Hockeygirl97

I thought "digging in" was going to happen this weekend? This IS looking worse than last year. . . glad I don't have Regional tickets. . . Did a big "can someone just win something today? Anything!!" after that second Finnish goal. . . at least someone was listening. GO USA!!

This is always the worst weekend of the year . . . now the hockey team sucks too? Where's the nearest bridge?

And Hoff misses another open net ...

I'm just really pumped for the second half to start. . . I don't know why, but I have a really good feeling about this team, (despite the stats!!) and think we can make a run at Buffalo this year. The difference Jones made the other night now that he's back was amazing. Not to mention having all our other injured guys back. I think we're going to go on a good run even though it's a tough schedule. I should have put money on us in Vegas. P.S. Feel free to blame me if this post jinxes the team!!

Sounds like a mess. . .

I believe that was sarcasm. . . . I could be wrong. . . .

I apologize for starting this dumpster fire.... all I'm saying is we need to find some no nonsense coaches who have serious expectations and expect to get the job done.... somebody needs to hit the guys down south in the mouth and the last few years have shown no one can do it but us.... so let's get serious and do it. Quit screwin' around....get some coaches.

K. I was kind of kiddding... but sort of the same thing could happen... the womens hockey team couldn't even get to the playoffs cuz the league was so tough... if we don't up our game (i.e. coaches) we could get crushed every weekend. We're either serious or we're not....

We're going to get crushed in the MV.... let's just lose football, save the $$$ and bring back the womens hockey team....do the Serratore brothers have a sister who coaches?

No, he said they practiced it this week. Maybe Rudy's been reading this board finally.

Did he say "screen pass"????!!

And how come no one brings any good signs anymore. . . I used to make half a poster board before and save the back for during the game inspirations. . . .

I miss the Hoogsteen Phooey Song and The Mickey Mouse Ref Song. . . not to age myself. No one comes up w/ good stuff like that anymore. . . non-creative punks. (J/K).

I'm thinking, "No."

Is Nebraska running some other Assistant out of the state on a rail this year?

As much as I'd hate to start completely over w/ a coaching staff, I feel like we're in a lot of trouble here. . . I have a hard time believing Bubba is our guy and wish there was a good FBS assistant out there w/ some potential. As much as last year could partially be blamed on injuries, especially on the defensive side, I still thought we could have done more on Offense that would have given us more chances to win some of those games. Ruddy should have never been hired in the first place, as bad as he was at Minot State, but to hold on to him this long is the worst insult to injury. We play the Bison next year, and are moving to the MVFC the year after that? Not w/ these guys as coaches. . . And them spouting last week, that "it's really important that we win out to make the playoffs" drove me nuts. No, it was important that you won the Weber State game. They were supposed to be "win or die" on that game first and I never heard that. (Although, I was in Vegas, maybe I missed it). I pretty much knew we were hosed after we lost to Weber. We just can't close, it seems like. I give up.

There are also huge pre-game parties in front of the Orleans arena both Friday and Saturday. I believe they are playing the NHL game on the big screen Friday and possibly the UND football game on Sat. afternoon? Not 100% on the football game, but I thought I'd heard that somewhere. . .

Is the Irish Pub still open in New York, New York? I haven't been to Vegas in 10 years, but man, I had a blast at the pub last time I was there!!!

So speaking of this to someone who seems to know what they are talking about. . . . here's a technical question: So if defensive coordinators automatically "make adjustments" at half time, do really good Offensive coordinators prepare for that and plan to do what's working, but also throw in some different plays/plans for the second half? I'll try to watch closer this week, but if you "script" your first 10 or whatever plays the first half, do you mix up your second half to circumvent the defensive adjustments? Or am I overthinking this? Seems like the last home game, we scored in the first half, they adjusted and we stalled.

All I know is that article on Sat. morning made my day. . . reading about whiny Bison fans complaining about the Nickel makes me smile every time.

I just can't believe anyone on this forum is defending that jerk of a president after his dog and pony show of parading coaches and players in front of a committee that never decided anything. He's dead to me after that. And she's right. Tom Clifford was the best president we ever had, and we need to go back to someone w/ some North Dakota roots instead of a crappy pol from Minnesota. Oh, and if I was president of the Champions Club who gets all the extra money add-on money from ticket sales, I'd be in his office telling him what an idiot he is. Wait until the REA contract is up and screw it up then as you will. I only hope he's not still president at that point.

Good Lord, if you're going to go, don't buy your tickets on Ticketmaster. Go to the NCAA.com/exchange site where tickets are being sold waaaaay under face value. . . including mine, by the way!! It looks like I might end up going cuz $100 below face value for both nights is as low as I'm willing to go . . . Granted, then I'll have to cheer for Duluth to make the Championship game so I can make some money back on the Sat. tickets and watch the game across the street at the bar.

I think it would be better if Notre Dame won, just because it was their first year in the Big Ten. That should hardly count. But I don't know, I didn't watch much of it, but seeing how Ohio State dismantled Denver makes me think they'll be tough. . . it almost looked like a Big Ten team playing DEFENSE?! P.S. I really wish Air Force was there. . . .

I have 4 tickets and it looks like I'm going to get hosed on them. The Big Ten fans are really coming through for me. . . I just have to decide how big of a hit I want to take on them before I decide I have to go and cheer for Notre Dame.

Yeah, it got a little long not being able to leave between games. Especially if you had kids with you. Our friends go to a lot of USHL games there, so we knew a couple tricks (like where the big bucket nachos were, they were pretty good. Not the Ralph's brisket nachos, but we can't hold them to that standard). It's probably ok for them that UND didn't make it the first time they hosted, just so they could practice w/ a little smaller attendance. (Not so good for Sioux fans, of course.)