MafiaMan

Lots of those thinking it is time for Lucia to go are in the Mike Guentzel camp. Personally, I think Grant Potulny is a good candidate for a head coaching job somewhere. Too green for Minnesota, but if a job opens up at a smaller school, he should get a look.

Amazing how NFL pundits work...at about 3:00 pm yesterday, Peyton Manning was one of the all-time greats and the Broncos were headed for New England and an epic clash of the titans...by 9:00 pm last night, the same folks on ESPN Fox 1 were pretty much saying that Peyton's done in Denver and his career might be over.

The "Minnesota Nice" philosophy.

Given the fact that schools like Penn State and Arizona State have added or are adding D1 men's hockey programs, dare I disagree with your "declining" popularity and fan base conclusion?

Contrary to what dlsioux might think, I bet 99% of UND hockey fans (myself included) would completely agree with everything you just wrote above.

BTW, dlsiouxfan, do you think this is only a UND issue? Tell me, how does Kentucky treat its basketball program compared to its football program? On the flip side, Alabama values football a hellofa lot more than basketball. Can you compare Georgia football with Georgia basketball? Kansas basketball vs Kansas football? Penn State?

Actually, I know for a fact that many fans who attend NDSU football games also attend UND hockey games. You're suggesting that UND should tell local hockey fans to buzz off and try to recruit football fans from elsewhere around town?

I grew up in SW ND and had a passion for college basketball and football. I knew nothing about hockey and had to be dragged out of my dorm room to opening night at the old REA in 1988. I spent more than my share of time in the student section on the east side of Memorial Stadium during home football games - mostly freezing my butt off - and couldn't even tell you the number of women's and men's basketball games I attended at Hyslop Sports Center. But, go ahead and label me a "hockey rube" based on your limited message board knowledge of who I am. You make a lot of condesceding generalizations in your rant. I get it too - you hate hockey. Fine, that's your choice. But if you want football to succeed at UND, you're going to need some of those hockey fans to attend a few games.

Chicken parm you taste so good... Post-game hot tub feels so warm... I'll never make a Super Bowl again...

So let's assume Dez was falling over the goal line when that happened...is that a TD because he has crossed the imaginary plane of the goal line?

Is it Cowboy hunting season in Green Bay? Plenty of blaze orange in the stands...

Easy. Packers vs Cowboys is a pick 'em because both teams have a large following around the country. LOL @ Cobb...smart play.

He has two feet down before falling on the ground. If this is overturned, I'll rescind my earlier Dallas Cowboy conspiracy theory comments...because obviously it's a Green Bay conspiracy to get the Packers to the Super Bowl so State Farm can make money on Aaron Rodgers commercials.

Yup

Unless the winning team's QB heals up quickly, Seattle should roll either of these teams next week.

Trust me, the torches and pitchforks mob is forming over there...

Are you kidding me? If Dallas makes the Super Bowl, I bet they're the crew assigned to the game!

Fixed your post.

From "2014 FCS Playoffs" to "it's the hockey program's fault that UND can't compete with NDSU"... Disband the program and blow up REA I guess. We need the money for football.

LOL! After last week's sick joke, THAT'S gonna be called pass interference today?

Using that same logic, I hereby proclaim Bloomington MN as the heart of "Sioux Hockey" based on crowds I've seen on Saturdays at Joe Senser's.

If 3-8 to 5-7 doesn't show any measurable improvement, would you also say that NDSU regressed this season by going 15-1 as opposed to 15-0 last season? I wouldn't.

Alabama is 47-10-2 all-time against Ole Miss. Was Ole Miss' expectation this year to win the SEC and be one of the four finalists for the national championship? You bet it was. The Crimson Tide is 23-14-1 against Florida all-time. I can assure you, Gator coaches, players, and fans expect to compete for national football championships the way that Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, and LSU do.