Johnny Five

That would be sweet if they got him the ball. Better yet would be if someone like Percy took a knee at going into the endzone and they gave Jimmy K. the ball to score. Details are a little fuzzy but isn't it kind of ironic that his final game is against the Bears? Isn't that the game where he fumbled a couple times his rookie year and it sent the fanbase into a frenzy?

Given the kids family situation, you can hardly blame him for wanting to "stay home" for a couple years. Now hopefully the Wild draft him in the future.

Congrats to jimmy k. Great representative of your school, the state and the upper Midwest. He did it the right way and with class even on the way out.

That is every bit a stretch as the Bobcats beating UND.

No.

Let's see. Gaarder was a darn good player in the NAHL and he shouldn't crack UNDs lineup. This is asinine.

Anyone do black end zones? I don't recall...that would be pretty cool.

Allegedly PHP holds about 21k. I don't know much about Frisco either....just reading up it is the fastest growing suburb of Dallas. North of Dallas about 30 minutes.

Well played! I, myself, lucked out on tickets. I'm one of those who waited till the game was over, figured if I had purchased game tickets in advance I'd jinx the whole thing. Otherwise I'd be sending you a blank check right now. Dom Izzo tweeted that they may be opening up some standing room tickets, which figure to be gone in a hurry.

Wtf is going on? bison wearing gold in Frisco. Not a huge fan of them but whatever.

Ok...gene was just on saying ndsu had allotment of 4600 and will be gonzo for sure. Also travel agencies offering packages with game/flight/hotel probably grabbed a bunch as well. Sold out for sure and will be a good Bison showing.

Everyone's favorite Gene Taylor is estimating 10K Bison fans, I think that is a stretch but wouldn't be suprised if there were 8K at all. Hey if you wanna sell your tickets to a Sam Houston fan there is a guy on BVILLE looking for 4. Says his bro is on the staff at SHSU and is struggling with tix as well.

Jack is awesome on radio and a good man to boot.

Definitely not. NDSU is in a lot of fans doghouse the way they handled their 4K allotment of tickets. I expect the crowd to be about a 60/40 SHSU to NDSU split. Not too concerned about it being an "away game" atmosphere, Bohl's teams have done fairly well on the road the past few years in some big environments....McNorton and Holloway are both from Texas, last games of their careers.

Haha...did you? That is funny. I lucked out and got 2 on NCAA website Sunday morning. Rest of my group had to use stubhub for 90 per ticket and now stubhub is in the 250+ range. Bison fans are in freak out mode regarding the ticket situation. I guess it's been awhile...

Well played, sir.

I appreciate your insight. Recruiting CAN BE and ugly game. At the end of the day, we root for the kids who signed the dotted line and chose to represent that school for whichever reason suits them personally. Here is a Gopherhole article on Wayzata T Ben Lauer. 6'7" 255 lbs, scored a friggen 30 on his ACT. He is completely upfront in this article on offers and would be a nice catch. http://www.gopherhole.com/news_article/show/125760?referrer_id=331171

My guess is Sioux Rube's nephew chose NDSU over UND and is a future Bison QB who is neither a thug or a criminal. Sioux Rube is die hard puck fan of the Sioux, a season ticketholder, and a great dude.

The kid could probably dress for the Bison tomorrow afternoon with all the injuries. The coaches are obviously confident they can pull it out of him. At this level being cocky and going through the motions don't get you very far no matter what program we are talking about.

Well within that 16 pages is talk of Rocky Mountain Oysters, and also people saying it's no big deal...not a big flame fest. To be fair the guy did say not available to PRINT media, who knows if Bohl was open to other forms of media. I know he's a rival coach, why does Bohl get a bad rap? As a fan I think he comes across great in the coaches show and on radio. Doesn't make excuses, has stayed loyal to NDSU through the transition and some good and equally bad seasons. Heavy foot, I know... . And yes, I do enjoy your coach, I don't have anything to rip on him about.

That's a reason to dislike the Bison? Hahaha...I'm sure Bohl doesn't have anything better to do than deal with reporters the day before a playoff game. EDIT: And if reading message boards and posts from less than 25 aliases has Bison fans "in a frenzy" I think you have the wrong Bison fans. I'd argue that most have no clue what has been said unless they're on BV or AGS, which would be most of the fan base.

Jeez, someone was ripping the kid in the Herald chat yesterday. WTF is up with that?

Yes. The local stations last year were able to pickup the Bison games at Montana State and Eastern Washington. For whatever reason (this according to Timmerman I guess) ESPN wouldn't release the rights to allow them to broadcast. While it is still available, it kind of sucks that it is not on KFYR/NBC for those who don't have Game Plan. It doesn't affect me, I'll be in my seat.

TV coverage is an absolute joke. The game is "essentially" a sell out (I'm not gonna get into the dumbass student ticket policy, which could potentially open up 1,000 or so more seats), and you gotta pull strings to a certain degree to see the game if you don't have a ticket. Lee Timmerman out in Bismarck here said earlier this week that they tried to get the rights for coverage but ESPN wouldn't allow it. If I'm correct, ESPN will be broadcasting the QTRF rounds on out in some capacity (ESPNU, ESPN3.com, etc) and dictating the schedule. If the Bison are fortunate enough to win this weekend I imagine we will see them next Friday as opposed to Saturday.

And this is a debate I'm sure each coaching staff harps on. There are advantages and disadvantages to each conference. It will be interesting to see how it plays out over the next few years.