MafiaMan

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?

Interesting, because every time I've seen Manitoba come to town, I see planty of 15-17 year old Canadian hockey letterman jackets in the stands of REA...these couldn't possibly be kids who might be recruited to play at North Dakota, could they?

You're kidding me, right?

And I don't particularly care for scheduling patsies at any level...nothing bores me more than seeing Wisconsin vs Michigan Institute of Mechanics pop up on the ESPN ticker on a Saturday afternoon. FWIW, Kent State is an awful example of a cupcake...they went 11-3 last season.

Scheduling Manitoba in hockey is a recruiting tool for young players who might actually wind up playing college hockey. What is the benefit of playing a team like Valpo in football? This is an honest question, BTW.

I'm admittedly not much of a football poster but is this what UND signed up for with the D1 'push' a few years ago? This is the big dream coming true? An expected 40-65 point thumping of a school with no scholarships? UND will learn as much about its football players from this game as LSU would from playing Minot State.

Schmitzzz...your hats are in the mail now as well.

Did you immediately run to the gas station afterward and pick up a lottery ticket?

choyt3 and yababy8, your hats are in the mail. Schmitzzz...where are you?