Siouxperfan7

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.

Just to ease everyone's tensions for this coming series, UND has lost 3 games at home this year. Currently those teams and their PWR are #21 Bemidji, #4 Miami, and #3 Duluth. They have also had 3 ties. #9 Providence, #7 Omaha, and #8 Denver. My point is, we are a damn good team when we play at the Ralph. sure the team looks slightly different with the injuries we have. But as you cas see, Our only loss that would be considered a "bad loss" at home would be to #21 Bemidgi, and that was back in October. All the other loses/ties were were to top 10 teams!! If we play like we have been playing all season, we ain't gonna drop a game to the 50th ranked team in the country. Of course anyting can happen when you are playing a desperate team in the playoffs, but just pointing out the numbers.

As many on here probably agree, next year is probably Jones' make or break year. With 1 year left on his contract after next year, BF will have to make a decision whether to extend his contract after next year. If UND misses the Big Sky Tournament and has a sub .500 record, it's gonna be hard for hime to have the confidence in Jones to extend him. Not sure how he has any now!!

This^^^^^ Is the biggest issue that has been plaguing this team for years now.

And how many conference titles and national titles did NDSU win in the 90's? How many playoff games did they host? That is what this discussion is about. The fact that in the 90's, UND dominated not only NDSU, but had great success in the NCC as shown by the number of conference titles. All that leading up to their National Championship in 2001. Does it get old for you having to be corrected all the time by facts?!!

Really? You are questioning UND's rise to power in the 90's? Conference titles is 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999. Oh and in 2001 we won the conference, again, as well as that Natty you wanted to hear about so much. In that same time frame, NDSU won one conference title (co champs with UND in 1993). So while you and other Bison fans like to dimish any success UND football has or has had in the past, Maybe look at the stats before you make such a moronic statement!!