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My point was that food and gas, two of the big expenditures for coming from out of town would essentially be the same whether you are going to a football game or a hockey game, and if you are eating out in town, is it a must to have concessions at the game as well. You have made it clear that it isn't an every week thing coming for football either, so point understood.

As I said, the majority of the seats that are empty are in those student sections. Also, I have friends that want to get season tickets but told they have to still pay the Champions Club membership just to be on a waiting list for season tickets.

You sure have a knack for being disingenuous when confronted. I get that there are reasons why people can't attend, but the fact that you talk about using cruise control as a contributing factor is just subterfuge. Last I heard hockey games and football games overlap. Everybody has the friend that says they can't afford this or can't afford that, yet when you are out buy the most expensive drink. It kind of reminds me of all the people that say the Ralph is too expensive, yet are complaining that they don't have access to $100 tickets to the Vegas game. There are ways around a lot of things, and the fact that not being able to afford a soda is a deal breaker for attending a sporting event, or that extra $1 for soda compared to the Alerus, says a lot. Like I said, people have different priorities and interests, and I have no problem with that, but the pendulum swings both ways.

For someone who talks about the "hockey only" crowd, you sure come up with a lot of lame reasons for not attending hockey. No big deal if that isn't your thing, but don't get up in arms at other people who have different interests as well.

You just beat me to it. Now I have heard everything!

Season tickets haven't gone up much over the years, and if you truly cared about going, I don't think concessions are a must. By the way, does gas cost the same for going to football games?

I believe they are on Thursday, but when you have a chance to sell them as season tickets and assure the seats will be paid for and used, why not go that direction. I don't know if they sell them for the same price as they do at the door, but perhaps they might want to lower those prices a bit, as they seem kind of high for last second people to change their mind on what they want to do on the weekend.

Not so sure that would be the case if Minnesota, Boston College, or other rivals were in the regional.

The place I see the most sparse at the hockey games is the student section. I would think the Ralph would be interested in selling some of those seats. By the way, I would pay more money to get seats in the lower bowl, as would others, so maybe take away a section from students in the lower bowl and give them more seats up top where the empty seats are, and sell them to those who are willing to be at another Champions Club level.

Yeah, quite the contrast from some of the negativism about him here when he initially committed.

Stratton has to sit out over a year, and I would guess Randklev and some of the others are contingent upon who they think is ready for the next level. Also, unless things have changed, which they very well may have, Pinto was not initially supposed to come in next year.

So then, if injuries at WR are the big problem, then why are they not using the healthier positions of running back and tight ends in the passing game more. Wouldn't that make sense?

If UND doesn't make it, you can buy mine.

Bubba will not be let go. I’m not certain there will even be an ultimatum forthcoming for a couple members of the staff.

But we did get Ethan Bowen, who had a hat trick today and has put up decent numbers as a 2002.