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Ugh, Bummer!

Solid point, lets stop wasting time and money on cancer, aids ebola, etc. Clearly I am being facetious, but again, it does not all have to be so black and white. I'm willing to put my trust in medical and economic experts over the public opinion. Doesn't make it fun or convenient, but would you feel different if this affected a different grouping of people? Babies, Children, Young Adults? My point is there is no perfect answer to how to handle this. Do nothing? Do Everything? Somewhere in between? I'm not expert, I'm just saying some people need to temper their anger over sporting events, when there are bigger things at stake.

Agreed, I'm still hoping they can play the NCAA tourney, but if they don't, I get it.

I love how so many people on public forums, especially a sport forum, deems themselves both economic and medical experts. My understanding is, Covid-19 is not overly dangerous unless you are older, or you have a compromised immune system. Of course there are exceptions to this. Several on social media think it is more important to continue to play sporting events, than try to limit a virus that is lethal to a certain part of the population. That does not mean that you can keep that part of the population away from the even to contain the spread. Even if only young people attend the events the virus can spread among them, creating exponentially more infected people that can then infect people who are older or have compromised immune systems. I totally get the terrible economic impact of cancelling tournaments, schools, businesses, etc. but what are people supposed to do? Continue as is, and if people get infected or die, that's just too bad? There is no great solution here, but any solution is certainly not as black or white and many here and other public forums think. This thing is affecting everyone ... infected people, uninfected people, kids, adults, elderly, businesses, schools, teams, athletes, and certainly after checking my 401k ... me. Ugh! Everyone gets their opinion, but there seems to be a little lack of compassion for human health and life from some posters.

So are they waiting to announce if the NCAA Tourney is cancelled then?

Has anyone been to the spring practices/scrimmages? Care to report? I saw a few comments from Miller on Twitter, but a nice write up would be great!

gross

Yes, but you are just as capable of spreading it to numerous other people including those over 60 and with weaker immune systems.

interesting fact, I would have had no idea.

It’s not that I care if we play the Bison, but I will not cheer for them to win. Ever. Especially after just barely squeaking by DU last night.

So looks like we play Fort Wayne and are cheering for Oral Roberts

Holy $hit! I missed the game because of men’s league hockey ... tried to follow but saw we were down. What a job! That has to be a confidence booster. Keep it rolling men! Way to go!

Gabinet is a very poor man’s Rand Pecknold

Nice bounce back by the Sioux. As far as I’m concerned Thome has earned the spot going forward which is not something I would have predicted earlier in the season. Scheel is really good, but Thome is the man right now! Scheel needs to stay ready. hopefully Kawaguchi is back soon and continues his work towards the Hobey. much more to come for this team!

Bring back Kyle radke, rylan kaip and mike prpich

Impossible to know since they barely show any flipping replays.

He was, but he still didn’t look as sharp as he did at the beginning of the season

Scheel just isn’t quite back to early season form

I mean they have some really good teams, but so did the Big Sky, especially the last few seasons. NDSU is a different animal, so throw them out of the conversation. SDSU, Youngstown, UNI .... all comparable talent wise to teams in the BSC. Different style of course. Seems that the MVFC team just tend to beat up on each other though. So apart from NDSU, and sometime SDSU, nobody really runs away with it. You have a bunch of teams that have a few good wins and a few good losses. That being said, when I look at next year, it could be fun. It is just tough to know how UND will do on the road at some places they have never played. Obviously road play needs to improve, as we saw from the Nicholls game. SDSU is the toughest home game, but that doesn't mean UND shouldn't be able to compete or win. USD at home is always interesting. Should win all other home games. No clue how to feel about Illinois St or Youngstown state. I just don't know enough about these MVFC teams yet.

Go EP!

From EP, and I was only think EP cuz I coached their former head coaches daughter last year in mites. Didn't realize he left Blake this year. sooo, pulling for EP

100% agree. Had bubba started showing improvement last season, not necessarily in the win/losses, but the play style and know when to make certain calls and adjustments, I would have been much more inclined to support the extension, but I don't feel he has really escalated the program all that much since taking over. He has made some improvements, but its not like we are a perennial playoff team. Some of that lies with recruiting, which honestly has to be extremely difficult right now, given NDSU is just down the road, and you also have SDSU in proximity as well. Both went D1, when UND should have, and both established themselves before UND wised up and made the jump. Regardless, Bubba and his staff have brought in some talent, but need to expand and improve in the recruiting area. It can't be a few good kids surrounded by good D2 players. There needs to be better balance and a more well rounded recruiting class. Glad to see they have finally started making the O line and QB positions a priority. There has also been some bad luck with injuries and defections (especially Canadian kids), but that is still an area to improve upon. As for coaching and play calling, there was certainly improvement when Rudy left, but it still isn't all there. Is that Bubba? Is that Danny? Is there a combination of Danny learning the job, and/or Bubba restricting him? Who knows ... but Bubba definitely needs to have his team playing to win games, not play to not lose, or to keep the game close. To me, he overlyl conservative mentality has become a problem. If you have a complete shutdown defense, you can play that game a bit more, but UND has not had that. You have to be willing to take some chances, and know when to take them. Again, maybe he doesn't feel he has the offensive talent to take some of the shots he needs, but he has also been around long enough to have recruited accordingly. I would have liked to have seen him take this season as an opportunity to earn his extension, but I don't make the decisions. I really do like some of the pieces that this team has put together, though we need more. Hopefully, there aren't any games about saving redshirts, I want to see the best player on the field. If Vaughan is the guy, and he separates himself in practice, then he should be the starter again Valpo, if Mitchell can add his speed to the game and make some moves, then get the kid some touches. I don't care who plays, so long as they can contribute. As always, i'm pumped for next season, just hope we see some surprises and some nice wins, rather than disappointment and WTF moments.

Pulling for Blake and Eden Prairie myself.

You just lost all credibility! jk

I still remember watching his brother when he looked like he was going to go into the penalty box to get a guy. Ref stopped him, put him in his own box, and I don't think he sat down or stopped yelling across the scorekeeper for the full 2 minutes. Good stuff!