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Great seats in Section 116 (Behind the Sioux Bench) - Row J - Seats 11 thru 16. Tickets for Friday only. A $100 bill will get you all 6! E-mail basbl@polarcomm.com if interested.

I edited my original post as at first I read to much into the NCAA manual language. It is simply stating that the fans of the 1 & 2 seeds will be in the corners of the arena opposite the benches and the 3 & 4's on the same side. So that in the semi-finals when 1 plays 4 (and 2 plays 3) the fans will be at a diagonal from each other. It really says nothing about team fans in relation to which end their team attacks twice. I am hopeful that the #1 seed would attack the same end as is traditional in the arena. That would be the end containing sections 106 to 114. UND's allotted tickets do include Section 106. So hopefully UND will be attacking that end twice, which is traditional for the X. Although, who knows how the NCAA works. Sorry for the confusion in my initial post and I had hoped to edit it before anyone replied.

I know that UND allotted tickets are in section 106 at the X. I would hope that the fans of the number 1 seed would get to see their team attack twice. The Wild attack the side section 106 is on twice. So hopefully UND has the same bench as the Wild.

This is from the 2011 manual: Finals NCAA

There are real interesting questions being raised in this thread, one of which was by you - does the ND Constitution preclude the legislature from interfering with the administrative affairs of the university system? I don't know. I suspect there will be a healthy debate in Bismarck on that question if this bill passes.

The source of that "quote" was an article in Capital Hill Blue. If you go to that article now, you will find this: "This article was based on sources that we thought, at the time, were reliable. We have since discovered reasons to doubt their veracity. For that reason, this article has been removed from our database." Here is the link: http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7779.shtml Even FactCheck.org isn't buying the quote. Here is their link: http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/did_president_bush_call_the_constitution_a.html So, please don't let your politics get in the way of a discussion as it clouds your judgement and cheapens your argument.

The current top 10 records against other top 10 teams: Wisc: 2 - 0 (Swept Ohio State) Corn: 0 - 0 UMD: 1 - 1 (Split with UND) Merc: 0 - 0 BU: 1 - 1 (Split with UND) BC: 0 - 0 UM: 0 - 2 (Swept by UND) UND: 4 - 2 (Beat UM twice, BU, UMD; lost to BU, UMD) Harv: 0 - 0 Ohio: 0 - 2 (Swept by Wisc.) Pretty good way to start the season. Regardless of split with Mankato, the UND girls have had the nations toughest schedule by far.

First of all, the arena will not be torn down. That is just plain silly. Repeat, it will not happen. With regards to the logos. The settlement with the NCAA provided that in order for the arena to host an NCAA post season event (think West Regional), then certain logos would have to go. The REA does not have to change a thing, it would just not qualify for hosting an NCAA sanctioned event. If the arena never wants to bid on an NCAA event, it will never have to change one thing. The NCAA does not care. The pissing match may come between the Arena and UND. UND does not own the Ralph. It is owned by a private charitable corporation. It has its own board of directors. They will decide what will happen with the arena. UND can disagree with this board's decisions and demand logos be removed, but its only recourse would be to not play its games there. Good luck with that.

Unfortunately, what other recourse do people, who just wanted the process to be honored, have to express their dissatisfaction with leadership that refuses to abide by even its own prior actions, let alone the people's wishes. A brief timeline: 12/21/00 Higher Ed Board adopts a motion to retain the Fighting Sioux Name and logo. Vote was 8-0. 11/17/05 Higher Ed Board adopts a resolution supporting UND's appeal of NCAA action against the Fighting Sioux name and logo. Vote was 8-0. 6/15/06 Higher Ed Board authorizes the ND Attorney General to commence a lawsuit against the NCAA. Vote was 8-0. 10/27/07 Higher Ed Board accepts the proposed settlement agreement with the NCAA. Vote was 8-0. Notice any pattern here? So now we come to the present. Under the terms of the settlement agreement (approved unanimously by the Higher Ed Board), UND had until October 30, 2010, to obtain approval from the Spirit Lake and Standing Rock tribes for use of the nickname and related imagery, and upon such approval would be exempted from the NCAA policy under the "namesake exemption" similar to Florida State. The process was playing out. This action shows a lack of honor on the part of the Higher Ed Board. It is embarrassing and deceitful. I don't blame Standing Rock. Why should they have gone through the voting process only to be brushed aside by these 8 people, 5 of whom were on the board on October 27, 2007, and voted for the settlement and the terms therein. And as much as their actions irritate me, I can't even hold Kelly and Faison responsible because they ultimately had no authority in this decision. This is strictly in the hands of the Higher Ed Board. Had this group of 8 enlightened individuals had the integrity to just do what they had already agreed to do, most everyone would have accepted the ultimate result, even if it meant that on October 30, 2010, the nickname and logo were retired. Absolutely shameful.

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Just found out the people that were going to use these can't make it. Section 116, Row J, Seats 11, 12, 13, & 14. This is 10 rows up from the ice behind the Sioux Bench. Asking $100 for the group of 4. Please post reply or PM me with contact info if interested. Thanks.

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Tickets still available, great seats (10 rows off the ice, behind the Sioux Bench). $50 for the pair.

UND vs Minnesota State Mankato Friday, January 8, 2010 Seats 15 & 16, Row J, Section 116, $25 each. Reply with Contact Info or PM if interested. Thanks

If anyone is interested, you can call my cell phone (701) 270-0603. I will be in GF around 5:00 PM tonight. Will sell the tickets for $20.00 each. Great seats behind the Sioux bench, 10 rows up from the ice.

Will sell 2 tickets to tonight's AA game. Section 116 - Row J - Seats 15 & 16 Leave contact information by 2:30 PM if interested and I will get a hold of you.

You people are a bit too literal. Obviously, I don't actually expect the coach or the players or anyone else associated with the program to make a "Public Apology". But come on. If you had actually been at the game and were able to follow the play away from the puck, and witness what our players were doing "off the screen", you would have been sick to your stomach. It was breathtaking in its futility. When our guys got knocked down (which was often), it was all they could do to even muster enough energy to get back up, let alone rejoin the play. Everywhere the puck went, there were at least 3 maroon jerseys. The white ones didn't even bother. Line changes were lethargic. Don't even think of discussing physical play, because there wasn't any on our side. At one point a BC player that could barely reach Finley's chin if Joe were on his knees, laid a hit on him that sent him back a step or two and Joe did absolutley nothing but slowly skate to the bench. I'm not picking on Joe either, that was the state of the whole team. We got beat up and down the ice, and just plain beat up. It was unacceptable and the fans have every right to be pissed off. Sure, you make the decision to travel and spend the dough you take your chances on whether or not you are going to get to play two. The Michigan fans know this as well. But while the Big Blue got rocked early, they did what a good team does, they strapped em on tighter and actually played. They didn't just freaking quit. I'm a big boy and I don't expect the team has to win because I spent some dough or invested some time, but I think that I and the thousands of other fans at least deserved an effort! And, I don't think it is out of the realm for the team and the coaching staff to have a little introspection about that. Would a "6-5 heartbreaker" have made a difference. You bet your freaking a$$ it would have. That would have met that our team had actually played. In a Herald article before yesterday's game there was the line that UND was down here on a "business trip." If that was their business presentation, then the company is in some serious trouble. All this crap talk about "If you think you can do better than get some skates on give Hak a call" is just plain stupid. The boys on the ice are young, but their not little kids either. They were recruited because they are top notch athletes and have the mental toughness to play not just at the D-1 level, but for one of the top programs at that level in the country. The should be able to handle a little adversity. They should also know that we as fans are utterly dissappointed, and we have every right to be. And I think that every member of that team and coaching staff knows it and would tell you straight out that we deserve to be.

What's really needed is a public apology to the fans. From someone who was at the game, it was beyond pathetic. It is one thing to lose, it is quite another to get here and not even play. I mean, come on. There is not one thing the Sioux did well in this game. I haven't been to game where the Sioux were this excrutiatingly awful since 1982 when the Badgers laid a 9-0 bitch slapping on us in the 1st game of the 2-game total goal series of the playoffs. It is not a moral victory to get here and then suck beyond belief on the national stage. Only one player came to play and that was TJ. All BC had to do was put three guys on him everytime he touched the puck. The rest of the team just plain sucked, and they looked scared. I don't mean nervous either, they looked scared. They got out hustled and outhit by a team that on average can barely see over the steering wheel of an average mid-size American made sedan. The fans did their part. We were here, we were pumped up, and we let the team know that this was going to be the REA west. And its not a cheap or easy venture to get down here. People came down without tickets and paid handsomely to get in. But here we were, and there was a lot of us. It was a freaking sea of green and white. There was energy in the building. It was a powder keg ready to blow. Instead, we had to endure that painful P.O.S. But like the fans we are, we stayed to the bitter end and even clapped when we scored; even though we should have just sat there silent. We did our part, it's too bad the boys couldn't at least have tried to do theirs.

Sorry, if I'd have done a search I would have found this: http://www.freepreview.tv/sports-pack/spor...on-directv.html This is a free preview weekend for the sports package on Direct TV. Good Timing!

I turned on my direct TV this morning and am getting the sports package including ESPN-U, but never ordered it yet. Is there a free preview going on or something? Anyone else have this today?

The Chief is right on here. I wouldn't have even known that Marquette was the "Golden Eagles" because I don't care. UND only has to market itself to its fan base, because outside of that, nobody cares. I think most people that are die hard Sioux Fans, would rather be nothing if they can't be the Sioux. We also don't have to worry about getting confused with the school to the south that calls itself the Bison; as that's going to happen anyway, because again, nobody really cares. Hell, even the WCHA can't get it right at it premier event - the Final 5. I can't remember which South Dakota school is the Jackrabbits and which one is the other thing (Coyotes?) or even which town each one is in (Brookings vs Vermillion). Now obviously, I could look it up, but the point is I don't readily know, because I really could care less. I don't root for them and they don't play college hockey. UND gets national recognition for one sport only, and that is hockey. On the whole, college hockey is a fringe sport. So, outside of the small world of college hockey fans (who know exactly who UND is), few people readily know about UND and few people care. I don't think that's going to change either as UND goes Division 1. Is football going to do the trick? I doubt it. Even our own fans don't care as evidenced by the meager crowd of 5,400 at the recent playoff game. Is BB going to do it? Very doubtful. Sometime in the future, UND could be lucky enough to win a conference, get an auto bid to the dance, and then be an oddity as they get trounced in the 1st round. That may seem cold, but it is reality. So there is very little point trying to come up with a new snappy name the majority of our fans are going to hate; just because we are worried about trying to market ourselves to a population that doesn't give a crap.

I think Jim is correct and this is a concession. Obviously, though, as UND goes D-1, hosting NCAA post season events will no longer be a recruiting issue for basketball, as it will never happen. It really isn't that big of a problem for Hockey either, as UND has only once before hosted a regional and would never be able to host the Frozen Four anyway. But if football playoffs for the Subdivision (old D-1AA) are held at home fields, then this ruling is better for UND. All the Alerus has to do is take the "Sioux" out of the end-zones, and whatever happens at the Ralph is of no consequence.

The Ralph has nothing to do with benefits for Fighting Sioux Club members. That is all up to the Fighting Sioux Club and the UND athletic department. That is where the ball has been dropped. The Ralph's new manager is top notch.