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If they bid every other year, that might mean that one or the other bid for last year's West Regional, and they ended up putting it in a small arena in Missouri. I'm guessing they would avoid the Ralph at all costs unless they are forced with no other bids at all. Of course last year might have been an exception since they had one in Sioux Falls, and having them that close would be strange, but to me a super small arena could be considered a strange move too.

With how many teams Augustana beat last year, UND should get a good feel for playing against a team that brings it every shift, with a bit more talent than we have seen with Manitoba.

For recruiting purposes, we at least need to get our name back in the mix with the other schools from the exposure in the national tournament, and the Frozen Four to be more specific. If a league title and playoff title come in the process, that is an added bonus. We have seen too many one and dones in the Frozen Faceoff, which doesn't give us much momentum heading into the national tournament.

Is that the ratio Timothy made in his NIL deal. Joking, Joking, not trying to blaspheme.

Already pretty decent, as they were picked to finish first in the CCHA. Pretty fast ascension, and I imagine since they are recruiting in the Minneapolis area and are now moving to the NCHC, they will only get better.

Hey, getting paid off in Vegas is always an iffy proposition!

Depending on how the first 10 games go, they may need to be focusing on doing really well in the NCHC. On the other hand, they could really set themselves up well to be getting the young players a ton of experience in the NCHC games and not have to be ultra concerned about whether that will cost them a tournament bid.

We owe them for sweeping us here a few years ago, so hopefully they repay the favor.

Yeah, I haven't seen a consistently good offense to suggest anything yet. The second half against Montana showed the OC can make adjustments, but maybe he thought too much in the first half trying to throw the ball. A few losses or inexplicable play calls can change opinion in a hurry.

Romfo definitely has to be better, as Schuster had 19 TD's and 5 interceptions last year, while Romfo has 4 TD's with 5 interceptions already. He obviously should be given a bit of grace since he isn't a veteran, but as a game manager, those numbers have to improve drastically.

Definitely will need to take advantage of those wide open plays against better competition, because they won’t come around that often.

It appears that Romfo has the same pedigree as his coach, doing just enough to keep his job.

How can a non scholarship team have a field goal kicker that can convert beyond 50?

Until they beat Cal Poly they hadn’t beaten a scholarship team in 4 years, so UND should be ready and not take them for granted. Let’s have a 2nd half like the Montana game.

So we are copying the Montana game, where we don’t use Romfo’s running, which is why he is in the lineup. How about learning from our past mistakes.

Don’t run on 3rd and 6 and settle for a field goal that is far from a guarantee. Must show the confidence they have in our passing attack.

This team was 31% on 3rd down conversions, and now they can’t be stopped? Don’t revert to last years problem.

Do they have extra sticks, or are they going to retrieve them from the stands!

I'm hoping, but when he was described as a game manager it made me wonder if that was the extent of what they wanted from him. Obviously we are all hopeful of him developing into something more of an impact player as he becomes more comfortable.

Time will tell what Romfo becomes, but hearing from Belquist, they are just happy he is a game manager. At some point if this program wants to compete consistently for championships, they need to find impact players at the QB position, not just managers of the game that won't turn the ball over.

Yeah, don’t understand if he is so old school that he thinks it could possibly create a QB controversy and that Romfo is his guy. The thing is that you are going to need the backup to perform at some juncture in the game today, especially when you have a running QB, and with the size and speed of players the QB is going to get dinged up at some point, even if only for a few series.

Let’s see, you can’t recover a muffed punt, you miss an interception, you give up an onside kick — can you possibly find a way to give away the game.

Agree, it is an accomplishment, but in the same token, so are league championships in the hardest conference, and getting some hardware, but in the end most of us want more than that. That definitely needs to be a goal of ours every year, but we saw how that played out in the eyes of some for Hakstol.

Could also change the "Day by Day" mantra and just utilize it as a philosophy they use to progress inhouse. "Row the Boat" got old with Minnesota pretty quick, as it was overused. I get that you want a common goal, but it doesn't hurt to freshen that once in a while.

He certainly did, which makes you wonder why the one thing that everybody agrees he does best was conspicuously absent in the first half. To me, they can’t try to protect him from getting hurt by limiting his runs, when that is a big part of the reason he is the starter.