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Honestly, and I've been a faithful FTA viewer for 6 seasons now, I'm a DirecTV subscriber and I can tell you that if the game is on DTV, I won't be firing up the FTA. I love my FTA set up, but it can be a pain in the ass. Right now, it looks as if it might be a bit of a crap-shoot to figure out which channel DirectTV is going to air UND games on each week, and we don't know for sure yet really if every singleFSSN broadcast is going to be on DirecTV. Here are my thoughts (if I didn't live on a farm in the boonies of North Dakota where cable is not an option): If you are asking if you should have DirecTV or DishNetwork, the answer is DirecTV.....period. They may cost a bit more, but the reason is because their programming is so much better overall, and especially if you are a sports fan. If you are a hardcore fan and want to make sure that you can watch EVERY SINGLE FSSN telecast, and with some extra effort maybe pick up an away game or two each season, invest in the FTA set-up. If you live in an area where the local cable company offers either MidCo Ch. 23, or beyond the midwest where the cable company offers the 3 FCS channels, that would be the easiest and safest route to go. If I lived 7 miles east, I could get cable from MidCo and that is I would personally do. To sum up, FTA is a small investment dollar-wise, but it is not for the faint of heart. It is not so much a luxury as it is a hobby. You have to really really want to watch the sports that it will provide to take full advantage of it. In addition to the visionplus.us forum that Sprig has recommended, I would highly suggest checking out satelliteguys.us, there is alot more traffic there, and alot of info on the Fighting Sioux Sports Network, just so you can see what you would be getting yourself into. Like I say, FTA is a great option to have, I have loved it for 6 years now, but I would gladly pay $8-15/month to DirecTV/Cable to get the same thing.

Maybe women's hockey if it ever takes off like it has the potential to. Possibly even volleyball too. I like the way the board is set up now, not too cluttered. I really don't see a need for softball, baseball, swimming, etc. to have their own forums. One forum that I would really like to see added is a "General College Sports" or "News About Other Schools" forum or something along those lines. Just a place to talk about what is going on in the top 25 of any sport at any level of college athletics, or regional schools that doesn't really have anything to do with North Dakota.

Cal Poly football loses a home game for 2010 Dropping Poly (for the second straight year) to play at Georgia.

Here it is:

Not much love for North Dakota in Fox College Sports' game preview.... Nice to see the the coverage though on the front page of a national college sports media website.

It seats 12,287 not including the suites. GA tickets are $18. It is an indoor stadium, with a somewhat low ceiling (relative to other similar sized indoor stadiums) that causes the stadium to get extremely loud when it is filled up.

Just read through USD beat writer Mick Garry's live chat from today, and it appears the South Dakota's very talented wide receiver Dan Skelly will be out for this weekend's game. That could be significant, as Skelly is their top receiver, and 2nd in the GWC in receiving yds/game.

Tickets available for Homecoming football

I know that South Dakota is a good football team, they have been gotten better and better since Meierkort took over, and we have had some real battles the last several years with them. But I'm not sure if they are really all that great. They don't strike alot fear in me. It is pretty hard to know anything about them based on who they have played. They got throttled on the road by UNI, the one good team they have faced. They've soundly defeated NAIA William Penn, non-scholarship Drake, and Southeastern Louisiana who's only wins have come against a DII and an NAIA school. I like the Sioux by 17. 37 North Dakota 20 South Dakota

Hmmmmm........... 1st home game for North Dakota since fall camp started nearly 2 months ago. Homecoming. Got embarassed last week. Racked up ~7,500 miles on a plane for the first three games. Me thinks this one could end ugly for the 'Yotes.

Aside from our atrocious pass defense through the first three games, the inability of the offensive line to generate any type of adequate rushing offense is a glaring concern through three concecutive games.

This is the fourth year of the "co-defensive coordinator" situation. Since it's inception, the secondary has been, for lack of a better term, horrible, and has not improved at all really over the course of those four years. This, despite the fact that North Dakota has some of the best athletes of recent memory playing in the defensive backfield. Kelling is in charge of the secondary. I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'. On the bright side, we are 1-2 heading into the home opener, just as I predicted. And at least we're not 1-3.

Not with a loss.......

Watched the whole game on TV, here's my thoughts: Run Offense: C Gained 125 yards on the night, but just for a 3.9 yd average. On running plays, the O-Line didn't get alot of push, none really. Sutton appears to be a very good football player, but ain't real speedy, and is indesicive on when to make a cut or follow blockers. He looks like a good receiver out of the back field. Solum and Davis didn't do much. None of the running backs are as gifted as Josh Murray. Pass Offense: B The O-Line did a nice job in pass protection. IIRC, only gave up two sacks. Ian McGurran played center all night and it looks to me like shotgun snaps have the potential to be an issue. Landry was constantly reaching above his head to reel in snaps, and the one that Sutton scored on out of the "wildcat" nearly went over his head. Landry has a real good arm as advertised. He did have two BAD throws tonight that were costly. The tipped INT to Dombrovski was a very poorly thrown ball, and he overthrew Bamba on a pass over the middle of the field in the 3rd quarter that would have been a sure TD. But overall, he has been great in the first two games.......I have no worries at all about our QB. Bamba played well tonight. Chris Anderson dropped a first down catch. Looks like our RB's are good recievers. Overall Offense: C+ Need more out of the running game to win a GWC title this year. The passing game appears to be very efficient. Getting outgained by 165 yards isn't going to cut it week in and week out. Run Defense: B Opportunistic. They contained NSU's backs, and turned them back on on a goal-line stand. Pass Defense: C- Gave up alot of yards on some big plays. Watkins' coverage on the reciever on NSU's 2nd quarter TD was atrocious. Overall Defense: B Again, oppourtunistic. They held up in very key moments, but gave up some big plays along the way. Forced a safety. Special Teams: A A 50 yd field goal for Hellevang. A punt downed inside the 3 yd line. A fumble recovery by Ankenbauer. A blocked punt for a safety. A blocked PAT. (would have been an A+ if not for our own blocked PAT) My biggest head-scratchers in this game came from the two head coach's on a couple of decisions for each school. I don't understand why Mussman declined the penalty on Hellevang's FG, which would have resulted in a first down. It worked out fine, but why not take the first down? And for the life of me, I can't understand why NSU's coach Peveto would decide to go for it on 4th & 1 from thrier own 17 yd line while trailing by just 3 in the 2nd quarter. He must be a real re-knob.

Thanks, Jamie has never afforded me the courtesy of answering any of the many questions I have ever asked. I believe gametime is 6:00 Central.

Not sure why Northwestern St. was removed from the 2010 schedule posted at fightingsioux.com a few weeks ago, but I've been told by both Brian Faison and Mike Schepp that the Demons are still contracted to make a return trip to GF on Sept. 25 next season.

Sprig, Have you heard anything for sure if this weekend's game will be at the same satellite coordinates that the FSSN normally uses? I would assume so, but on a few occasions in the past, hockey road games picked up by FSSN have been on a different sat, and I can rember an instance or two where the game was only available on GF cable, and couldn't be scanned in on FTA.........

I'm a season ticket holder for football and hockey, and also attend alot of basketball games, and even a volleyball game and women's hockey game or two each year. All together with tickets, travel, food/beverage, FSC dues, internet subsrciptions (both fightingsioux.com & opponent webcasts), DirecTV sportspak subscrptions (to get every available away game on TV that I can), FTA satellite equipment (to get every home game & an occasional obscure away game for hockey/football/basketball), I figure I spend between $5,000-6,000 a year. Never have travelled for an away hockey series, just football. The wife and I are saving up to hit the Frozen Four at the Xcel in 2011........

Seems early?! Seems late to me. I'll be waiting for the mailman the next few days.

I know funny............and that was funny!

North Dakota football game at Northwestern State to be televised

Speaking of tickets, has anyone gotten their season tickets yet for football or hockey?

I see that the Texas A&M game on 1/5/10 will be aired on Fox Sports Southwest so should be able to be seen by those that have the sportspack on DirecTV or Dish Network. Also the Iowa St. game on 12/22/09 will be aired locally in Iowa on cable. I remember the game two years ago was also on the same station, but was picked up by DirecTV's Full Court package, so maybe that will happen again.

Not sure, but it could be that the local TV station in Duluth is not televising this year's games. Picking up another school's feed is generally how the away games get done. UMD has normally been the away game the past few years though. Most if not all of AA's home games are televised, so it is relatively easy to pick up their satellite feed.

Six televised games on the FSSN this year..... FSSN Schedule November 20, 2009 (Friday) Women's - Wyoming 7:07 PM December 18, 2009 (Friday) Women's - Northern Arizona 7:07 PM January 23, 2010 (Saturday) Women's - South Dakota 3:07 PM February 11, 2010 (Thursday) Women's - New Jersey Tech 6:07 PM February 13, 2010 (Saturday) Women's - Chicago State 2:07 PM March 4, 2010 (Thursday) Women's - Houston Baptist 6:07 PM The USD game down in Vermillion is also scheduled to air on Midcontinent Channel 23 for those that have cable.