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That is par for the course with this crew: Kober, Hak, Muss, Brew, etc................... It is very irritating.

Idaho St filled out their 2013 schedule. They'll play 12 games. Their OOC games are against 2 non-DI schools in Dixie St. and Western St., and 2 FBS schools in Washington and Brigham Young.

I have always had trouble with UND Insider, probably due to my Internet service. I can stream perfectly from virtually any site except FightingSioux.com for some reason. I was very happy when the rest of the sports made the switch to Big Sky TV this year, because that works flawlessly, and it is free besides. The only thing I use UND Insider for this season is for the UND Sports Extra show, but that still buffers so bad that it takes me 40 minutes to watch the 24 minute show. If the hockey webcasts were in HD and they streamed uninterrupted like Big Sky TV does, I'd happily re-subscribe to UND Insider.

Obviously, I'm just speculating, but in the off-chance that DirecTV did pickup Midco, I assume they could have the games on their sports tier, since Midco would be considered a Regional Sports Network whereas CBS Sports is a national network ala NBC-SN and ESPN.

I've emailed DirecTV many many times asking that they consider adding Midco Sports Net to their sports tier ever since UND signed the debacle that is their current TV deal. I suggest that anyone else who has DirecTV or Dish do the same. More off topic: Does anybody have experience with Slingbox? I am one of the 95% of Sioux fans that don't have access to Midco cable, so I'll be one of the tens of thousands not watching next year. However I do have a business property in a town that is served by Midco, so I was considering subscribing there and setting up a Slingbox so I can watch at home. Would the quality be decent TV-like or crummy webcast-like? It is hard enough for me to watch hockey that is not in HD, so I am not at all interested in watching hockey webcasts on UND Insider.

I'm not going to pretend that North Dakota was a very good team last year, obviously they were not. They were a middle of the pack team in arguably the best FCS conference in the country. They showed promise and they showed glaring deficiencies over the course of the season. But................... That is just an ignorant statement. New England got blown out by Baltimore. Notre Dame got blown out by Alabama. North Dakota lost to four Top 25 FCS teams, an FBS bowl team, and then crapped themselves against Northern Colorado................

Do they have parameters as far as how they match teams up? Do they do it regionally or based on RPI? If those are the guidlines, I'd think that Summit, MVC, Horizon, WAC, or MAC teams would all be candidates. Did we ever find out if we will get a return game from the opponent next season since this is apparently the last season of the Bracketbuster?

When is signing day? Next Tuesday?

Well, as excruciating as it was to watch the Sioux fall apart against Sacramento St., they dug in and came away with a gutsy win against Northern Arizona. After a dubious start, they played some excellent basketball the final 30 minutes against the Lumberjacks, salvaged a road split, and have won 4 of their last 6 games. Weber St. is coming in reeling a bit, in the midst of a 4 game road trek, and having lost two straight. I think Weber is a far superior team, but if ever they were ripe for the picking, it is now. UND has played well at home of late. This can be a big statement game, and as we have all seen, it is very important to protect your home floor in this league.

The attendance for basketball has been quite disappointing...................... I thought affiliation with an established conference and a regular rotation of predominately Thursday-Saturday games would give attendance a healthy bump.

You and NDSU's president should continue poo-poohing online education. That's real forward thinking.............. In the meantime, you should check out this site: http://www.ndsu.edu/dce/degrees

I'm really a bit surprised with how Weber performed this weekend. Assumed they would have no trouble with the Bobcats, and felt they had looked better than the the Griz to this point................

Well, this game became uber-important with the loss of a very winnable game against Sac St. Thursday night, and facing Weber St. next week. Obviously a win for UND in this game would be considered a major upset, given the ineptitude of this team on the road, but the opponent is by no means superior to North Dakota. According to the Big Sky website, the game is on TV on Fox College Sports, and Fox Sports AZ+, and as always available on Big Sky TV. Tipoff is at 3:00.

This group of juniors on the roster are now 7-33 all time on the road.

Tweet from Big Sky media relations guy:

According to the guys over on SDSU's message board, their games have not been in HD...................

Do you have a link?

I like Lapanta and Mcleod way better than Frank.

If there is no improvement in our run defense, SDSU could realistically roll up close to 500 yards on the ground against us. Here's to hoping that the coaching staff improves the 2013 defense like they did the 2012 offense.............

Results 1/24/13: 67 Northern Arizona 65 Northern Colorado 70 Montana 51 Idaho St 76 Southern Utah 63 Portland St. 79 Montana St. 74 Weber St. Standings as of 1/24/13 UM 9-0 Weber 8-1 MSU 5-4 Sac 4-5 UND 4-5 NAU 4-5 SUU 4-5 PSU 3-6 UNC 3-6 ISU 3-6 EWU 2-6

I'm pretty sure the rim is the same size around in Sacramento as it is in Grand Forks, and the floor is the same length, etc. Jones needs to corale this team, and the players need to pull their heads out of their butts. Both the players and the coaches are wasting what I consider to be exceptional talent on this roster. You can't play or coach college basketball without travel or injury. Suck it up and deal with it...................

We may not win another road game all year.

58 North Dakota 67 Sac St Final

Boy, when this team loses a game, they don't just lose the game do they? They completely self destruct and embarasse themselves. I'm not saying they're getting obliterated, they just look like a JV team out there that is playing basketball for the first time. SDSU is the only game off the top of my head that they competed in and lost. The rest they just gave up.

55 North Dakota 64 Sac :49 2H