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I almost guarantee someone said that out of pure (poor) speculation, and it somehow transpired among bison fans (I married into some bison fans too) into a general undisputable fact.

nevermind

Anyone having sound issues with the webcast?

hopefully he gets in a post game argument with eaves. Then eades shows up and squirts eaves with a waterbottle, meanwhile Rylan Kaip will show up and start a fight. And the student will litter the rink with dead badgers.

Pretty much, he'd rather try to beat the breezers off his own kid every year.

The students better not disappoint when MN finally comes back to the Ralph. I expect plenty of gophers on the ice.

Particularly in hockey. Whenever the team struggles and they interview a player, they always say, "We need to get back to playing Fighting Sioux hockey". While it completely sucks that we were forced into retiring the nickname for the school, it particularly sucks for hockey. Mainly because that is the sport that had garnered the most national attention when it came to recognition of that nickname and logo.

Haha, nice. I know there are people that absolutely hate some of that stuff, but you gotta love some of those old school traditions. Unfortunately, half of that gets missed when you watch on tv.

Look at you, getting the blog posted on the main siouxsports page. I assume that is new, as I haven't seen it before. Nice work.

It'll be interesting to see if someone can get one in. I remember when I was in college in the mid 2000's and some guys snuck one in. If my memory is right, it was a Halloween night game, and they snuck it in inside one of their costumes. I remember it lying right in front of the Wisconsin players as they were lined up for the anthem.

Any word from the recruiting trail? Who they are visiting?

There is still time for Fabbro to change his mind jk

any chance it was a thumbs up or a friendly wave?

Agreed, I don't think we are talking incredibly expensive upgrades. Addressing the natural light issues would be nice too, especially on the concourses, though that would be more expensive. I can also acknowledge that a lot of the improvements needed for a solid game day experience stem from winning. Win and the fans will come, Win and the tailgating will improve. Look at what NDSU tailgating has become over the past 4 years. It comes from winning, and it really is amazing to see how their game day has exploded. There are so many Buses and RVs and tailgate setups down there. I was there a few weeks ago, and it was a blast (especially because South Dakota won, hahaha) but seriously, you can hate their program and their team, but serious respect to what they have turned that game day experience into.

Have you considered applying to manage the Alerus Center? You just put more though into your reply, than the Alerus has put into a game day improvements over the last 15 years.

Haha, no doubt. Though if I was one of those filthy rich alumni, I would gladly put some of my money forward, like what Ralph did. Pretty cool to be able to impact that many people (fans, students, players, etc). As this topic has turned into more of a defensive discussion about the Alerus center, I would like to re-direct it. I am NOT saying the Alerus Center is a terrible building. By most school standards its a top notch facility. I'm just saying their are things that I don't like about it as well. 1. Concourses need a major upgrade. 2. I hate that there are no end zone seating. I think it looks really tacky. I would have rather they cut out a few of the back rows and extended the stadium out to have seating room behind the end zones. Just a personal preference. 3. Game day effects. As it has been mentioned the production quality is lacking. The fact that they can't even turn the lights out before the game, and amp up the crowd as the team comes out is poor. If their currently lighting system can't handle that, then it was poor planning to put it in. Look at the difference in the game day effects between hockey and football. 4. Sitting in their feel like you are in a tin can or a pole barn. The big metal walls behind the bleachers are hideous. I know it gets loud in their but its just not the most appealing. 5. Location. I always have though that it would be way cooler to have an on campus stadium. I just do. I get that this isn't the Alerus Center's fault, but I think it would do a lot for the student involvement and the tailgating. It would be nice to have tailgating on campus instead of right next to the interstate. I will reiterate, I DO NOT think the Alerus is a BAD football stadium. I DO think it needs some upgrades, and if an alumni ever wanted to come to campus and build a Ralph like football stadium, I would gladly accept.

Better, but not perfect. The building still needs some improvements. I do think seats should be at the end of the end zones, not a giant wall. The concourses could really be upgraded too. The building is not bad, but it could be better. It doesn't have a very warm or inviting feeling to it.

It has been a while since I have been up to GF, but I was just going off of what I remember and what others have posted on here. I certainly don't think it is a bad building. I've just always been a fan of the idea of having a stadium on campus.

I'm not denying the atmosphere was great back in those day. I was at the games. I was in the band for a few years in the early 2000's, then just as a student for a while. Great noise and great atmosphere. BUT as has been noted in these forums, the Alerus needs to actually make some big improvements. You really do feel like you are in a pole barn. I'm also not a fan of giant walkways behind the endzone, instead of seats. No natural light. Narrow concourse, with nothing relating to UND football. Its just not an impressive building. The building itself isn't was was great in to 2000s, the people made it great. The people will come back if we win, but I hope, at some point, they can build a nice (most likely enclosed) stadium on campus. And as much as you may like the Alerus, you can't tell me you wouldn't like to see a brand new, state of the art, stadium on campus, if someone was going to donate the money to make it happen.

Can we expect some recruiting updates and some offers to be made over the weekend?

Go Nodaks!

Agreed. As I mentioned, that list is purely to give us something to pay attention to this weekend since UND is off. While I also believe 2 wins will get us in, I don't think it is an automatic guarantee. There is always that possibility to be the team that is snubbed for another 7 win team. Ultimately, UND needs to win, but I would take a little help on the side to secure our position.

Exactly. I might not have been clear on that, but that's why I'm pulling for them. especially against SUU.

Thats too bad, because after playing Montana, ISU plays Weber and MT St, both of which are relevant. If ISU is going to get another win, I hope they find a way to grind it out this weekend.

Agreed, in fact most of my post was for selfish UND reasons. ISU beating MT would make our loss to ISU look a little better, but more importantly would take the Grizz out of the playoff picture.