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I'm a closet Illinini fan.................. I would love to go to Champaign......................

Kotelnicki is the best coach on this staff......................................

As far as I know, there is one year left with Fox College Sports......................

I like the late start times too.....

Kelling seems like a great guy. But the fact is that the defense regressed every season since he was named co-coordinator. Specifically, the part of the defense that he has been in charge of has had a severe defect for the last five years. In the same time-frame, co-coordinator Mannasau's front seven has continually improved over the last several years. I like the idea of having one guy in charge of the defense.....................

Sorry WYO, but the guy has a point. You moderate Bisonville. The thread on this subject over there is over 600 pages long, filled with a helluva lot of posters that flat out say they will willingly support and encourage their family and friends in the state to support this initiative. Is NDSU pushing this? Absolutely not. The idea of that IS stupid. But I can guarantee that alot of the signatures that got this on the ballot came from NDSU backers.

Agree. Since Carlson has made it a state issue, then Minot State, NDSU, UMary....................any NCAA member in the state should feel the effect. Much like in South Carolina. Our "representatives" have taken it upon themselves to make this an issue. Make it a State issue.

Would it though? The legislature voted in favor of repealing Carlson's Folley................................

I see now that I have lost an hour of my life by wasting my time replying to DaveK's posts...........................

He won't care.................

The NCAA is a VOLUNTARY orgranization. North Dakota is a VOLUNTARY member of said organization. If North Dakota chooses they don't agree with the NCAA's VOLUNTARY rules and regulations, they can choose to particapate in another athletic organization. Like NAIA and ACHA.................

You, sir, amaze all of us with your assinine presumptions........................

As far as UND fans go, you are the "fakest" of them all.......................

You are the spineless one. Your allegiance is to a cartoon character...........................

And that's fine. I doubt they'd miss you. I think though that the University and their student-athletes would probably prefer to go to NCAA events.

It doesn't matter how Sioux County votes. Sioux County makes up about 1/5 of the Standing Rock vote. The deadline for Standing Rock's vote is nearly 2 years gone by.......................

And a small part of me can't wait until I can be arguing with you over who has a better chance at winning the ACHA National Championship.......................North Dakota or Liberty?.......................

Dead Man Walking. Sad day for the University of North Dakota......................... I feel especially bad for the current student-athletes that participate in Men's Hockey, Football, Women's Hockey, Men's Basketball, and Women's Basketball. Virtually all of them are high profile athletes that were promised an opportunity that none of them will apparently have the chance to acheive.............. Shame on the Supreme Court for not having the balls to tackle this issue. And shame on Sean Johnson, Reed Soderstrom, Eunice Davidson, and John Chaske among others for being so willing to kill the proud tradition of one of the country's great athletic programs..............

I wish that were true. But my guess is that this new Fox network will focus mostly on baseball and Nascar. I think that national coverage of college hockey has probably reached its ceiling with NBC-SN and CBS-SN.

The management of this program has produced two conference titles and two post-season berths at the DI level. What more can you ask of fledgling DI team in transition? Having said that, I'll admit that I feel that this year's team did not meet my expectations. But I also feel that one needs to consider the fact that for all intensive puposes, this year's team basically played two separate months of the season entirely on the road. That would not be easy even for a professional team much less a collegiate team who's core is made up of players that only have one year of experience at the level at which they play. I admit that I've been a Brian Jones apoligist since he was hired (even though I was calling for his head after the loss to Mayville). But despite the inconsistent nature of his teams over his 6 year tenure, it should not be forgotten that his teams have participated in 3 conference championship games, winning two of them. My thought is, knowing that he is able to win titles and recruit dynamic players like Emmanual Little, Earvin Youmens, Troy Huff, and Aaron Anderson says alot about his approach...................

If you do a search on this site, you'll find that Coach Lennon was the one that originally implemented the Co-defensive coordiantor position, after Tibesar left, putting Mannasau in charge of the front 7 and Kelling in charge of the secondary. By all accounts, Kelling was actually the guy that sat in the booth and called the defensive plays up until the 2010 season. Prior to the 2010 season, Coach Mussman stripped play-calling duties from Kelling and gave them to Mannassau. That could explain why he wanted different gig. Look at the stats. Throughout the transition to DI starting in 2008, North Dakota has had an improving run and pass rush offense, while the secondary has continually regressed and become a major liability. IMO, Mannassau needs to be given full authority over the entire defense.

Montana has alot of talent. There will probably be some defections from the most recent signing class, but they would likely have had minimal impact this season anyways. Alot of it depends on who is named interim Head Coach. Are there gonna be wholesale changes, or will one of Pflugard's assistants be annointed? North Dakota's playoff chances for the upcoming season were already very realistic. 4 Big Sky teams will make the playoffs next season. Montana St., Montana, and some combination of Cal Poly, EWU, and/or North Dakota.

I think he had a cup of coffee in the CFL.

I think Mussman's resume as OC proves that he prefers to chuck it around. The cupboard has just been a little bare talent-wise at some key skill positions since Freund and Trenbeath graduated. Bamba was exciting, but by all accounts was a basket-case. Other than Hardin in 2010, there hasn't been real impressive play at the QB or WR position since 2008.