen Four if UND makes it. The regional works well in Fargo, since it's a non-hotel trip for most who will attend. I could be wrong and 10K show up, I'm just not as optimistic as others and would put it at 5K.

When the time comes there won't be close to 10K UND fans at the Sioux Falls regional if they are the host school. I guess we'll have to wait a few years and see.

I think you are strongly overestimating the amount of UND fans that would show up in Sioux Falls for the regional. This is based on every Regional that has ever been in St. Paul (same distance) that UND has been in (Sioux / Gophers could barely sell out the lower bowl and that was to go to the Frozen Four). The attendance isn't great and that's in one of the largest alumni centers for UND. Regionals being in-between the Frozen Faceoff and Frozen Four (which are well attended) hurt attendance. I'd say more 5000 UND fans (100% capacity) compared to 5 / 6K fans (maybe 70% capacity w/ opposing fans).

When it comes to UND bidding on a regional, I would prefer Fargo over Sioux Falls every time. Makes for a much tougher ticket, but gives them a better home ice advantage.

As far as this weekend goes, UND at 8-5-3 is at this point where they need to really start putting some separation between their W's and L's. 10-5-3 going into Christmas break looks a lot better than 9-6-3. Need a home sweep this weekend.

Didn't Chicago offer to sign Luke Johnson after his sophomore year, which was very middle of the road. He signed after his Junior year and he wasn't close from being a star at the college level at that time either. Teams are willing to sign players to an ELC just to get them in their system and see if they have what it takes (most of them don't). I wouldn't doubt that the three BroncoHeard mentioned could sign if they wanted to. It's far from a guarantee that they'll make the show. Both the player and the teams might think they could develop better in the minors.

Same question on the SRO. Wouldn't that be nice this time around if they only sold enough for the risers and those had numbers on them. My guess it'll be the same as last time though.

Why don't they do a home / home with SDSU or USD also?

https://millersports.areavoices.com/2016/12/07/und-football-turns-the-page-to-2017/ "Schweigert said the main areas of improvement he wants to see this offseason are at quarterback, offensive line and defensive back". No doubt, these were 3 of the main areas that held back UND from being a good to a very good / great team. QB - I think a JUCO backup QB should be the #1 priority this offseason. A guy that can play next year if needed, but can be sold on him being the guy the year following. Studsrud was inconsistent this year, but I think improved OL play will help Studsrud as much as it'll help the RB's OL - Went from very bad the first 4 games, to average. Starting the season with 4 new starters and really only a couple with experience, was tough. They improved a lot over the year. With 4 starters returning (plus 2 more that started), this group should really improve and should go from average to Good next year (Possibly Very Good, if Freshman really make a push for playing time) DB - Agree they need to work on the big play. Arnell returning would be big. I really like the secondary, who returns everyone. Holm / Hunt are extremely talented and I thought played well for Freshman this year. One thing I love about Bubba is how he just seems to get it, when it comes to pointing out the obvious and breaking down what they need to work on. I bring this up, because for years I've been frustrated with the way you can never really get any information out of the hockey coaches. Their power play is always embarrassing and you don't hear a word about it. We all notice something that needs to be worked on and Bubba brings it up, it's just really refreshing.

They were 6-5 last year.

UND played a stock FCS highlight video before the team was announced. The same one that NDSU will have to play this weekend. No team specific one that would pump up the crowd.

Adams now in the USHL point lead (5th PPG) and Kawaguchi 2nd BCHL (4th PPG)