NDSU grad

We're right on your heels. So, are they still going to award the men's and women's races separately, or is this it?

As I understand it, it would end the sugarbeet industry in the Valley. The price for sugar would drop to about 1/3 of what it is now, meaning farmers might expect gross returns of $250 to $300/acre. I'm all for free markets, but in this global age everyone has to play by the same rules. Agriculture in the EU and other countries is heavily subsidized, plus they impose quotas and tariffs on imported American commodities, so I think we should stick it to them.

Won't that tunnel screen only work if the offense is in a spread formation? It seems to me that a defense could still use its zone blitz schemes if the offense was in a basic I or even 3 receiver formation.

I've heard you may be a getting another very good linebacker for next year. Rumor is Tyler Murrow is coming to UND after playing at NDSCS this past year.

From an outsider's perspective, you guys are definitely right. When you think of Sioux football you always think of their great defenses over the last 10 years, and I'm assuming Bubba has been there most of that time. I actually thought Mussman did a real nice job with the O this year, but in years past I thought his playcalling has been suspect. He is pretty young, so maybe he's just getting better. I'm too lazy to look right now, but if I'm not mistaken Mussman is an Iowa State alum. I'm surprised with the assistant coaching carousel going on there his name hasn't been brought up, but who know, maybe it will.

It's hard to make the argument that Oklahoma shouldn't be in just because they didn't win their conference when they're sitting at 8-1 in conference play and K-State ("the conference champions") are 7-2. Somebody on here said they need to take conference champions from the "Big Six" and two at large bids. I agree with that except with one caveat, get rid of the conference championship games. The SEC and Big XII should be able to make up the revenue lost from these when their representatives play in the playoff games (the SEC and Big XII should always have at least one team in the playoffs). They could use the current BCS system. This year the eight participants would have been OU, USC, LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, Texas, Miami, and Florida State. Or you could screw the autobids and just give spots to the top eight teams (this is what DII used to do).

I've heard that Kelly was very close to getting the Montana job last year. I can't remember the specifics, but I think it was almost a tossup between him and Hauck. Lennon seems like a class act and should be high on any AD's list looking for a new coach. It's certainly a testament to him and the program.

Actually I don't expect any DI-AA opponents at home next season. I also don't expect any DI basketball opponents at home next season. And come on, dumbest post ever. You couldn't have forgotten about siouxrock that quickly. At least my posts are coherent.

You're not right about Giacoletti (sp). Tom Billeter (current head coach at Augustana) was the coach who brought in alot of juco's. There were some people who were upset at his recruiting, but he had alot of success in the short time he was at NDSU. Coach G. actually brought in quite a few locals: Hedin from Minnesota, Tenbroek from ND, etc. I was never a huge Giacoletti fan, always alot of hype with few results. I'm excited about Miles, though; I think he's a good young coach and there is some potential for Bison men's basketball (current 0-5 record notwithstanding).

Does anyone south of Omaha care about college hockey?

Just some ramblings from a Bison fan. I think you can throw the size factor out the window. Everybody was talking about the enormous size differential between the Bison and Statesmen in 2000, and UNA's linebackers are enormous compared to Delta State's. I think one of Delta State's outside linebackers was 5'7" 165, and one of their inside backers was 5'9 190.

Didn't Hudspeth used to be at Delta State?

That was kind of odd. Maybe in their hearts they knew it would be their final game of the season and it was kind of their way of thanking him. At any rate, it seems that the players respect Bohl and the coaching staff, which I'm not sure was the case under the old regime.

Umm, I think that's what Bison1234 was trying to say, but I agree with you also. The inane SOS index that DII employs makes it downright stupid to play a DI-AA. I can complain about NDSU not making the playoffs, but we had our shot at blew it with losses to you guys and SCSU. Just think about Catawba, a loss to a top 5 DI-AA and a loss to the co-champ of the conference, and they're not in. And don't get me started about IUP; that's the biggest shaft job ever in the history of DII playoffs. At any rate, I don't see much benefit to either school in continuing the rivalry until the Sioux move to DI-AA.

Wow. I really don't like the Sioux, but this kind of sucks. No NCC school should ever lose to a DAC-10 school by that margin. Will Glas last the year?

Hockey may be more popular than I'm willing to admit, but it is not nearly as popular as college wrestling. I can't back this up with attendance numbers, but the media coverage around here is dominated with stories about Cael Sanderson etc. I guess it's possible hockey could gain that popularity if one of the universities added hockey, but I don't think that will ever happen IMO

Just as your previous post can't refute my statement. We'll just have to agree to disagree. I can't speak for the other regent universities, but the chances of ISU adding hockey are about as good as UND adding wrestling. They cut men's swimming and baseball two years ago, and just recently announced a cut of about $500,000 from the athletic department. Of course, when your athletic budget is about 28 million, that might not hurt so much.

There's so much interest that the Iowa High School Athletic Association doesn't sponsor it. But I guess I don't know anything since I actually live in Iowa.

ISU's club hockey is pretty good I think. I really don't know what their attendance is like though. There will be a blip about them in the student paper every once in a while though. Scott M. I really don't know what you're inferring to when you speak of myopia, but tell me why you think college hockey would be successful in Iowa. Based on the USHL attendance figures, I don't think 3000 fans/game would be a moneymaker for an athletic department after you figure the additional scholarships that would need to be added for womens sports.

I don't think hockey would be that popular in Iowa. Believe it or not, wrestling is king down here, and is a very close second to basketball as the most popular winter sport. The wrestling coaches at ISU and UI have alot of influence and I don't think hockey would get a second look.

You don't have to tell me about fans in Green Bay. My wife and I visited some friends in the upper peninsula of Michigan for Thanksgiving last year. On the way back home (Ames, IA) we ran into stand-still traffic about 45 miles north of Green Bay at 9:30 in the morning. Unbelievable. Also, NDSU did lose playoff games at Dacotah Field. We lost the last game played there to Pitt State in the 92 playoffs when Mark Hansen was stopped a foot short of the goal line on a two-point conversion that would have won it.

Thanks for your opinions. Do you know who's going to play the point for the Sioux this year.

This seems to be a lot more common with juco's. Whenever NDSU signs one, I don't get really excited until they've played about half the season. I'm not trying to flame here, but there seems to be alot of attrition on the UND basketball team lately. Does Glas kind of turn off some players or what. To be fair, I think NDSU's football team suffered very high player departures during the Babich era.

RD17, I think that was Bisonguy's point. It appears that the NCAA places more weight on strength of schedule than head-to-head based on what was going on with Winona and CSP. I totally agree with you on the point that the Bison are the highest rated two loss team in the region because of our wins against good DII competition and not the DI-AA games.