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Link to game winner. We let this one slip away. That free throw wasn't even close.

That had to be key. Chicago St., Houston Baptist or New Jersey Institute of Technology will also be prime candidates after Oakland and maybe IUPUI leave in the future. Douple's plan is unfolding perfectly.

I'll take the Big Sky- gives us another different selling point from the other regional schools for regional recruits and a real nice selling point to recruits within the conference footprint if we choose to recruit those areas. Also, having the opportunity to play the regional schools non conference makes for a nice schedule. The Summit footprint is expanding, not shrinking and the conference has teams lined up to exit. It has always been a revolving door and that will never change.

And SDSU's wasn't? They lost a QB and a RB to the NFL draft. You can't just replace a 3,000+ yard passer and a 1,500+ yard running back.

As a counterpoint at that point in the season every team only has one or two game tapes on their opponent.

You hit it on the head with leadership. Both at the player and coach level. FU had some internal issues at the player level during their 6-5 and 3-8 seasons. Senior leadership worked to correct those issues and you had yourself a playoff team with probably less talent than previous years. I really feel leadership is whats lacking on this team and I'm not talking from a coaching level. We need some players to take control of this, force each other to stick around for a summer and challenge each other to get better. Coaches can only do so much. Look at the Kill incident and the Gophers.

True, but a big win over Valpo, a win against the Jacks (who is a familiar oppenent and will draw a nice crowd), and a strong showing against the Griz (who will also bring a nice crowd) can set the tone for the rest of the year at home. The only game of those 4 which I'd put us as long shots against is the Cats.

Scott was a great man who was great for the university. He did not leave due to the nickname. He left due to a great opportunity that came along.

Just last year some were begging for a new offensive coordinator. It would hurt to lose him but I think we will be fine.

I'm disappointed we would have had to rely on a 51 yard FG to win the game but with our kicking game it was makeable. I also don't completely have a problem going for it either ( I know I'm in the minority on that). However, with the way we have run the ball all season, I would have had more confidence, spreading the defense out and throwing for it on 4th and 1 which is bad. Our offensive and defensive lines need to get much stronger this offseason. If all those guys don't stick around this summer something is wrong. I know certain programs who have pretty solid lines have their guys lift twice a day during the summer (cough both can be found along I94, cough). We need to be doing the same thing. Our struggles to run the ball this year concerned me about as much as our struggles to stop the run. Line play is the biggest key going into next year for me, not the schemes.

This. I don't mind reading someone who has an opinion different than mine but its been the same !@#$ from him all year. I just heard Muss on the radio and he said nothing of the defense going toe to toe with UNC like he claimed above. Also, UND decided not to kick the field goal during a time out so to claim they did not have a play ready is a dumb comment. They didn't just run everyone out there in panic mode to run a play.

Where did he say that? What station was he on? I just heard an interview with him and he said nothing like that at all.

Are you serious? While I would have had no problem trying to kick a 51 yarder, there is a huge difference between a 45 yard kick and a 51 yard kick. With 50 seconds left and the clock stopping on 1st downs it would not have been hard to get to a 30 yard attempt for the win. Looking back on it now I think we would have had a better chance throwing for the 1st down against 12 guys than trying to run against 12. How does no body notice that? Not an official or a coach or a player? Somebody has to see that.

At this level there is no reason we shouldn't have 90%+ of our players up here during the summer. I know that wasn't the case this last year. Our o-line and probably d-line need to do a lift in the morning and evening this offseason. What we have been doing isn't cutting it. They both need to get stronger. Our offensive and defensive skill guys need to spend time doing 7 on 7 passing drills this offseason. This will benefit Molberg and Bartels by getting some reps and our WR's are as talanted as they will see in the conference, that should only help our dbacks. A commitment to getting better in the offseason will go a long way. No excuses for anyone leaving Grand Forks. Coaching needs to improve. Plain and simple. We saw the best the conference has to offer. Now we need to recruit the kids that will help us be successful. There are a number of talented local kids in the area this year who will be contributors down the road. Lets start with them.

No road win is easy. Especially on the road. Boys will have to play tough today. Get some pressure and the offense can't turn it over. UNC will have revenge on their minds from last year. Will be a tough win, but I think we get it done today. UND-34 UNC-28

I think the team spent the offseason listening to everyone talk about how good they were going to be.

And there are open seats in the dome but those tickets are still payed for correct? Its my hope that as conferencemate recognition improves and the team improves, attendance will as well. I guess we'll see. UNI wasn't seen as a heated game by FU fans until after the sideline incident. As a FU fan pointed out above, things like that take time. Back to your post though, unless a lot of people were dressed as blue seatbacks against SIU this year, there were plenty of open seats in the Fargodome.

K-State was on ESPN2 last night vs. Alabama Huntsville. Huntsville was brutal. KState won 87-26. Foul trouble on our bigs killed us vs. KState but last night their guards were scoring at will. They will be an interesting team to follow as the year moves along.

Thanks spelling police.

I'm hoping this late buy week has a positive impact on this game. I think we needed it. However, I don't know if we will get any of our injured starters back even with the buy week. Hoping the guys finish th season on a high note.

+++++ The playoffs are going to have some real good games this year and everything will be settled on the field.

Yes, clearly that is what it is.

I think I'll keep doing. Just want to stay consistent with the branding of the Summit league. Thanks for the opinion though.

Nice try, not even close. Vince gets it, you have no idea. Thats why I laugh at your comments 99% of the time.

Free tickets, two good teams. Thought it would be nice to get a look at BU, haven't seen them play in a couple years. I've now seen 3 of the best in the MVFC and there could be some interesting playoff matchups.