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So far I won't even touch my East Predictions. My West predictions needed some shuffling: Williston is better than Bott, and BC deserves the jump over Minot and Jamestown. With the way EGF has been playing, I anticipate them beating both Central and RR in their upcoming games this week. If Nick Lund was still with Central instead of being with EGF I would have gone with GFC over EGF. Other upcoming pivotal games: Jamestown takes on Mandan and then Minot this week. These two games could very well solidify some positions in the Western standings. In the East I see both South and Davies will take on DL this week. Another set of games that will further mesh the standings, but this time in the EDC. Should be a great week of HS hockey!

I know he is probably going back to the Lincoln Stars first, but has he still seen little, to no college team interest? Anyone going to the Central vs EGF game tonight? That should be quite the doozy.

Haha! Classic

I wasn't accusing you of anything or trying to drive a point through you, I was just asking if you agreed. I thought the more points I brought up, the higher chances I would have of you agreeing with me :). The remainder of my banter was directed towards typical Bizon fans and the comments I have heard from them throughout the season. And I completely agree, bounces go both ways, but sometimes fans need a reminder of the favorable bounces that are much easier to forget. ALL fans need that reminder, but from my experience NDSU fans more than others. And believe me I know every small and large detail behind every NDSU injury ,bad call and draw back they went through this season as it gets covered at my office daily. They went through a lot of adversity this season and fought through most of it, but they also had quite a few things out of their control go their way. Pointing these things out to each other are good for the rivalry.

He's a 4 year kid.

Getting back on topic of the thread-- Just want to summarize, go on a correction rant and even give a little props to NDSU and their season as it went much better than it could have IMO. Bison 06---True or false, NDSU had 4 games that could've easily went either way during the regular season? Do you think NDSU was lucky to come out 3-1 in those games? IMO I think they were. Their playoff spot or playoffs at all could have looked much more sour if things would have played out differently in those 4 close games. Not to mention winning some of those vs losing some of those also could have had a ripple effect on the rest of their season. 1. NDSU beating Charleston due to the Charleston kicker missing a last second game winning FG which forced OT. That gave NDSU another chance and they redeem themselves. 2. NDSU beating EWU due to the EWU kicker missing a last second game winning FG which forced OT. That again gave NDSU a chance to redeem themselves. Another play most NDSU fans forget about in that game was the 80 yard TD reception called off on EWU which turned into 7 pts for NDSU during a pivotal moment late in the 3rd. 1 of 2 TD's called off in that game on EWU I think? Bizon fans thankfully do remember that Kupp was out much of the game at least. But one thing they do NOT know, is that it IS illegal to cut block outside of the box if it is against the flow of the play. I've never heard more complaints about a certain call before in my life after that EWU game. Both of those were great wins by NDSU due to capitalizing when it counted...but it only happened due to the fact that they got lucky enough for their opponents to miss FG's. 3. Beating Iowa on a clutch last second FG. He could've easily missed that, but he is clutch and he nailed it in an extremely tough situation. Even if he had missed, I don't see a L in that game having any negative effects on their FCS ranking, but getting a W certainly had positive effects on it. Other than the 70 yard Iowa run being called back when the game was tied (turned into 7 pts for NDSU) there weren't many reasons why NDSU shouldn't have won that game. NDSU played better and had a clutch kicker. 4. Losing to the Jacks on a last second TD pass. It could have easily been dropped to give NDSU the W yet again, but this close game finally didn't fall in their favor. Playoffs- Either way I think NDSU would have beat Cal Poly or SanD. The next game they proved to be the better team than the Jacks in every way and honestly looked unstoppable after that game. But then came JMU. JMU was without a top receiver, their leading tackler OR their best OL (replaced by the worst tackle in the history of college football)...and they still managed to pound NDSU. Things NDSU fans forget to mention when they bitch about losing that game. 1--- The list of missing players for JMU 2---30-35 yard TD called back on JMU (turned into 7 pts for NDSU) 3. Easton stick had an obvious fumble in the 3rd that they didn't even bother to review? That was pretty strange (but not really because it was NDSU they were playing) 4-- JMU was clearly better All in all I actually found it astonishing that NDSU made it as far as they did this season. Just doing my part to help Bizon fans remember the lucky things that happened to help them along that are easily forgotten. Bizon fans remember the bad more than the good.

All teams match up against other teams differently. UND could have beat EWU and EWU could have beat UND by 70...we will never know because they didn't play. You're speaking like a true Bizon fan right now...mastering predictions by comparing scores. "NDSU beat Iowa and Iowa beat Michigan so 'we' could beat everyone that Michigan beat this year" Heard that one this season. Always entertaining logic from the extremely knowledgeable Bizon football fans!

Richmond was a legitimate team, and if you were at the game UND you would realize they definitely stole a win against UND. UND beat themselves that day, no doubt about it. I feel like even Richmond fans would agree that they were the lesser, and pretty much every bounce went there way in the 2nd half to make that come back possible. Without that momentum swing on the punt penalty it easily could have kept snow balling to a 35+ point blow out. Great teams don't let that happen, but I still think UND showed they were worth their #7 ranking when they were piss pounding Richmond at will. As for other Big Sky loses, I agree that Cal Poly was very much so in the disadvantage due to the weather in their game. They crushed that team earlier in the season, and weren't able to do what they do best during a mud fest. Small quick O-line men that love to pull and sprint don't fair so well in a nose to nose, lb vs lb muddy wrestling match.

I'm sure it has been mentioned on here, but can someone briefly update me on what the deal is with this new 'Turning Point' building? I hope to god it's not just another fitness center because that wouldn't survive a year.

Gotta like that

Yea he's a talented little prick. Good 4 year guy with that size holding him back

Ortega is a little chump. Heart burn

Is thet a new trend or has Omaha always had a poor following?

Is it because Michigan state got stomped on by Wisconsin?

Arizona state is beating Denver 1-0.

Classic Tex Mex.

It seems like Ortega has been playing for them since Nam.

Blais is going to get fired after this game.

Don't get me wrong, I completely agree that it should be at least 8 teams. A lot of these bowl games are a joke.

Hard to forget that unbelievably embarrassing stomp down that Alabama put on them at home. Why would anyone want to see that happen again in the playoffs?

I agree...but looking back, I don't think I would remember the games when Toews scored 3 SO goals, Oshie scored 3/4 SO goals to beat Russia in the Olympics or Terry scoring 3 times to finally beat Russia if it wasn't for shoot outs. Those were by far the most memorable moments of those games and it sure did make for some excitement. The teams know it's a possibility so they plan for it and practice for it just like any other part of their game.

Yet BU still beat Union last night.

Man, how anxious and frustrated is boeser after watching that knowing he missed out? They would have to tie him down to keep him off the ice tomorrow

I thought Usa had a penalty there for sure

How crazy would it have been if boeser was playing against jost for a gold metal then playing on the same team as him the very next night.