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According to the facebook group: They cut back on the other teams too. For football (and basketball?) co-ed will only have 12 this year, all girl will only have 16, and i'm not sure about dance. The hockey cheerleaders also have to cheer for volleyball and soccer

Brandon Brady got some... and I think the Dungy kid did as well... I can't remember his first name off hand. Although they changed QBs a lot so I might be getting the lines confused

#77 Brian Troen was limping off the field early on, to be honest I didn't pay much attention to if he played again, but it didn't look serious at all. Other than that no injuries. A few players stretching on the sidelines so maybe some cramps, but nothing to note. At the end of the game they were doing some kicking drills.... Hellevang made his first one, missed his second, missed his third (?), and then Coach Lennon encouraged the rest of the boys to start cheering, the announcer did the same thing for the fans and Hellevang made the kick.... I believe the final two were about 50 yards... each before that about ten yards closer.

Overall, I thought the first team offense and defense looked good. It looked as though the offense got off to a quick start and the defense was stronger as the scrimmage went on. Just some random notes that I made: SPECIAL TEAMS: - #8 Alex Nicholas dropped a kickoff, chased it down and ended up with a pretty good return. - Field goals seemed to have a lot of trouble kicking into the wind... good thing we play in a dome. #12 Stephen Fashant was having a hard time getting the ball above the cross bar - They seem to need to work on snaps for punts, one went over the punter's head and many others the defense had a good shot at blocking the punt OFFENSE: - #83 David Peterson made a great catch to the seven yard line - #81 Kellen Leupp made a good third down catch in the two minute drill to get a first down - Ryan Chappell was not playing - Weston Dressler had a nice catch for a touchdown in the beginning, didn't seem him playing much except on special teams after that - The first team offense had ALL DAY to pass the ball, good protection... beyond first team they had very little time - In the "freshman game" QB #9 Brent Goska had a 45+ yard touchdown run - Alex Nicholas had great effort... earned yards after the catch/contact - As far as other QBs, #6 Jake Landry (second team) seemed to have a good arm but be a bit off on his aim.... #14 Andrew Gudmunson looked breakable DEFENSE: - #48 Paul German had a "tackle" for a loss.... was against a QB so couldn't actually tackle him - #28 Brandon Jordan had a very nice breakup of a long pass - #13 Brett Holinka dropped an interception - #14 Freshman Kris Ankenbauer had a nice hit - #20 Rory Manke with an interception during the redzone practice - total penalties for the scrimmage 3 for offensive holding, and one for defensive false start I think that's about all I've got... not a whole lot... I've got some pictures... once I put them on my computer I'll see if I can figure out how to upload them here

That's a very good point... and I'm very glad you brought that up. Green With Envy makes it seem as though we are jealous of the Gophers, and that is not the case. Perhaps Envy the Green would be a better name... Thanks for mentioning it!

5:30, East Grand Forks Senior High... not sure where that is, but I'm gonna try like heck to go!

Love the "Green With Envy" name!!! As far as sign, we are working on that right now... we're trying to make some sort of "logo" or something we can consistantly use on all signs that we'll post and hand out. Hopefully we should have that within the next week. Keep the suggestions/ideas coming! And I'll let ya know when we need help hanging up signs!

Wow... less than I expected from the Athletic Department: Oh well... it's still going to happen either way.

If we wanted to go really simple, how about something like this? Custom Ink The more you buy, the cheaper they are....

The more I think about shirts, the more I think about how much easier it would be without shirts.... Since it is only the first year, I'm thinking that we should go as easy as possible on ourselves and perhaps in the future they could consider ordering shirts for the fans. I think that we should stick with wearing our own apparel. As amazing as a shirt would be, I would not only be cold, I'd also feel weird for not wearing a hockey jersey!

So I was thinking more about tshirts... and if we can find sponsors and figure out how to order that many shirts, it'd be a really cool idea. So I pulled out my 2007 Big Event shirt to get ideas from... and this is what I've got: Shirt: Kelly green short sleeved t-shirt with white writing FRONT: Go Green! BACK: At the top it would say: Green Out Weekend Under that would be the quote: "In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive" ~Stephen Leacock And at the bottom we'd have sponsor who will hopefully donate money so that we can make these shirts. As far as the Big Event shirts, they have some green writing on the back which looks really nice in contrast with the black shirts and white writing... so maybe we could add in a little color. I guess it all depends on if we can actually get people to help us create these shirts financially... just throwing the idea out there. Let me know if you think you have a better quote, or any suggestions/improvements to my idea

Over 200 people in the facebook group, so the students seem to be taking to the idea very well. I have a few more ideas for publicity that I need to check on. Does anyone know if they still hang banners over University Ave? I think the Craft Center in the Union was responsible for those, but seeing as there no longer is a Craft Center I'm not sure...

I need some help guys and gals! This event IS happening. Whether it be offically or unoffically, Dec 7th and 8th, the Gopher series, will be UND's first (annual I hope) Green Out. Help me get the word out... tell your family, friends, coworkers, neighbors... tell the people that sit in your section. I need to get the word out! As of right now I am asking everyone to bring their own green apparel. I will try as hard as I can to get some sort of hand out, hopefully I can get some help with that otherwise it's gonna take a miracle because not only do I not have that much money, but I'm not sure I'd spend that much money on shirts. I'm also still looking for some sort of "logo" idea for signs, if you've got any suggestions post them here. I'm also not sure that "Green Out" is the best thing to call our event... but I also can't come up with anything better. There won't be much publicity until hockey season starts, so that gives me awhile to try and figure something better out. Feel free to give any suggestions or advice that you have!

Perhaps someone knows the answer offhand before I start looking... but is there a rule that the home team has to wear a specific jersey.... or would it be worth my time to try and talk to the coaches and see if we can even get the team in green for this series....? In the NCAA Rulebook it says: "Light-colored jerseys (e.g., white, gold, yellow, or light blue) may be worn, during the regular season, by the visiting team only when the teams have agreed before the game. If the teams are unable to agree, the visiting team will wear dark-colored jerseys." Rule 2: Teams, Section 1, page HR-22

I'm not really sure about uploading things... but here is an update of what I've got: As far as who I've talked to about possible help: Student Government is willing to help The REA said they have considered the idea in the past but couldn't get 11,000 shirts donated. They are willing to promote this in house on our concourse tv's and pa announcements. Brad, from the GFH thinks that it is a good idea and if something gets going, he will be aware of it and he'll mention it on the blog and/or in the print edition I emailed the Athletic Department and the guy that I originally emailed said he would forward my email on to several people that might be able to help, I have yet to hear back from them... I emailed Sioux Crew yesterday and am waiting to hear from them, I also emailed the Sioux Booster this morning and am waiting to hear back from them as well. If it gets down to it, I think we could make a sign, make some copies and tape them to the doors at the Ralph... everyone has to go through the doors to get inside so the exposure could be huge. Oh yeah, and the facebook group has reached 100 people, so it's doing alright... could be better, but could be worse... it'll grow with time... especially once classes start up again and everyone is on their computers more often

What about women's hockey? I enjoy going to multiple hockey games in the same day if there is no football to watch. Makes for a great weekend! Besides, I'm sure the women appreciate all the fans, so why not see if we can get more people to come!

I talked to Amanda because I know her, but she said that when I come in I could also ask for Tara... For those that are further awway and find it difficult to help plan this but are still interested, I was thinking we should make some sort of logo or something that we can put on a sign to hang up (everywhere). I can find pictures on my computer and put together a collection, but I have seen another thread with ideas for a SS.com logo and those are so much better. If you are computer talented and would be interested in coming up with "Green Out" logo ideas feel free to post some in this thread!

What would the best way to go about selling shirts be? Contact the Sioux Shop and/or Barnes and Noble and see if they'll sell them... I'd imagine the Ralph wouldn't appreciate a table being set up in front of their building with a bunch of shirts. I'm still at the point of exploring all options. Perhaps if the second round of people at the Athletic Office ever get back to me, or when I talk to Student Government and Sioux Crew I can get a better idea...

Good idea.... colors would work fantastically! I also just received a message from someone involved with Student Government saying they think it's a great idea and would be interested in helping... just have to stop by the office once school starts.

Are you volunteering to help research t-shirt price to find out how much we would need to raise and then help contact and convince businesses to donate money? Cuz I'm thinking that is WAY too complicated for me... I'd rather go with everyone has something green... lots of shades of green would be cool too

This link should work if you sign in... Facebook Group Let me know if you still can't find it

Facebook group is up and running with over 200 people invited... more to be added later. If you are on facebook feel free to join: "I Support A Fighting Sioux Green Out Weekend!"

I work at the Union and the manager just came by to show me his ticket. He said that they've got long lines for tickets.... looks like it'll be a great season!!! (and I'm working on the Green Out thing... getting the students on board should be the easy part thanks to facebook)

Is that you volunteering to help? Now that I'm all moved into my apartment in Grand Forks and relatively settled, I can probably devote more time to trying to track down people to help me attempt to organize a green out. While most of us have said that doing this during the Gopher Series would be the best option, that's less than four months away... can we plan that fast? My other concern is that Minneapolis is relatively close and there are Gopher fans that come to the games up here. In fact there are even students that would consider themselves Gopher fans first.... will it look bad if there is random yellow and maroon within the green? Would it be a better plan to pick a series such as UAA where the chance of opposing fans attending will be much smaller? At least for the first year and in following years (because hopefully this repeats) we can pick the Gopher series.

Plans have not yet been announced as to how tickets are going to be distributed. I'd imagine that once school starts something will be said rather quickly.