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I don’t either, just wondering if that was the only clinching scenario

So we can clinch the Penrose this weekend right? But would need to sweep Western and see Denver get swept? Or is there a different combo of W/L/T that would do it? A tall order, but would be great to see. Regardless of clinching, a sweep of Western would be huge! Glad to see the boys playing with more consistency! This has looked like an actual team lately, whereas earlier in the season there just didn't seem to be much chemistry. Could be a fun stretch to end the season!

So would every other college hockey fan outside of Ann Arbor.

I would also think he is done here. Just too bad for a kid to let all that potential play out this way.

Anyone hear anything on Otis? Obviously hasn’t landed anywhere to the caliber he wanted. What are his options at this point? Drop down to D2? Walk on at a low end FBS and pay his own way? Would UND ever welcome him back (I’d think he burned to many bridges)?

Wish I could watch tomorrow, but I'll be enjoying my evening with two young ladies at the local father daughter dance. Have fun watching and Go Sioux! Hoping for a win and set up nicely for next weekend when I can hopefully watch again amidst a Mite tourney!

That doesn't seem correct. Quinn is from out East, that automatically makes him better at hockey/coaching/etc. ..... right?

Does anyone foresee Colten St. Clair eventually coaching in this program? I would have to think if Berry were to leave at any given point, Dane Jackson would get his shot as head coach, but that could open the door for St. Clair as an assistant. Or maybe St. Clair gets his experience through working his way up into some sort of NHL capacity first. He seems to be the UND guy making the most of a coaching career as of recent. Thoughts on St. Clair or any other potential future candidates?

Any chance we see any late additions or FBS dropdowns?

What about that Montrell Wilson kid that was mentioned a few days ago? Did he actually sign, or are we still waiting?

Wow, thanks for your rude and condescending post. I'm not missing the point at all. I completely acknowledged that to be competitive we need a higher salary. I was in no way insinuating that a program should be paying their players poor wages. My post was in response to someone asking what the poverty level was in Grand Forks and stating that the starting wage at McDonalds in Williston is $36k. My only point was that there is often a tendency to assume that a modest wage can't support a decent living. It can, if people are smart. Obviously if you want to compete as a football program, we need to pay our coaches more than we are. That has been well documented here; but again, that isn't specifically what I was referring to. So once again, thanks for jumping in to be a jerk and completely take my post out of context.

Baseball probably would have won 3 or 4 College World Series Championships by now too.

Right, I was referring more to $50k for a coaching job in Grand Forks as very livable.

12 years ago I took my first corporate job at the exciting salary of $29k in Fargo. Married, with no kids at the time, we were able to live comfortable and start saving for our future house and family. To be competitive, we should be able to offer a higher salary, but as to whether or not a $50k salary is enough to live on, it absolutely is if you are smart with it. If you're single and can't live on $50k, you need to reevaluate your expenses. If you're married, then you likely have a second income to factor in.

That's what I was saying. The play has been bi-polar, not the fans. I'm not down on Berry necessarily, but I always like Hak. He just seemed to get more out of his players. Its hard to compare because for me it is more about the intangibles, the things that don't show up on a stat sheet.

This is the key isn't it. This is one of the most bi-polar teams I've seen. The talent is there, the chemistry is not. Not all that surprising given all the new players this season. I know there is some lack of excitement for me compared to other years based on the play. Win or lose, the games just have not seems great. You never really leave a win feeling like we dominated, and after a loss I don't often feel like we ever had a chance or were competitive. That play itself reminds me of back in 2017/2018 time frame when we seemed to lack energy, creativity and excitement. Of course then we were relying on guys like Hoff for goals and the talent seemed down. At least we have guys like Gaber, Sanderson, etc. which helps our cause now, but this team still seems to be lacking something. Hope they can figure it out and make a run, but they better figure it out fast. Between the Penn State debacle, Friday night losses, the blowout by SCSU, and getting swept at home by Cornell, we are lucky to be ranked where we are right now. Here is to a Hakstol type run to finish the season!

Agreed. I hate the notion that a guy should automatically be looked at as a coach because he was a good player, or a fan favorite. Good students don't necessarily make good teachers.

Not that I would ever cheer for NDSU, but their success really wouldn't bother me as much if their fans weren't so obnoxious. No so much from a rivalry standpoint, but just an in general obnoxious level. They're not all bad, but there is definitely more bad fans following that program than anywhere else. I suppose with that level of success comes a certain level of fair-weather bandwagon fans that no nothing about the sport, but enjoy the glory. The way so many of them talk, you would think it is them out their playing.

For arguments sake .... I remember a pretty good D2 UND team moving up to D1 (far later than they should have). At that point they had a pretty good name at the D2 level, and they moved up to FCS, so with your logic we should have had no issues recruiting against the NDSU, SDSU, UNI, Montana type schools .... right? Simply being an FCS team should be enough to win FCS recruits, just as simple being FBS should be enough to win FBS recruits. Now obviously there is some satire and extremism in my response, but I think you get my point. I'm not going to say NDSU couldn't find some success at the FBS level, because honestly, who the hell know. They could jump up and surprise some people and give themselves something to build on, or they could struggle for a few years and really just bury themselves into an FBS hole, which would leave their FCS success as nothing more than a memory of what was (still a pretty great memory). Now this isn't directed at you, but there are so many uneducated and dumb Bison fans (just as UND has a ton of uneducated and dumb hockey fans), who believe the team, program and success comes from the name. We're Bison football so we are untouchable, just as many UND fans think UND hockey should be untouchable even though there are a ton of other factors that go into maintaining success; there are only more of those factors as you move up. This could not have been more well represented than by Izzo's comments in the last week. To essential say, NDSU can play for FCS Championships, or FBS Championships is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. NDSU is good and we all know it, but they are a far cry from a dominant Power 5 team that will win week in and week out against that caliber of talent. Now, I don't blame Izzo. He is doing his job and adding fuel to the fire where, as I mentioned, there is already a large subset of very delusional fans. Most aren't that delusional, but we all know there are truly those people who believe NDSU would be Alabama. C'mon Man!

You do realize how ridiculous this sounds from a team that just missed the playoffs, talking about a team that just won yet another championship? We take players from other teams, and that's ok? There are a few ways to look at this .... does this kid have talent and he is just buried under some better players? possible. Does he have talent, but just doesn't care for NDSU (school, campus, coaches, city, etc.)? Maybe. Do you take a kid, purely because he was at NDSU? Of course not. Ultimately, does he have talent? Can he contribute? Is he a good kid? I don't care where a kid is transferring from NDSU, UofM, Alabama .... he needs to be evaluated to see if it makes sense. We have seen D2 talent step up at UND and dominate (Krzanowski, Coe) and we have seen FBS dropdowns come in and do nothing. Every kid is their own player and can have their own contribution. If the coaches think Seth Anderson can step in and help by starting or being a depth guy, I'm for it. And as much as I can't stand NDSU, and am sick of hearing about their football team, they obviously keep getting something right. (Entz still sucks)

Just imagine the Elijah having a conversation with Otis to convince him to come back. The Grady Train blocking the way for Weah all season! We can be known as like 8th Chance U! I can see the Disney posters now! While we are at it, maybe Keelan Poole wants to come back and play a bit.

But does he still have any eligibility?

There are definitely a lot of games (most), where you just wonder how their RBs seem to go untouched for 10-15 yards so frequently.

As per usual, you nailed it.

Anyone know why the SDSU/MT St. games isn’t working on the espn app? Or is it just me?