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Hoosiers 48 Sioux 24 Halftime

Indiana 24 Sioux 11 7 minutes in 1st 9 turnovers by Sioux already

Hoosiers 19 Sioux 9 12 minutes left in 1st

Indiana 14 UND 7 14 minutes left in 1st half

I was also at the game, and pretty much agree with everything that UND92,96 said. I echo his concerns about the secondary's tendency to give up the big play. This was one of the most entertaining games I have ever been to, but if not for the two busted plays by the secondary and the bobbled snap on the FG attempt, the game is not close at all. And it was a great showing by Sioux fans. The total attendance for the game was 4,077 but I only remember noticing the Husky fans on two occasions in the entire game. UND definately has great fans. Oh yeah, I am normally not one to harp on refs, but that was easily the worst officiating job I've seen in the 4 years that I've been regularily going to games.

Rumor is that Montana St. may buy out their '07 game against NDSU in Fargo because they want a sixth home game, probably against a DII. Perhaps a trip to Bozeman could be in order for '07? Or maybe even Fargo!

O.K. maybe not a high-school team, but 10 of the 31 turnovers were either travelling calls or carrying the ball. Not good. I am not worried about losing to Purdue, just was hoping for a little better showing.

Purdue 92 UND 60 Final Score Sioux beat themselves. They'd have lost to a high-school team with that many turnovers

I believe this was the first year in the last five or so that there were only 10 games wasn't it? I hope we get 11 next year. Six home games would be nice

Purdue 82 UND 53 5 Minutes left

Purdue 76 UND 49 Swyg said Sioux have had several nice possessions in a row now. 8 minutes left

Must have been something on my end, it is working fine now.

The women won down in Florida 77-68

Purdue 70 UND 40 13 minutes left Sioux have 28 turnovers including 5 carrying the ball, and 4 travels I don't care if it is the Big 10, they can't turn the ball over like that

I got nothing on the FSSN. No signal. Getting other stations on IA-8 but no FSSN. Anyone else?

Purdue 61 UND 33 Halftime Getting ugly all the way around 19 Turnovers for UND in the first half 41 total fouls in the half

Purdue 56 UND 31 39 Fouls in the first half so far 16 Sioux Turnovers 3 minutes left in 1st half

Purdue 46 UND 26 1st half 6:15 lots of turnovers by Sioux

Purdue 28 UND 19 Slow game refs calling it really close Kruse looking good 11 minutes left in 1st half

Article in today's Herald about tonight's game with Purdue. Harkins recently had leg surgery and will be out until January.

I believe that tickets must be sold for at least half of face value to count toward the requirement.

Athletics are often the face of a University. The move is about more than just sports.

I'll be making the trip to St. Cloud this weekend. Anyone else? SCSU is a bit down this year at just 3-6, but in recent years they've played the Sioux pretty well. I expect UND to win handily this weekend but there are a couple of things to be concerned about with St. Cloud. They played very well this past weekend and had the lead AT Omaha until the 4th quarter. UND hasn't exactly set the world on fire in any NCC contest this year, save for this past weekend against Duluth. Hopefully they've righted the ship. They have a solid defense overall. SCSU has the seond leading pass defense in the NCC this year so I hope that Chappel, Strouth, and Beatty play as well as they did against UMD. The Huskies are also leading the NCC in total defense this year. I think their anemic offense going against UND's defense will be too much to overcome though. UND 24 SCSU 13

They announced they'd look into it the same time USD did after UND announced their intentions to move. There really has not been any news about it out of Sioux Falls since then, which was June or July. Some speculate they may move and go non-scholarship football, but who knows. I personally doubt they'll move up.

Getting geared up for the start of basketball season. Purdue is less than a week away. I see UND's 2006-07 Prospectus is out, and so is the NCC Media Guide. I know South Dakota is ranked 14th in the preseason poll, but Minnesota St. should be very good again this year as well. As for the Sioux, I'm not sure what to expect, but I am excited to see a different style of program from what we have seen the last 5 years or so. UND had virtually no presence in the paint last year. That should change with a healthy Koenig, the addition of Dryburgh, and hopefully the 6-9 265 lb. freshman Ben Lehnertz can contribute. Gutter is a big body as well. A couple of thoughts/questions about some of the incoming players: Boyce, Dryburgh, and Youmens: I like the fact that all three of these guys come from winning programs, which usually means they play with a team first mentality, rather than a me first mentality. Youmens was a big scorer and Boyce a good shooter FG% wise, two things this teams needs. Little: Had nice stats at his JC last year, averaged around 15 points and shot 40% on 3-pointers. But he only played in six games. Was he injured or was it for other reasons?