Wilbur

Best time of the year. The time of the year when all the big predictions are made and half way through the season we throw them out the door. Could anyone not named Minnesota or Boston College please win the national championship?

This will be the true road introduction to the big sky. UND does not match up well defensively which means a Wild West shootout on the road if they want to win. If the defense holds them to 25 or less they have a chance.

I think UND still finishes in the middle of the pack in the big sky. Still taking baby steps.

Always enjoy this thread. I'll take Rowney.

Gap play was terrible. You know you have issues when a qb scores from three yards out on a straight sneak.

If you can't tackle on defense and stop the run you will lose most of the time.

You know.....Before this all came out I was anxious to hear the fine details. Now that we have a detail by detail report I wish I hadn't.

I was at a game once where his team blew a two goal lead....totally serious Brian....totally....

I by the grace of God found myself at a hockey party too when I was at UND....one time.....epic.....just fricken epic.....probably laws broken too. Dean Blais was the head coach.....FYI.

Ahhh.....now its turned into a Hakstol has no control thing......here we go.

Agreed. This horse has been beaten, brought back to life, and beaten again. People have their opinions of what happened, which is why we all come to the board to get it off our chests (or get away from the wives) . I'd rather be talking about the goaltending situation, or defensive pairings, or powerplay units. I'd rather get into arguments over that.

I'm very thankful that UND's offense was able to control the line of scrimmage and run the football. You look at the boxscore, and it makes you wonder. How in the world does a guy go for 9.3 yards a carry and 140 yards and not get into the endzone? How do you give up almost 500 yards of offense, but only give up 13 points? I guess thats why we keep watching.....something always amazes you. PS: Nice to see Garman get into the game.

Cut the crap.... I'll eat crow though. Bend but don't break, but they only gave up 13 points. You give up 14 or less on the road and you have a great chance of winning in any conference.

Be careful what you say about the defense....or you'll be told to cut the crap....

It'd be nice to see the offensive line really control this game, and UND have a better pass-run ratio. Don't get me wrong, Hardin and the crew need to get the football as much as possible, but it'd be nice to win the line of scrimmage, and really dictate the football game from there.

I wonder if anyone tore their ACL "slipping" at a team get together. Replied the UND fan to the gopher fan.

Like him or hate him, I'm thankful that Kristo is around for another season. Could have bolted to the AHL, but part of the reason that he stayed around was he absolutely loved playing for UND and was having a great time at UND. (A college kid enjoying college....huh). I could get upset and ticked at the kid for all the off the ice stuff, but that would make me a hypocrite because I did the same stuff in college. But I was way better than Danny at not getting caught. He broke team rules, he's paying for it. Just think, if Gleason was the assistant captain instead of Kristo, we probably wouldn't even be bringing Danny up.....we'd be talking about how Kristo should have been in over Gleason.

I hope you're right. Missed tackles and some blown coverages have burned this unit so far this year. I think they have the talent to be a good defensive team. I guess I'll cut the crap, even though I'm not the only one to put them in the question mark category.....

That Friday night game against Anchorage will be a replay of last year. Talk about short bench.... Not the greatest of starts off the ice....

My wife is wondering why I spit my diet coke on the computer just now.....the Rocco comment got me rolling....

Glad that the captains weren't the only ones to be punished in this whole ordeal. The university provided documentation to the police which I believes therefore gives them the right to file MIC charges against these young men. A college kid getting an MIC....GOODNESS!!!!! You still have to wonder "what if" in regards to how public this goes without the NDSU incident coming into play.

So if this Reilly kid uses a medical redshirt (likely), he could be a senior at the U of M when he's 25..... WHAT WHAT WHAT.....UND is the only team that has 25 year olds.....

I'll say UND 45, Sac St. 35. Doesn't matter if they're ticked off or not, they're still not that good of a defensive unit. (Would love to eat crow on Saturday night).

Missing those guys will be tough to start the year, but I think the expectations for the team will still be to win the hockey game. No excuses. They didn't take that road last year, hopefully they don't take that road this year.

Watched some youtube clips of murphy and I liked what I saw. Guy thats always around the net and a creative finisher. Body type kind of reminds me of a Jason Gregoire. As far as being drafted....yeah Nanne has one assist in four games while Murphy is having his way with the league. I don't think not being drafted will hurt too much....