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Their third down defense again needs to find a way to get off the field. No answer for NDSU’s play calling. Also, how about a few back shoulder throws against their defense with big receivers like Wanzek and Toivonen. Again, it looked like they just wanted to try and keep it close, no really aggressive play calls.

Don’t know about a Brazilian supermodel, but there is a certain Bison fan with Uromysititis that lost her public urination pass that will be needing some love and understanding! As Lloyd would say “you’ll catch your break, just gotta keep your eyes open”, apparently for intoxicated women lacking urinary protocol. Hopefully her “streaming” options are a little different for this game.

Didn't Mooney rip the ball out of the Bison players arms?

Where was someone bagging on Brad?

Don't know if anyone knows for sure, but it certainly is positive that he is on the Langley roster. Surprised Schlossman hasn't addressed the tweets from the Giants.

I would guess that if there was concern from the coaches they would have talked to him about the situation and told him you are either all in or all out. Maybe they did the same with Rowe, and he was still up in the air.

Do tickets usually go for $500 at the Fargo Dome?

So if we are going to be completely nonsensical and take those phrases literally, it is better to kill a whole football team than a single player?

So has a bison fan ever said we’re going to kill this team or that team? Did they actually mean murder? Get real! Talk about just sad.

Plus, if the OL and RB steal the show, I fully expect Kett to play better because he will have more time and the offense won't be so predictable. I think one hand washes the other.

Exactly, to suppress talk or attention for any of the programs is ludicrous, and a recipe for none of the programs to succeed. What’s next, not scheduling the game against Penn State in Nashville because it would take all the fans attention for months ahead of time?

I think most people that enjoy UND sports as a whole are excited about the upcoming football season, but holding that excitement has been the problem the last few years. They absolutely can’t drop the ball by losing and putting a less than exciting product on the field like they have when the excitement was there early on. Hoping Freund will help in that regard, and that they can gain momentum from an impressive opening game. We have seen the same loss of excitement in the hockey program the last few years when they drop the ball and aren’t scoring goals. Hopefully there is enough excitement to go around for both programs from the get go.

Because the only way to get people interested and excited about football is to not talk about hockey? Doesn’t give the football program much credit.

In the committed recruits thread someone posted a roster for Honeybaked with Spicer on it.

After last years draft with so many Americans, this list doesn't have a whole lot.

I personally think the atmosphere in the building needs to stem from the fans to begin with, and then the REA could expand on it. I wouldn't be banking on the Ralph to create anything but an artificial atmosphere with the "More Noise" stuff. They should play some role, but I think the real atmosphere needs to come from the fans, and that isn't as prevalent as it used to be.

Shakey's was actually in both places.

Hopefully he and Ausmus can rip it up and garner some honors in the process, warranting their early recruitment. Also looking forward to seeing Luke Bast in the USHL. Might have to get to Fargo to watch Waterloo with him, Montgomery, and Ness.

Was Jaksen Panzer always going to play for East Grand Forks?

I wasn't insinuating NDSU was a bad school, just that each school has some different offerings and that most players at this level should have educational opportunities high on their list of priorities and we should fit the bill for some of them.

But they should take the school seriously and what it has to offer. Need to get a few high end guys that have nice educational fits with UND, then hopefully start to turn the tides with them, but yes, a win would do wonders to even the playing field a bit more on the possibilities of winning championships.

Still have the program from that game.

Good point, we might have made the tourney last year if we could have eliminated a few own goals!

Agree, what is it that would make him say that we weren't fully committed to him? Does he want us to remove any competition he would have in Scheel or Thome? He probably understands what he looks like when he commits a couple times and is still looking, and wants to make it look like it was mutual this time around.

That line was pretty much most of our offense down the stretch last year.