fightingsioux4life

http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/3932809-und-hockey-hain-commits-und So is this where Gopher fans chime in with the "We didn't want him anyway" sour grapes excuse? Man, I miss being in the same conference with them; it was so much more fun.

Both defenses are good. Carolina's offense is better and deeper than Denver's. Carolina's "D" will stuff the Bronco running game and get after Manning, who doesn't have the same arm he used to have. Denver's "D" will hold them in it for three quarters, but the Panthers will pull away in the 4th quarter. Early Prediction: Carolina 31; Denver 17

I am waiting until the end of the season to judge whether or not we are turning it around, but I am pleased with our play so far this season. The next hurdle will be beating the top teams in the conference (Weber being the biggest hurdle).

This is one team in our league where the phrase "hot goalie" should never, ever come up. This team gives up goals in bunches; we need to jump on them early and often both nights and get the 6 points.

They haven't done much in the playoffs either. I think the current and future upgrades they are doing to their stadium and other facilities is the big draw.

You gotta read between the lines.....I know the FU playbook.

Ahhhh, the old reliable #ButtRPI

#ButtRPI

Cripes. Looks like we will need those 2nd and 3rd line guys to step up.

Can't believe I am agreeing with an NDSU booster!

If people like Skarpohl were in charge, higher education would have been privatized a long time ago. Of course, that would put it out of the price range of a lot of North Dakota families, but again, they don't fund their campaigns so they really don't matter, do they?

Better to have him healthy for February, March and April.

Yes, but stoneySIOUX did say rarely, NOT never.

I never said I was losing sleep over it. But when you have a program like UND's that was driven into the ground and needs a total rebuild from the bottom up, any defections are very damaging. Maybe they won't matter as much in 5 years, but right now every defection hurts the depth of the team, which was lacking in 2015. That explains my frustration with the "bad news forthcoming" posts that pop up on here. I have nothing personal against any kid who decides not to come here, but I and others are just anxious to get back to winning and being relevant outside of Grand Forks. That is what fans do and this is a fan forum. So what is posted here shouldn't cause you to lose sleep either.

I was talking about the others.

The difference between FU and UND is that FU is fully stocked and on top of the world while UND is still working on pulling itself out of the "Musshole" it was in a couple of years back. Hopefully Bubba and his staff are good enough salesmen to overcome these losses.

It's the nature of the beast.....for us. It doesn't seem to be happening to anybody else around here. Unless we just aren't hearing about it.

Okay, this bull crap is getting out of hand. I don't care what the reasons are, I am sick of losing kids left and right for this and that! Enough is enough!

I was thinking the same thing. Driving to the basket and hoping for a foul is a crap shoot. And if you get the basket and not the foul, it's the same as missing a 3 pointer because you likely will not get the ball back.

Okay, point made. What about the lack of success Moorhead has had in MBB prior to this coach's hiring? It is a stark and clear difference. He is doing what others could not do and that is win at the Division II level.

And he is doing it with a fraction of the resources UND has.

I think Blankenburg has earned himself a piece of the starting job.

I was joking with my buddy at the game yesterday that I think the MBB refs are using the FB refs as role models.

Wasn't this the main case to keep Mussman?

.....Oh wait Teddy, I think next weekend just opened up. Where should we go?