UND-FB-FAN

Today SFI tweeted the preseason Rivals rankings for the two FBS teams UND faces this year, Idaho and Fresno State. Idaho is ranked 114th and Fresno State is 62nd. After last year

I agree with that. What I meant by indirectly is that the collapse of the other sports (due to loss of the Big Sky) would cause deprivation to the entire athletic program in terms of national reputation. This would slightly hurt the hockey program, but there is no question losing Minnesota and Wisconsin due to conference changes would more directly and devastatingly hurt the hockey program. Also, the only reason I mentioned NDSU in my previous post is due to recruiting

As long as this nickname issue continues, the athletic program will continue to decay

I couldn't agree more.

I was able to make it to the scrimmage and I made a few observations. First, the punt team is transitioning into the spread punt formation. There obviously is some familiarization needed with this new formation because the punt block team did block a punt and got close to a couple additional punts. RJ McGill and Kenny Watkins were catching the punts. Also, Chavon Mackey blocked a field goal and returned a fumble for a TD. In regards to the quarterback situation (which I did pay the most attention to), QB Brent Goska and the rest of the first team took limited snaps. When the first team offense and defense were on the field, it was apparent that the defense was playing at the higher level. Devin Benjamin anchored the middle well and the new outside backers Johnnie Daniels and Dominique Bennett added an element of athleticism. When Goska was on the field, he really didn

To hear they're changing the format is really great in my opinion. For the longest time, the spring game was a ridiculous scrimmage at best. If you watch spring football games from any other team, they