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Those that vote in the polls don't have interest or access to deep dives on teams outside their radar, easy to just mail it in based on last year's results.

He doesn't have to, got the excuse that every team hates him. Even makes money off tee shirts. He hated when he had to acknowledge UND was a contender and dropped them off his radar as fast as he could.

SCSU attendance is down double digits and cuts within educational programs are constant. He's gonna find out really fast that there is no champagne and caviar in St. Cloud, it's bologna and saurkraut.

Will he run out of states before he runs out of eligibility?

Would love if Q wasn't our only short yardage option. Appreciate Q for what he brings.

He was certainly the flamboyant one - but based on the opportunities they had last year and what they showed us, I think we have a stable of meat and potatoes backs that are going to step right up and we won't have the off field issues to deal with.

2024 - looks like a possible road trip doubleheader for us retired guys 09/07 - Montana 09/14 - Idaho State

Bubba has chosen to make it a non event, for whatever reason. They tried things a few years ago like tailgating, a burger competition, that made it worth the drive, but they gave up on it.

I'm finding it easy to root for the South Dakota schools, whereas I cannot see any situation where I would be rooting for su.

https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/dick-vitale-hearing-about-cheating-college-basketball-world-reacts?fbclid=IwAR2kK_-e0R_QREv1pyrLi3FlQXZbn1N6tfxsbugalF3ZazIA4HvSvtoiMX4 From the department of the obvious department - Dick Vitale shares how coaches have told him the transfer portal is corrupt.

So rare I wasn't even sure if coaches were allowed to contact 8th graders? Obviously they can. For now it's just publicity, there is no way any kid is accepting an offer in 8th grade anyway and if they turn into a 4-5 star UND won't be on their list.

I understand it's dangerous to compare one sport to another, but if you want to have the expectations then the support needs to be a little better for the struggling sports. Heck the chef for one sport probably makes more than the assistant coaches for the other sports.

Probably obvious, but that is the weekend of the hockey game in Vegas. Gonna be lots of free football tickets available.

We were on him pretty hard.

Actually I saw a tweet from a familiy member that said he loved UND. Then the tampering started.

Got a conflict for the 24th but optimistically scheduled a viewing party on the 26th in Waite Park/St. Cloud.

Well, I'm not a great basketball mind and I may be way off base but the portal is hurting everyone, it seems worse because we are closer to our team. After 2020 season we lost a graduate transfer, an academic risk who bolted, and a couple of others for different reasons. This year we lost our best player to player tampering combined with the opportunity to play closer to home. The last 2 years has been an anomaly - yes for every school. Sather deserves a few more years - and will get it.

Good to know. I will admit I have not looked at tickets the past few years because UND has not been a major player (also COVID). But in the future I can see making a weekend out of it regardless and hoping UND puts together teams that are playing past the first day.

Recruiting 8th graders? Seems like a school would make a contact, take in touch occasionally and watch their growth, but what else would you expect UND to do with 13 year olds?

Pretty sure we all know which ones is higher on the priority list. The next upgrade is probably already in the design stages.

Now SU feeling the TP pain.

About time for a locker room update over there.

Isn't the other advantage that those who attend get first dibs to renew their tickets every year so the SD fans have the best seats locked in every year. Make everyone get their tickets every year to level the playing field.

You know what they say, if information is withheld people will make up their own.

Even more honest, if Bubba had the resources and institutional support that hockey gets, things would be different. My opinion - Bubba makes it to 2025 then hands the keys to Freund, if he's still here.