jdub27

I'm curious how you look at the make up of "D1" hockey.....

Not defending the poster you are referring to in any way, I've made my issues on his stances clear as well.

The one to Toivonen two plays before that (called back, offensive holding) was a pretty damn nice pitch and catch as well. #11 made an amazing catch.

You talk about history, yet you're the one who sees the hockey team standing on third base, assuming they hit a triple, while ignoring the $100+ million gift that they sit back on. With the nearly unlimited resources they have, some of the recent results are actually almost embarrassing. I say this as someone who has had season tickets for hockey for years and makes 1-2 road trips each season. Not sure if you are coming up with the most inflammatory things you can to rile people up or you actually believe it, but I hope it is the former.

If you didn't overreact to almost everything, you wouldn't get called out on some of the ridiculously negative things you post. Most are. Please, join us in having a positive attitude and optimism towards a game played by 18-22 yr old kids.

Grand Forks, Fargo, Minot, Bismarck and Sioux Falls were around double the normal price on Allegiant and they even released flights later than normal. They were well aware of what was going on.

Interesting comment considering how many titles were won with the Brien logo.

And 165lbs. Will be a fun guy to watch. It was interesting how he phrased some of his comments about the team this year compared to last. No doubt there will be growing pains but I'm thinking the locker room will be better overall and will hopefully translate into success later into the season.

They sell merchandise to keep it current, which they do with the Dacotah Legacy collection. I'm not sure using it on warm-ups constitutes much "use" to that extent. While it would obviously generate a level of excitement among the crowd, frankly I'd be pretty disappointed if they came out with something that referenced the old name/logo unless it somehow incorporated all of them, including the current one. Even then, I'm not sure how that plays into the settlement because any newly created merchandise with the retired logos needs to have the Dacotah Legacy marks on them.

What's funny is they knocked off UNI of the mighty MVFC in the opener. People are going to get dizzy trying to spin that result.

This is not a knock on Jody at all, he does an absolutely amazing job, with a ton of it behind the scenes that most people never see or hear about and he gets no credit at all for most of it, but with the resources and amount of latitude the REA has, there's absolutely no reason that the REA shouldn't remain in the condition that is has. Hoping Jody stays around for a long time, he stepped in and has done a great job.

And sometimes its the right choice. History is littered with plenty of both.

Not much excuse for the 3rd quarter, which is an ongoing problem, but I'll give them a pass on the 1st quarter. UND started with an 8+ minute that ended in a field goal instead of a TD mainly due to a snap that went over NK's head on 1st and 10 from the 15. Second drive went nowhere. The third drive was derailed by a 15 yard OPI on JJ. The quarter ended with UND getting the ball back on the 8 from a muffed punt and followed up with a score a minute into the 2nd quarter. Not perfect, but a couple execution errors (bad snap, OPI) that things that are fixable.

I think you're underestimating the new front office. Those guys aren't from "within" the organization.

Very fair points and no argument from me on that.

Glad to see this get done, was a priority to put a cap on Phase 1.

Probably a good choice to stop there and not get into the rest since it involves actual documented articles that show your "facts" aren't quite what you think they are.

At time, it made sense for the football team to discontinue the series because of how the D-II playoffs were calculated (though it was changed a year or two later). Other sports could have continued but I'm sure at some point UND fans wouldn't have enjoyed the competitive disadvantage UND was at playing against a D-1 team.

You didn't mention that NDSU choose to do the same and not schedule UND during their transition out of spite even after Tom Buning reached out in 2005 (during NDSU's transition) to try to get all sports outside of football back on the schedule. NDSU refused and continued to hold a grudge for over a decade.

You clearly feel slighted if you think UND "screwed up". If you don't care, then quit complaining about "rationalizing and justifying" feelings, though its hard to believe with how much you have to say about the subject. UND absolutely didn't "screw up", they did what was best for themselves, something NDSU, as an institution, has a long history of doing and there is absolutely zero doubt to a logical person that they wouldn't have dropped the series the second it was convenient for them. In fact Gene Taylor basically admitted this exact thing, saying he'd like to maintain the rivalry "at least through the transition". Just because it happened to be beneficial for UND to drop the series first means you get to be all salty about it for going on 15 years now. Nice revisionist history. There are plenty of articles on the subject where GT was the one giving the quotes to the Fargo media out of the blue. They pushed the narrative more than anyone. On top of that, GT kept moving the goal posts every time a deal got close. That is well documented as well (including off the record comments about NDSU never traveling to Grand Forks, despite him sending contracts where they would, which he would have never signed. Bubba finally called his bluff and accepted a deal favoring NDSU just to get the games on the schedule. Actually, what's even more hilarious is that Gene Taylor was apparently negotiating contracts in the media way back in 2003 when Roger Thomas clearly indicated he wasn't ready to sign them. https://inforum.com/content/bison-sioux-grid-rivalry-continue

Speculation or not, I can guarantee you they would have quit playing the second it made sense for them, exactly the same as NDSU would have done and exactly what UND did. I guess It's unfortunate UND didn't acquiesce and do what was better for NDSU and not themselves, but time to get over it. Kind of similar to how NDSU had no desire (or obligation) to help UND during their transition.

Well, the narrative has already started and the season isn't even half over.

Thought he was on his way back from injury? Did he have a major setback?

Not sure what you saw on Zim last year, likely a stronger arm than Keaton but KS was the better QB and I'm not sure its that close. As for the "coach speak" it is what it is, I've heard it wasn't ever really that close but no reason to declare a starter before you have to. Thought 77 did a good job out at UW, but he was definitely gassed in the 3rd and 4th (not blaming him, he played a lot of reps against some big guys). Didn't pay attention to what the rotation (or lack of one) but to say 92 hasn't earned the starting role and more reps is a bit much. They'll both be needed going forward, defense wasn't on the field a whole lot Saturday, guys were fresh.