fightingsioux4life

The problem with Crosby is that his attitude and behavior distract from what he does on the ice. Wayne Gretzky was a phenomenal once-in-a-lifetime talent, but was considered a gentleman on and off the ice. That is why very few people (outside of the Bobby Orr groupies) dislike him. Crosby should just focus on playing the game the best he can and stop with the antics.

Don't tell the Mayo Clinic Lynx that.

Agreed.

The article in the Heraldo today said that NDSU is opening the 2017 season against MVSU. And the payout is $10,000 more than ours ($240,000 vs. $230,000). ANY FCS team is better than any D-II team or NAIA team. If it counts towards playoff eligibility, then it is worth it.

If this was true, Denver would be going for a three-peat next year. I wouldn't start pushing the panic button just yet, we are recruiting good kids and they will help us win.

I agree with you. I don't want to be a stepping stone for other programs on their way to the top. But some people on here will respond with #butparity. I wouldn't be too concerned about our recruiting. I like the kids we have coming in the next couple of years. We'll be fine.

You missed the sarcasm in his comment. You and him are actually on the same side.

I got it today.

Yeah, we should have voluntarily declined our playoff invite!

Didn't say there weren't. But why would an LA paper even care what is happening in North Dakota (good or bad) unless someone was feeding them information?

I wonder if NDSU alums are responsible for this? Would not surprise me one bit.

And that was an accurate description of our program at the time. We were "the king of the mountain". Denver really didn't have to go through us, we were in different regions and we didn't make the Frozen Four last year. But as defending champions, everyone wants a piece of your hide and Denver will have to run that gauntlet next season. You will get everyone's A game every night, every weekend. While having most of your top players back will make that easier, it will be a grind for them. Meanwhile, UND won't have that pressure, especially with the young guys we will count on for scoring next year. And finally, several years ago, Denver had a team that the Denver Post was anointing the NCAA title, saying "the stars are aligned". Well, something called RIT knocked those stars out of alignment. Awarding NCAA titles the June before the season starts is risky business.

Defensive? I guess I don't want to go back to playing second fiddle to someone else, like we did to Boston College for years. The mere thought of playing second-fiddle to Denver for several years just turns my stomach. And no, I am not being objective and I don't have to be. This is SiouxSports.com, not Pioneer Central.

Including us, right? They'll have to go through us if they want to repeat as NCHC and NCAA champions. We will have a much better team next year and will be back in contention for both titles. But I guess we'll have to just wait and see what happens.

So they have one month from today to get it done.

Not like it hasn't happened before.......

The goal every year from now on should be to get a top 8 seed in the FCS playoffs and have that first round bye and a guaranteed home playoff game.

Now that the Dirty Ducks are out, I don't really care who wins the Cup. I just want to see some good games.

You all realize that responding to Roosevelt83 or DaveK or whoever this is only encourages more posts by this individual? Don't. Feed. The. Trolls.

He is a cheap hack. The NHL would be a much better place without him.

I also remember some playoff games (and not during Thanksgiving weekend either) where the attendance was a little above 5,000. Dale Lennon commented on it publicly at least once.

I am talking about the Division 2 days, the 1990's and early to mid 2000's. FB was a red-headed stepchild on campus. Now it is changing for the better.

In the past, marketing and promotion for FB in general didn't even exist. The first mention of FB in the media was the week before the first home game. The tone of the advertising was: "Oh, by the way, our FB team has its first home game next weekend. Tickets are available if you are interested.". It is nice that they are seriously pushing the FB team. Bubba and his team deserve nothing less.

How about both? That would be The Best of Both Worlds.....not to be confused by the Star Trek TNG two-part episode about the Borg!

They are a throwback to the pre-2004 NHL lock-out era. And that is not a compliment. Ducks SUCK.