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Gotta put a good lick on 7 if he wants to be a runner. Make him not want to.

It's pretty clear that at this point only the B1G and the SEC actually matter, so not sure why any school would be looking to spend more at this point, as you'll never make it back. Purely about ego.

I'd guess there is also lots more money coming in on NDSU on a regular basis, so that will goose the line somewhat. Happens a lot with teams with rabid fan bases. They need to get somewhat equivalent money bet on both teams.

They could play in Kings arena. Sometimes renting is smarter than buying.

I think they look to UNLV and Utah St.for all sports, Hawaii for football only and zgonzaga for non football. 9 football for optimal round robin scheduling with potential extra revenue games from Hawaii rule. A very solid basketball league that is probably 6th after the power 4 and big east.

I still don't know how NDSU recovered the muffled punt.

Pitiful

Unbelievable

Not sure how they didn't recover the muffled punt.

Would have to be biggest win for ETSU since restoring their program.

Might need to see a little more of him

Let's keep em out of the end zone.

Sending a message. Love this.

Now let's keep the foot on the gas and put this out of reach, then get jerry and some of the other backups some reps in the 2nd half. The lengthy clock eating drives are a huge weapon if we can keep that up. Passing is coming around, Simon seems clearly more comfortable on the rollout so hopefully can work with that. Slant is another potent arrow in the quiver.

Could see PAC? also added Air Force and UNLV, that would take the MWC down to 5 and they could fortify by adding 7 (Montana, Dakotas and Idaho). I think Davis could jump to the PAC if they wanted to. Academic cred is there and would jump them a lot closer atheletically to their sibling schools in Cal and UCLA

Agreed from arguably 1985 to about 2010 we had an amazing run of kickers and then just haven't been able to connect in the D1 era. It's been a big difference maker we've been missing.

How about Hey Ya by Outkast. Would live to see 10000 plus shake it like a Polaroid picture.

I miss when colleges were focused on educating people and not trying to operate minor league sporting franchises.

I don't think there's been much change. Bc and BU have always gotten big eastern players and with ntdp in their backyard Michigan has gotten big names as have Minnesota and Wisconsin. If there was a flow of guys to Penn St Merrimack or Vermont I'd agree we were seeing a shift, but UND and DU are still getting big names with other NCHC pulling an occasional blue chip. Will be interesting to see how ASU recruiting differs with then now in the conference.

Attendance and fan interest is also far superior in the NCHC. It also a much deeper league, where there are fewer easy wins. Hockey East also benefits from more non con games against Atlantic Hockey where you can pad the stat sheet. The NCHC is very much an "iron sharpens iron" league.

If you want vibes and history, Hobey Baker rink at Princeton was top notch, same with Matthews Arena in Boston, but that's falling to the wrecking ball soon. Yost is OK, but nothing special hockey wise, kind of like if you retrofitted a hockey rink into the Hyslop. I was pretty underwhelmed. Cornell is solid, BU, BC and Harvard rinks are pretty non-descript. A couple trips I'd like to do are SLU-Clarkson, Maine, and Michigan Tech. Tech's resurgence makes that seem like it could be a fun one. An early October series would be a great time to see the fall colors in the UP as well.

There are definitely things to take from this game that can be learned from. I'm excited about the new OC, with time I think he can make some things happen. I don't know how we struggle so much with kickers when we play indoors and should be able to recruit better there. For years, that was a constant UND strength. Defense has to make some plays, and can't expect we will have lopsided TOP every game.

Conversely that doesn't say a lot about about the recruiting of those guys and developing them. Maybe the HS QBs that are coaches kids are higher floor lower ceiling than another kid with a similar talent level who is more raw but has a lot more room for growth.

Wish we'd taken the last TO and at least thrown one into the end zone on 4th. Not much risk in that.

Gotta balance this game versus the whole season. I'm all for aggressive, but after a 12 minute drive you can't walk away with nothing demoralizing for the offense. Think the FG there was right call.