MafiaMan

That'll help build the fan base...coming next year, naming rights to tailgating parking spaces...for a hefty fee, of course.

Wow! You're kidding! $45 to park...on a Thursday. $100 to park on a Saturday at Homecoming?

Further proving that music has sucked for the past 23 years...that we still can't replace this classic. Great tune, but, dang, I was in college when Guns N' Roses hit the scene...

Hence my comment about 'going forward...' I respectfully disagree with your assessment that prior to the college hockey world re-shuffling the deck starting this season that it was easier to 'follow' North Dakota football from MSP than it was hockey.

Careful there, Wilbur...

Really? Minneapolis, Duluth, Mankato, St Cloud, and the Final Five has meant plenty of road trips less than 2 hours away. The NCHC does put a crimp in things going forward...I'll spot you that.

"North Dakota Game & Fish...can I help you?" "Uh, yea, I'd like to report someone shooting ducks out of season somewhere near Devils Lake..." "Can I get a description of the perpetrator please?" "Well, he's a little goofy looking which doesn't narrow it down much but the SiouxSports.com winter hat he's wearing should be a dead give-away."

LOL...I told you I hid them under a rock in the ditch outside Fuddrucker's north and east of 494! We'll figure out something soon...Sparky wants to meet at the Hogg sometime and I'm thinking an after-work meeting there some night would probably work just fine.

Just received invoices from Coaches Choice yesterday...I will NOT be sitting around on the last weekend of summer calculating everyone's total though, LOL. You'll be hearing from me soon! Bugs already in my ear on a second order...minimum would be 12.

CMSioux, did your Siouxpride.com hat arrive safely?

Still a million bucks short of being a millionaire, Ice Arena Man! I hope you are well...coming to MSP again soon? Sparky is pushing for me to meet him at the Hogg sometime soon...

Got it in the mail today, eh? I haven't heard from jimwhat'shisface yet...

I heard you couldn't find the right Hugo's in Grand Forks...how on earth did you make it to the Hoggsbreath last March?

6,000 posts...of which, probably 5,975 are in the hockey section. Following anything Fighting Sioux in MSP is about like seeking out fellow Viking fans when you live across the street from Lambeau Field. Like I said, I ventured here for information because I don't follow Sioux, er, North Dakota football and was browsing this forum.

I have caught a few playoff games on ESPN2 when they have shown them...Montana is obviously a very good program with a loyal fan base and great venue. I'm not a fan of school colors and 'spirit colors' since that's just hokey, but there is definitely quality football to be seen at the FCS level. I know the Griz had a down year last year but beating them is still quite an accomplishment. Thanks for the information and link.

I spent four years at UND from '88-'92 and had my butt in the bleachers at Memorial Stadium for plenty more than just the NDSU game every other year. I also sat is the stands for tons of men's AND women's basketball games. I know lots has changed in 20+ years and I was looking for insight like this, not a 'get the hell back to hockey' snide remark. Obviously being on par with Minnesota in men's and women's hockey makes for a rivalry for Sioux fans living in the TC metro area (like me). It's a little harder to follow the football team from here given the obvious media coverage the Big 10 generates. I would most certainly enjoy watching North Dakota vs Montana in football and hope to get a chance to one of these years. Thanks for your comments, much appreciated.

See above post. Thank you for your two cents. A previous poster gave some good points and I thanked him for the information.

Gee, forgive me for trying to obtain a little more insight into the football team...

A warm-up game is one thing...I don't follow Valpo football at all and was a bit stunned to see predictions of 50-70 point blow-out proportions. I simply hope UND's march to D1, particularly in football, doesn't come at a 'win at all costs' expense. The shenanigans at Northern Colorado, Montana State, and Montana in the past several seasons is an embarrassment, don't you think?

Great post and insight, thanks.

Cream of the crop...like former first-rounders Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk, right? Ok, I'll play along...that Travis Zajac guy turned out ok...

Because only first-round selections amount to anything in the NHL? The question was why is Valpo good for the football schedule. I wasn't trying to turn this into a hockey discussion, I was trying to point out why Manitoba might make sense in hockey as a comparison.

Trust me, I would rather see BC, Maine, or Michigan come to town for a weekend as opposed to Manitoba...

Seems to me plenty of them wind up in Grand Forks...

How does it count towards a playoff win?