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I'm not sure on the score but Sioux willl win by 3 Special teams will be the difference as we are able to make some plays to get our offense into field position. Defense has to make them work their way down the field and not give up the big plays. Offense has to play ball control and not turn it over. O-line has to be as dominating tomorrow as they were 2 weeks ago. Good luck tomorrow boys.

Thanks for your interest in UND football. Another fan who doesn't care, but still reads and posts.

So your telling me the polls would have been as big of a deal if UND wasn't ranked. Kolpack would have made as big of a deal about it, Bohl would have commented on it and bison fans would still be talking about it after two weeks and a win against Minnesota? Keep telling yourself that.

And there is the usual ndsu spin when it comes to recruits they didn't get. It only took two pages to get it. Now if only Kolpack would write an article about him getting the schools confused......

There is a thread on your fan board, a write up in your local paper, a blog by a local media guy, a few quotes by your coach, and guys were coming out of the woodwork and looked pretty childish posting here. I'd say there were a few that were concerned about UND cracking the polls.

That is understood. This won't be the first or last time this happens with us playing college football at this level. You guys are making a bigger deal out of this than what it is.

If any of you guys didn't read this article please do. I am very impressed by the quotes in the article. Very, impressive and great get for UND. Getting a guy like this can change a recruiting class. I know I read a few years ago with ndsu's class who are now sophmores or redshirt freshmen and how those guys called other recruits and swayed them that direction. That was a very good class for them that has a lot of contributors right now. Hopefully the signing of Molberg can do the same for us. Welcome to UND Joe.....We are glad to have you.

Well, its good he won't be playing in the game. I'm sure he is more than impressed by the Big Sky and our future schedules he'll actually be playing. Ironic that the first one (according to you) in many years happens at the same time we get in a conference and both programs are now on equal footing. I'm sure that was something that was thrown around plenty in the past.

In the past when the Sioux were in their better days of D2 when they played inferior teams, such as Crookston, Morningside, etc. they were into crushing teams. Its only been the last couple years that this hasn't been the case. The talent level is much better now though.

Well said..... I'm hoping everyone, from coaches all the way down to the last player on the roster learned their lesson a few years ago with Sioux Falls. Don't overlook anyone. The guys need a nice blowout to continue to build the confidence that Wyo was talking about and continue to pull it together come conference time. This better be a good game to get some reps, work on some timing etc., etc. But I did think the same thing about Drake. This team has improved dramatically since thta time. Go Sioux!!!

I think people know and attendance is going to be good but what do you want to talk about? We play Black Hills. We better win by 30-40 points. I don't know what to talk about with this game and I think others are in the same boat.

Cue Kolpack.

Football is so nationally well known at your school that people everywhere are getting you confused with someone else. Boy, you guys have sure made a name for yourself. Football may be popular all across the country, but apparently no one knows who ndsu is. So your basically talking smack about a sport that your pretty irrelevant at.

Kolpack proved how classy he is with his twitter response. I think his blog post was comical and I could sense the tears streaming down his cheeks while I was reading it. Than he gets someone to post on their public page what they their opinion on the blog and his response was straight class- So, he can share his views on his public domain, but when someone shares theirs, he cries even more. Jeff along with all bison fans had a pretty emotional day today and handled it with class . For a team they don't care about anymore they are sure up in arms about this. Look how many came out of the woodwork to post here.

This is hilarious. You guys probably would have been ranked preseason #1 if all these voters would not have confused the two schools. Last year, you probably would have had home field advantage in the playoffs if not for all the confused voters. Just think of the confusion next week when these voters get confused by us beating a school from South Dakota and you guys possibly beating the gophers. How do any of these voters walk and chew gum at the same time? The funny part is can you imagine how many e-mails lakes and his cronies have sent these voters? If their fans are sending as classy of e-mails as I heard at work today or any of the postings on this board they are representing themselves great right now. I love the crying though and the idea that everyone believes the to schools were confused for one week and one week only. This is free comedy.

No one here didn't recognize Saturday night as a great effort. Hopefully the guys on the team understand that they better prove to us that the effort they played with on Saturday night can be brought to every game from here on out. Just cause I'm a fan, doesn't mean I have to have a short memory. I want to know what Sioux team is going to show up the rest of the year, the one from Fresno or the one from Idaho. If any of the boys are reading this, they can use that as motivation if they really truely need it.

So is ndsu not as relevant in the FCS world as your fans like to tell everyone? How could such a well known team be mistaken for someone else? I guess I never see Deleware being confused with Deleware St. or Montana and Montana St. being confused. The only reason you think the AGS polls are relevant is cause it has the rankings you want. AGS is a bunch of fans ranking teams, I'm sure there is no bias in that. A team that has fans who have better things to do than be members of 5 different message boards are very well represented I'm sure. I'm not sure UND deserves the #21 ranking but I think its comical the spin ndsu fans immediately put on it. For a team they have moved on from and don't care about anymore a ranking next to their name sure fires them up. Don't worry gabe, I'm sure if you google more polls you'll probably find others that make you feel all warm and fuzzy again. This is great stuff.

Not sure about that. We seriously are in need of a big that can stay healthy.

That could never happen. ndsu has made such a huge name for themselves in the FCS world with all their signiture wins and all. Just ask anyone of their fans, they'll tell you. I guess, I could understand the ranking if we would have played Idaho as tough the week before as we played Fresno. Either way, if it is a result of our game this week getting some attention, congrats to the guys. Still way to early in my mind for polls to have a lot of meaning though.

The Big Sky conference is one of the top two FCS conferences in the country. Year in and out they have had one of two teams playing for the Nat'l Championship. As an alum and former player I expect UND to compete right away in the conference but being realistic I think you have to allow the program a year or to in the conference to build. UND has proven at times it can play with teams like Montana but consistency not only from game to game but also quarter to quarter are needed. I could have told anyone without being at the game UND is not at the level of the defending Nat'l Champion or one of the premier FCS programs in Montana. But I wouldn't write anyone off as we aren't even in the conference yet.

Good luck today boys. This is a game where this young team should grow up. Time to pull together and man up after the beating last week.

I'll take that one........Nope! Unless we get him 20 years before he is the Jim Tressel.

Never heard that one before. In fact I'd argue that our last few classes have been as good as we've had and after having some time to relax after the game yesterday, we had some young players make some plays. It just wasn't consistent enough. Cummings and #69 (backup NG) on the d-line played ok yesterday. Some young LB's made plays. The problem was its just not consistent enough. Last year we got a few kids they were after as well and its been a little while since we won those head to head match ups. Just ask any of their fans, they'll tell you . Either way complain about the coaching on the field all you want, I think recruiting has improved the last few years.

I doubt Lennon would come back unless we'd really, really open up the check book. There are a lot of young coaches out there who would be willing to come to a school in a rock solid conference, that is funded well for this level and has some young talent. It would have been interesting to see who would have applied 4 years ago had they opened up the position when Lennon left. I feel bad typing sounding so negative on the coaching staff but I am just frustrated about today. The difference between the play from the first to second half was embarrassing and a lot of it had to do with coaching. I'm tired of seeing #7 get beat for 3 TD's in a row and than pump his chest after breaking up a pass or making a tackle. I"m tired of seeing dropped passes on offense. I'm tired of seeing us lose contain of defense over and over and their qb rolls out and completes a pass anywhere from 5-40 yards. I said last week that was going to kill us but no correction was made. We have talent but coaching and discipline kill us. The frustrating part is its the things the players and staff can control and that is whats hard to stomach.

I thought no one cares about hockey??