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http://www.inforum.com/content/letter-podunk-design-new-north-dakota-plate Not to mention the confused look on the bison - which actually is one of the few realistic things on the plate.

I love how the SU blather is how great having SU football in the playoffs is for the state but when the state got screwed out of a chance to have two schools in the playoffs many down south were happy about it. My two favorite teams will always be UND and anyone playing SU.

Now you are delusional - no one here that is a UND fan has ever said we were National Championship caliber. However it was quite obvious that based on what happened on the field we were better than a 6-5 team that got the nod in a backroom cluster...

No question - it's historic and something any fan base would relish. Too bad the ongoing posts here make it impossible to root for them even a little.

Hey Poindexter - you come to a UND fan site. feed the fire and you are surprised when you read negative comments about SU? Have you ever heard what's said between SDSU/USD fans or Montana/Montana State fans? It's called rivalry talk - now if you want to read hate talk about a rival head over to Bisonswille you'll find an entire category of it. Meanwhile I still have to question why so many SU trolls take the time to come here - a fan site for the Flagship School of North Dakota that SU only plays once every four years - when you have a team playing for a national championship. So much envy and insecurity, it's like UND hurt you or something?

I was being gentle. With all the excitement we have to talk about in football how the heck did we get bogged down in worrying about someone leaving. I blame Jones.

Not only is this a post in very poor taste it's also bad karma.

How about "Don't Fight with the Hawks"

Well If there is a chance they will come back after Christmas why even go down the road? What is the need to share that you know something, that you can't share, that might not happen.

I blame the coach.

Siouxpride.com - for those who still need to work through the denial stage.

Once again facts get in the way of a really good opportunity to rip.

Pretty sure they use a trip to Florida as a recruiting incentive - not sure a tournament in Sioux Falls would have the same allure. However a tournament like that over Christmas break would probably do well.

Geez I think the point has been made here. What value or purpose is there to continue posting the same thoughts over and over? No insults necessary I think we get it.

Wow - what a slap in the face to South Dakota - as an institution looking for a committed coach I wouldn't want to see any hesitation from a candidate once the job is offered.

I'm not seeing massive empty seats? There will be healthy walk up ticket sales and not many empty seats. Student section will be full at least until half-time. I guess people see what they want to see.

The jury is still out if this is a signature win - if Minnesota doesn't even make the NIT not so much - however it could qualify as an NCAA "Quality Loss" for Minnesota if USD progresses

"Crookston Rejects" let's get back to some down and dirty Sioux/Bison rivalry chants for the game this week.

They are not sitting there in a vacuum, there are coaches and players right beside them explaining the situation. I doubt any of them would think "Gee the students are booing their own nickname, I like the coaches, the facilities are great and the schools offers the degree I'm interested in but I guess I'm going to pass on the scholarship they are offering me."

I guess chat rooms are the place for discussing this - it's a free country. But really there is NO WAY there will be any knee jerk reaction like this. In fact if anyone didn't expect a rough transition they were out of touch with reality. The boos will die down, the masses will fall into place, new students will arrive each year and the only thing they will know is Fighting Hawks. The SIoux Forever crowd will remain and dwindle (over decades) - you can still find similar groups at other schools who had to change their name. Life moves on.

Nope, as per Bubba - they look at kids from their own perspective and don't care if other schools are offering, Nice to know our staff has confidence in their own talent evaluation abilities.

So are you wanting to say that as UND fans we shouldn't be happy about a 7-4 record, a FBC win and wins over 2 ranked opponents the end of a 2 year rebuilding program? Nope not feeling that way at all ...sorry. Perhaps you should go ask the Jackrabbit fans how they are feeling about their season since they lost to a Big Sky school?

So the Junior Athletic Directors are pretty quiet. I'm not saying that beating Bradley was a great accomplishment - it was a nice road win and we saw some new faces step up and show their talent. According to the play-by-play we got hosed in several key calls, had some really stupid plays by young players and still pulled it out - not sure how you blame the coach for a player getting a technical or a guy jumping in the lane too early on a cruicial free throw but some will find a way. I will stand on my soapbox again and say that the "Fire the Coach" threads do nothing to support or improve the program. But as gets shared here quite often - it's a free country, I don't have to read here, I'm accepting mediocrity so as the old Budweiser commercials used to say "Carry on Junior Athletic Directors, you are the ones that sit in your armchair, never played the game yet have the unique skills to know what every coach should have done after the fact..this Bud's for you!"

I heard through the grapevine that an extension is in the works - see what I did there.

However a top 4 finish would not be good enough for the haters their mind is made up.