Johnny Five

Here is a Gopher Hole Q&A with Eden Prairie's RB. and before you rip on it being from the gopher hole, those guys do a good job talking to high schoolers and a lot of the kids are right in UND and NDSUs wheelhouse: http://www.gopherhole.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1571 (I apologize if it's not hyperlinked. Trying tonfigure that out with the iPad.)

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news for you, but whenever the Bison may fall I will return. Speaking of, wide receiver Zach Vraa was set to return for the Bison after being out since game 1 with a broken collarbone. 1st practice back he re breaks it. I feel bad for the poor kid, it is his third break in two season and second this year. Just a reminder that the JMU vs EKU game is on ESPNU Saturday morning at 11. So if you are laying around you can watch whichever team you guys will be rooting for in the Fargodome...haha....Happy Thanksgiving.

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Look it's a dead horse. Punch it.

Could be watered down to 6 wins as early as next season if they happen to expand the playoff field to 24, which has been rumored.

Allegedly the NSU vs ODU game is SOLD OUT this weekend. According to a quick wiki search their stadium is just under 20K. Schools are in fairly close proximity so that helps, but nonetheless that will make for a great atmosphere. ODU program is quite the story.

Again, it turns into a Bison-Sioux pissing match. Sweet. If there were first round games in Bozeman, Missoula, or JMU this Thanksgiving weekend, tickets would be easy to come by just as they were for NDSU last year. It's not any particular fan base here, it statistically does not draw well. Once again, the JMU AD has a renovated stadium that this season AVG 25K fans per game in the regular season, and he was only banking on 12K the first game of the playoffs when he submitted the bid. Can't argue that, he said it outright. These games do not draw that well for whatever reason, even at historically good FCS schools. And let's be honest, the bid process has to make some of the "at-large" selections turn some heads with that selection committee, which in turn makes the field slightly flawed. NDSU was a OT game away from hosting a semifinal last year, and as the last team in that is just flat out wrong to me.

I'm not sure about that. IMHO, the "die-hard" fans will want to be at the game. 12K last season (for me) was a disappointing number in Fargo, but it was a pretty rowdy crowd without the corpie, texting, smartphone type fans. In looking at the numbers and other expectations of other schools though, 12K was actually a decent number. So with Winona State...would you rather have 5K "Sioux Fans" or 8K with 3K who are just bored at home? It's an interesting debate in playoff football regarding attendance.

Woods was unreal in that game last weekend. He is explosive. I've seen posts elsewhere that he is leaning towards football for college and that may end up in either UND or NDSUs favor, because I think UMN will explore the preferred walk-on route.

I think the article I linked about with JMU speaks volumes. JMU averages 25K per game and were only expecting 12K when they submitted their bid. These first round games are tricky because A). Holiday weekend and travel plans may be set. B). If you are a bubble team (like NDSU 2010), you really have less than a week to re-arrange plans. It's all excuses but it seems to ring true no matter where you are, even die hards like Montana.

Here is an article explaining the bids from JMU's side. Interesting that despite drawing 25K per game, the figured they would only draw 12K for a first round game: http://jamesmadison.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1297128

I watched that Montana game. It was "here we come stop it" by Montana. Pretty darn impressive.

Hambone I agree with your first round picks to a tee: Stony Brook, Central Arkansas, Old Dominion, and JMU. Edit: How about the fact that JMU has something like a 25K stadium and they got out-bid by a team that averages less than double digits? How cool would a Montana-Montana State semifinal be?

Not only does scheduling "down" hurt if you are sitting at 7 wins, Montana State playing Minot State this year MIGHT cause them to drop in the seeding. For example (depending on how the games play out today), they could slip from the 2 overall seed and homefield throughout the playoffs to the 3 overall and having to travel for the semis. Speaking of, Montana St vs Montana today. Oh how I wish we'd move past the BS and get the schedule figured out for UND vs NDSU.

Whoa! That would ruin NCAA football!!! How would the kids study and stuff?!?! Lol....

Breaking news: lakes is stirring the pot on the Internet. Good luck against USD guys. I hope you can get a full house and some electricity in your building.

Quite frankly it gives us Gopher fans an even worse image.

Agreed there Brian...and let's not forget they lost Leblanc probably for the season as well.

This whole story is an absolute disgrace but to lump other Big Ten schools in along with the conference is unnecessary. Absolutely disgusting how long this went on even before the grad assistants discovery in 2002.

Holy Sh*t does it ever stop? Both conferences are tough to get through. Unreal. Congrats UND on another good road win. It's never easy to travel that far and get a W.

Good luck this weekend und. Beat up on those Cali boys.

Guess I'm confused on how Dell vs Eidnsess is any different than Kangas vs Frazee or Patterson vs. Kangas.

As a Gopher fan, nothing insults me more than the ND jokes. I live in ND, grew up in NW MN, and lived in the Cities for 4 years in my mid-20s. Besides being able to go to sporting events, those 4 years living in the Cities sucked a**! Any Gopher fan who is overconfident whatsoever about going into this weekend needs a head examination. I take you back to the past three years, and also a Sunday afternoon game against Vermont not too long ago. I hope I'm wrong but I see the Sioux getting at least two points. The smack seems to be even more nasty this year than ever, let's hope it settles down a bit and we can enjoy some good friggen hockey this weekend.

Maybe he is referring to lammy firing the puck into the stands. Or was it parise....whatever. Rau is none of that nor has he shown any of that nor has any current gopher. Case closed.

This discussion on celebrations started about the same time the Sioux logo debate.