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How would Sioux fans react if the Sioux were playing another school in a sport and the other schools AD or Administrator acted the way Buning did. This question is not intended to be a flame fest but to see how Sioux fans would HONESTLY respond.

Your right, since the Gophers are the #1 rival of most teams in the WCHA, most of the fans in the WCHA will enjoy it. Like I said, most Gopher fans are not bothered by it.

My lenthy response was describing the incident that happend and you are right I could care less. Is this short enough for you.

Sioux Fans are not the only one that have bought Holy Cross Merchandise. When the Gophers played in Duluth this year their were some Bulldog fans wearing Holy Cross tee shirts. In Mankato this year their were some Maverick fans wearing Holy Cross Shirts. Most Gopher Fans have gotten over the Holy Cross loss, infact while in Mankato a Maverick came up to the group I was with and pointed to his shirt. The Gopher fans started to laugh and the Maverick fan said "Arn't you affended by my shirt" A Gopher fan replied " We could care less what you wear, that was last year this is this year" The Maverick fan walked away in shaking his head because he didn't get a rise out of Gopher fans. Bottom line is if a Sioux fan or any other fan wants to spend their own money on a Holy Cross shirt, who cares, it's their money.

Could you please explain your comment about the Star Tribune being arrogant regarding Gopher Hockey. This newspaper very seldom writes about Gopher Hockey,. They have a writer (Patrick Ruesse) who down right hates the hockey program and will take any cheap shot he can. I wish the Star Tribune would atleast cover hockey like they do for Gopher Basketball, its not even close for coverage. The nice thing about the Grand Forks Herald is they care about UND's hockey program. I do agree that there are Gopher fans that are cocky and arrogant but Every program in the league has there share.When UND fans keep bringing up 7-5 to Gopher fans you can say that is arrogant and cocky. In the end every fan base has there good fans and bad ones.

Goon, That is a pretty strong statement regarding Lucia getting a AR fired. Can you back it up with facts or is this just your opinion because you do not like the Gophers.

Redwing, You may not agree with me on this one and that is fine, we simply agree to disagree. This is why people have opinions, some people agree with them and some don't but we still should respect each others opinions. I have posted on this board before and have never disrespected a persons opinion. I may not agree with there opinion but I am not going to start saying there wrong or start calling them names (ex Skippy, Slappy,etc). Its just sad that you get taken to the wood shed if you don't agree with someone statement. Everybody chears for their team but we are College hockey fans first so this shouldn't lead to a verbal attack on someone just because their not a Sioux fan, Gopher fan, etc. Goon has this conspiracy theory that the Gophers get all the brakes, that is his opinion, I don't agree with it but it is his opinion. I'm sure if I stated that the Sioux get all the brakes that he would not agree with me. The one thing I do agree on is that all officials are inconsistent and until this changed we are always going to have a problem with the officials.

Goon, When did I call you a Moron? In your reply you just admitted that Carmen was tapped in the back while going to the net. I don't know if you have even played hockey before but if you are going full speed towards the net and you get "tapped" from behind and you are a couple feet from the net it is nearly impossible to stop or veer away because you are so close to the net. As for being reviewed, you are right it should have been, but Hunt (Official) would have seen that Carmen WAS cross checked (tapped) from behind resulting in him hitting Elliott. As for Wooger complaining to the refs during his coaching days, he was just like any other coach. In fact a friend of mine was a linesmen (now a current official) during the Woog days and he told me Jeff Sauer was the biggest whiner of all the coaches and Woog was no different than the rest. Please, Goon (or since you are calliing me Skippy, I will call you Loser) don't bring up the conspiracy that the Gophers get most of the breaks. The Gophers are penalized just as much as any other team in the league. Against Duluth the Dogs had 5 or 6 more power plays for the weekend than the Gophers. Wooger is right about the officials being questionable, they have been inconsistent for years. You don't have to agree with me or not but this is my opinion Goon, I mean Loser.

Thanks triouxper for the compliment, I wouldn't expect anything less from you.,

I knew it was a matter of time when Goon would say Elliott was run into by a Gopher player. If you look at the reply (not as a Sioux fan, but as a Hockey fan) it shows that number 10 of the Badgers (not sure of his name) shoved Carmen in the back which resulted in Carmen hitting Elliott. It was clearly shown on the Recap after the game.

I'm responding to the comment you made that if the Gophers did not play the regional at Mariucci that they Would not have made it to the Frozen Four. The key words here are "Would not", nobody knows if they would have made it to the Frozen Four if they had not played at Mariucci that year. Also the heart and Determination comment was questionable considering they let up one goal in six periods that weekend.

How do you know they would not have made it out of the regionals if the Gophers had not played at home. According to you the only way the Gophers can play in the Frozen Four is if they play there regionals at home Also, were you at those games? I was there and they did play with plenty of heart, determination and grit. Like Bucky said, they played against the two best Goalies in the nation that weekend.

I'm not saying Kessel is the all-american boy but in the same article (ruesse"s) the Boston GM said Kessel is a good kid although he may be a liitle immature. Columbus may have seen something with Kessel but why did't Kessel drop farther in the Draft (ala Randy Moss) if he is such a disruptive kid. I don't recall any other teams complaining about him. As for the fans knowing better, I know some fans are closer to a hockey program than you may think. I never said it was Skille's fault as I don't know if Kessel is to blame also, I don't know what the situation was. I'm still waiting for your reply on who said he was a cancer in the locker room?

Goon, What players on last years Gophers team said Kessel was a cancer in the locker room? I didn't hear any talk all last season that he was a cancer. Now we hear from a Boston reporter who heard it from a Columbus Blue Jacket employee that Kessel was disruptive in the locker room all year even though the Gophers won twenty- seven games with this so called cancer. I do go along with you hoping he comes back to the U because I will take his talent any day of the week.

Thats allright GPL is down, we can still get Gopher Talk on SiouxSports.com because most topics on this board eventually turn into Gopher talk

Sioux- Cia- You are entitled to your opininion and I respect that, but Kessel had nothing to do with the press conference, I believe it was USA Hockey that orchestrated that. I was at the Wisconsin game and I do agree the cupping his ear was maybe not called for but with all the crap the Wisconsin fans were giving him they deserved it. At the bar after the game some Wisconsin fans even said we deserved it. As for the obnoxioux behavior in the locker room I never heard of it and I also know people very close to the program but I will not question your source. I guess we agree to disagree.

What did Kessel do on the ice, in the locker room and off the ice that makes you not like him?

So, your saying if Kessel would have played for Tech or AA or some other school you would have hated him as much.

Would Sioux fans treat Kessel any different if he played on another team besides the Gophers? It seems Sioux fans hate him so much only because he is a Gopher. Oshie, Toews, Kessel are great players no matter what team they play for.

I was at a Blueline luncheon in Grand Forks a few years ago and Dean Blais was talking. Someone in the audience asked him if NDSU would add Hockey since they are in DI sports now. Dean laughed and said NDSU made the dumbest decision to go DI and they will be broke in 5 years because of it. I wonder if Deano thinks UND will be broke in 5 years.

Maybe BuckySieve was just having some fricking fun (as you say he should) towards Sprig by calling the Sioux "The Fighting Chokers" as Sprig called the Gophers "Golden Chokers".

I'm not trying to start something here but I am curious. If Holy Cross would have beat Michigan or Wisconsin (I know Wisconsin was not in the regional)or some other high seeded team besides Minnesota would Sioux fans make such a big deal out of this like they are doing now. Before AZSIOUX or Triouxper rips me I'm saying this hypothetical.

As a Gopher fan, I could care less if a Sioux fan buys a Holy Cross Jersey, after all it is their own money and what they do with it is their own choice. I for one have gotten over the Holy Cross loss and if any other Gopher fan has not gotten over the loss they need to. Also, if a Sioux fan points to their Holy Cross Jersey at Mariucci or some other place all I can do is chuckle. Like I said it's their own money they spent money on a HC jersey.

fs1, My comment was directed towards DAR's post in which he stated it was priceless seeing Sioux fans doing the jersey pop to Irmen. The jersey pop was directed towards an individual (Irmen) not the team. So when the fans at the frozen Four did the same thing to Chorney it was directed towards him not his teammates, but to him as an individual. You were the one that started the Holy Cross loss compared to the BC loss. I never said that the Sioux Loss to BC was bigger than the Gopher loss to Holy Cross, even an idiot (as you call me) knows better.

Fs1, Where in my post did I compare the Gopher loss to Holy cross to the Sioux loss to BC?. What I was comparing was the Sioux fans mocking Irmen with a Jersey pop just like the Fans in Milwaukee mocking Chorney with a Jersey pop. What Irmen and Chorney did was classless and they both payed for it. By the way it's nice to see you respond by calling me an idiot, next time don't assume before you respond.