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I might add that besides the worst case scenario from this, how would the Athletic department explain many of the numerous other stupid, and lawless things that happen when people get too intoxicated. I have no doubt that people brushing this off as normal would be asking for heads to roll if an intoxicated player/players forced themselves onto women. A lot of bad things happen when people have lost control of their ability to think correctly.

And I saw on the news last night that an 18-year old was killed by a train in Fargo at about 3:00 a.m. and they believe alcohol was involved. We already had an incident like that happen on UND's campus last year. Totally agree, rather be proactive, than have to tell any promising young student's parents that there kid is no longer with us, and by the way this type of activity has been going on for a while, but we passed it off as kids being kids.

I noticed that Wade Murphy hasn't played the last few games with Penticton, and still haven't seen Charlie Pelnik in the lineup for the Force. Anybody know what's up with those two?

Last night on 20/20 they showed where now the goal in drinking is to black out, like it is a badge of courage. They showed that people are doing vodka shots into their eye, or vodka soaked tampons to achieve this faster. I think the scary part is that they all think they are immortal. Not saying the players do this, but it doesn't hurt to get the point across the consequences of too much alcohol. If Kristo's frostbite incident had anything to do with alcohol as purported by some, then I would find it disturbing if he was involved in hazing freshmen into drinking too much. I guess he and those close to the program know the exact circumstances in both cases. Hopefully this is the end of the discipline needed for this years team off ice.

I see Lucia is quoted as saying he is disappointed "for" Conner, not disappointed "in" Connor, so maybe the fall didn't involve alcohol. If it does involve alcohol, then Lucia should be disappointed "in" and "for" him. Hate to learn that lesson the hard way, depending on the circumstances.

Don't forget Jon Waibel punching the glass in celebration after scoring against the Sioux and breaking his hand or wrist. I don't know why gopher fans complain so much about the big, bad Sioux when most of their injuries are self inflicted.

You know, I'm pretty sure that whoever they brought in would be considered a failure by fans because fans always say how bad officials are. The same people who are whining about the replacement refs in the NFL, are the ones who say the regular officials suck. It's the nature of the beast.

I noticed they said J.P. Parise, when they meant Zach.

I like when they said losing 4 consecutive to the Sioux and other "off field" factors contributed to Rocky's downfall. I guess they got sick of being down and once again "off field" factors don't mean much, as long as you win.

Wow, all the other coaches were gracious, but Rocky Hager was, well, Rocky Hager. Perfect example of win at all cost mentality, and not being able to give anyone credit.

Actually, people on this board just think that some sort of punishment is warranted for a Class A misdemeanor, not sticking your head in the sand and making the players to be the victims for their poor behavior. Maybe it's because your administration under-reacted to the situation down south, you felt it necessary to embellish people's call for action.

... and the folks down south never learned that lesson, nor listened to the public that help support them. I guess that they are two different kinds of programs after all.

http://www.undsports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=1043981&db_oem_id=13500 If you want to pledge to help make this year a better ending than last year, priority # 1 should be to stay out of trouble.

The Athletic Director taking part in administering to the University's reputation -- What a novel idea!

Hey, one could say the same about them with Michael Dorr and Jacob Cepis. Those two originally committed elsewhere and then ended up at Minnesota. I don't think those were the only ones to change their minds and end up at Minnesota.

What if you don't want to go if you can't get tickets for both games? Seems odd that they wouldn't sell the series at the same time, even if they are at different venues.

On ticket master other games show they go on sale today at 10:00, but the Sioux game just says currently not on sale.

The one thing that I need to see from Hanson is the escapability that Hendrickson has, or being able to get off the ball and avoid the sack. He did a good job of side-stepping the rush of the Mines defense, but that is a far cry from what he will face in the Big Sky. Not saying he won't have that ability, just wondering if Hendrickson doesn't have an edge there. I think even if Hanson starts, it wouldn't be bad to throw Hendrickson in there every once in a while to give the defense another look and have to respect his running ability. I see Hanson as more of a one-dimensional QB, which is fine if he stays as accurate as he was in the Mines game. Like someone said, good problem to have, and even better to have both of them so Joe Mollberg can redshirt and take over next year in what could be an even more explosive offense.

That's Kenny Golladay, the true freshman that is playing for UND.

Personally I don't think there is a team in FCS that UND can't compete against. Call me an optimist, but there can be a lot of improvement from one year to the next, as NDSU can attest. Sure there is a lot of stuff they need to improve on, but they have some talented players in skilled positions now that can be hard to stop as evidenced the first three weeks of this season. Heck, if UND and NDSU could beat teams at the top of FCS when they were Division 2 teams, I see no reason to think that on any given week UND can't beat a team at the same level with the faster and more skilled players they are bringing in now. I know NDSU fans would think that is fantasy, but they did lose to an average team last year, so I am going to hold to the adage in this rivalry that you can throw the records out the window when these teams play, and until then they will just be better on paper, although that is closing fast.

That is impressive for any FCS school to be sure, but when you speak of world beaters, I hardly think those teams in that 6 are/were worldbeaters either. Two pathetic gopher teams, Ball State, Central Michigan, and Colorado State. Was Wyoming the other one? Like I said, any win against FBS is good, but don't act like those teams were worldbeaters either.

...but Colorado State beat Colorado! Oh yeah, so did Sacramento State and Fresno State is ahead of Colorado 35-0 after the first quarter.

You know what, this wouldn't be a big deal if Bohl and Taylor didn't make it so. For that matter, you make it a big deal by posting on here constantly about it. As someone else pointed out, this thread wouldn't be near as long if you didn't give it the impetus to do so. If Bison fans wouldn't be defending this like some of the Penn State fans defended that situation, this thread would only be about half as long.

I guess the athletes weren't the only ones that are adept at fraud. Gene Taylor speaking on that subject with any authority is a fraud.

http://www.highriskh...tor-gene-taylor Maybe these players are just risk takers Gene. No big deal! I like where he says that even though athletes know their will be consequences to their action, they still take the risk. Guess what, it isn't risky if the whole mentality of the Athletic department is "We've got your back".