UND-FB-FAN

Alerus will be used if Memorial is still covered with snow; if Alerus is being used, then practices can't really be open but they are open practices at Memorial. Spring Game is April 20th.

Whenever UND gets close, all UNI has to do is throw it into the post and get either fouled or an easy layup. Our defense in the paint has been terrible.

Wilmer's defense is atrocious.

Yeah, that was a horrible end to the half. It doesn't look good but hopefully we can get back in this thing.

I don't want to be the guy criticizing the officials, but well, these officials have made some questionable calls against UND thus far. Examples including charge by Webb, illegal screen, and lack of fouls called on UNI.

I agree. Hopefully the team performs like they did against Weber State, because "that team" had the potential to win the Big Sky Conference Tournament.

In order for UND to be considered by an FBS lower tier conference (MAC or WAC), UND will have to have a new stadium (15K +) and an established FCS resume. Right now, UND has neither. This is why Montana is always a hot name when potential 'FCS to FBS' schools are mentioned; Montana has a 25K+ stadium and they are well known as a national FCS power.

I couldn't agree more - this new IPF has the potential to be even better than what NDSU has, but that remains to be seen. One thing that's for certain is that facilities like what NDSU has and what we are getting certainly are a crucial part of the "success equation".

If anyone is interested, this is what NDSU has for facilities: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGYqPpwXgEI They are quite impressive, relative to what we have currently. The only reason I bring this up is so we can see what we should be striving for. With the new IPF, there is no reason we can't have the same type of facilities, including coaches offices, meeting rooms, film study rooms, and weight rooms.

If for whatever reason the Ralph is available for the Big Sky Tournament, I think you set up the court there and host the tournament in the nicest venue in the history of the Big Sky Tournament. That would really make a name for UND around the conference with visiting fans being able to tour and check out the facility. If the NCHC first round is held at the Ralph that same weekend, then you pack the Betty.

Hosting the Big Sky Conference Tournament would be just awesome. I certainly hope we can get it done next season and accomplish that!

Montana has the win and they will likely host the conference tournament.

According to a tweet by Nate Baukol, strength and conditioning coach, the players with the top 5 40-yd dash times during a recent testing were : WR Greg Hardin WR Kenny Golladay S Baylee Carr RB Jake Miller LB Cordero Finley

I agree. Considering the amount of local FCS teams (South Dakota, South Dakota State, Ag School of Fargo, Northern Iowa), we should hope to schedule home and homes with most of them. If anything, I think it would be great because when we play those respective teams on the road, a large percentage of our fan base could travel from UND to watch our team on the road. Playing against teams on the west coast doesn't really allow many fans to make it, unless they're willing to pay for a plane ticket and such.

So as far as FBS games go, we have San Jose State in 2014, Wyoming in 2015, and Bowling Green in 2016. If we don't have an FBS win by 2016, I will be disappointed. I understand going 3-0 against those three is maybe unrealistic, but I'm only asking for 1-2!!

Considering the amount of seniors we'll have next year, including Jaron Nash, and the up-and-coming players like Hooker and Salmonson, next season will be THE year. It should be the season we're all in and make that run at the NCAA tournament, because we're going to have a fairly new and inexperienced team in 2014-2015.

This was a good win. They led the whole game. Now, hopefully they complete the sweep with a win on Saturday vs Eastern Washington. Its looking good as we move towards the BSC tournament. If we can beat Eastern Washington on Saturday and then Southern Utah at home the next week, we'd be the #3 seed, be getting healthy with Brekke and Schuler, and be entering the tournament with a 3-game winning streak. One more thing, is Eastern Washington's court red?

It would be incredible, but as of right now, it really is just a dream.

That would be perfectly fine with me!

I hope you're referring to Southern Illinois.

I certainly agree. Right now, NDSU considers themselves on an entire different level than UND, and to a certain degree, they are right. GT believes scheduling and then subsequently losing to UND is the only thing that can get UND up to the same level as NDSU. I actually can see where GT is coming from, but if you think you are that much better than UND, then why not play the game and show everyone else in North Dakota that you ACTUALLY are! His delayed nature in scheduling this game I think only implies he believes UND is a legitimate threat to knocking off NDSU if they played. Even if NDSU is the better team on paper, the enormity of the game will likely make both teams play an exceptionally competitive game that could go either way.

Well, I simply stated Montana is a better football brand because Montana is a more renown football school than NDSU, in my opinion. They were winning and competing for DI titles well before the Ag School. You can state I'm jealous all you want, but the fact of the matter is I don't want to help out NDSU if they're looking for a last minute game, especially with how tentative GT has been in regards to getting an NDSU-UND game scheduled. The only exception to helping out NDSU would be if it acts as a catalyst to getting this UND-NDSU SERIES back together and active.

Unbelievable!! Great back-to-back plays by Anderson and Benton!! Great road win and a crucial step towards locking up the 3rd place regular season finish.

mtjack from the NAU-UND game thread appears to also thinks the UNC guy is quite the homer: "The biggest homers in the Big Sky, in my opinion, are Weber State (Dutch) and U Northern Colorado's play by play guy. They have nothing on ol' Hawk Harrelson for the White Sox, though. I watched the Midco announcers Saturday and they seemed to be just enough of a homer and critical enough to call the game in a tolerable manner. No complaints from this outsider. "

Not to stir-up the "announcer pot" anymore, but UNC's announcer seems very biased in my opinion; even more than most other Big Sky announcers I've listened to on Big Sky TV.