Lefty - UNO Fan

Not too bad for two teams picked at the bottom of the pre-season ratings. Good job Sioux.

Congrats on the fine season Sioux fans. After reading through some of this, I know a lot of you are frustrated. Take it from a UNO fan, things could be even more disappointing. UND probably lost to the eventual national champion on the road by 7 points despite playing poorly. I will miss the NCC and the wars with the Sioux. Good luck.

Good luck to the Sioux today. In UND's honor I'm wearing some green clothing, but it won't be visible of course in case somebody sees me.

I guess I missed the part where stats were the defining criteria when I was playing in the NCC. Ben King was robbed and so was Ted Schlafke. I mean don't the coaches know they should be voting for whoever has the best numbers and not who is the best player or who is the most likely to beat you? I know they spend every week breaking down film of every team in the conference versus us fans who follow our teams and see the opponents once every two years. Why bother with film study when the stats are available?

Are the Lakers willing to travel? That's a big part of the equation. A home-and-home would be necessary and then maybe even that's not enough. I know UNO went to Tiffin and Western Washington with no return trip from them in 2004 just to fill out a schedule. USD went to Colorado School of Mines without a return trip. GVSU could probably get a better game than St. Joseph's but it migh mean some taking less than optimal terms.

Why can't Sorbo get some carries?

Didn't UND go through the 2003 season unbeaten in the NCC? If UNO had a decent kicker, they would have won that year in Grand Forks. However, Superman (Jeff Glas) wouldn't let UNO steal that game.

If Chappell is out next week, will UND run a shotgun with Dressler standing next to Freund? I saw that formation a couple times last year and I think he even took a few handoffs.

How bad is Murray's injury? Very unfortunate injuries with Grand Valley looming. I hope they are not serious.

I agree that UND does not have as good of players this year. At some point late last year is when the defense started faltering. The Sioux defense in the playoff game was much worse than the one I saw earlier in the season. I said that UND actually looked soft last year, which is something I have not seen for quite some time. UNO's pass defense got worse last year too. UNO's rushing defense has never been the problem, it's been the pass defense the last 5 years. UNO is probably less talented this year on the front 7. They graduated two 3-year starters and one 4-year starter at LB. The defensive line is the same starting 3 from last year. Those guys are just playing with much more intensity this year.

I thought Winona might jump Ashland because they got a win over a team with a winning record and had 2 more victories. I was hoping the Sioux would host Ashland.

According to D2football.com, CWU is #4 and will host #5 Ashland. Winona St fans do not want to play North Dakota again.

Thanks. I would not mind seeing the Sioux either. I think UND will get to play two GLIAC teams. I will be wearing some piece of green clothing for those games.

UNO 24 CWU 0 3:00 left in 1st half. If USD sports information folks are coniving, they would announce the score to take a little wind out of the Sioux sails.

Congrats on the big win Sioux fans. That offense is just plain scary, especially if the Sioux just ran over the Huskies. I will watch Coach Lennon's show, but right now I'm picking the Sioux to win in Vermillion and snap that 20-something game win streak.