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Maybe you should have tried the day tickets went on sale for the regular season game. If the game is sold out, it is sold out. There were UND fans that bought tickets outside of the visiting section. I guess you called too late. Should every UM hockey fan get a seat automatically when they call the REA for tickets?

Where I grew up the high school mascot was The Blue Devils. Several people from the christian community wanted it changed because they felt is was "Satanic". Now they are called the Mora Mustangs. It was complete BS! This conservative, protestant, puritanism has to stop!

Unofrtunately the SCSU admin does not have sports on the radar because it is not PC to focus on sports. The university actually had a surplus of over 1mil and I think a portion of that should go to football scholarships. We will be at 28 scholarships this year and more for the next year. I can't believe we can have success against fully funded teams that have more tradition than SCSU, but lately we have. Every other sport is fully funded and I don't know why we don't fully fund football. Thank God we have great corporate donors but the athletic department does not ask for funds from private parties as much as they should. They should take a page out of UND's book when it comes to that. As far as fan support... it is what it is. This is a tough town for football with SJU and the areas favorite team being the U of M. A move to DIAA for msu or SCSU is an imposibility.

I would say that is a very fair comment. I was completely embarrassed at our turnout. But I am sitll proud of out team.

SCSU has never drawn for football but the reg season game between SCSU and UND was a tough ticket in St Cloud. I think that SJU had a game that day with over 10000 in attendance. That didn't help because it takes away the non-partisan football fan out of the picture. The casual fan would rather take in that atmosphere. I don't know what to do to get students to go to SCSU football games. I bet there were only 50 students at the game. Oh well, I guess I just have to yell a little louder to make up for the poor attendance.

Somebody wrote this in the SC Times chat- It was awesome to see fellow NCC fans from UND cheering on the Huskies. Many individuals would not be able to cheer on a rival, but it was nice to see especially since some even found a shirt that was red to wear. WOW! It shows character about that university, and it's fans. And I agree!

Yes I have. It is complete dump. It is like the BSA just alot smaller, with more comfortable bleachers.

Name an arena that is more crappy than the BSA....I can't think of one myself

It is going to be a great site. Go get over there so the conversation can begin. By the way, nice win over my Huskies last weekend. I think that SCSU is good but needs one impact player to become great. Again, nice wins.

I have been to "The Jungle" and the Alerus Center. Crowd noise the Alerus wins hands down. Atmosptere PSU wins because they have some great tailgating and pregame traditions. But the crowd noise will (should) not disrupt UND. As Sid Hartman says, "just win baby". Good luck UND!

Go all the way UND! SCSU fans are pulling for you!

Only 1800 at the MTU game. Did I read that right? I am still pissed about our poor showing.

Please reserve the JBSU for U of M hockey fans. I think is a funny nickname when used by a UM backer. This is not a hockey board and it is not a fitting nickname comming from a UND fan. You can do better than that. Also, don't let the 10 protestors bother you. It's a free country. UND has the right to have whatever mascot they want and others have the right to protest UND's decision. Good luck in Michigan.

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As a SCSU fan, I AGREE. There was no promotion for the game. No St Cloud Times article, no promotion by the university. As I said on a previous post, the casual fan did not even know when the game was. I am not embarrassed to be a SCSU fan but I felt very bad for our team. The SCSU students are very apathetic when it comes to football. Our market is tough with many local sports fans holding season tickets for Minnesota sports teams and SJU having a gate of 10,000 at their home game. I am tired of excuses, in fact I am pissed. Good luck in Michigan.

Too bad someone had to lose that game. I think both sets of fans are classy and the two teams were classy also. It looked like there was little or no trash talk and the UND and SCSU players were always helping each other up after the plays. The thing that upset me more than losing the game, was the lack of student support at the game. I don't know why SCSU can't draw for football. There was NO promotion by the university and the local paper had nothing on the game. Casual fans knew nothing about the game. We draw well for hockey and basketball but football is a nut we can't seen to crack. Anyway, good luck against MTU.

Yes, tailgating is allowed in the lots at the south end of the hockey arena, on the corner of 5th ave south and 13th st south (Herb Brooks Way). the tailgating starts whenever you want to start partying. The bar scene is very good. Just go north on 5th ave south until you hit downtown. Some of the bars in a one block area are The Red Carpet, Press, MC's, DB Searle's, McRudy's, and Superstars. There are others but I don't usually go in them. The Red Carpet is the most popular with the best looking women and live music. (does not hurt to look) They have 6 bars in the building and have live music. They also have a smoke free, higher end martini bar. Ohara's on 33rd and 3rd (or as it is said in Stearns County, tirdy tird and tird) They have a little older crowd and is a very nice large bar.

I am sure there will be at least 500 tickets for UND fans. See ya in St Cloud.

Here is a link to The SC Times article. Good luck UND!St Cloud Times Article

The Alerus Center crowd will scare the crap out of UMD. I know I was shocked at he crowd noise when I watched the UND/SCSU game last year. (what a depressing game) This one will get ugly. UND 48 UMD 7. UND could score 100 but has much more class than Pittsburg State!

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The tailgating takes place in the parking lots at the south end of the hockey arena. There is plenty of parking and tailgating going on. Tailgating is a new trend in St Cloud. It has been great! The lots are located on campus, at the corner of 5th ave south and 13th st south. I have heard there will be about 2000 UND fans there, which is about half the joint. See ya in St Cloud and good luck to both teams.