dmksioux

Twins are done so there probably aren't to many people around here interested in baseball. My team is still around, but if Brooks Conrad has anything to say about it, they should be done after tonights game. Thankfully he will be riding the bench tonight. Bobby Cox has decided to put Glaus in at third and move Infante over to second. My fear it is too little too late. I predict we will be seeing a Yankees vs. Phillies World Series...

Ok, so todays game was pretty ugly to watch and many people are frustrated. Right now our record stands at 2-4 with five games left to play. I only see one victory left on the schedule which would be the Lamar game. That would make us 3-8 on the year with our wins being against a DII team, an FCS team that was winless last year and only win this year was against a DII, and a first year FCS school. I think it's safe to say the UND football is heading in the wrong direction.

I am looking for 4 lower bowl tickets for both nights of the UND-Duluth series. They can be split up 2/2 or all four together. Willing to negotiate...Thanks. Please pm me if you have any available.

Every team has injuries. UND was dominated in every aspect of the game today, especially in coaching department. The coaches did not put players in position to be successful or to make plays...IMO.

They have been doing it all year in their games against fbs/fcs competition...I too don't understand. Perhaps the coaches don't trust their kids to make a play. Alot of the shortcomings by this years team are directly related to coaching, gameplanning etc. Hopefully our AD sees this and does something about it.

I know many people keep saying we are a young team and that we are recruiting well and we should give it another year or so. I have to say I don't see it. Our players are not fundamentally sound when it comes to positioning, tackling, and discipline. It doesn't matter how good an athlete is if you are not fundamentally sound. I tend to agree with dlsioux in that we need to see an overhaul with the coaching staff. We also need to pony up some cash to bring some decent calibre coaches. If we stick with Mussman, we are stuck with mediocrity at best.

Total yardage SUU: 342 UND: 78

This game is tough to watch. I missed the first quarter but from the second quarter on, it's been all SUU. The Sioux cannot sustain any kind of a drive. The defense can't get off the field and is wearing down in part due to the ineptitude of the offense. I have no idea how this game is so close... (score wise, not stat wise).

Thanks to a late rally late last night, the Braves evened their series with the Giants. Being a Braves fan, I stayed up to watch the whole thing. Braves have their ace, Tim Hudson, throwing on Sunday. Since they have the best home record in baseball, I like their chances in the series now that they got a split on the road.

So are you saying schools such as Penn State and Notre Dame among many others, aren't "big Time?" Personally, I don't like the names on the back of jerseys...especially in college. Joe Pa said it best...

According to Wayne's blog, he is still out. http://waynenelson.areavoices.com/2010/10/01/sioux-running-back-still-out/

Sorry to be a "Negative Nelly" but I am not going to vote for Coach Muss in this poll. I have yet to be convinced that he has our program headed in the right direction for the transition.

So no Nickleback then...

Since I was unable to be at the game, how was the pre-game intro? Which song did the team come out to, was the school song played, etc?

I will be there. I have 4 tickets and right now, I believe there is only two of us going. If anyone is interested in a ticket pm and I'll let you know if I still have them.

I've got my tickets and looking forward to it!

A diversion which gives the University and it's football program regional and national recognition. Which in turn does help with recruiting. I know that making it to the playoffs and winning championships will do the same thing. However, we are not eligible for a few years yet. Say what you want about NDSU's blue print for the transition, bottom line is, they are recruiting a better quality athlete than what UND has been the last few years. Winning agains an FBS team, or at least being competitve will do wonders for UND with recruiting.

Speaking of the bison...anyone else planning to head to Fargo for the September 16th matchup? I've got my tix for it!

This is a nice win! It's fun to see what Coach Hardee has done with the volleyball team. In my opinion, they are the one sport which has done the best with the transition thus far.

It appears as though the new field turf is now being worked on... http://www.fightingsioux.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=58538&SPID=6384&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=204985843&DB_OEM_ID=13500 In the article, there was also mention of a baseball tournament the team would be hosting next spring. Is the schedule out for the baseball team? Anyone know which teams might be participating in this tournament?

Nice strong showing for the first game of the year...granted San Jose St only had one win last year. I may try to get to one of the games tomorrow.

Do you know if they intend to still play the School song. I don't see anything wrong with having the team gather in the endzone as the Nickelback song is playing with an intro video. They could break into the school song immediately after all the players make it to the sideline.

A good song, but definitely don't want to do this one as I believe it is used by a certain school 70 miles to south of Grand Forks...

I agree about the entrance, not sure about Nickleback but if it's done right it can be very intimidating. Here is the VT intro... EDIT: I actually went to youtube and did a search for college football entrance songs. Most of the FBSschools do have some kind of a video and song intro. Most of them break into the school song immediately after. Watching all those videos has got me pumped for football season to start! Can't wait for the Sioux home opener!!!

Bison win...4-3. Sioux scored first followed by 4 straight Bison goal. The Sioux rallied late but ran out of time. Nice to have a bit of the rivalry back.