Siouxperfan7

"The Rough Riders were mostly made of college athletes, cowboys, ranchers, miners, and other outdoorsmen. I think we may have something here!!

The regular season champ does get a reward. They get to play the last place team in the league. A conference champ should be able to handle a last place team in their barn in the first round of the league playoffs. Also, they get the top sead in the conference tournament the next weekend. If not, that's their fault. CC not making it was a little crazy. But they can't blame the system for choking at the end of the year. Technically it wouldn't leave only 4 at large bids, as the regular season champ could win the tournament championship as well, but I see your point. The regular season means alot considering PWR an seeding in the conference playoffs. But you have to reward the conference tournament champ. Gives the tournament meaning.

Ask last years UND team if they thought it was a good idea. Also, you rip on third place games but are cheering for St Cloud to lose in a 3rd place game to help out the Gophers!! So if St Cloud loses on Saturday and it allows the Gophers to make the tournament, I guess you could say that you think that they are a good idea!!!

2015 Gonzaga > 2014 Oklahoma. Not even close.

I get it that there a tons of people that have to work and won't be able to catch the entire game. Myself included. But stop and think about what really matters here. Do you want the team to have the best chance of winning, or to make it easy for you to watch the game. They will deffinetly have an advantage over Denver or Miami as they will have more time off between games, no matter if they win or lose. Sure the prime time game on CBS Sports would look better with a full crowd. But I am more concerend with having the best opportunity to win than making the ratings look good in prime time. Get used to it folks, because we will have the early game in Fargo a week later. That is what is best for the team to be successful and that is what we all want right?!!

Nice attitude. Can't stand "hockey only fans".

NDSU has obviously had their recent successes. But that doesn't mean that UND can't either. The Bison lost tons of scoring last year in basketball, projected to finish 5th and now they are dancing. (3 of the last 7 years they have made it byt the way). UND has shown that they can be successful in both basketball and especially football. Tough to be patient when you see the school down the road with so much success. But the way things are now aren't the way things are going to be forever. Bubba has the football team heading in the right direction. We have some great players coming up in MBB. (sure the coaching is an issue, but thats a whole different topic). Brewster struggles at the end of the year with the WBB team, but he has shown he can produce a Championship caliber team. UND can compete in the Big Sky.

That sure sounds familiar!!

Southgate and Rumors are probably the best IMO. If they have a shuttle to the Ralph, its a good place to go before a game!!

Southgate and Rumors are probably the best IMO. If they have a shuttle to the Ralph, its a good place to go before a game!!

http://www.nd.gov/content.htm?parentCatID=74&id=Nicknames Peace Gardeners......pass. Flickertails......tried that. Roughriders......Hmmmm!!

His team won not only the toughest league in the country, but one of the toughest top to bottom leagues that college hockey has seen in a very long time. Seems like a no brainer!!

How bout Regulators!! (I can think of a pretty good intro song they could use)

Jones is definitely on the hot seat. I would hope that BF has laid out the expectations for the team next year. ANything less than a top 4 finish in the conference is just not acceptable. If UND misses the Big Sky Tournament next year, I don't see how BF can legimitely show trust in Jones and not fire him. Of course one would have to know what expectations he has of Jones and the MBB program. If simply making it to the conference tournament in the benchmark for next season, that would be unfortunate.

Hey, we went from the title game last year to last place this year!! So it can be done!

"Great moments are born from great opportunity" - Herb Brooks This statement could not ring any more true for these two guys. Or anyone that has to step up and fill shoes of players that are out.

Hockey is a tough guy sport. People get hurt. It is bound to happen. Has happen to many other schools this year too.

When do they announce MVP of the league? I think Zano has got it in the bag!!

Hopefully Kelley doesn't handle late game scenerios like Jones does!!

Not having LA on the team next year is absolutely huge. He was their offense. Bisides him, they relied on 6 other guys to fill in. Losing a POY who acounted for the majority of your scoring when you have a lot of inexperience that is going to have to step up next year is a huge loss. Without LA, the Bison probably do finish where they were predicted, at around 5th. LA was one of the best players in Bison basketball history. Losing his scoring is going to tough to replace.

Universities have been around a long time. I am sure there are buildings on every University that is as old as UND that could use updating.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/3697116-und-nickname-committee-talks-priorities "A November 2014 survey was part of the former task force's data gathering process. It found respondents ranked having a unique name as a top priority, with several other characteristics also receiving high rankings, such promoting a sense of pride, loyalty and community togetherness." This is one thing that I, ond apparently others, expressed as being extremely important for a new nickname. Bulldogs, Panthers, Eagles, etc are just not going to cut it in my opinion. Glad to see that this is being taken into consideration.

Not sure you can prevent it. There could potentially be 3 #1 seeds from the NCHC. The NCAA isn't conspiriing against leagues to make sure that 4 teams from the same conference could all get to the Frozen 4. There biggest concerns are avoiding league first round matchups, travel, and attendance.

Ever watch the one where they thinks his item is worth more than what is offered and gets no money?

"Students and alumni will be allowed to vote online for two; there will be a write-in option, though nothing linked to American Indians will be considered. A runoff election between the two most-popular choices will also take place online." One interesting thing that the committee will have to decide is who get's to vote for the new name? At Marquette it was students and alumni. If it were up to me, the people that would get to vote would be current students, current UND staff, alumni, Champions Club members, season ticket holders, and current Grand Forks residents. These are the people that are have the most vested interest in the school an it's athletic teams. I don't want some Bison fans in Fargo or some oil rigger in Williston deciding the name for UND. Just my opinion.