fightingsioux4life

I am with you on St. Thomas. Summit hockey.....not so much. Miami and WMU to the CCHA, St. Thomas and Arizona State to the NCHC would position the NCHC well for the future.

Oops, my bad. I stand corrected. The fact they change back-up QBs like clothes is another reason to be concerned about the QB situation.

The Vikings are ignoring the QB position at their own peril. If Kirk goes down in game one and is out for the year, I don't know if they win one game with Mannion as the starter.

And then some.

I imagine they would jump at the chance to join a league as prestigious as the NCHC. Of course, a lot of things would have to happen first. It is never too early to think about the next five and ten years.

I agree with you. But it is worth pointing out that the schools you listed all currently have extensive natty droughts. So we aren't the only school struggling to finish off seasons.

While I won't give up on a team before the season starts, his points aren't entirely without merit. This upcoming season is critical for the coaching staff and the program.

Why? Did they sign a lifetime contract? Teams change conferences all the time. This would be no exception.

St. Thomas is a sleeping giant that will wake up in the next 5 years. The NCHC needs to think about the future, not just the present. With the threat of the B1G and the ever-changing environment of collegiate athletics, the NCHC needs to strengthen itself as much as it can. I do think we should cap the number of teams at 10. The old WCHA was too big and watered-down at 12. The NCHC has to avoid over expansion.

Cripes, it better be the greatest database in the history of databases if it costs that much.

They are a drag on the league. If they want out (and I believe some people at Miami want that), I say we make it as painless as possible. Schools like Arizona State and St. Thomas have way more to offer than Miami has ever had or ever will have.

But someone on this forum awhile back tried to convince me that Miami has all the resources to be competitive in the NCHC because the Redhawks made it to the NCAA title game in 2009. I am glad someone else realizes that losing Miami is addition by subtraction for the NCHC.

I agree 100% But increased funding will be needed, as FCS (and D-I in general) is much more expensive than D-II was. We must broaden our donor base beyond one wealthy heiress in Las Vegas. This will require a firm commitment from the top (President Armacost), along with the Alumni Association. The current D-II funding model is simply not cutting it.

Sometimes, these walk-ons blossom into key starters.

The potential is there for all that to happen. But we won't know until they start playing games.

UND athletics as a whole is stuck in the mud. And the longer it goes like that, the harder it will be to change it.

I hear a lot of complaints from people about the 6:07pm Saturday start times for hockey. I guess I can live with either 6:07 or 7:07.

A lot of people have football and hockey season tickets. I am one of them.

Same here. When I was going to UND, those double-header days were great. Now, not so much.

Don't expect a coherent response. He'll just repeat the same message using different words, then tell you to fire off an E-mail to someone at UND. I like the players we have landed the past couple of weeks. But there remain serious issues surrounding this program that must be addressed sooner rather than later.

It is nice to hear good news on our basketball programs.

He was being sarcastic about Berry's ability to recruit top talent.

Excellent.

Well, with that attitude, you are right. FB won't ever amount to anything. Which is why some people are very passionate about changing the trajectory of that program. Just like we don't want hockey to fade into the darkness of irrelevancy.