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It'll be on statewide. Fighting Sioux television show debuts across the state on Sunday night

Man, there are alot of polls/rankings out there! Dunkel Index 1 Appalachian State 83.310 0-1 Southern 2 North Dakota State 82.287 1-0 Missouri Valley 3 Southern Illinois 81.473 0-0 Missouri Valley 4 Delaware 80.538 0-1 CAA 5 Richmond 79.293 1-0 CAA 6 Northern Iowa 78.303 0-1 Missouri Valley 7 Cal Poly 77.376 1-0 Great West 8 McNeese State 76.917 0-1 Southland 9 Western Illinois 76.195 0-1 Missouri Valley 10 Villanova 75.020 0-1 CAA 11 Eastern Washington 74.681 0-1 Big Sky 12 Massachusetts 74.476 1-0 CAA 13 Montana 73.674 0-0 Big Sky 14 South Dakota State 73.640 0-1 Missouri Valley 15 New Hampshire 72.931 0-0 CAA 16 Georgia Southern 72.685 0-1 Southern 17 Youngstown State 72.514 0-1 Missouri Valley 18 Wofford 71.570 1-0 Southern 19 James Madison 70.028 0-1 CAA 20 The Citadel 68.865 1-0 Southern 21 Harvard 68.706 0-0 Ivy League 22 UC-Davis 68.190 0-1 Great West 23 Furman 67.584 1-0 Southern 24 Northern Arizona 67.089 0-1 Big Sky 25 Liberty 67.008 1-0 Big South 26 South Carolina State 66.275 0-1 MEAC 27 Yale 66.153 0-0 Ivy League 28 Central Arkansas 65.904 1-0 Southland 29 Elon 65.818 0-1 Southern 30 Hofstra 65.497 0-1 CAA 31 Eastern Kentucky 65.303 0-1 Ohio Valley 32 Nicholls State 64.529 0-0 Southland 33 Missouri State 64.451 0-0 Missouri Valley 34 Holy Cross 64.021 0-0 Patriot League 35 Illinois State 63.689 0-1 Missouri Valley 36 North Dakota 62.400 1-0 Great West 37 Eastern Illinois 62.136 0-1 Ohio Valley 38 Montana State 61.775 1-0 Big Sky 39 Northeastern 61.605 0-1 CAA 40 Sam Houston State 61.339 1-0 Southland

AGS Poll 1. Appalachian St. (86) 2. Richmond (30) 3. North Dakota St. (22) 4. Massachusetts 5. Northern Iowa 6. Cal Poly (2) 7. McNeese St. 8. Montana 9. James Madison 10. Delaware 11. Eastern Washington 12. Wofford 13. Southern Illinois 14. Youngstown St. 15. Georgia Southern 16. New Hampshire 17. Villanova 18. Elon 19. The Citadel 20. Western Illinois 21. South Dakota St. 22. Eastern Illinois 23. Furman 24. Central Arkansas 25. Eastern Kentucky Others receiving votes (minimum of 5 votes): Fordham (62), Harvard (48), Yale (46), Montana St. (39), Sam Houston St. (35), Northern Arizona (33), UC Davis (23), Liberty (22), Hampton (21), South Carolina St. (18), Albany (13), Delaware St. (12), Jacksonville St. (12), Holy Cross (9), North Dakota (9), Hofstra (7), Weber St. (7), Illinois St. (6), Nicholls St. (6), Norfolk St. (6), Stony Brook (5) MOST SIGNIFICANT WIN OF THE WEEK: Cal Poly MOST SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF THE WEEK: Elon For those who don't know this poll is voted on every week by certain members of the Anygivensaturday.com message board.

Other than that awful two week bye, and the fact that we only have 10 games scheduled as it is, I'm kind of questioning whether or not this would be a good game for North Dakota to have at this point in the transition. Granted, NMSU could be viewed as a somewhat vulnerable FBS opponent to alot of the top 25 FCS teams, but one has to keep in mind that right now, our roster is probably around 75% made up of players recruited to play DII football, albeit a high level of DII football. On the other hand, if it happened, it would be a great experience for the players and coaches, there would be a bye week afterward to rest and recover, and it would be great exposure if we competed well against the Aggies. I wonder what Coach Mussman's opionion would be? Food for thought anyways..........

New era, same old feeling

Here's a ranking index I have not seen before....... The Daniel Curry Index 1 Appalachian State 0 1 68.81 11 1 2 Richmond 1 0 66.95 10 2 3 Harvard 0 0 64.92 9 1 4 Delaware 0 1 64.62 9 3 5 Massachusetts 1 0 62.96 9 3 6 Southern Illinois 0 0 62.53 9 2 7 North Dakota State 1 0 61.70 9 2 8 Villanova 0 1 60.85 7 4 9 Yale 0 0 60.67 8 2 10 New Hampshire 0 0 59.31 9 2 11 South Dakota State 0 1 59.16 8 4 12 Northern Iowa 0 1 58.82 8 4 13 Eastern Washington 0 1 57.39 9 2 14 James Madison 0 1 57.17 6 5 15 Holy Cross 0 0 55.78 7 4 16 Furman 1 0 54.98 8 4 17 McNeese State 0 1 54.94 10 2 18 Wofford 1 0 54.50 8 3 19 Montana 0 0 54.47 10 2 20 Youngstown State 0 1 54.34 7 5 21 Lafayette 0 0 54.25 8 3 22 Cal Poly 1 0 54.13 8 3 23 Albany 0 1 54.08 8 3 24 North Dakota 1 0 53.76 8 2 25 Western Illinois 0 1 53.60 6 5 Colleghoopsnet.com uses his rankings for basketball.

Sorry, I got company in the middle of it and actually missed most of the show.

Coach Mussman was just asked if we'd continue to play SCSU, and he said that after this year, not unless we change the nickname............

I ditched my laptop, and got it going on a desktop now, must be an equipment problem with my laptop. Sound is still bad. Audio only on one side, and static in the background, volume is cranked too. Also glad it's on. I haven't been able to hear it since they switched it over to 1440 from 96.1.

Nice to know. But just like the volleyball game last night, I can't access it.

Interview with Danny Freund from the St. Cloud Times

From today's Las Cruces Newspaper.....

Weekly release from the GWC.

Apparently, there is a format change regarding the coach's show this year. Just heard Sweeney mention that "Sioux Sports Extra" will debut next Sunday at 10:30 p.m. hosted by Jody Norstedt. This week's guest will be Chris Mussman.

2nd correction of my own post: NMSU does not have Sept. 27 off.

Correction of my own post: Nicholls plays on Thursday, Oct. 2, so I guess they don't share that open weekend. Also, NMSU has two bye weeks in a row from Sept. 27 to Oct. 4, just like us (although ours are Oct. 4-Oct 11). Maybe there is a better chance of this happening than I was giving credit for. Still, I'd think that if Sam Houston is at all interested, they'd get the deal. They count and they're closer.

At this point, I'd think it is highly unlikely. From everything I've read, NMSU has bowl aspirations this season so I'd guess they'll do everything in their power to bring in a counter, that is if they bring in anyone at all. They do still have 11 games on the slate, after all. They could simply bring Nicholls back on Oct. 4 since both teams are open that day, although it appears that is the day that many Southland teams are keeping open as their bye week prior to the start of conference play. Same goes for Sam Houston St. which would be much closer. For UND to get in there, (if NMSU just absolutely wants a game), I'd think that both Nicholls and Sam Houston would both have to decline, or UND would have to offer to come for an extremely low guarantee.

The Great West Conference is handing out Player of the Week honors to student-athletes of schools that belong to the conference. Although none from UND were selected this week, the first awards were handed out today. Link

There has been some debate in recent years as to the true capacity of the Alerus. Prior to the 2006 season, both the Alerus center and UND listed the capacity at 13,500. Since 2006, the Alerus has continued to use the 13,500 number, while the University reports capacity at 12,283. I wish there would be some clarification on the subject. One reason given in the email to myself and UND92,96 is that UND doesn't count attendence in the suites. But that only accounts for ~324 tickets, so there is still a gap of about 1,000 between the two figures. I highly doubt they'd issue 1,000 SRO tickets for any game, and I don't know what "ADA risers" they're talking about. It certainly can't be the ones in the South endzone, because then fans would actually be sitting in the endzone (that might be a pretty good seat though ) Anyways, just trying to answer your question about that number that was used for that game. Perhaps UND got the attendance figures from the Alerus until 2006, and then they took over counting? I would really think that 6:00 p.m. starts would be ideal for Saturday games, unless of course there also happens to be hockey that samed day, but that doesn't happen very often, especially now with no playoff games for a few years. The 1:00 start doesn't allow people who work on Saturdays to attend. Also alot of people might like to spend the last few remaining pleasant fall Saturdays outdoors. Then there is hunting to compete with later in the season. With a later start, maybe a few folks could get their hunting in during the morning and afternoon and then be inclined to head to the game. Some fans like myself drive 100+ miles to get there, and the 1:00 start pretty much blows the whole day for those of us that do that. Evening games would also probably boost beer sales, creating for a more raucous crowd . I know some people don't like the fact that at the REA, is almost like going to a night club, but an atmosphere like that would really help football attendance I think.

Here are my picks for the week: St. Cloud @ North Dakota..........UND 44, SCSU 10 UC Davis @ Central Arkansas.....UCD 27, UCA 14 Montana @ Cal Poly..................Poly 28, UM 23 South Dakota @ Northern Iowa.....UNI 49, USD 24 Adams St. @ Southern Utah..........SUU 28, ASC 7

From CSN West beat writer Kent Schmidt (a.k.a. Bison Kent)

Trenbeath, Otto, and Hellevang were all nominated for GWC Player of the Week, although none got the honor. Offensive: Ramses Barden (Cal Poly) Defensive: Steven Wulff (UC Davis) Special Teams: Trevor Ward (SUU)

Cal Poly shocked San Diego St. (FBS) 29-27 South Dakota over St. Ambrose 52-0 UC Davis lost to San Jose St. (FBS) 13-10................Davis lead in the 4th quarter SUU was blown out by Air Force 41-7