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Nope, both UND and UNA were number one seeds that year. UNA was undefeated and UND had one loss, but that was back when playing a I-AA killed your strength of schedule, and since UNA had played one, that was the difference.

Check this link at page 7 for the answer. The higher seed hosts, provided they meet certain qualifications.

I would describe it as "playing to win;" as opposed to "playing not to lose." I'm pretty confident UND will be playing to win this time. Aggressive playcalling and sure tackling will win this game for the Sioux.

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It seems pretty weird to have a first-team all-NCC quarterback who threw for a whopping 73 yards per game. I expected to see that back in the days NDSU was running the veer with Jeff Bentrim and Chris Simdorn, but not today. Miller is a running back who happens to line up at quarterback IMO.

link UND first teamers include Dressler (most valuable receiver and also selected as a returner), Chappell, Braegelmann, Enger, Wolff (most valuable d-lineman), Hoffschneider, Ullsperger and Brennan (most valuable linebacker). Second teamers were Troen, Alexander, ZBJ, Hellevang and Halfmann.

Moorhead also beat UMD by 2 on a neutral floor. Of course, I don't think UMD is anywhere near the Sioux this year in terms of talent, but I agree that Moorhead is a legit opponent.

I don't think so. I believe a school has to guarantee a certain amount in order to host. If that guarantee isn't met through ticket sales, I would assume the school must make up the difference. However, the guarantee isn't very large. I think it's something like $5,000 or $10,000 for a first round game. That's why schools like Northwood (under 2000 in attendance) could afford to host.

I would assume so. I don't remember the last time a road playoff game wasn't televised.

I read that, also. Never mind the fact that the official was right there and didn't throw a flag on the Brennan hit. The fact of the matter is that Boettcher simply isn't a particularly good quarterback, and he wasn't going to make much of a difference in the game. Sure, maybe if he plays Winona may have scored 7-10 points (unlikely but possible), but on the other hand, UND could also have scored far more had the dogs not been called off early in the 3rd quarter.

There's no question UND will need to tackle better against Miller in order to win. However, I think one of the reasons I'm so confident about this one is how UND did defending USD. The gameplan should be quite similar--force Miller to beat them by throwing the ball. It worked against a team with a better running back, better receivers and a better passing quarterback. The way the UND offense is playing, I'm quite confident that they'll put up some points--probably 30 or so. If UNO gets behind and has to throw, they could have some problems, unless they get more of those lucky deflected pass receptions again.

If the program is still struggling next year, then there's some concerns. As far as fan support is concerned, UND probably does about as well as a program could considering how many poor seasons there have been over the past decade. To see what losing does to attendance at even a school that prides itself on being a "basketball school," look at what's going on at SDSU.

I'm not really worried for a couple of reasons. One, all five games this year have been played without one key player (Langen for most of the first three; Maffin the past two). Secondly, Langen has been a slow starter all three of her seasons at UND, but chances are in about a month or so she'll be back to what we're used to seeing. This team does apparently have some flaws--probably not enough outside shooting for one--but I think they'll be very tough once at full strength.

Like most others on this board, I was quite embarrassed by the lack of fans at the game yesterday. But while there's no question that playing a team UND had previously beaten badly played a role in the sparse crowd, it definitely wasn't the only reason. For reasons I don't think I'll ever completely understand, there's just something about early round playoff games that make several thousand people who were at a typical regular season game decide not to go. Even when UND played Pitt State in the first round in 2003, there was only a little over 7000 in attendance. Put Pitt State on the schedule in September, and there will be 11,000-plus there. What's the difference? I know, there's hunting, but I'm not sure that comes close to explaining the huge dropoff. In terms of people who actually live close enough to attend if they so choose, I guess there are about 5000 real fans, and 5000 to 6000 fans who evidently don't feel that it's important to support their team in what will almost certainly be the last home game of the year. It's pretty sad.

UND women won 69-66 over Metro State. Maffin apparently didn't play. I'm not sure whether she was sick or injured or what.

UND lost 16-13 in 2000. That was the year NDSU made it to the semi's.

The early commitments are now signees.

UND won its first real game of the year tonight, 75-62 over UMC.

I'm very sorry to hear that. It's been a tragic week in Fargo between the North High kid who died in gym class, and now Fredrickson.

The national committee is made up of eight members--two each from each of the four regional "advisory" committees. If we assume for the sake of argument that the northwest committee voted 5-2 to have UND at number 2; and that the national committee voted 8-0 to switch UND and UNO around, it would appear that Kevin Buisman (Mankato a.d.) and Butch Raymond (NSIC commish) have some explaining to do, since they're the two national committee members from the northwest. It seems to me that either they were the two "no" votes from the regional committee and did an "end around" to get their own way, or else they're rather easily influenced.

My mistake.

It's kind of interesting that UND receiver Brady Trenbeath's dad could become involved in the litigation, as he was just named chief deputy assistant a.g. link.

There really wouldn't be any way to force REA to do anything, and I don't think REA would ever alter or cover up any logos. Besides not awarding another regional to UND/REA, there wouldn't be anything the NCAA could do about it to my knowledge. Keep in mind that the NCAA sanctions only apply to post-season events.

Augie is staying dII, and apparently is headed for the NSIC. link.