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Is there a Notre Dame football thread to chat about this?! Here I was thinking there was something new in regards to the hockey series only to be let down with this football junk... No offense.

Or extreme depression if they lose...

They're only playing Notre Dame because Lucia's kid is on the team. Let's be real here. Definitely not a powerhouse team. Solid and competitive, but no powerhouse. There are about 5 powerhouse teams in college hockey. Maybe 6. And Notre Dame is not one of them.

You think our defense is the worst in the country? We give up 2.4 goals per game... 4th in the WCHA. I'd watch some more teams before you label us the worst.

Your positivity in this thread is extremely underrated...

I've paid over 30 for every SRO ticket I've ever bought at Mariucci.

Yet, Gophers can't even sell out the Badger series. They just discounted SRO tickets for this weekend. Guess fans prefer over the top.

I will be there Saturday! Havent been to the Ralph in over a year. Usually just hit up road games. Hopefully my presence has been what's missing on Saturdays prior.

Good luck. I don't have a clue, but they went on sale a few weeks ago and only had Standing Room Only and when we got ours set up the day prior, our ticket rep said it was gonna be tough ticket to get.

I think it's still too early to say that there is. Everyone said in 10-11 we had a slow start because we got swept at Maine, and that group was as veteran as you could get. That team only lost 9 games all year. I think at Christmas break is when we can really determine where we are at. For all we know we could lose no more games until Christmas. (Not likely, but you get the idea). So put me in the camp that thinks it's too early to determine if this is, in fact, another year where we need a big old surge. I'll wait until Christmas. That said, need to put together a full weekend. No time like the present.

I consider "Peak" to be the high point of the season. So it depends on each season when you were playing the best.

I am making my first trip to the Ralph in over a year for the game on Saturday. I'm bringing my two sisters. The Sioux are undefeated at games my sisters attend. I'm feeling good about this weekend!

There's a lot of negativity here...

Doubtful on Tambellini. He attended one of Portland's camps and from there determined college was a better fit. That said, he could change his mind. But IMO he needs the time in the weight room. He's like Brock Nelson-build. 6-3, but kind of skinny.

Mike Lee didn't come here because Eidsness already committed by that time, and he wanted to play right away as a true freshman, so he took SCSU's offer. If Lee would have deferred two years, I'm guessing Dell wouldn't have came here.

I realized that last night and that's the main reason for a lot of my anger last night about the game. It was all very ironic.

I thought they were worse than Minnesota.

I'm sure they promised him top 6 minutes.

Unnecessary.

Don't tell that to the Twitter handle @HockeyPhotos. Melissa Wade ‏@HockeyPhotos @Billy_Pederson @INCH @TSNBobMcKenzie @BRosen8 Maybe you should #thinkbeforeyouspeak; BU's playing 2 games at North Dakota which means 4 pts WOW. I didn't know we could now get points in Non-Conference games! Mind blown.

Technically, most guys on the team are on partials. I'd say most are at a 90% scholarship or somewhere in that range. Poolman's dad works for UND - don't staff kids get a discount on tuition? Or maybe I'm wrong. I thought I heard that somewhere. Could have been a different school.

I guess we will agree to disagree on this. Though maybe they are different in person as opposed to when they are hiding behind a handle on a message board... I think we all probably are.

Not arguing your point on that, but Wisconsin has the same policy and they still made the scheduling agreement with us. So I think it's clear someone dropped the ball here. The nickname was going. I think everyone knew that. They could have made an agreement contingent upon... but didn't. Lots of things could have happened, but didn't. I think it comes down to the fact that the rivalry with UND wasn't high up on the U's list of things worth preserving at the moment. Which is a shame. Just my two cents.

gfhockey, That's inaccurate. When Lucia got sick a few years back and had to miss the trip, he said it was one of his favorite trips and was bummed to miss it. Alex Kangas, on the other hand, was quoted on FSN as saying how much he hated coming to GF. But that makes sense. We were so mean to him. Poor guy... lol

I don't like to mention names because I don't like when people call me out by handle on a message board without saying something to me directly... but there are some Gopher fans who have been talking for months about how they don't care if we stop playing each other and would rather maintain the in-state rivalries. What's your take on that? You seem informed enough...