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I believe Purpur is the favorite of Harmeson (thus Kuppy). They seem to want someone who has AD experience. I believe Bollinger is the favorite among many of the former athletes. Bollinger would do a great job. he has been the driving force behind the Fighting Sioux Club which has raised Millions of $$$ for UND Athletics. He is a historian and has done a great job with the Alumni from the pre 70's era. He is very well respected and well liked by those who know him and work with him. He will not be an "admin puke". He is the type of guy that will go sit in the student section to make sure the students are having fun. He will be a coaches and althletes Director. He will encourage Kuppy to figure out that you shouldn't go to Europe etc. when the FB, BB or hockey teams are making National Championship runs. They will encourage Kuppy and Harmeson to get to know the Alumni who are capable of making donations similar to what Ralph has done. He will support the Fighting Sioux name. (he grew up on a reservation). Purpur looks good on paper and may be the best choice, but he would have to be awfully good to be better than Bollinger. Bollinger has the contacts and Purpur doesn't. Purpur will need to start fresh. Ozzie (Dave Ozborn) hasn't been around Sioux sports much lately but was a heck of an athlete for UND and the Mn. Vikings. He is a successful businessman in the citites and out of respect for tradition should at least be granted an interview.

He could also play football and might get an extra year.

You are right. There are always those who don't understand and maybe can't remember being a student. Sucks maybe isn't the classiest cheer, but I would say it's OK. With a bit of thought and creativity our students have and can do better. I don't like the "Who's he? He sucks s&!t" cheer but that's maybe just me. If the students are not a big part of our cheering section, the games are not as much fun. I once had the chief of campus security sit next to me an entire regional basketball tourney. We had a pretty good time because he had a sense of humor. We hadn't used anything very profane and certainly not vulgar or racist. We just drove some fat bald coach from UNO ( We either called him snackbar or bread truck) nuts and he requested that we be better chaparoned. They also roped off the student section behind the visitors bench and soon after the the NCC prohibited us from sitting behind the opposition. Now, I need to work on my pass to get me out of the nursing home and up to the Sioux game. I will watch for you signs and have fun. Go Sioux and remember the Bison still suck where ever they are hiding.

Thanks to Diggler for correcting my Duke Maryland mistake. You gotta understand that here at the nursing home they put salt peter in the mashed potatoes and we get confused easily. (They started doing that after 4 of us got excited and tipped the trays off of our laps watching reruns of Golden Girls. That Bea Arthur is hot!). I have secured a pass for tonight and Nurse Ratchet and I will attend the game and watch for your sign. I got a chuckle out of it. Jack, these are not kids. Saying someone sucks is OK. Screaming F--- You at the opposition is ignorant and shows no class. Our fans are smart enough to come up with more clever taunts that that . The Sioux fans have been great over the years and the students have been fun to listen to. If I sat next to someone who made a sexual remark about an opponents 12 year old sister I would wrap my walker around their neck.

I hate to disagree, but that type of fan support only shows ignorance. The Duke fans were great in the past but that crosses the line. Especially about the guy's sister. The real Duke fans should have tossed the guy out on his butt. I would hope Sioux fans are smart enough to be more creative than to simply yell "F-you JJ or JJ" or (whomever) at either a team or a player. You don't need to be crude and rude you can be insulting and creative. Part of the atmosphere at college athletic events should be the fans. The signs in the past (by the penalty box) were creative and funny. Where have they been this year? I didn't see any that crossed the proverbial line of decency. Did Kuppy outlaw them or didn't those guys get their seats back? Don't tell me some of you guys are graduating in less than 6 years these days. A lot of us were able to cram our 4 years into at least 7. Sorry I have to cut this short but they feed us at 6 here at the Nursing home.

In the mid 70s if you weren't a jerk, the campus cops would let you sit up in the old Englestad and drink beer as long as you didn't leave a mess and as long as you didn't cause them any trouble. You also had to be discreet but most of us didn't know what that meant. You could cheer and yell insults as long as you didn't swear more than hell, damn, bull$%!# etc. and you had to use a bit of your brainpower so we had to come more innovative cheers than those such as "who's he? He sucks s&!t". We were still able to incite Michigan to attack the crowd once at the old barn and could usually get the attention of the refs and the Minn rodents and their coaches. Bruce Tellman (the ton of gamblers), who owned the Red Pepper, usually could distract the opposition by himself from behind their bench. We didn't worry about arena personel bothering us because we would have tossed them out onto the ice. When Clifford was president UND didn't waste money on the Pol Correct Police but we were smart enough not to cross the line. (most of the time). The AD then was Carl Miller and he was too short to see what was going on on the ice much less in the stands.

The kid can skate and has a wicked shot from the point. He is an excellent athlete and until he concentrated on hockey, was also an outstanding football player. I think either his dad or uncle may have played football for the gophers for awhile. Both his parents are big.

There is an online srevice that offers films including games on the 70's. I checked it about four years ago and they did have a number of UND games from the 70's. I am not sure I still have the card with the info, but I will look for it. If I find it I will post the info.

What years?

The letter was sent out quite a few days before the day of the semifinal game. It wasn't a bad letter. UND officials and concerned Alumni have been meeting and working on this issue even before the Bisonies made the move. Kupcake does bring out a very valid point and that is the step from DII to DIAA is not such a big step as some wish to believe. It is more expensive and would be a good move for football. The step from DII to the real DI is much bigger and that is why you see our friends from Fargo SDSU and N. Colorado lost when it comes to soccer, VB, BB etc. That is also why the other coaches don't want to make the move. If we can get the NCAA to agree to let DII FB teams move in FB alone it will solve the problem and UND will go. Other wise we need to get out the checkbooks and make it happen.

You are exactly right. I usually agree with Lennon and would not trade him for any other head coach. But....This was the time to go for it and try to take control, on the road, offense moving the ball but needing pts, blockers doing a great job, they had not stopped a straight ahead run for no gain. If you were at the game you saw and felt the difference after the punt. I know there are "fans" that would complain if we didn't get the first down, I don't think they were there. Show our offense, especially the line and Rbs in this case, the same confidence we show the defense. Don't try to tell me they don't deserve it. Maybe someone brought this up and I missed it. In the third quarter we had the ball 2nd and 4 around the Pit 25 yard line with the clock running. We were going into the wind, I think we could have let the clock run out and gotten the wind for the next two plays and the punt, if needed. We passed incomplete twice and then had to punt with .9 sec left in the quarter. Why run even one play into the wind when you don't have to? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> [/quote I thought I was finished for the year and probably should be but I am at work waiting for others so here it goes. Couple of thoughts. Turning point may have been in the first half when we were up 7-0 and stopped them on third down. They flagged our dback for phantom headshot (or whatever) and they get the first down and then go in to score. (I am not bitching about the call as much as I think it was a turning point). If they punt there I think it is a very different game. I have not been a Belmore fan but he was OK. Fumble on 25 hurt and missing the wide open TD pass then settling for a field goal hurt but other than that he was OK. Dale's call wasn't wrong because it is what he usually does and he seems to know what he is doing. I do agree with the Rook though in that I think we need to have an offensive philosophy that we believe no one can stop us for a yard when we need one and we run it right up the old "poop shoot" for a first down. Our linemen are big and talented enough. Wistoff is a hell of a fullback. Someone should have called timeout and told Dale they wanted to go for it. Players used to say give me the ball or run it up my butt and we will open a hole and then make it happen. If I am the Off. Coordinator I would make that my mission to convince Dale and the rest of the staff that we can do that then put the kids in a position to make it happen. UND92, 96 did a nice summary of who is coming back. I hope they start the three QB's even this spring and let the best kid work his way to the top. I still think Manke is the guy who will win. I also hope they bite the bullet and offer the Mertens kid a full ride. It may be too late though. He is the real deal according to former UND and present area high school coaches. The Gophers should also be on him. Lastly, if you have good kids in your communities make sure you send their names and info to Dale and for that matter the coaches in other sports.. They likely know about them but you never know. Offer to take the coaches out to lunch when they are on the recruiting trails or have them over for a homecooked meal if they get stuck overnight in your town. I think you would have fun and many of the coaches enjoy meeting Sioux fans. Merry Chritmas.

I am not so sure the Chancellor shouldn't be the one to dust off his resume. This was a poor way of handling this whether he was right or not. NDSU officials have a past history of submarining programs from other state institutions uncluding UND. They have a long history of duplicating programs already in place at UND such as the Business, Accounting or Nursing programs (the last time I looked they still didn't have an accredited College of Business). They have duplicate Engineering programs at the two schools some of which are better at UND and some of which are better at NDSU. Having said that the Chancell0r should be concerned when one of his PhD types at NDSU can't spell Bismarck. I am concerned that Kuppy got his lunch handed to him on this. Clifford would have eaten Chapmann's barn and crapped the hay. (I am sorry about being vulgar but I wanted our AC cousins to understand). I would caution all of the folks wearing the cass county jump suits, bib overalls and living in the double wides. Don't piss off the sleeping giant otherwise known as the UND Alumni. The Chancellor would loose his job over that one.

Quick, anyone have a torpedo that can range that boat???

I am a resident of the old receivers home already. That is why I have nothing better to do than play with my computer. The only thing solid at the cow college is under the back end of the cow when it is 30 below zero! Go Sioux. Who do the Bisonies play this week? Don't you have some tests to grade?

It isn't Charles. I was told the guy transfered from Illinois but I wasn't sure so I didnt' share that. It would be the kid from St. Paul who came as a Dback and was switched to RB. The players comment was that he made them look pretty foolish at times trying to catch him when he played scout team. I don't know about the receiver but this kid who is a plays alot said the receiver was pretty good.

That sounds like a date with the NDSU cheerleaders!

One of the Sioux players said there is a transfer running back "better that the guy from USD" who is sitting out this year and a transfer receiver who is about 6'2'' with very good speed who is sitting out this year. The RB is listed in the program as a DB. Can't remember the name but you heard it here first. Hopefully who ever he is, he has his own credit card and isn't sitting out for academic reasons.

If Belmore plays like he did against USD or Mich Tech, or Bowencamp plays, UND 20, Grand Valley Dairy 10. If Belmore plays like he did against St. Cloud either time or Augie, Grand Valley 17 Sioux 6.

I don't think there is anything racist about calling a team the badgers. Otherwise it was good thinking. Wisconsin fans have always been the most original. When they won the National title in Grand Forks in 1983, they were drinking our of puddles in the parking lot "like badgers" and announced to the entire section they were stitting in that one of their buddies had passed out and peed himself during the semifinal game. They were also brutal on "Hawvawd". One of the most enjoyable hockey games I have attended with respect to fans was sitting with the Wisconsin fans and listening to their coordinated cheers and jeers.

Don't forget that we are also without our QB (unless Bowencamp recovers in time). I assume Dale will continue to play our third best guy (#15) as long as we win. He seems to have trouble playing outside. (poor games against Augie, and St. Cloud twice). Belmore struggled yesterday and our receivers had to make some great plays. Dale mentioned on the post game interview that we had some dropped passes. What game was he watching? We missed a number of open receivers and threw the ball to St. Cloud at least four times but maybe he meant the three drops the St. Cloud Dbacks had against us. They only caught one for an Int. He has to stick with Belmore for now, but Belmore has got to start hitting the receivers in stride especially on our "bubbles". The one thing he has done well up to now was run when he had a lane. He threw the ball away twice yesterday when he could have run for a first down on third down plays. Our receivers shouldn't have to make great catches on those little flare passes. When they aren't thrown well, it turns a potential 10-15yd gain into a 1-5yd game. Then again maybe I didn't see the game well and I missed the dropped passes Dale refers to.