Wilbur

UND has a pretty good football team, but these next two weeks will probably show if the team has the necessary character to go unbeaten and win a national championship. Nebraska Omaha is always tough on us, but I think with the home crowd UND should pull out a win. The final game at South Dakota will undoubtedly be the toughest game of the year. On the road, great offensive football team, for most likely the outright conference championship.....that ought to be a thriller....wish I could go.

Anybody know when the first practices start for the season? Somebody told me the other day, but I forgot.....

I don't know, usually after a scrum the captain is the one talking to the official seeing what penalties will be called.....Prpich will already be in the box.... PS: I liked how they introduced the captains last tonight during the scrimmage tonight, added a little bit of excitement. Big win for the Green team!! 5-1

Good observations, I noticed a lot of the things you mentioned Tupa. The thing that impressed me the most was the defense after Lamoureax came into the game. The defense struggled a lot early in the game with Parise in net, but when Lamoureax came in they kind of hit their groove (except for the whole skating in front of the net with the puck...whoops). Give them a couple of games, and I think the talent we have back there will make up for any inexperience. Toews had a ton of shots on goal, and a lot of chances. I think if they keep him on the first line with Zajac and Stafford that line could do great things. *It was also pretty neat to see the Roseau-Warroad combination of Oshie and Fabian on the same line...

Great link!!! Can anybody believe the number of checking from behinds though...

So who won the race??

I usually watch both shows and I think that both coaches do a tremendous job representing their teams and universities. They aren't cocky at all, and do a nice job of analysis to what occurred on big plays in the games that week. PS: I should quit watching the Craig Bohl show...I'm starting to like the guy...

The nominees are..... Paul Campbell, Forward-GPR Paul Weisgerber, Forward-FS Erik Galt, Defense-FS And the winner is.......From Fargo South High School.....Erik Galt!

I saw him walking/hobbling around campus with crutches the other day and I guessed that he was probably done for the season..... Lets hope that he has a full recovery, and is able to play football again....

Holding off........holding off.........holding off....... I'm done trying to have a logical convo about the whole east-west thing, I'll just talk about hockey.

I think that Williston will win the regular season title in the west this season. I don't think that they'll win the West Region tournament, but they will be in Grand Forks again at the end of the year for sure.

I've been very critical of Jeff Glas, so I'll be the first to say that the kid had a pretty darn good game yesterday. The kickoffs were great, and his field goals were no doubters. When he is consistent its nice to have a guy that can be good from 50 yards. Big game at Winona next week.

And for the first time since I've been posting on this board the Red River and Central fans start throwing jabs at each other. Just wanted to post some high school football scores, just for the heckuva it. Minot 26 Central 10 Jamestown 16 RR 0 South 35 Bismarck 28 North 35 Century 14? (Can't remember the score of this one) I know that West Fargo and Mandan won as well, but can't remember the scores of those either..... Continue bashing each other.....

Thanks for taking my answer!!! My number two choice would be RYYYYYYYYYYYAN BAYYYYYYYYDA!

Road wins are always good!! PS: Another year of Glas being 50 percent......

The insecurity at the offensive line is now starting to scare me a little bit. I said the same thing last year, but Central Washington will always scare me. Ever since that game a couple of years ago where they beat the bejesus out of us I'll never take any of their teams lightly again. I think UND will win the game, but I think it will be a tight game with UND's defense winning the game (one of many that they will win for them). Is Belmore slated to start at QB?

Good news Fighting Sioux fans, while walking to class this morning I saw one Matt Smaby. Backpack in hand!!!!! I also saw Porter, but we knew he was coming back.

I think that the coaches have done an outstanding job of selecting the Mr. Hockey winners the past couple of seasons. There really hasn't been a winner in my years of following high school hockey that I didn't agree with. The last guy from the West Region who probably had a legitimate chance of winning the award was possibly John Grubb. You may argue Charlie Bair, but having seen them both play no true hockey fan could say that Charlie was a better overall player than Marto. This years Mr. Hockey winner......Galt. Write that down!

I saw this coming. In with the new generation of defensemen. Hopefully Greene won't start with the bad reputation in the NHL that he did in college hockey.

Sue just happens to be the name of my mother, and I find that very offensive and abusive to her!!!!!!!!! I for one know that she would never be the same....

I can't put Minot first....bad luck...

Bruce will be tough to replace for Williston. He's one kid that I really felt sorry for at the state tournament last season. He had an all state season until his team made it to the state tournament, where he just kind of fell apart. As a former goaltender who knows how incredibly horrible it feels to play like he did, I gotta hope he gets a chance to play again somewhere..... Wilbur's West Region Predictions 1. Bismarck 2. Williston 3. Minot 4. Hazen 5. Century 6. Devils Lake 7. Mandan 8. Dickinson 9. Bottineau

I for one am not worried about the offensive line. Yeah, I probably should be, but every season someone on the line goes down and the coaching staff always has another player groomed to step in and fill the void. The year that UND won the National Championship it seemed like we had an offensive linemen get up limping to the bench every week. One year without an injury to the O-line would be nice though....

Spirko's goal is still number one in my heart as well. Quite possibly the most amazing goal I've ever seen live... What makes Blake's goal so much more amazing is the fact that he did it while going into the teeth of the vaunted Minnesota Wild trap. And then he lights up Roli, which isn't an easy thing to accomplish the past couple of seasons. Boy I miss Blake, as Jordan Leopold once called him, "The Energizer Bunny". Nothing could be more true.

Speaking of Williston, they'll have a decent hockey team this season. They return their top six scorers, and overall only lose 5 players off of last seasons squad. I know that they looked really horrible at last years state tournament, but they were a lot better team than what they showed. They won't be winning state championships or anything, but its good to see that hockey is starting to take off a little bit in Williston.