Johnny Five

Go back to the smash mouth run and dominant defense you guys had mid 90s on and you will take over the big sky.

Can I get a cliffnotes version?

I am a Gopher fan who happens to live in the middle of ND. I am not dumb enough to think that UND or Denver are just going to go away in the college hockey landscape. I mean the following blurb is not a fact. Although you claim it is: "The reason why, is solely on the fact, that those teams year in and year out will not compete or be competing for the National Tournament. Minnesota, Michigan State, Penn State, Wisconsin (on down years, happens to everyone, but the Sioux) and in the foreseeable future Nebraska (I know, still needs to come to fruition), will not be top elite talents winning the National Tournament. Not going to happen." All teams involved in the conferences will be just fine. You can't just discount the history there because they aren't included with one another. Sure you can wish, say and hope that those programs will fall off the map, but claiming that to be factual is inaccurate.

Both conferences will be good. It is impossible to predict who benefits. To stick a fork in any of these schools at this point is laughable and ignorant.

Every fan base has good and bad eggs, but UMD seems to have 2-3 that roam the web that make their entire fan base look stupid. Back on topic, absolutely disgusting what was chanted. I can't believe they can pre plan that and everyone involved just goes along.

Wow. Horrid call in my book.

I think my tickets are $18 per seat in the north end zone....5 tickets. If they jacked the price to $25 for a couple games I personally wouldn't bat an eye. UND, SDSU, USD, Montana, montana state and UNI are schools I'd be fine with depending on future schedules.

Like I've mentioned before. I wouldn't mind seeing a charge for students either. The student allotment frequently clears out at halftime for most games.

You mean by 1 person.

And Alarys within stumbling distance!

I'm not about to defend Shaver's comments but there isn't only one fan base who turns idiotic during those series.

Seems to me there were a couple big sky teams with open dates. I hope something works out, it would be sweet if UND had an open date there. The bison have a cupcake, then CSU on the road, then two open dates followed by UNI on the road. Although CSU isn't exactly a powerhouse, there is a very high probability of them starting 1-3 if they went to FSU to fill their schedule. Although I'd take that over a 6th home game vs Minot State i guess... Oh how interesting it would be if UND and NDSU had open dates and were just sitting there....

Yeah everyone is flipping cars over as we speak.

Are you serious? Wow.

0 chance that happens. TCF is a cool stadium though.

I think you are correct. In this day and age (twitter, youtube) a kid from "northern" Minnesota would've been heard about by now....at this point very late into his senior year.

Yes. I'm not gonna lie...I like where the Bison sit I can go to road games within a fairly easy drive. The UNI rivalry is awesome. Man there would be a lot of hugging it out to become friends again to make it happen. Whoops didn't see your part on all 4 Dakota schools.

I just wish they were in the same conference...oh well.

A playoff meeting would be ridiculous. I for one believe this rivalry is/would be/will be better than Gopher - Sioux hockey just because everyone west of in non hockey spots has a stake in it as well. Puck heads may disagree with me...but I am a puck head.

Tough to argue with what NDSU has done I guess. the ultimate goal is home field and an NCAA title, worked like a charm. Good thing opposing teams fanbases don't set the schedule. With the Big Sky looming, neither team "needs" the game but it would be fun.

Actually they should start charging the students for tickets...those sections clear out for a 20 minute halftime.

You can't discount the 70s and 80s. That is when great traditions started that have carried through to today. I will say the same thing about UND hockey. Never take that history for granted.

FYI....Montana will be at the Dome one of these years, can't remember which. 2014? So hopefully they are laughing at themselves.

The good news is, I don't care what app state or Montana fans think. Hell Montana state just played MINOT STATE. I say bring on the Sioux. Home/away every year. The most recent und ndsu game don't mean sh*t to the coaches and players in the programs today.

Solid contribution to the discussion.