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Nice to have so many FU trolls that they can vouch for each other. Geez now we've got another twenty-something FU troll with time on his hands - I now have 2 pages of FU trolls on ignore. It is hard to believe there isn't something more usetul to spend time on then another team's fan site prowling all day - something lacking in an FU education it appears. Geau Sioux - I am not calling you out - just wondering what did you think the odds were that this thread wasn't going to become a playground for FU trolls (for an entire year)?

It's called the New Orleans Saints Defense. You must have missed the press conference where Bubba said "I want the two most uncomfortable people in the stadium to be the opposing team's quarterback and his mother."

East Coast Bias for Stony Brook - most of those that vote don't have a clue about teams.

What's the latest on RB Simmons - out for the season?

This is the kind of discussion that would be more fun if we didn't have trolls running back to their cronies - I bet a week's pay there are comments on this over on bison-swille. It is fun to positively speculate - after the Missouri game many thought this team could go 1 - 11.

I watched Ratelle the whole way - very questionable late hit call he was less than half step away - clean upper body hit on a quarterback that was out of the pocket. No way he was celebrating that the player was hurt - not that kinda player and not that kinda team.

It was a great game to have recruits at. The crowd was in it and recruits can see that the program is headed in the right direction.

I'm going to buy a cattle ranch and call it this - don't think many of the cattle will make it past branding time.

Grades? Lack of playing time? Off field issues?

No first name needed: Archibald.

Yup this is a no win situation for UND - they know they are going to lose funding initially. So what names are on your approved list?

They've thrown "Spirit" out there a lot. Of course it couldn't be "Spirit of the Sioux" and perhaps even the smallest hint that "Spirit" relates to Sioux might be enough to kill it. The "North Dakota Spirit" has been used around the state in various capacities over the years.

Fun name to throw out but no way they choose a name that tweaks the nose of the NCAA (not saying I don't like it just saying reality says we are in for a name that is very well researched so as not to offend anyone. I say the writing is on the wall for the North Dakota Spirit.)

So is your next stop the jackrabbit site to predict their outcome - you have nothing better to do?

You can also "Black Out" with the Once a Sioux always a Sioux shirts - online at Siouxpride.com and in Grand Forks at Play It Again Sports and Cenex on South Washington.

Read once that the worst way to predict the outcome of an upcoming game is the outcome of the previous game. Still thinking it's one game at a time and each one is gonna be a battle that we will be the underdog in - just wanting to see continued improvement. I'm going to enjoy all aspects of this season, the best is yet to come.

After the Pick Six combined with the meager offensive output I can't think of any reason not to give Bartles a chance. I know there are issues with the offensive line but why not give him some prime time playing time?

NO ONE had this game down as a winnable one this year - we have seen improvements over last year - wonder how long it will take the trolls to come over here and quote some of the comments elsewhere as once more proof of their superiority.

Perhaps Mussman has a perpetual issue with making decisions on quarterbacks - they lost an all conference one from last year so are dealing with rotating between a transfer drop down and a rookie (not sure what year but he had taken few snaps last year). St. Cloud is middle of the pack - blows out the lower tier and gets blown out by the upper tier. They play the Upper Iowa Peacocks this weekend (I'd rather be playing Montana and facing a blow out than the Peacocks and a romp). Saw a story that his two sons are on one of the St. Cloud high school teams - one playing tight end, one playing on the line.

Another example of that world class education.

Student attendance going down is a nation-wide trend as most probably have read - even Alabama has issues. When the stadium was on campus it's not like the students were overflowing their section it just made it easier for drunk frat boys to walk over for the first half. Student attendance at football games might be solved by adjusting expectations.

UND is a huge underdog in this game so It's enjoyable to have visitors that are able to have an intelligent conversation and not just come here to insult UND and its fans. We know we have some building to do to be in the top tier, sometimes it's just nice to talk football.

Thank you - I guess that will be somewhat of a measuring stick for the defense in two weeks.

Was this the Montana school we beat in Grand Forks two years ago and then last year they came in and kinda ran it up on us to make a point? (However I am in the school that if you don't want to get run up on then it's up to you to make the stops.)

Sadly the NCAA has shown what they will do: if you are on the bubble for playoffs you are first out, you will never host an NCAA event again. Vi have our vays!"