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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".

I guess if the NDSU administration doesn't take fraud seriously, it would be smart for the state of North Dakota to take a stand in the punishment of these players, as once a precedent is set that this is a nothing crime for football players, how can you prosecute somebody else in the future more harshly for doing the same thing? Wouldn't it be ironic if trying to defend the victimized players, Gene Taylor actually caused them to be punished more strongly by the state to show that there are consequences to criminal behavior, even if you are a star football player.

Anybody know the story with Sam Mellor of Penticton? He did play for Alaska Anchorage for a while didn't he? Is he sitting out a year and going to transfer somewhere else, or is he waiting for something to open up in Major Junior as an avenue to the NHL? Sounds like he is a pretty good player.

But it sounds like your Athletic director said that there would be no suspensions period. First they say they are waiting to see how it plays out, then they say they have suffered enough and there would be no suspensions. Which is it? First of all, I would not downplay fraud. There was a girl that said she was worried that she would lose her green card because she was not allowed to vote, and her name was signed to this petition. I guess I would wonder why there wasn't one of those players that stopped and thought about signing someone else's name and said to themselves or their friends, "This is wrong". Apparently the administration at NDSU doesn't believe in right and wrong, nor the states ability to rate crimes.

Gropp was taken 6th overall in the WHL Bantam draft by Seattle, but his dad played college hockey at CC, so who knows. He does list Johnny Toews as his hockey hero, so hopefully he wants to follow in his footsteps. I also see that James Patrick's nephew Nolan Patrick is quite a player and is projected to go high in the next Bantam Draft. His dream had been to be a Fighting Sioux, so hopefully he is still interested in that route.

A game is played on the field, and since Gene Taylor doesn't want to play us, that is just talk. I guess Gene will find even more excuses now not to play because his program was called into question by UND fans -- wait, his program is being called into question by more than UND fans.

... and there wasn't a conversation that made him believe this happened?

I think that is the key thing here. Sometimes you can't control the stupid things kids do in college, and players on a team are just as likely to do some of these things, if not more, because they have always been told how great they are. But when things like this do inevitably happen, you can get out ahead on it and people can respect that. It amazes me that politicians and administrators haven't figured out by now that you can't keep things hidden in today's society.

I find it interesting that a couple years ago Gene Taylor was front and center about the concern with all the player problems and at that time Bohl was under a lot of scrutiny by him. Funny, they weren't doing quite as well on the field at the time. Now, when disciplinary problems are cropping up again, Gene Taylor says he likes the way Bohl is handling things. Quite the change in philosophy, which just happens to coincide with a huge upswing in the programs winning on the field. That philosophy is how the USC's and Penn States of the world get started -- everything is fine if you're winning, but if not, then the discipline will roll.