fightingsioux4life

50-0 NDSU. Because this is an SEC caliber team which happens to play in FCS. Oh wait, you mean the non-Bisonville version? OK, here it goes. NDSU 31 UND 17

This is the beginning of the end of many of those buildings. The wrecking ball isn't done yet.

He wears a suit for home games. I have passed him in the concourse a few times.

Imagine what Freund could do if he had Santiago and Oliveira this year!

You don't think there is apathy? I do. Not hyperbole at all.

I didn't say that. I just don't like the whole "Everything is fine the way it is" vibe I get in Grand Forks today. Nobody seems to care all that much that we have a bargain basement, shoestring budget Division I athletic department. I see more Bison gear than UND Fighting Hawks (Sioux) gear sometimes and it is nauseating. Either we find the resources to put good or great programs on the field/court or we don't belong in Division I.

Great post. The idea that your great-grandparents had any connection to the massacre of people is beyond stupid and does not deserve the time of day.

Why to what? Being against dropping the Pioneer name? If it is about the other thing, you know this isn't the place to talk about it. Getting rid of Denver's name is a big, fat waste of time and resources and will not solve a single problem or help anybody with anything.

I wasn't talking about just the fans, but everyone involved with UND. Alumni. Donors. The local media (too much butt-kissing and rationalizing). If more people would demand excellence, the administration would have a fire lit under their collective a$$es and you would see some changes. FB has 80 year old facilities in Memorial Stadium. We still do not have HPC Phase II. Those situations make it very difficult to put a championship-caliber product on the field. MBB and WBB also have tremendous growth potential and are basically being ignored. I agree with you that this isn't a zero sum game and that it is possible to have more than one great program. I know it's the old question of the chicken or the egg (which comes first), but I think working on both ends of that spectrum would be the best approach. Because what we are doing now isn't going to cut it.

Ditto.

Why? Here is why. Check out this article by the Star Tribune's Patrick Reusse about South Dakota State's very successful Division I move-up. http://www.startribune.com/south-dakota-state-jackrabbits-coming-at-gophers-with-big-ten-commitment-backing-them/558338502/ This could be us as well. But it isn't because too many people don't give a rat's a$$ about any sport not played in REA. Either we take being Division I seriously or we should think about moving back down to Division II and join the NSIC. But by all means, keep rowing that boat! Maybe you'll finish in the top half of the B1G West this year.

BS. The REAL "Mecca" is located 300 miles to your northwest. Motzko needs to get his head out of the early 1990's.

Well, considering the lopsided contract signed with NDSU, that shouldn't be surprising.

We have a new regime in charge. Let's wait and see what happens over the next couple of years.

It's a three-day holiday weekend, usually considered the unofficial end of summer. I think a Thursday night game would have worked better for attendance, but it is what it is. I think the place will be rocking for SHSU and Potato Bowl.

What do you mean shaky? For once, we didn't give up a bunch of big returns on punts and kickoffs, no blocked kicks and no missed kicks. Everything else is spot-on.

And according to some people, it's the only program that matters. This attitude needs to change. Btw, forcing hockey upon football fans is just as objectionable.

But didn't you hear? It's all about keeping more of the gate. (sarcasm)

Allow checking. And get rid of this stupid, brain-dead idea. Now.

Prediction: St. Thomas will become competitive rather quickly in the NSIC.

First of all, I agree with UNDColorado; hilarious comment! Second of all, I also agree with your overall sentiment. This department has been run like a high school for way too long. Although Chaves hasn't been there for all that long, he should nip this in the bud. It make us look bad.

You might want to fix that last sentence, the type is tiny.

Careful, you'll be branded as ungrateful and unappreciative (sarcasm).

Agreed, he has a big job ahead of him.....provided he gets more than one year to "prove himself".