Siouxperfan7

Where the hell are you getting this info?

In a time where UND has a multi million dollar deficit and in the process of cutting more sports, how is UND supposed to increase their athletic budget by millions of dollars when they are in the red by over 2 million dollars?!

Not meaning to be a jerk or anything, but absolutely none of you previous FBS predictions have come true. I don't know where you get your information or the confidence to make predictions about schools moving up to FBS, but after being wrong so many times, how are people supposed to take you seriously?

I guess it's worth noting that USD is opening their new Sanford Coyote Sports Center this year as well. As far as upgrades go from what they had before, this one may be bigger than the BSA. This is one heck of a nice basketball facility!!

So what is your end game here? How long do you plan on booing the Fighting Hawks name and still yelling "Sioux" at every game? A year? 5 years? 10 years? The rest of your life? I am sure you get satisfaction for being one of those fans who is a hardcore Sioux Forever fan and feel good about not conforming to political correctness and the evil NCAA. But is that going to be how you attend UND sporting events from now on? There is already 2 banners with the Fighting Hawks name on it. Future banners will have the Fighting Hawks name and logo on them. Soon the logo will be at center ice. Jerseys are going to have the logo on it in one way or another. Students and fans will be wearing more and more Fighting Hawks apparel at the games and the Sioux Shop will be full of Fighting Hawks merchandise that people will be buying. Fans will be cheering the new name. Are you still going to be that bitter fan that refuses to adapt and refuse to accept change?

I think they are the 10 time defending Champions of that title aren't they?!!

Some great photos of the banner raising ceremony from Saturday. Enjoy!!

Could say that about a lot of UND teams. 2011 being the next example. Proof that team that has the best players doesn't always win it all. BU will have a lot of pressure to Win a Natty this year because, like stated before, most of those guys will be one and done.

He must want to play UND a little bit since he agreed to have the Goofs play us every year for the next 7 years!!

I think the Betty works at its current capacity. 3300 is what it holds now. How many times other than games against NDSU in basketball and volleyball has there been a shortage of seats? End bleachers could be made to be higher to hold more seats if need be. Would be a good problem to have to deal with!

Another angle.

So looking at the near finished SHAC, I have to say that I am a little bit underwhelmed by it. I knew that they were going to utilize some of the old seats, but mixed with the newer ones, it just looks tacky. The renderings definitely made it look way better than the final product. Sure it does seat more than the Betty and has a lot more end seating, I have to say that the Betty is just as nice as the new SHAC. Especially with the addition of the new video boards. Anyone else feel the same way I do?

But we still never had a "NCAA Tournament Participant" banner hanging from the Ralph those years like the National Hockey Center does.

Historically inaccurate!

Updated wall at the Betty.

Anywhere there is a TV!! I would guess Sensors would have the most UND fans.

Alerus opened the same year. The new sell wares off pretty quick if you don't win.

The '59 and '63 Championship trophies are not the wood ones shown in the pic. Originals are the ones that are in the lobby. Speaking of the REA lobby, anyone get a pic of the new year up on the wall to add to the other years?

Damn rich kid sport!! Glad there are other more affordable sports options for kids to get involved in in Grand Forks like hockey!

Schweitzer got injured in the 1997-1998 season and Goehring came in and absolutely dominated. So the writing was on the wall for him and he left after his sophomore season. I am sire Bubs will throw Tomek in there from time to time, but as long as Cam is healty and continues to play well, I'd expect him to be in there most of the time.

Northern Arizona struggling to live up to preasason hype!! Lost to No. Colorado and are now 0-2 in the Big Sky and 1-4 overall. (with their only win over D2 New Mexico Highlands. Just more proof that polls and ranking mean absolutely nothing early in the season.

White helmets with the new logo would look sharp. Even better would be using white helmets with an oversized logo!!

So a UND "Dinky Town" then?!

Well, since this is the gold thread... http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/local/4126729-und-owned-ray-richards-golf-course-close-nov-1-good

The green pants are just a great addition to our uniforms. I really like the look with the white jerseys. I wouldn't mind seeing the green pants/gray jersey/green helmet combo on the field.