southpaw

As a UND alum who lives in Colorado, I would welcome DU to the Big Sky. It means more chances for us fans to pack DU venues to watch UND play.

Off the top of my head... Thomas and Hedberg

Thank you for your opinion. You've added greatly to the conversation.

The ECHL isn't quite the hockey career graveyard that many people make it out to be, specifically for goalies. The following goalies in the 2012 NHL Playoffs played in the ECHL: Jonathan Quick, Tim Thomas, Mike Smith, Joey MacDonald, Johan Hedberg, Martin Biron, Alex Auld, Jason Labarbera, Thomas Greiss, Jaroslav Halak, Braden Holtby, Michael Neuvirth, Dany Sabourin, and Thomas Vokoun. That's a pretty big list and just from the teams who made the playoffs.

Verna is a pretty good hire. I've met her a few times and work closely with her husband. Very knowledgeable family.

I already like the new green of the helmets. The green and black looks crisp even on the practice jerseys.

I think it would work for all sports except those on grass or turf. Unless they put a black border around it, but even then it would look weird. I'm guessing that's why they went with black.

and the original...

With the MTN folding this summer, all Mountain West games are now up for bid. I'd imagine a regional network would pick it up and would make it available on DirecTV or Dish. This website is amazing for getting TV info on college football games: http://www.lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm

Please retitle this "Makes me and the other crazies want to puke"

FYP

We have heard this over and over and it's expected that every game will be a challenge. That doesn't mean games aren't winnable.

I think you'll find most people here don't really want a football conference in the midwest. While there aren't any close teams right now in the Big Sky, many feel it's a much better conference for UND. Many of our alumni live in Big Sky territory, myself included, and are very excited to see UND football, basketball and even other sports come to town on a regular basis.

Word from the Air Force athletic dept is that it is UND.

Then you should be proud that you went to one of the finest schools in the country that doesn't have an athletic program.

It's hilarious that you think you being a native actually has anything to do with you. It's all about your parents and grandparents living in Colorado.

"Not the worst place in the state" isn't saying a lot. I didn't realize I had to be from a place to realize that it's crappy. At least North Dakota doesn't have arrogant pricks like you who think they're better because their parents/grandparents decision. In any other state, you wouldn't be heralded as a pioneer, you'd be someone who needs to get out and explore. You're just lucky your family stayed in CO.

I'm sorry, I did get you two confused. I agree you haven't been a troll unlike Bison Dan. I guess I'm similar to the NCAA in how they see North Dakota they lump everything together, I saw Bison and lumped you two together.

Congrats on your parents and grandparents living in Colorado. Smart move by them. I'm hoping my eventual kids and grandkids will continue to live here too. However, we're talking about Greeley. On the front range Greeley and Pueblo are the butt of jokes for a reason and it has nothing to do with your crappy football team.

You said "Just mark it down as another classless move by UND's athletic dept....Hope they got a good look at it, probably be the one and only they handle." I read that as championship banner, not necessarily football. Yeah, it's in a football thread but we're talking about UND's athletic department, not UND's football team. I pointed out they've "handled" plenty of D1 championship banners so why would they need to "get a good look at it." I love that your post above starts out with "I honestly don't mean this as trolling..." which is hilarious because every single one of your posts is trolling.

With 7 D1 national championship banners already, I doubt the UND athletic dept is in awe of this FCS banner.

Every incoming freshman for UND next year played in a league that allows partial shields. Most of these players played in those leagues for 2+ years. They may have grown up with full shields or cages but there is a reason many players wear half shields in the ushl, ojhl, mjhl, bchl and sjhl.

So take your issue up with them. It's well out of UND's hands now.

However, NDSU isn't bringing in a playoff team. It would be a cupcake of a team and they would be paying $200,000+ to get them to Fargo.

But are they some of the finest? Or now since you have classified every college as fine, it doesn't matter how they're ranked.