Siouxperfan7

Aren't the lanes on the new basketball court painted green as well? Probably another reason why.

Buy. Later games will better for fan attendance. New conference with new teams that people are going to ant to see because we will be playing them for a long time now. Hanson to Hardin should put on a good show this year. Add on the new turf and new jerseys, and the fact we are playoff eligible again...should be rocking in the Al this fall!!

Looking online, it looks like schools will have their onw version of the new Big Sky logo using their school colors!! Portland State's for example.... http://goviks.com/news/2012/7/16/FB_0716120348.aspx

And what was it....31 years between titles for the Bison? "mathematically speaking" you will only see ONE more title in your lifetime!! Great logic!! You really are smart!! Ok, run along now. Bye bye!!

I think its funny how for years people were complaing how horrible it lookes that the helmets didn't match the jerseys. Now that they are changing it to do that, people are still pissed. Some people will just never be please I guess!

I think the issue then was that Bison fans were in their "UND doesn't want to keep playing us in football, screw them" phase. There were many fans that were pissed off about that and that we didn't move to D! with them that they vocally said that they wanted nothing to do with UND and SDSU was going to be their biggest rival now. So they were replacing UND with SDSU as their primary rival, when they weren't really much of one to begin with. Montana State,Montana, etc may be teams that we are going to begin new rivalries with, but they will never replace NDSU. We are not replacing NDSU with Montana State. In 04, NDSU was replacing us with SDSU. So it was almost forced.

I have no problem with NDSU having a rivalry with SDSU. They are the closest school in their conference that they play every year. Same will be true for UND and Montana St. Both schools have to fill the void of not having what was one of the best college rivalries in football. I think that both fans agree that a rivalry game between any other school will never equal to what the NDSU/UND rivalry was.

The difference is NDSU fans were saying that SDSU is their rival now and htey were replacing UND with NDSU. In this case, UND is adding a rival and we want to have a ravalry trophy since we play then every year. They will never replace NDSU as our biggenst rival. That is what NDSU fans, etc were saying about SDSU.

I can't remember the last sellout at the Betty for a mens basketball game. Has there even been one? I think if we are successfull this year than fans will show up. But, I don't see a sellout. So I will take the under.

With the new additions of bigger and better big men, I think that the points are going to be spread out pretty well between the starters and the bench. SO I will take under. But I don't think that Huff will be that far under. I see him as being double digits for average points. the road has not been our friend in the past and I don't see it getting easier this year. This will be the defining stat to look at this season that absulutely needs to improve. That being said, I think that we will figure out our road woes and be over .500.

UND has beat Montana 39% of the time!!

On behald of all UND players, coaches, and fans....challenge accepted!!!!

Montana State has no in state rival? Is that supposed to be sarcastic??!!

The game could be called "The Bakken Bowl." Has a nice ring to it...don't you think?!!

Where are you seeing this? I don't see it on any site.

We need to develop new rivalries. Obviously none will compare to NDSU, but it doesn't mean we can start new ones. The fact that we play Montana St. every year makes them the logical choice. Bakken Trophy...put me down as LIKE for this idea!! Big gold trophy of an oil rig....sounds good. Hopefully some of our new Bif Sky opponents (especially the Montana schools) will embrace these new rivalries that we will have.

Its always been apart of the song I believe. It started to be heard at game around, I would say, 2001-2002ish I suppose.

Anyone got any final pics of the the new court at the Betty? If so, I am sure most would be excited to see them. Post them here if you got em!

Buy or sell: Braden Hanson throws at least 20 TD's this year.

I am sure the "Where is UND" comment will be thrown out there plenty of times!!

So isn't using history in regards to attendance numbers from the past five years at the Alerus a bit skewed as well? You think that we are never going to average above 7000 ever again? UND at the Alerus was pretty special back in the day when we were competing for playoff contention and a National Championship. That along with better teams will get the Alerus back to being a pretty specail place.

OK then. WHEN we are ranked #5 and NDSU is ranked lower than that, and they match up in the brackets, the game will be at the Alerus. Doesn't really matter if they play in the Fargodome or the Alerus Center. UND is pretty good agains NDSU in both facilities. 6-1 alltime vs NDSU in both stadiums!!

Oh..I forgot one......UND will host NDSU in the playoffs at the ALerus Center. Not sure why you don't think that could happen. If we are a ranked team and ranked higher, UND will get the game. No way to outbid us!! Can't wait till that day. Will be sooner than you think!!

Probably. But there will be a time when UND is ranked higher than NDSU, will have a better record than NDSU, and will beat NDSU. Any Bison fans who doesn't believe any of those things will happen in the future is kidding themselves.

What..you mean like "Orange"!!