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Can you document that - all I saw was one newspaper blogger sounding off - was there more than that?

Yah something changed - they wanted UND they didn't want su. The Big Sky said it chose UND because it was a like-minded institution of higher learning with similar goals to the other Big Sky schools. Not sure how anything could have changed that drastically in a few short years.

How soon until we start reading how UND needs su in the Big Sky. I'm guessing that all the Big Sky concerns we heard about travel costs, time zones, losing midwest recruits, will all go out the window in a little while. Oh yah we'll also hear "How times have changed since they were rejected twice by the Big Sky" Karma is a great thing. Didn't it come out that su officials were a major opponent to UND getting into the Summit? Probably no pay back there as UND has more integrity than that. Thank you UND for waiting and "picking" the Big Sky instead of rushing and settling for the Summit.

Just returned from Grand Forks (where I sold more than $700 worth of Once a Sioux always a Sioux Shirts - see Siouxpride.com). Stopped in a rest area near St. Cloud, only two cars other than mine in the lot and both were full of people wearing Fighting Sioux clothing . Took a chance and approached one guy and sold two more Once a Sioux always a Sioux shirts.

I believe what Molberg said was "He chose UND" geez get over it he "Chose" UND over su, it's happened many times before and it's going to start happening many times again.

If all I want is one upper level ticket is there any reason i need to buy it now?

based on what we have expereinced with bison fans it won't go away - just gets less fact based.

Officially - no. Unofficially it will never go away.

Sorry you didn't "get it" it was a poke at the propensity of their team to have run-ins with the law - often criminals are asked not to leave the state and asked to wear ankle bracelets as trackers - hey it's a Sioux Fan site. I don't think UND has issues with getting players to work out in the off season or stay around campus. It's just not something we hear about.

Just to be clear mine would have the Siouxsports moniker and Siouxpride.com (but not my posting name)

I'm good with what the majority wants. Hurry up there is a another snow storm set for June.

I think it's something like...."Don't leave the state and here put this around your ankle.".

Oops - okay since it doesn't list Kelly Green I'm thinking the dark green is going to be too much like John Deere/Packer/Bison green - so I will go with black unless there is a Kelly Green option. (I suppose pink is a UND color option - nah) Can I get Siouxpride.com on the other side for the $7.50? If so then add that too. Any thoughts that the name of this site will be changing in the near future?

YUP! One for me.

"Frozen Four" was listed as #4 most popular search words in Googles Hot Trends listings today - not bad for a niche sport with only regional interest. (sarcasim).

su - requests for membership in Big Sky - 2, Results = 0, UND requests for membership in Big Sky 1 - Results = 1, Maybe the presidents of the Big Sky Colleges know something about the two schools that you don't.

Don't you have your own site to spew on? The BSC added UND for the same reasons it turned away su - academics, stability, integrity, tradition, similar goals. Where I work it is considered a good thing to promote from within, don't think su can throw stones about coaches leaving, Can't fill out an 11 game football schedule, basketball conference is falling apart I think you have more important things to discuss and you can do at bisonswille and if you need to talk smack you even have a thread there just for you.

Butt I-94, Butt Travel Expenses, Butt "we are in the best conference", Butt "We Never Really Wanted to Be in the Big Sky', Butt "UND convinced Montana to drop us" Butt Dakota Big Three... they are getting what they deserve.

Dave Nonis, Senior Vice-President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced Wednesday that the hockey club has signed defenceman Andrew MacWilliam to a two-year entry level contract. MacWilliam, 23, was selected by the Maple Leafs in the seventh round, 188th overall, in the 2008 Entry Draft. In 2012-13, he served as Captain of the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), playing 41 games and leading the WCHA in penalty minutes (116). Okay the more I see ongoing references to FIghting Sioux, the more i'm starting to think that it's time we push back on the NCAA. I know UND Administration can't support it and the people who attend games and sit on their hands think it's disloyal to UND to not move on, but really what if there was a grassroots effort that says, "We are the Fighting Sioux and we will remain the Fighting Sioux" deal with it. I think it goes beyond just having a closet full of Fighting Sioux shirts. It means not allowing the name or spirit of the name to disappear from sporting events. It means making sure incoming students understand the history and help preserve it. Big hurdle will be what happens when all the Fighting Sioux logo materials are sold out. Thoughts?

Unless you factor in off field issues - they have a long history of that as well that surpasses UND. Damn I just woke up the trolls - but I might earn some fantasy league points.

As has been stated this thread was started as sarcasim, unfortunately there isn't much else to talk about right now. How about them Huskies....

Before I waste time digging into this - It is April 1st.

This was obviously created by a rube who has no clue about the life-long connections players make during their time spent at UND.

I would guess the expectations at the colleges are similar to UNDs. Coach one is Jack Parker who just retired at BU and Coach two is Red Berenson at Michigan. So comparing their first eight year record to Haks some would have fired them both. Oh and Jack won 3 championships in his 40 years, Red won two championships in 28 years - also appears some would call their records a failure because of lack of championships every time they made the tourney.

Nope - real coaches and what they had accomplished after their first eight years.