dlsiouxfan
-
Posts
959 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
8
Posts posted by dlsiouxfan
-
-
Really because I also live in the Cities and have been all over looking for Sioux apparel and have yet to see either Sioux or Bison apparel anywhere. I've asked store owners and they've told me that aside from alums it's just not that big of a sell and they won't carry it.I don't really want to chime in on this conversation because I think that it's pretty silly but....Since I live in Minneapolis and commute to Chicago for work almost every week I thought that i'd fill you in on the merchandising stuff..... NDSU apparel is found in almost all major sporting good stores in Minneapolis and I have also seen apparel in stores in the Chicagoland area.
-
So I guess the player that Fetch was refering to was way off base! There are going to be players who are more informed than others as to what is going on,as well as there are going to be "inside insiders"as Geauxsioux might call them,that are more informed than say Geauxsioux himself, Trunk Monkey, and even Mikejm. Believe it or not there are people who are fortunate to have access to things that all of us would love to have, it doesnt make them any better than others ,they are just more fortunate or rather more lucky I would say. They are fortunate or lucky to have a relationship with a coach, a player,a certain alumni,or who ever it might be that allows them access to inside information. And it doesnt mean they are bragging by sharing information or knowing something others dont. When they do state that they have information not available to all,they are generally attacked, and it is always by the ones that arent as fortunate. And it ends up that when they respond to those attacks that they are said to be bragging or whatever you want to call it, again by the ones that arent as fortunate but who would in a heartbeat switch places to be in that same position. Can anyone here truely say they wouldnt want to have that access? I know of one particular person,who after the Frozen 4 loss to BC in Milwaukee rather than go to the night game was lucky enough,because of a relationsip he has with someone, to go to dinner with Tony Hrkac and other memebers of the 87 championship team. All of us would die for that chance,but some are luckier than others,and on that day he was one of the lucky ones. With a relationship like that he has access to information that we all wish we did,but again we arent all as fortunate or lucky! Again it doenst make him any better than us, and its not bragging or whatever it might be called when he might share that info.
In regards to this thread about Mr Buning, I have heard privately from many others that have as much or more information than I have and the response is always the same, that there is a problem and it is serious. As trunkmonkey might think it is funny how the informed are un-informed, it seams as that "player" is in fact one of them.
All this really proves is that you were an "insider" back in '87. I really have a hard time believing that anyone tells you or some of the other "insiders" on this site anything. In today's world, you really can't tell anyone almost anything regarding what goes on at your job without fear of termination or worse a lawsuit. If they really are telling you anything I strongly advise that they reconsider because both you and the "Walrus" have big enough mouths on here that you tell enough specifics to get your source in deep, even though you dont' reveal names.
-
Minnesota probably will seel out the NDSU game next year, but it will not have as much to do with playing NDSU as it wil be the new Coach's 1st year and the enthusiasim that goes with that.
Honestly, I live here in the Cities and I'd be shocked if a game against ndsu in anything every sells out here. Despite what bison fans tell you ndsu doesn't get jack squat for attention in the Cities and the only mention I've heard of them since I've been down here is fans of the many other MN schools confusing them with UND. True Gopher fans will tell you it was the game the Gophers almost pissed down there leg and are about as excited for it as a game against Little Sisters of the Poor. Your just another Mason creampuff to them and that's all you'll ever be.
-
Actually under the new rules passed by GF's student hating city council it is an arrestable offense and it's up to the discretion of the officer if they take the person in or not. All it would take is a single officer on a power trip and Finley is handcuffs. The rules are ridiculous, but they'll never change because the police selectively apply them only on students and not on the general public.
-
Since owning a handgun is limited to those at least 21 years of age the already low percentage of those who choose to carry would be restricted even further. Part of the required training to obtain a concealed weapons permit is learning how to identify threats that call for deadly force, it wouldn't be the Wild West with everyone strapping a gunbelt on and swaggering around campus starting duels, like you said, it's not like in the movies. In fact, even if guns were allowed on campus is unlikely that one would have been in a position to stop that particular threat. Something to think about, if you are a criminal or preparing to commit a crime, how good does a gun-free zone look? You're almost guaranteed to be unopposed. The thing many people who don't own guns or oppose private ownership don't realize is that they benefit from the deterrent provided by the ability of others to own guns. Would the threat of getting shot have deterred this nutbag, I'm guessing not, but then again he did file off serial numbers from guns he legally purchased (filled out NCIS form and submitted photo id) so who knows.
As far as providing a false sense of security, I guess I don't see it that way, it's not like gun owners start leaving their doors unlocked and storing large sums of money near open windows. In fact, I would say that gun owners are one of the most responsible segments of society. Or maybe you're right and it's just a macho thing, right Hockeymom, Siouxmama and Sioux-cia?
Police officers have years of training in identifying threats that require lethal force and yet still make mistakes, but you're average citizen after a few classes is supposed to be cool as a cucumber. I doubt it. The false sense of security alluded to above refers to the fact that despite how many guns you own your no safer than the rest of us and more likely to have you or someone you love fall victim to a tragic accident. I'll agree with you I've met many gun owners who were very responsible, but I'd also say I've met many more (especially those who owned handguns for "protection") who own handguns to compensate for their own irrational fears or insecurities.
Lastly, to clarify my position I support your right to own a handgun in much the same way I support your right to smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol. It is your personal choice and I respect that. Just don't expect me to agree with your decision or buy this bull that we are all somehow safer because every Tom, Dick, & Harry in this country can purchase a lethal weapon if they choose to.
-
That loud whoosh you just heard was you completely missing the point. I guess the fact that you can't identify a worthless statistic probably shouldn't surprise me. Reporting the amount of GUN VIOLENCE after there aren't anymore guns is stupid, instead report the amount of violence after the guns are removed from the equation. I'm sure that the recent calls for bans on swords and kitchen knives has nothing to do with crime not vanishing with the guns in England. What's next blunt objects and things with pointy corners, I guess I should buy stock in Nerf.
A gun is a tool, nothing more, it isn't evil or blood thirsty. "People who don't have guns don't kill people with guns." Brilliant, people who don't have guns beat people to death, stab them, drown them, strangle them, run them over with cars, poison them, fly planes into buildings, burn them, bury them alive, etc... And that's assuming the CRIMINALS obey the law and don't illegally procure guns. People were murdered long before the first firearm was ever manufactured and will be murdered long after guns are gone. A gun is a "great disrupter of the natural order" it allows a 5'5" 110lb woman to stop a would be rapist, a 85 year old grandmother to kill a 6'3" 275 pound home intruder. But you're right, people who don't have guns don't kill people with guns, of course the 5'5" young woman and the grandmother are raped or killed, or both.
No doubt this thread was started in response to the tragedy at Virginia Tech, many will use the actions of that madman to push for oppressive gun control legislation but direct your attention to HB 1572 defeated in a Virginia House of Representative subcommittee. The bill would have allowed concealed carry on campus by those licensed by the state to do so. Imagine if Prof. Liviu Librescu, the holocaust survivor who was shot and killed while using his body to barricade a door while his students escaped, had been allowed to legally carry a concealed weapon to work. Instead of killing 32 people Cho Seung Hui may well have quickly received two to the chest and one to the head, saving many lives.
I'll save you some time responding to the previous paragraph, just copy and paste this "But, but, but, if there were no guns then Cho Seung Hui couldn't have killed people with guns!!!" Correct, score one for DaveK, if there weren't any guns Seung Hui would have been a perfectly sane, productive member of society.
Of course the rest of us know that instead he would have bought a box cutter and crashed a 747 into the engineering building, or bought a few gallons of gas and a Zippo and torched his dorm in the middle of the night, etc... Evil people will do evil things with whatever they have at hand, guns allow the rest of us to even the odds.Anyway, my back is getting sore trying to dig your head out of the sand, I'm done. Best wishes.
I fail to see how the situation on that campus could have been made any better even if the place had been loaded to the gills with firearm owners. How many other people could have been senselessly murdered in the panic that campus had to be in. Police officers have training to handle such situations but your average person doesn't and that leaves a lot of room for error especially in a situation where panic and emotions can overrule logic. With everyone shooting how could your average person have even been expected to even know who the bad guy is? It's not like the movies.
Personally, I support the rights of people to own guns because of I'm a strong believer in the Constitution and all of the rights it conveys, however I also see little use for hand guns and other guns that aren't used for purposes such as hunting. I don't buy the protection excuse because guns don't stop bullets and for the most part create a false sense of security. I grew up here in ND and have many friends and relatives who own guns both for hunting and recreational purposes. My experience is that those who own them for hunting purposes have been very responsible while for the most part those who have them for "protection" own them as some sort of macho toy to help them compensate for their own insecurities. I know I'm in the minority on this board, but after reading this the last few days I just had to get my two cents in.
-
If the Forum really thinks the source of private donations should be public knowledge maybe they should do some investigative reporting and find out the mystery donor who keeps writing the checks to keep the ag college's athletic budget balanced to the penny every year. He's shielding the public from having hard proof of Chapman and Taylor's ineptitude when it comes to balancing a budget and thus doing a disservice to taxpayers by enabling the schools fiscal irresponsibility.
-
Losing to UND certainly would be different than losing to an FBS or an FCS team. No doubt NDSU considers the probablilty and consequences of a loss when making any scheduling decision, as does UND. But that's just not the same thing as being chickensh!ts for not scheduling a team. NDSU is not scared of anybody. Their record of seeking quality opponents proves that.
If the bison weren't scared they'd play us. It's simple as that. No need to pass off any other tired excuse.
-
If the game isn't played there will be one reason and one reason alone and it's because ndsu is afraid they will lose. It's simple as that. Don't let Creepy Craig, Mean Gene, or Timmy fool you. The whole group between them have less cahones than 12 year old school girls and it's starting to show.
-
So, you wouldn't consider a year in which NDSU finished 10-1 in football, earned a victory over a D-1A program, dominated a Big Ten team in football, defeated the #8 team in the nation in men's basketball, earned a conference football championship, set an all-time attendance record, swept their most important rival in both football and men's basketball, won a conference championship in football, and finished the season ranked #5 in the final D1AA football polls to be "walking the walk."
Nice try, but NDSU has moved on. Perhaps you should too.
For someone who's moved on you and other bison fans spend an awful lot of time here. I never said the bison didn't have a good season, but if you're so damn good then why won't you play us. I feel the true reason remains that you just might lose and there will be some serious egg on a lot of people's faces. I guess I can respect that decision if Taylor would just come right out and say it and then we can start telling recruits how the mighty bison are too chickenshit to play us. It would probably sound a whole less pathetic than the weak excuses he was trying to pawn off to everyone on KFGO.
-
That post, my friend, is pure comedic genius.
Actually I think the question needs to be raised as to how gung-ho the bison faithful would have been during the transition if there had been a few losses, especially football losses or lopsided WBB losses. Would everything have gone as smoothly? I tend to think not. UND not playing ndsu was a godsend for ndsu's move. It allowed ndsu to claim athletic superiority off the playing fields and never have to actually prove anything on them. Ndsu athletics the last 10 or 15 years has always been better at telling people they were better than the Sioux than they ever were at actually beating them. Not playing has let the ndsu blowhards continue their arrogant boasting without ever having to eat crow when yet another Sioux football player would hoist the nickel over his head. For Taylor and Co. it's simply better to continue talking the talk, while never having to walk the walk.
-
The true reason why ndsu doesn't want this game lies in the fact that there is a strong possibility that the Sioux would win. NDSU's perceived rise in athletics over the last few years has come from claiming superiority over UND and without a game between the schools UND had no chance to refute those claims. If anything bison fans, coaches, and administrators should be thanking RT for choosing not to play as it no doubt saved a few of their careers by not having to endure a butt-kicking at the hands of the Sioux while they were transitioning (ex Amy Ruley). Not playing the bison aided their transition and robbed some excellent Sioux teams of the opportunity to beat the bison like so many teams before them. Taylor knows this and isn't too keen to put ndsu's faux success over the past few years to the test by playing the Sioux, even if it means looking like a whiny, chickensh*t little b**** in public.
-
Well your football team did get their ass beat by a D-III on their homefield, plus finished with the customary 7-4 record sdsu football calls a successful season. Not to mention you're MBB (the bunnies numero uno sport) is currently battling for recognition as the worst D-I basketball team in the nation. Maybe ndsu is wearing beer goggles but I don't think UND would want you as a dance partner.
-
That would have been alright, but I would take SDSU in a heart beat right now. They have been an unbelievable school to travel up with.
Why? Because they always suck? I guess it's nice having a phony rival that you can beat all the time. How long before ndsu realizes they're dancing with the fat chick (sdsu)?
-
A loss to U of Mary!! Losses last year to Mayville & Minot. And a pending move up to DI. Maybe it should be a move down.
At the same point in their transition ndsu had some embarrassing losses to I believe Valley City State and UMC- Crookston so maybe we should give the coach a little more time before we start making rash judgements. If there's a program that needs to move down a division it's probably the bison women since they would most likely struggle to stay out of the DAC- 10 cellar this season.
-
If UND ever wishes to gain the national recognition it desires the football team will have to become the most prominent athletic team on campus. It's our national sport in this country and as UND tries to attract students and dollars from farther and farther away recognition as a dominant football school will reach many more people than recognition as a hockey school. Let's face it hockey's market is severely limited, putting all of our eggs in the hockey basket may get us recognition in Minnesota, ND, and a few other areas but will never get us the national attention football receives.
-
I am guessing that 0% raise was the first clue that the end may be coming near....i definitely know the feeling!!! Shantel is as good as a person as you will ever find in a coach. She is a class act. I am not sure how good or how bad of a coach she is or is not......the only thing I would question is the timing of this dismissal...no doubt this will hurt future recruiting....it will be difficult for a recruit to committ not knowing who the head coach will be...also a concerning comment is stating that this is Dennis Miller's audition...two other asst coaches have tried this route also...both failing to obtain the position...this will only create more division amongst this current team and any coaching member still left at UND...if a change needed to happen...end of the season would have been better....not this early into the season....all that being said...it is a nice gesture for Shantel to stay on until the end of the year.....
I don't care how nice of a person she is but when you're W-L record looks like that with the kind of facilities and funding that program has been given than you don't deserve to have your job anymore. If she's really such a great coach then maybe she'll get picked up by someone else, I would be incredibly shocked, however. College sports are about results and when you don't produce results they'll get someone else who will.
-
It also could be a wise move to start building some scheduling relationships with a few of the other schools or are currently transitioning. A home and home with North Carolina Central (SE REgion DII #1 seed who will also be DI on the same timeline as us) or possibly Central Arkansas would both be intriguing matchups.
-
I must admit I never saw this coming...... NDSU fans, in a desperate attempt to replace UND as their one true rival, have divided themselves into two different fan groups who will now talk trash mainly about each other. For the sake of sanity amongst the residents of Fargo, the rivalry must be renewed immediately.
-
UND 92,96 is just a little faster than me this morning
-
How can you come to this conclusion by watching a single program of the many we offer at UND. A program that has actually improved since the D-I announcement. I guess NDSU must not be committed to D-I because their women's basketball team sucks or SDSU must not be committed because almost all of their teams have underperformed since the D-I move.Anyone who has seen the mens basketball team knows what I am talking about. One has to wonder about the level of committment UND has to going D1. -
Someone of Importance and Knowledge once said "It's a different level not necessarily a Higher level"
Agreed it is however a level with increased national exposure, has more peer schools, and doesn't feel the need to water down the quality of the division for the sake of a the have- nots (a la D-II).
-
Another counterpoint to your previous statement. Do you honestly think a top I-AA team would dare schedule GVSU.? I have my doubts they would unless it was someone who didn't do their homework (like UNI's AD this year, or Montana's in 2003).
-
What evidence to you actually have to support this argument. Nearly every time a top D-II has played a top I-AA (Look at the top teams in each division, not when I-AA's schedule some of the garbage D-II's) it has been a close game with many times the top D-II coming out on top. The only advantage top I-AA's have is increased depth created through a higher number of scholarships. It certainly is good your name is Lives-to-play Hockey rather than Lives-to-Play football, when your making statements like that.
Buning Problem?
in Football
Posted
I would like to apologize to the "Walrus" for the above remarks. They were made in haste and a bit harsh. The "Walrus" has been a valued contributor on this site and on others. I would, however, like to further clarify my position. When a person comes on here claiming inside information and connections to Sioux athletic department officials regarding internal athletic department on-goings that should be kept within the department. That person damages their credibility and that of any official whose perceived to be their informant when they share this information, which presumably should have been kept in confidence.