Siouxperfan7

Good lord

Fire Sather now.

Sather conference records: 2019-2020: 7-9 2020-2021: 8-8 2021-2022: 2-16 2022-2023: 0-5 So in 3 plus years, that’s 17-38. 2-21 in the last 2 seasons so far. Pathetic.

If this team loses to Denver on Saturday, Sather needs to be let go. He has shown that he can’t coach at the D1 level.

Bison fans currently in the “everyone excited about the Bison losing are just haters because they are so jealous and wish they had the success we had, have to cheer against the Bison because your team is not in the Championship, hate us cause you ain’t us” mode right now!!

Big sweep this weekend. Confidence builder.

Never doubted this team for a second.

Hanging banners is what UND strives for. This one may be the biggest and most important one to date. Well done UND.

Last shot of the game. Foul?!!

They might review?!!

Need to have a contest every game to guess the starting 5 for each game! Could have 20 differenct answers!!

Unfotunately, the bar is set so low now that finishing in the top 5 would be a success for this program.

Here's the link in case anyone is interested. Don't tell too many people about it!!

Whus isn't this game on ESPN+? I thought all conference games were.

UND clearl is making an investment in the football program. They moved to the Alerus Center in 2001. But, most recently they have built the Pollard Center and are working on phase 2 with ned locker rooms, weight rooms, offices, film rooms, etc. Fotr thos that say UNd is not investing in the program, you are blind. It aall comes down to recruiting the top guys in the FCS. Upgraded facilities helps that. Builsing a tradition of winning is huge in landing recruits. And UND has done that recently with playoff appearances.

Ok. One last bit of evidence then we can put it to bed. NDSU did not recover the ball. And video evidence proved that. Enough to overturn. See in the pictures below. Clearly a fumble. You can see both hands if #49 for the Bison, never had the ball. UIW clearly has possession of the ball UIW got hosed. Bison capitalized. Nothing anyone can do about it now.

Show me which NDSU player had the ball??

And UIW clearly recovered.

What this all comes down to is what I (and many others) have been saying for years. Brad Berry is against using the Fighting Hawks nickname. That's why you never see him wearing anything with a Fighting Hawks logo on it. Why he never refers to the team as the "Fighting Hawks" instead saying "North Dakota." Why the logo is not on the helmets. Why the logo is not at center ice. Why the locker room remodel occured before the new logo came out to avoid displaying it in the locker room. Why the hockey team came out with jerseys that say "Nodak" instead of jerseys that say "Hawks." Brad Berry will go out of his way to prevent using the Fighting Hawks name and logo. And that includes promoting a name and trademark that is owned by his daughter!! Shady as hell and just embarassing for a head coach of a the most popular sports team at the University.

I posted attendance figures a few days ago. Typically it has been close to a sellout, but numbers have been dropping the last few years. This year, they have failed to get to 13K for a playoff game. 2022 2nd Round 12,929 Quarterfinal 11.825 2021 2nd Round 12,557 Quarterfinal 11,794 Semifinal 16,550 2020 Quarterfinal 3587 *COVID* 2019 2nd Round 15,690 Quarterfinal 18,077 Semifinal 17,866

All highways in North Dakota (as of 9am) are either "no travel advised" or closed. Weather along with this game being on a Friday night is going to drastically affect attendance. Crowd noise has always been a huge factor in the Bisons home field advantage. To be honest, I don't see how they get over 12K. Now, the fans that are there will still be loud. But, it will not be the semifinal amped up home crwod Bison fans are used to.

NDSU playoff attendance since 2011. Now, looking at the numbers, you could saysince the COVID spring season, playoff attendance has dropped drastically. That may be one reason. But is that the only reason? The home filed advantage is still there, don't get me worng. But, the noise that the Bison defense has relied on in the past wont be a factor if there are only 12K at the game on Friday. I mean, looking at the previous years, the last 2 years are pretty alarming. 2022 2nd Round 12,929 Quarterfinal 11.825 2021 2nd Round 12,557 Quarterfinal 11,794 Semifinal 16,550 2020 Quarterfinal 3587 *COVID* 2019 2nd Round 15,690 Quarterfinal 18,077 Semifinal 17,866 2018 2nd Round 17,007 Quarterfinal 16,404 Semifinal 18,286 2017 2nd Round 18,067 Quarterfinal 17,008 Semifinal 18,279 2016 2nd Round 18,305 Quarterfinal 18,285 Semifinal 18,282 2015 2nd Round 18,232 Quarterfinal 18,041 Semifinal 18,105 2014 2nd Round 18,113 Quarterfinal 18,049 Semifinal 18,025 2013 2nd Round 18,455 Quarterfinal 18,219 Semifinal 18,694 2012 2nd Round 18,482 Quarterfinal 18,267 Semifinal 18,484 2011 2nd Round 17,432 Quarterfinal 18,111 Semifinal 18,108