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College Hockey news is reporting that the WCHA has teamed with America One for a program to stream all league games. Full season package is $150 or $125 if purchased by Oct. 1. Would have been great to see the NCHC do something similar. Would have been a great opportunity to let fans get familiar with some the new teams in the league. And of course, you could also watch road games, which UND Insider doesn't offer. It doesn't feel like the NCHC is doing much to get visibility in the new college hockey landscape. Hopefully some splashy annoucements come soon. http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/09/24_wcha_announces_league-wide.php

It also did take the crowd out of it some. The Alerus was LOUD on those last couple of SDSU drives and they were cleary rattle (as the non-delay of game call showed). The improved play of the D in the second half I believe was somewhat a result of feeding off the crowd energy. It would have been interesting to see how the game had progressed had we been able to get up 14-0 at the start. For me the biggest frustrations were the drops in the first half, the horrible clock management going in to halftime, the arm tackling on Zenner for much of the game (he's a nice back, but he isn't Jim Brown and Barry Sanders rolled in to one like we made him look), and of course the penalties. The drops, penalties and clock management are all things that can definitely be fixed and I'm hoping some of the tackling issues are addressed with personnel changes. I think the QB situation will work itself out and I think there will probably be opportunities for both to win big games before this season is over. Their approaches are different and I think it is up to the coaching staff to figure out when each of them has the best chance to excel. They are both freshman and this was the first legitimate defense they have seen, so I'm definitely not going to rule out either one. Bartels was victimized by some big drops and then I think tried to gamble more than his nature to try and get the team back in the game. Mollberg was sort of playing with house money in that there wasn't much to lose and against a softer prevent defense that he was able to exploit. One game isn't enough to draw too many meaningful conclusions.

Gotta agree it would be nice to see what any of the other backs could do. Miller is more of third down back, he just doesn't seem to break many tackles. But we need to be passing to set up the run anyway. That's just the reality with the personnel we have.

That and the snap on the play came well after the play clock expired.

It's still there. Just follow the link above and click the enter promo code box. use the "northdakotaalumni" code and it should give you the two UND Denver games. You can also put both games on a single order to minimize your extra fees.

Let's be honest the real issue is that if you are watching FOX and a former UND football player is being discussed the person talking about them is probably Troy Aikman or Terry Bradshaw, and if a former NDSU football player is being discussed its probably by John Walsh.

Kansas City would be a good location. Sprint Center already exists and could be a good new rivalry for the Blues. and would fit geographically in the west/midwest.

I gotta think Leafs fans are viewing this as karma.

I think the WCHA women's league needs to consider going to a 21 game league schedule. It is definitely doing with travel pairs UND-BSU, MSU-SCSU, UM-UMD with only UW-OSU being a stretch. This would really help the league builds its schedule strength and help teams make the NCAAs. It's also disappointing to see Lindenwood on the schedule again. That really puts a lot of pressure on winning those games out at Clarkson.

huge get!

Very cool, North Dakota will be playing in the first ever NCHC game and it will be on National TV. I see the UND at UNO game on Saturday night will also be on CBS Sports. Good news. Maybe Midco will be able to pick up the Cox feed for the Sunday game, if Cox does the game.

And maybe part of it is tied to taking his team to the NCAAs two years in a row. Sure the twins were a big catalyst for that, but he has clearly resurrected a program that was in shambles. Other than maybe Hardee, what UND coach has done that.

I'd trade summers in Denver for summers in Bar Harbor in a heartbeat, and that's when you have some down time. Maine is plenty attractive as a place to live. And their fan base is much more passionate than Denver's, the eastern version of UND. It's a very desirable job.

Make sure to get a Primanti Brothers Sandwich while you are in town, and if you are at all a baseball fan, hit PNC park and the Roberto Clemente museum on Friday. PNC is my favorite park, it has amazing views of the the Pittsburgh skyline and good tickets are cheap, probably even moreso in April.

That is an added bonus, depending on your point of view.

I think the only changes that need to be made are moving the regionals the home of the top four seeds and then dispersing teams to minimize conference matchups as much as possible. I would have seeded this years tourney as follows. You would have had great attendance at all sites and the matchups are pretty close to perfect PWR bracketing. At Quinnipiac 1 Quinnipiac 4 Canisius 2 North Dakota 3 Niagara At Minnesota 1 Minnesota 4 Yale 2 New Hampshire 3 Denver At Mass-Lowell 1 Mass-Lowell 4 Wisconsin 2 Miami 3 Union At Notre Dame 1 Notre Dame 4 St. Cloud 2 Boston College 3 Minnesota State Mankato

If Oakland leaves for the Horizon, the ballsy play for the Summit would be to find a way to jettison its eastern wing (bids to the Horizon League or OVC) and then invite UND, Montana, Montana St., Northern Colorado and Weber State. That would give you a 10 team league with 8 football schools and distinct 5 teams divisions for olympic sports to minimize travel. For hoops and volleyball Omaha and Weber would be travel partners, while the other pairs are the in-state rivals. UND NDSU USD SDSU UNO Weber St Montana Montana St No. Colorado Denver You would have a high level FCS league and a basketball league that would have the potential for multiple bids. Most importantly, you would create a stable league of like-minded institutions with some decent media markets that could in a short amount of time become an upper tier mid-major conference. You would also have the ability to create a Mountain Plains academic consortium that would be a smaller scale version of the Big Ten's CIC.

Wilmer's great outlet made that play happen.

Makes the Omaha loss sting even more. They would be 2 games over had they won that and would be eligible even with an upset loss in the first round of the Big Sky. While the Big Dance is obviously the primary goal, any way to extend the season is good for the program and UND could probably do some damage in the CIT. Speaking of the BIg Dance. Liberty is playing in the Big South final right now on ESPN2. If they win they would almost certainly be a first four team, which UND would likely be with its record should it win the Big Sky.

The loss flipped our comparison with St. Lawrence, looks like the Badgers will sneak in if Northeastern doesn't beat BU. Tough break for the ladies. The parity in the league outside of Minnesota cost UND, with the lack of TUC teams compared to the eastern schools.

Just watching on the webcast, but the officiating has seemed to be horrible in this game. Extremely physical and lots of stuff let go. Can't say I've really been impressed by Big Sky refs at all this season.

I think you have to put the blame on the X. They will still host the Big Ten, so they have incentive to push that tourney. There is no such relationship with the NCHC.

Being a Carolina fan I still have nightmares about Harold "The Show" Arceneaux. Weber St. is definitely a worthy program and the class of the Big Sky. Montana has been strong recently and I remember they were a 16 seed in 1991 and got crushed a then-undefeated UNLV team. I also remember some pretty solid Montana State teams in the mid-80s. They had a guy named Kral Ferch who was an incredible dunker.

Congrats to Williston State for winning the Junior College National Championship. It's the first National title in school history and comes in only the second year for the program. Good exposure for the game in western North Dakota.

Fewer conference games is a must in getting more teams into the NCAAs. The Pairwise is based on non-conference action. If the NCHC can tear it up in non-conference they should be able to get four teams in the tourney, and on a rare occasion maybe five (and in down years three). Ideally UND would work with Bemidji to get two teams to come in playing one team one night, then switching opponents. Getting more opponents is also helpful for the pairwise. Hopefully there is someone in the league office that reallly understands the nuances of PWR and is working with teams to schedule in a way that can maximize the league's chances of getting teams into the NCAA tourney. Several mid-major basketball conferences have been able to do it to create and sustain a level of success.