I just need to vent a little bit. Mods please feel free to move this to where you sit fit.
On a scale of 1-10 how do you feel UND athletics are doing right now?
1. Our new tv contract for hockey sucks. The big ten announced there contract and they aren't exclusively with the Big ten network like we are tied by our ball sack to the CBS network. They got espnu espnews, nbc sports, fox sports etc etc.
2. We operated at a loss the lost time finacials were released.
3. Our soccer team isn't performing that good. I think they have one win?
4. The volleyball team has a losing record. Atleast attendance is actually growing though.
5. Our football team I could go on and on about it. While the Ag school to the south has the biggest college football show in town this weekend, we are getting smoked and taking days off. The gap between us could not be further right now.
6. We have no Minnesota or Wisconsin on the hockey schedule this year.
7. Our womens basketball team has been playing well below where anyone thought they would be once we transitioned. I believe this sport woulda had the easiest time transitioning.
8. We had all the cards on the table last year for womens hockey and didn't get past the first round although they did play a hell of a game in the first round.
9. UND finished last in the big sky directors cup standings last year.
10. If mens ball doesn't have a good season, I expect at least a top 3, could be a long winter.
11. We have no signature wins for BBall or football.. Closest I think is womens beating Utah last year.
12. Attendance at the Alerus is not living up to expectations either.
13. We have no nickname.
14. No more bronze boot.
15. On the bright side, the IPF is coming along nicely but as a recruit, id rather be a perennial power in the FCS then at the bottom of the Big Sky then have a indoor practice stadium.
16. Did I mention I cant wait to have to watch UND hockey online instead of on TV?
17. Maybe im just depressed as the summer is coming to an end and our football team is getting smoked?
18. Our hockey team has lost the battle of whose bigger in the state (NDSU fball)...For those who think otherwise, you are crazy.
19. The golf teams aren't getting any better even at their own meet lol. I remember in the Hay day we would smoke the bison.
20. To me it seems like NDSU athletic DEPT is approaching networks and trying to get business. Maybe its just Gene Taylor who seems to land every opportunity they get and I just don't see UND actively getting big time media attention.
21. Seems like the only big time attention we get is for our nickname
22. Sorry for ranting.
