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OKAY .... was Fighting Sioux controversial? Sure. I guess. Will Roughriders be controversial? Sure, I guess .... so why was this ok with the PC crowd? Because these are the kind of people who always need something to cry, whine and rant about. If they replace Fighting Sioux with Sundogs, they won't know what to do with their time. If Fighting Sioux is replace with Roughrider, then they can remain busy with their political correctness agenda.. All kidding aside, I really don't understand the vantage point of us not using Roughriders because of the association with that horrible human being Teddy R (sense the sarcasm). Its the same garbage as the folks in Mpls who want to change the name of Lake Calhoun because of whom the lake was named after. Honestly, growing up I didn't know who John Calhoun was. To me it was just the name of the lake. Now, people are up in arms because they are offended that someone would have a lake named after them, when they didn't obide by the standards of civilization set 150 years after their death? By this same logic, we should take presidents off of our money, tear down a great deal of statues featuring political figures and so on. Heck in another 150 years, we may even need to chastise Obama for certain views that won't be PC in the year 2165 (personally, I don't need to wait that long to chastise Obama ) I'll get off my political soap box, but at some point there needs to be a line in the sand where we don't pick apart the shortcomings, or bad decisions of every person throughout history. There needs to be, to some degree, an understanding that times were different. People thought differently. Different things were acceptable, even if they no longer are. Lets not tarnish our view of every single historical figure on the basis of today's standards, but on the accomplishments they made to make the country what it is. I'm not saying celebrate their shortcomings; but there is no need to pick all of them apart either. (Rant Over) Go Sioux! Go Nodaks! Go Roughriders!

Trap game

Weber definitely has the capability to pass. Saw them burn NDSU defenders a few times. If last weeks game was a must win, this game is now critical. We need to win this game, then take either MT or Cal Poly on the road. N. Colorado is the most winnable game left on the schedule, and MT State at home, is winnable, but our pass D will need to take some big strides. Ultimately, we can probably afford to drop one more game, but I really don't think it can be this weekend. MT isn't a great team right now, but it still a tough place to play. Would prefer to leave one more loss until Cal Poly, purely because that is a tough team to play with their triple option. If anyone is going to run on us this year, it will be cal-poly.

Was there ever a firm answer for why the webcast crapped out during the game on Saturday? What it a Alerus Center issue, or an Eversports issue?

Definitely .... rankings in general are pretty much garbage until mid-late January. Still nice to see a #1 next to the Sioux ... or at least a number higher than the one listed next to the goofers.

too bad we couldn't have capitalized on that Maine game. Not because it would solidify #1 (rankings are fun, but trivial; that being said I always like knowing we are the top team). More so, because non-conference wins are so key. At least we didn't lose, and it sounds like Maine has a heck of a goalie in McGovern.

With Duluth, BU and BC all dropping games this weekend, will UND jump to the top spot this week?

true, not saying we will win every game, but we definitely are good enough too. Like you said, turnovers will lose them all. This team is truly its own worst enemy right now.

Also, who starts this weekend? Mollberg or Bartels? I've always like Mollberg better, but don't know if he is healthy yet. I do think that both are better passers than Studsrud, and hopefully between that, and whenever Clive gets back, we can become more two dimensional. (That is not a knock on Studsrud, he is young and still needs to develop his passing game)

2 things I really like about this. By using a heavy rush, Weber should go head to head against our tough run D. I think that favors us. Also nice to see that MT is susceptible to a heavy run game. This last weekend was a big step backwards, not just in losing, but in how we lost by epic collapse. I still think this is a team that is capable of making the playoffs, given the outlook of the conference this year. MT and MT St. are not the power teams we ususally see. E Washington is very tough, but even they have only be Sac State by 8. UND needs to win this weekend, and move back in the right direction. Our team is definitely capable of winning any game left on there schedule. Doesn't mean they will, but if they play the way we have seen them play at times, and start limiting these turnovers, there is still hope.

We better hope idaho st has a few more surprise wins against top team. We will need help now.

Losing this means we likely need to win against either MT or Cal Poly and Def need to beat MT St.

All the yelling about the refs is humorous. The refs didn't blow the lead. The refs blew a call. UND may have killed playoff chances with that. They now need to win some games they could have otherwise lost. Horrible step back for this program, after a nice job to start the season. Really poor to lose a game like this, against this opponent, at home, on homecoming. All the pieces were in place (including a lead) for UND to win this. Ask the Bison, ask E Washington, ask Montana .... good teams just don't lose like this. We still have a ways to go, to win the games we SHOULD win. Also fire eversports. That webcast performance was disappointing.

Pretty awesome to keep passing, thats worked out pretty well for us so far.

probably the latter. My stream is pretty good.

Worst run d in the conference, and we pass. And there is another turnover

Agreed, I don't think our offense is bad. I do think it is still somewhat unproven. We know what they are capable of, but whether or not they can utilize that capability on a consistent basis is what I want to see them prove. In some ways, this makes them their own worst enemy. If they utilize their talent, they win, if they don't, they struggle. They should win this, and they should score more than 24. Hopefully they play the kind of ball that they have been recently.

Love that show, I bet he would do it! Maybe with a Gibbs head slap.

No I caught it, I was just emphasizing the point. I'm sure I wouldn't mind some evening games, I'm just a creature of habit, and have gotten very used to the 1pm games. Even watching the Vikes, I always like the noon games the best.

Lets get someone to hack into the ballot website and just add North Dakota to the options. Sounds like a winning idea to me

I actually do like the 1:00 games. As much as I love football, hockey is my number one. So I don't have to try to manage UND football around UND hockey or Wild games. Plus 1:00 is when I put kids down to nap; perfect football watching time for me. The only downside is it does chew up afternoon where I would prefer to be outside in the fall. Especially with a lot of yard and housework to do. Even going back to my college day. Party till 3 or 4am, get up saturday morning and get to the Alerus (I was there early to play in the band). Head back home to catch a quick nap, then start drinking and head to the hockey game before another night of partying. Good lord, how did I make it through school alive and graduate....

Its not really being obtuse. The truth is that regardless of what name is chosen, there will be a group of fans that will always refer to them as the Fighting Sioux and sport Fighting Sioux apparel anyway. So that argument really doesn't carry much weight. Fan Perspective 1: We're North Dakota, so I can still yell Go Sioux! Fan Perspective 2: Well UND adopted the name Sundogs, now I can't yell Go Sioux. The logic just isn't there ... people don't think like that.

When is the last time UND had 3 picks in a game? I just want to see us get a nice lead early.

34-20 UND

Boesser commited to UND before the draft. The only think I can think is that Fabbro wants to keep his options open. As we saw with JT Miller, once your are drafted, you often to what that organization wants. I'm sure based on him staying in penticton this year, he would prefer NCAA, but doesn't want to commit to a school just to back out of it after the draft. At least that is what I am getting from this.