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Thing is, it has been on-going for 4 weeks now...

Part of this is on the QB for not making the right reads on RPO's and either throwing the ball or making the incorrect decision on handing it off or keeping it.

I think UND is in regardless but would prefer to just take care of business and guarantee a home game at minimum. Wouldn't be opposed to dismantling SDSU, getting a little help and sneaking into the 7 seed for a first round bye, but that might be asking for a lot.

He definitely checked into some of those plays in the ndsu game, particularly at the goal line. I doubt you know their checks, so this is just an assumption on your part. Maybe they need to limit that for a game or two and see if that helps slows things down again.

I believe the head coach said postgame that in hindsight that they should have called a timeout there for that exact reason. They got a look that was going to make a conversion tough.

The question I was responding to is why the Alerus Center entrance is light years behind the REA for intros. I'm sure they could do some sort of tunnel walk, no clue why they have chose to do it the way the do.

It was a general comment. People are still bringing up Rudy. Hutter was also on staff for a season prior. The roster was going to have to be rebuilt by someone regardless of who the head coach was. Half of them were. Hutter brought in the rest. Don't envy the position he was put in but this team was going to struggle regardless of who the coach was after half the roster graduated or transferred. Hopefully it is a quick rebuild, UND should be an attractive place to play. Based on your logic, do Bubba and Berry get credit for how football and hockey are doing since those are "their recruits"? I'm guessing I know your answer, which is why the constant bringing up coaches who has moved on (in multiple sports) is pointless. Or is it just a one-way street on it?

The short answer is technical capabilities of the Alerus facility. It can no doubt be better, but there is way more limitations than there should be. I believe the current scoreboard and some of the other related items are getting close to the end of their useful life, hopefully whatever replaces it will be a big step forward in that department.

Because he weighs 45lbs less? Gotta be a tight end who played QB in high school or something that they could find to fill that role though... Z being hurt is part of the issue. Assuming a few other guys were dinged up that also could have filled that role.

Portions of the fan base really need to learn to move on from coaches who have done the same. In multiple sports.

The kitchen re-opened a while ago.

This isn't anywhere near close to being true. New head coach had full authority on who was on his staff.

Just spit-balling, but things are pointing to the RB room currently having an issue with healthy bodies. Would be a good game to get up early and let some young guys shoulder a big load from the backfield.

What excuse was made? As was already stated, with the current environment in college athletics, every source of revenue is being examined and pushed as far as it can before it turns into a negative ROI. Being that close to a sell out a few days before the game tells me they priced it pretty appropriately to maximize revenue for the program. Not saying I enjoy it as the end user (though if you have season tickets, it doesn't really matter) but I also understand it and appreciate it as the more revenue UND generates, the more there is to help put back into the athletic department. I guess they could have sold them for $20 and then there would be a huge secondary market for tickets but hey, I guess they would have 200 more people in the building? If you want to make the argument that the tops of the far corners should have been a little bit less, they may have sold sooner and it would have been a minimal drop in revenue, I'd agree with that stance 100%. But I think they are going to get pretty close to that regardless.

Game is on Midco. Game preview confirms that it is.

98% of the tickets for the game are sold, will be over 12,000. Huge rivalry game but it is also ND home deer opener and winter youth sports starting in full swing. Weird complaints. Going to be an electric atmosphere. Hopefully it gets rocking early like it did last time the ag college was up here.

No different than what Fargo or Brookings or any other college does for big name games. If they don't do it, they end up on the secondary market for just as much or more. I don't like it but it's the reality.

To be fair, that's not completely accurate. They struggle to get the games they claim they can't but part of it is because they can't get the terms they ask for. They have turned down FBS games in the past because they felt the offers weren't good enough, which is will within their right to do. Also, tough to blame them to turn down what they feel is a low offer when they can make more money hosting a cupcake. I have no doubt their phone isn't ringing off the hook, but there is plenty of leaning into the "no one will schedule us" narrative.

*shocked face*

Team played their worst game of the year with issues that haven't popped up this season in all 3 phases, lost the turnover battle by 3 and still had two chances at the end to win the game. Clean up the penalties (which were hugely uncharacteristic based on the first 8 games), take care of the ball and the rest will take care of itself. Time to rebound and make a statement that it was a fluke.

In what world are Denver and St. Thomas in the same part of the country?

I agree with all of this. But I also see why it would have needed some seismic shift in something outside of anyone's control to make it anywhere near worthwhile for all the programs that aren't Summit/MVFC or Summit/NCHC. It wasn't like anyone who had membership in two (or three) of those entities had the political capital to force the issue, nor could they have threatened to go elsewhere.

Half the MVFC teams have no interest (why give a conference they aren't part of for their Olympic sports more control) and the NCHC is profitable and the majority of the teams wouldn't see any benefit. Not sure how you convince the teams against it to change their minds to do something that doesn't benefit them.

Lowest rated G5 (G6?) conference and below the MVFC. Their top team would be 4th in the MVFC per Sagarin ratings. MoSt slots right between SIU and ISUred. Somewhat checks out based on past history.

I haven't agreed with any assessment that CW has been a starting level QB in the NFL (which is an obviously high bar) since he got hurt early in his career but he's tough as nails and showed real leadership playing through immense pain to protect younger players. That's true leadership and reinforces that he is a great human being.