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Agree. Getting to be quite pathetic there is no overall improvement. Ultimately it comes back to just 1-2 folks who are in charge of this and they apparently don’t care. Either they randomly start caring (unlikely) or someone else gets put in charge of this; best solution would be opening up an entirely new position for this (Alerus Center Football Experience Director or something of this sort…).

Another HUGE game/test for the 2025 University of North Dakota (UND) football team on Saturday, October 18, 2025! UND (4-2) - currently ranked #9/#11 in the country -will go on the road to play #12 Southern Illinois (SIU), which is also 4-2 on the season. This top 15 matchup will kickoff at 2 pm, and will be viewable on ESPN+, or you can listen via radio on the Fighting Hawks Radio Network. Great time for that 5th victory of the season, 3rd conference victory, and 2nd road victory! LETS GO HAWKS!

Good clarification. There are workarounds on both sides, as it seems like when something doesn’t go well, one side is just seen pointing fingers at the other. Ultimately, both need to do better, but there’s no question UND continues to be put in a position of needing to step up and rise to the occasion (and/or raise expectations).

That’s pathetic justification and furthermore is not a factual statement. Stop spreading propaganda.

Agreed

Agree. Need to work around this though, it’s not a hard stop. There are ways to incentivize the Alerus to do better; in fact, a better atmosphere equals better attendance which generates more revenue. The city and the Alerus Center need to work with UND better and just strive to raise expectations and grow the product … it could be so much better and potential is a good thing here.

Again, it’s a football game, not a concert. And this is not purely binary thinking; there should be a partnership between both. I’m certainly not proposing that the band shouldn’t play- they offer a tremendous atmosphere boost and tradition- but it is just that the football team should be allowed to warm up on their home-field appropriately and keep the home-field advantage going. Don’t try to implement some pointless band orchestrated restriction on the *football* team during *football* games that could jeopardize the already great home-field advantage that the Alerus Center offers UND football. I mean, what’s the trade off? Most people are out at the concessions and not in their seat at halftime anyways ….

Bingo

Disagree. It’s a *football* game, not a band show/concert. Go to a concert if the focus is the music. Players can use the playing surface to warm up appropriately whenever they want, so long as the game isn’t actively being played; and on that note, the band still needs to improve their timing, in terms of game action. They should be quiet when UND offense has the ball, and play only to celebrate first downs and touchdowns.

There are definitely opportunities to improve the Alerus Center and the entertainment within it. The atmosphere would be better with these things, ranging from relatively small things including more end-zone seating to improved pre-game entrance videos, etc., to much larger, more expensive upgrades/renovations to allow for natural lighting or expand the end-zone space for additional seating. But the most important thing is the product on the field, which is certainly improving. Also, when the crowd is actually engaged and not sleeping, the noise level is very, very good in the Alerus Center; it gives UND an FCS championship-level home field advantage. See 2001 and 2003 in Divison II … or UND-NDSU games as recently as 2021 and 2023… Ultimately, need to keep winning, but the UND game day staff and the Alerus Center staff can also do their job to keep marketing and promoting the amenities and entertainment production also …get people engaged and keep them engaged.

Wait, you were trying to be realistic? So was I… 12 K per game 2 to 3 games in the Alerus Center per December maybe not this weekend, but very soon… Book it.

Thanks for your wonderful comment. Now scurry back to your beloved ag college and let me know how “hockey1” is going down there? Is NDSU hockey quite good this year?

Yep, hence “some” …

12k is almost the norm now… just need to upgrade the Alerus a bit to make it the true home of UND football and we’ll be there. History matters. And we’ll be hosting a hell of a lot more than 1 playoff game per year. Clear your December schedule - it will be 2-3 playoff games in the Alerus each season.

*one very fine institution representing their state and one okay institution in Fargo representing some farmers, pharmacists, and engineers

F NDSU will take care of those a**holes when the time comes, for now it’s Youngstown St

No, one school is good academically, the other is simply ok but in a larger metro (yet still attracts far less students)- that is literally all.

…. <patience my friend> loading

You remember 2023? That too long ago? we will piss on ag college this year

If you want to farm, you go to the ag school of fargo; if you want to own the farm (and still produce the precious food you use as a petty argument in this context), you go to UND.

Huge opportunity this weekend in Grand Forks at the Alerus Center on October 11, 2025, at 3 PM versus Youngstown State (3-2). Youngstown State is 3-2 after defeating Mercyhurst and Robert Morris at home and then defeating Towson on the road. Their losses are to Michigan State (24-41) and on Saturday to South Dakota State (30-35) although they were leading at halftime. Youngstown State has a very good quarterback in Beau Brungard. Anyone who watched last year’s OT loss to Youngstown should remember him. He’s a very athletic QB that can make plays with his feet and his arm. Going to be a good challenge competing against him. Anyways, huge opportunity for 2025 UND football. Everyone get out to the Alerus Center on Saturday and enjoy our home conference opener against a very solid opponent. Get loud and cheer on UND to their second conference victory. We owe Youngstown one after last year. Big QB duel between Brungard and our very own big-time gunslinger Jerry Kaminski. Let’s Go Hawks!

Well I’m obviously going to get “all bent out of shape” after someone named hockey1 goes out of their way to calculate all that and type it up. You’re probably a country bumpkin ag school central supporter who just happens to like hockey, but I don’t want to jump to conclusions, so I apologize if that isn’t true. Too bad poor little ag school central of Fargo don’t support hockey. Oh well, good luck in the fields this year, or driving truck, or whatever … And yes, by the way, you’re right that both ag school central of Fargo and UND are fine institutions, but what you failed to mention is they aren’t just built on sports championships. They were actually founded on education, and for that, one is clearly superior. In fact, with that, the ag school is most certainly the “little brother” while the other is clearly the Flagship and it’s not the one in Fargo. But this is a sports and football thread, so you can take your +1 for the day and have it .. onward

In other news, although SDSU hasn’t looked as dominate as in years past, their social media team is killing it … something UND should strive to do.

Good work setting the record straight… I’m not making the key point he tried to make… UND is far superior to NDSU. **There’s no “little brother syndrome”** As for athletic championships, NDSU doesn’t even sponsor hockey, just like UND doesn’t sponsor baseball or wrestling, so really it’s all a disqualification right now on true discussion in terms of overall championships between both institutions. But yes, we can credit BOTH UND and NDSU with their division II women’s basketball championships if that makes you feel better with the facts. onward.

Nothing like that national exposure … getting your butt kicked on the national stage!! But honestly, best of luck to the young man.