Hawkster

This is my gut feeling as well. No legit kid flys that far under the radar and we've all seen too many can't miss kids turn into flops.

Drake and OD.

Get sued for discrimination Get another PR black eye in the media Not solved! Just made worse

I'm assuming Title IX has a lot to do with us having women's hockey. Even if it doesn't, I think we need to be fair to the women and keep it going, the participation numbers are there.

Women's hockey can't and won't be cut. Baseball doesn't amount to that much and probably isn't worth the hornets nest it would stir up.

This will be the death knell for FCS football at a lot of schools. For us, it makes sense for hockey, even considering that the men are going to have to subsidize the women's COA stipend. I don't see how UND can possible afford to do this for football, especially if we have to pay for a women's equivalent. Just for football, ticket prices are going to have to increase by something like $12-15 and I have no idea where the money comes from for a women's equivalent. I'm not saying we should drop the idea, but I think it's going to be very, very difficult to pull off. The money simply isn't going to be there.

That's the very point I was getting at. It doesn't matter that Mussman supposedly (at least according to geaux sioux) recruited the best players out there. If they transfer after a year or two, it doesn't do us any good at all. Go after only good recruits and only players from the upper midwest. That said, get us a stud QB for this class as well.

I'm not so sure Mussman realized anything in his last 2 classes. How many of his recruits are still here? Not many, and it was because they lacked the work ethic you find in ND and MN kids. We need to be nailing the cream of the crop in our area, not letting them win titles for NDSU. Until we start putting together monster classes, where we actually beat out the leading schools, we'll continue to bob along with mediocre teams. We might be improving, but I have to wonder if Bubba will get us to the Playoff Promised Land with what we have. And, getting there is only half the battle, we need to win there too.

That's exactly right. Furthermore, we need to be going after the QB's that we know can make a difference. I think too many years we've been settling for what ever will sign on the line and that's no way to make the playoffs. I'm leery about bringing up NDSU, but it's their QB's that have gotten them places over the years.

I really think we need to go after a top notch QB for this class. Last year showed us that weakness and we need to step it up in this area and should have been a top priority for the staff.

Very disappointing home stand. Still don't know what to make of Jones. Doubt we can afford anything any better.

I'm guessing that's the list of visitors for this weekend.

Drake for Friday, OD for Saturday.

I don't understand why some UND people aren't impressed with FCS football either, especially considering how much we want it to succeed here. I think the problem is, at UND hockey will always be king, and probably should be. Every school has it's passion, it's just not football. That doesn't mean we should think less of FCS football.

Why doesn't the NCAA remind the Legislature about the agreement signed by the AG? It spells out that we will pick a NEW nickname. I agree with Kelley, get this over with.

I'm certainly not disagreeing with you, I could have worded it differently. I'd rather have the playoffs than a win against WY. I guess I was thinking playoffs were the more attainable goal. My main point was we better start doing something soon, anything just to show improvement. Going from 3-8 to 5-7 doesn't constitute much of an improvement IMO.

If he did, he'd be PMS for short.

Spot on. They are light years ahead of us and things have to change. Congratulations to NDSU on winning, but now we need to do something. If we can't improve enough to get a spectacular win next year, say against NDSU or Wyoming, we need to at least be good enough to make the playoffs. As others said, UND football has become a joke everywhere and it will get worse if we don't make a splash soon. I'm sick of sucking hind tit in this sport. I just hope these Juco's and FBS transfers are the key, but really, I'd rather be signing great kids out of HS. The problem is, with the program down south, it's not happening. I'm not sure if I'm jealous or just pissed.

Better win, at something has to right this weekend.

I thought the playoffs got expanded last year already. Isn't this the second year of the 24 team field?

All I care about is that we make the playoffs in very foreseeable future. This is getting embarrassing. I'm sure NDSU will win today, but I don't care, I just want us in the playoffs next year.

Isn't that like asking Alcoholics Anonymous for volunteers to tend bar? Somehow, I just don't see this ending well, I just don't.

Yes, let's hear some news here. When does the dead period start? And, does dead period mean NO contact, or the schools can't initiate a contact with a recruit but a recruit can contact us?

It's not just here that the Bison faithful like to brag. I got an e mail from an NDSU acquaintance, I won't call him a friend, who was bragging about the 4 or 5 big commits they got since they won Friday and are going to Frisco. We all know UND is down right now, but do they have to shove it in our faces all the time? Yes, Yes, Yes, we know it.

It certainly hurts us, no one will argue that, and I feel us just making the playoffs compared to their titles isn't going to do much for us either. To really make a splash, we need to actually win a couple playoff games and at some point, get a signature D1 win. Right now, we have to start making the playoffs and hoping we make a run and then improve from there. I can't imagine Bubba can get the best in the land right now, but we can work up to it. It beats me how NDSU got so good so fast? Mussman had his problems, but we were just getting smoked for a few years.