siouxkid12

It does smell a lot like bad decisions and regrets but overall not terrible.

Is it worse than it used to be? Probably but it's also not as bad as a lot of people assume it is.

There are over 100+ games a year hosted in MPLS and it seems like no one has been murdered going to one of them. Most of the crime has been set around 5 neighborhoods that are not really that close to downtown either. So take off your tin hat and come on down to Lyons Pub and we can chat more about this.

saying the conference is going to lose "quite a bit of money" is a big stretch. For what it costs to rent out the Xcel and for the amount of people that show up to the tournament, I imagine the conference loses more doing that then it would having the championship in Oxford.

Exactly…who cares what anyone else does, just win and the rest takes care of itself.

They have major booster money, not overly surprising.

I don’t think it would happen and I’m sure it’s being discussed out of anger and trying to persuade the B10 commish to rethink what he is doing. However, I also don’t think they care because it’s Michigan and any other power 5 conference would welcome them in a heartbeat.

I was reading an article (Michigan football leave the Big Ten Jim Harbaugh suspension? (usatoday.com)) about Michigan leaving the Big Ten due to the commissioner's handling of Jim Harbaugh suspension. Obviously, I don't care about Michigan football and if they leave the Big Ten but the main question would be is, what happens to the hockey conference if it were to happen? I don't think they would get an autobid any longer, as you have to have more than 6 teams in a conference to get one. Would they bring in an affiliate school or would we see the remaining teams disband into other conferences?

Isn’t that what you’re trying to tell me? Maybe limit yourself in telling people what they consider a rivalry or not.

That would look awful...

Was there last year and was there 16 years ago and the atmosphere was completely different between the times I was there.

It magically sells out because majority that go are UND fans.

Okay….

I also can’t stand Duluth and despise their fan base. Of course I want to beat Minnesota but I wanna beat them like any other non conference team.

I never said it was a requirement. if me saying it’s not a rivalry is “ruining your fun”, I’d probably stay home where it’s safe from others.

That is probably true…

UND and NDSU are in the same conference and are only 80 miles apart from each other. Iowa and Iowa state are 120 miles apart and are both in the same state. not even comparable situation

A lot of people down here in MPLS could care less. Also, could you name every player on their current roster without looking it up (I'm guessing not)? Back when we played them every year, you could name every player and their mother on that roster. Again, the rivalry died when we stopped playing every year (Lucia even said it when they left for the B10) and the only people that are still pretending like its the same are the ones who keep B#*(*ing about the Fighting Hawks nickname.

I am in the same boat as you my friend!

That's exactly what it is, HISTORY. When the B10 and NCHC were created and they stopped playing, the rivalry went away and they are just another non-conference opponent.

To me it's an out of conference game that we must win. I have moved on from them being our "so called #1 enemy", Denver is #1 in my book.

How are they handling him that's so bad? The Sens are not doing Pinto wrong by any means, they just have no money to sign him to a long term deal at the moment. They need to unload salary before they can sign him, that just takes time.

I know a lot of people don't like him but I truly loved listening to him and Bucci come spring

Because he can't get over the fact that women's hockey is gone (same with a lot of people who never went to games).

I'm about 95% sure that New Balance jerseys are made by SP and then their logo is stitched onto it as NB is the official apparel, footwear, and uniform provider for DU athletics.