fightingsioux4life

Hey now, comments like that sometimes come back to bite you in the a$$. Miami is a solid program and they aren't going anywhere.

My pick for Funny Post of the Year.

Hope she doesn't read this forum or you'll be sleeping on the couch tonight!

The scalpers that work outside of Mariucci Arena would disagree with you.

Well, Bubba and his staff are going to do whatever they can to bring home an FCS title. Think big and you will likely have success. Think small and that is what you will have to settle for.

I was talking about financial support to fund coaches salaries, recruiting, etc. If that isn't there, the wins won't be there. And you better get used to comparisons to NDSU because they are our sister institution in North Dakota and the region. It's the best measuring stick we have, albeit not perfect.

The problem is that some people think hockey being #1 means absolutely nothing else matters. That is not the kind of attitude that breeds success throughout the athletic department. And if we don't give "top notch support" for FB now, a run of FCS titles will never happen. I like what President Kennedy is pushing for: quality over quantity. If cutting 2 to 3 sports helps us better fund FB, MBB and WBB, I am all for it.

We had some Friday night FB games at the Alerus Center in 2001; I guess we could have done that for this game.

Welcome to our dysfunctional little family!

Makes perfect sense to me. SKOL VIKINGS!!!

So what will you do if it is those teams in the Super Bowl?

I think the Cubs will be scratched off that list in a couple of months. And listing every team that has never won a title in the post-merger era is kind of overkill. Some of those teams haven't been around that long (Jaguars and Panthers).

You are right about the Patriots. And no, I do NOT secretly like the Packers, I have hated that team as long as I can remember.

So we aren't allowed to get excited about our team? Or is that "privilege" reserved for Packer Nation and their sycophants in the sports media?

Yeah, they were too busy putting together their next Packers suck-up segment.

Yeah, how could we call the Gophers "rodents" if we are Flickertails (another version of a "rodent")? Fighting Hawks is unoriginal, but I can live with it.

Unless you think the Heidlebaugh kid from Rugby is ready to step in, Studsrud is our best option.

That might have been during the Lions' 0-16 campaign back in 2008-09.

This franchise needs a complete and total rebuild from the ground up. No "tweaking", no "readjusting".....a total house cleaning.

Also, Burns doesn't seem to understand that if the fans, who paid good money to sit there and watch the game, want to express their displeasure at the lack of offensive production, that is their right. Nobody forced Burns and Schnelker to get into coaching, where every decision you make is scrutinized by the media. I don't think Burnsie could have coached in today's social media age, he would have ended up having a heart attack at some point.

No, everything wasn't Bob Schnelker's fault. But his poor use of Hershel Walker was on him. As was a lot of the unimaginative play calling he was famous for. The Minnesota Vikings of the late 1980's had the defense to win a Super Bowl, but their offense had to continuously settle for field goals inside the 5 yard line instead of punching it in for six. That is the biggest reason why those teams could never quite get over the hump. Is Rudolph to blame for everything? No, but unless Studsrud is calling his own plays (like Terry Bradshaw), he is responsible for the predicable run, run, pass, punt pattern that opponents are always ready for. PS: This was the game vs the Rams where the Vikings won with a safety off of a blocked punt in overtime. I will never forget that game.....crazy stuff.

I would call the defense better than "solid" with all the turnovers they are generating. The offense will be a problem as long as we are starting over on the O-Line every year; we have to develop some chemistry and consistency there or else it won't matter who the QB or RBs are.

Which conference would take them? The Sun Belch? That league is pure garbage. The Big 12? I am not sure they would take a North Dakota school. The MAC? Don't know if they are looking to add teams or not. If NDSU is smart, they'll stay in FCS and not move up to FBS where the closest thing they would get to a "championship" would be a low-level bowl game on a weeknight in the middle of December on ESPN that very few people will be interested in watching. And that is assuming NDSU can increase their athletics budget to a level high enough to have a winning team on a perennial basis.

Roll Studsrud out more, he seems to make more plays doing that.

Anybody think Studsrud and/or the O-Line can get better as the season goes on? We won't win many more games if the offense can't cash in on all these turnovers.