teamsioux

I am not arguing against the Betty, that is not what I meant, it is this craziness of two home-courts. We have went over the pros and cons of the Hyslop and the Betty before...no reason to rehash those ideas. This is all about the Betty. If the place is so great, which I hope and think it will be, lets build a new home court tradition and advantage in the Betty. I am the first one for that, but that isn't really going to be possible if we don't switch all games to the Betty. I really don't think that the Ralph is going to land us those big recruits if we don't start winning more consistently, which can be accomplished easier by having a nice advantage at home. The Betty should be able to sell itself to recruits, maybe even better than the lifeless bb atmosphere at the Ralph. Anyone who thinks that what this program(men's) needs to be recharged is the Ralph, is probably dreaming because I highly doubt that the Ralph is ever going to be a great bb venue. I really don't think the way to an NCC title is to practice in the gym for about a week and then play 4 consectutive home games there. It is proven that to win in the NCC, you had better win most of your games at home. This is definitely not a situation condusive to that.

Another part of the two-arena fiasco is that with the new schedule, the conference home opener is the first game at the Ralph. So the team will be lucky to have a week of practice at the Ralph before playing in the foreign setting. That is quite the home-field advantage. This whole situation gets more messed up as time goes by. I am still trying to figure a good reason for all this.

WOW,who wasn't being civil? I just felt all your thoughts were wonderful and cannot believe you shared those DI thoughts with us lowly DII fans. We are truly blessed to have you share this with us.

That's wonderful, I get the warm fuzzies just reading about it.

As will most teams this year!!

nepotism,huh?!? Having Hakstol be in-laws with a certain high-ranking official sure didn't seem to slow down the process of having his hiring pushed through rather quickly in a much higher profile job.

thats what we are all thinking!

deeks, please do us a favor and shut up for once!

Sandelin sure was leaving his options open it sounded like to me by the quotes from Sweeney. He basically said that the UND job was not worth discussing because no one knew if the job would be opened up, so why waste time talking about it. He then continued to say that if it did open up, he would then see at that time if it interested him. IMO, that says he is very interested, otherwise he would just come out and say he is staying at UMD.

Yes, the Marks interview was very interesting. He sure was campaigning for the job. Seemed very excited to move back to the area if the chance arose. His wife is from the area and his son really wants to move to an area that provides more opportunities to play hockey. Sounds like he is a stud goalie.

what? you're saying Blais is leaving because of Todd Berning? I find it hard to believe that TB has even the slightest to do with Blaiser leaving. But if I am wrong, do share with us?

Is there anyway you could give a few more details, how many or what team involved?

Maybe a convincing win over Montana Tech.....or a nice game against that non-scholie program Valpo can give them a boost in the polls!

That's funny, the Bison aren't even in the pre-season 25. That's rare!

Who knows what would have happened in '99 had Jed P not gotten hurt halfway through the playoff game @ NWMSU. That team could have went all the way easily. Too many injuries to overcome.

Not a good spring for the Cavalier athletes that have been dominating Class B the past few years. Anymore word on how Trenbeth is doing?

Update: Sioux get pounded early...down 9-1 going into bottom of 4. Sukut gets start with T Johnson coming out of pen early.

anyone heard pitching matchups yet?

Anything new over the past week on potential recruits getting closer to a decision?

Any score from the first game yet?

Hey, nothing like spending the evening with Mr and Mrs. Personality!!

how many teams make regionals? is ncc tourney winner the automatic qualifier?

If everything is so great in Bisonville and all these great matchups with teams NDSUcks wants to play and all the huge draws forecoming, then why was there all the whining,complaining, moaning, bitching and name-calling when UND refused to play them? The spin-doctoring that comes out of NDSU fans is a complete joke, like that's a surprise. Good luck creating a FB rivalry with that powerhouse from Brookings. At least the Bison will be able take that trophy home more than they have the Nickel the past decade.

I am sure UND has to run out and make up some new imaginary trophy to play for to replace the Nickel also, to make themselves fell better when there are no conference titles or playoffs to play for. No, I guess that is NDSU. Oh, wait how did I forget about the GWFC, which is a bunch of D2 teams that feel better about themselves and thump their chests because they are D1 now even though they are playing the same teams still.

I can't believe JBB hasn't came up with one of his anti-NDSU conspiracy theories by UND as the reason why they have stooped to the level of playing NAIA and non-scholarship teams. Somehow Ralphie had a hand in this I am sure. They would die to play Crookston or Moorhead this year...it would have to be a better gate. And don't forget.."they did beat Montana", 'cuz if you do, they will remind you!