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Horrible penalty for Stockwell. Again the o line fails.........

We are getting handled at the the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball........

Biggest issue is that the O Line continue yes to be awful.....

This is the one I was referring to....... Conversations about UND's future in Big Sky are 'ongoing"

I see that Schlossman has released his weekly Summit League propaganda.............

Best guess on divisions: UND, UNC, UM, MSU, UI, EWU, PSU ISU, WSU, SAC, CP, UCD, NAU, SUU Big question is how do they decide the autobid?

Ah....... Thank you so much for reminding me of that. I feel much better now.

I seem to recall the very same thing....................

I sure am hoping that it is some freak coincidence that the future Big Sky Conference football games have apparently been removed from future schedules on UNDsports.com going past 2017. Previously, they were there through 2019. It would be extremely unfortunate if the talk of leaving the Big Sky Conference actually came to fruition. Sadly, North Dakota hasn't done a heck of a lot right with this move to Division I, save for getting into the Big Sky, that was a Grand Slam............

I sure would like to see the Hawks curb-stomp these pussycats from Bozo........

Saw lots of Hawks gear everywhere IMO too.

Check out @UNDfootball's Tweet: https://twitter.com/UNDfootball/status/777250181850902528?s=09

Couldn't agree more. Very bush league once again by the Alerus production crew, but unfortunately it is what I have come to expect. Got a bit excited when the lights went out and Welcome to the Jungle fired up, but the debacle of the ensuing intro video and entrance quashed that right quick. My wife, who really doesn't give a rat's behind about such things, just smiled and rolled her eyes at me realizing how lame it was. I am thinking (hoping) whatever kid they have running the video boards pushed the wrong button and played the intro video and GNR out of order. Inexcusable, but maybe it'll be better in two weeks.

Talked quite a bit about Clive Georges and the lack of another true speed guy on the roster. Basically said getting Demon Mercer up to speed will be the next best thing. Was asked about all the Big Sky vs. MVFC matchups the last couple weeks. Said both are great leagues, the Montana win at UNI was huge for Big Sky. Mentioned that USD's offense is a bit different than what Neilson had in place at WIU and UM-Duluth...............

Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere or officially announced by UND, but if it was I never saw it. There is apparently a half hour radio show on KFGO 790 on Monday nights with Jack Michaels and Bubba, called Monday Night Quarterback, from 6:30 to 7:00. Just stumbled across it tonight, and I actually called in as well. Again, maybe I am in the dark about it, never heard of it until tonight. Never saw any announcements from UND or KFGO........

So after watching the first two games, here are the most obvious (to me anyways) observations by my extremely untrained eyes............ The offensive line has plenty of room for improvement, especially in run blocking With Clive Georges out for the year, it appears the team doesn't have a speed WR that is capable of stretching the field. Lots of possession guys, but no burners Defense appears to be legit. Secondary got burned a few times by BGSU, but already it seems they have improved from where they were at a year ago Offense has improved overall in each game as the game went on. Hopefully that is what happens over the course of the season, similar to last year.

Don't know if this has been posted elsewhere, but in addition to being on ESPN3 and WDAYZ Extra, it is also on Altitude (Ch. 681 on DirecTV)

Non conference home schedule sucks a little but I know why. Same reason it has every year for the reasons many posters have stated. A few random thoughts: Don't understand why the series with SDSU dried up. That was pretty regular for quite a few years. Seems sort of strange that ties continue to be completely severed with USD Whatever happened to the idea that "being a prominent hockey school is going to help with scheduling for other sports in DI"? Can't get Denver or Omaha to throw us a bone and do a home-and-home in any other sports......... Given how hard it is to apparently get other DI's to come here, I wouldn't be adverse to doing some 2-for-1's with some "semi regional" schools like Green Bay, Milwaukee, Drake. Those 3 schools in particular are close enough that they may entertain that. No Montana or Montana St on the home slate this year is a bit unfortunate.

Awesome, thanks for the heads up!

The one thing that rubs me the wrong way about Schlossman is how he is so critical when the topic of dropping sports comes up. When baseball was dropped, both he and Wayne Nelson acted like Ed Schafer himself shot their dogs. As far as the argument that women's hockey has Olympians on the roster, well Olympic women's hockey is awful to watch too. Getting back to the number of total sports sponsored by UND, before baseball and golf were dropped the number of sports offered by UND was closer to that of many Big Ten schools than it was to the number offered by a majority of Big Sky programs. UND actually sponsored as many or more sports than 4 Big Ten schools. Does anybody really think our budget, enrollment, and population can sustain that long term?

Viverito was just on WDAY and said they have no discussions at this point about expansion. Nothing new to report......

I wrote to Kennedy himself offering my very intelligent input................ mark.r.kennedy@und.edu Be short, be concise, and be polite.

If I were king for a day, soccer would be the last of the 5 sports that I assume (hope rather) are on the chopping block. Simply because A) the Big Sky sponsors it, and B) it has to be the cheapest to run by far of any of the sports we are talking about. It's true that Bronson is hardly a "facility" but at least the university owns it. The IPF should theoretically provide a boost to the program over time. No need for skates, helmets, bats, or sticks. A shirt and shorts, a pair of shoes, and a ball and Ta-Da...........you have a soccer team.

Good god that is way worse than I thought. What possible justification could there be for sponsoring this sport?

We really just need to get this thing down to 14 or 15 sports. Axing baseball was a great first step. Half the schools in the Big Sky sponsor 15 sports or less. Before dropping baseball and golf, UND was at 21 sports. Tied with Sac State for the most offerings in the league. Followed by Northern Colorado who has 19 (which is where UND is currently at). See a pattern here? I'd prefer UND's athletic department look more like Montana's and Montana State's than Sac's and UNC's.