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I can't get in as well. I keep getting back to the registration and then when I go the mobile URL, it tells me no games scheduled

I am hoping that NDSU wins. It has nothing to do with NDSU but more that it sets a bar, a level, for UND to achieve. UND has won more games against NDSU than NDSU has against UND but it has performed better on the national stage. NDSU and UND are nature rivals and what one does, the other hopes to outdo. This can be seen in women's basketball and to a lessor extent, in football (NDSU won championships, UND won championships). So if NDSU does win, that is a goal for UND as well (it should be a goal even if NDSU doesn't win but it adds extra incentive)

Didn't Minnesota play Winona a few years back in men's basketball.; Is NDSU too good now for these type of games?

There is no way that the NCHC can compete with the Big Ten brand but neither can the CCHA, WCHA, Hockey East, or any other hockey league. Since SCSU doesn't expand the base of the NCHC, what benefit does it bring to the NCHC?

LakesBison University or the University of Minnesota. I'll root for the University of Minnesota (but I wouldn't feel bad if LakesBison University won either as I like cheering for the little guy and no matter what the fans of LakesBison University say, they are little guys).

Agreed.

I think I would reverse this as Notre Dame will probably be in the Big Ten someday with all the moves in conferences that are going on it might be sooner rather than later. It can only play the Independent so long, Having WMU and BGSU brings the D1 schools together (it also keeps the DII schools together with all that implies).. I think Notre Dame in the long term is more of a gamble than is BGSU or WMU as these schools would probably remain in the conference but if Notre Dame leaves, well, who knows what scenarios.

Wasn't SCSU part of that block not wanting leadership change?

This reminds me too much of the Pat Behrns era. Given that this is a young team and the goal had always been to be prepared for when the team becomes playoff eligible, the judgement will come in the next couple years.

Agreed. SCSU made its bed, it needs to learn to live with it. If it becomes a 6 former WCHA teams plus Miami, then why even split from the WCHA?

I watched the first part of the Idaho game as well. Their first drive was great but they fell apart after BG scored especially after BG's second touchdown. Still, from the description of the UND-Drake game, I would go with Idaho over UND especially if UND continues to be penalty happy and it continues with the plain Jane offense (do they know how to throw the ball down field?). Idaho may not be the same team they were last year but is UND still the same team (different players, same play calling, same results)? I think we are all looking for improvement from UND and this will be answered by the end of the season.

The alarmist crowd will take the current conditions and fit it to their agenda. They have been discredited before but that hasn't stopped them. Remember, 30 years ago it was global cooling by these people. Having said that, we should be careful about spewing garbage into the air and into the water.

Not quite. Lakes presents a negative image for NDSU, UND, the state of North Dakota, and the state of Minnesota in that order. JBB is not far behind.

There was a hearty discussion by those who favor the Sioux name but opposed the bill but many on this board did support it. I agree, its time to move on.

Actually, I think they have or else they wouldn't want the law retracted. It might have been different if the law was passed 5 years ago but as a last gasp measure, well, it was bound to cause problems with the result of the lawsuit. Maybe this will be a blessing in disguise when all is said and done in that it finally starts the endgame. Ultimately, everybody lost in the nickname issue in my opinion. I have to wonder if this was a result of the NCAA putting pressure on the Big Sky.