fightingsioux4life

Barring catastrophic injury to one or both goaltenders ahead of him.

I think the red-headed stepchild treatment that FB has received over the past 30 years may have something to do with it. They probably have some negative feelings about the lack of support and respect the program gets, even during successful periods. I think it played a role in the departure of Dale Lennon in December 2007 and it is playing a role in the lack of attendance/support of recent FB alumni. That is why it is so crucial that we fill the Alerus Center on December 3rd.

And with this being the week of Thanksgiving, people are busy with travel plans or plans to have family visiting for a couple of days. Next week is the week to start pushing this game hard.

Thank you for proving my point. As if it needed proving at all.

Too bad the respect will never, EVER go both ways.

Just claimed my season ticket seats online with My North Dakota Account. Can hardly wait for this!

Let us remember that the game is a week and a half away and Thanksgiving weekend is coming up; they probably are thinking about going home for the last time before finals. Next week will be the week to make a big push for students to get tickets.

Okay, it is good to know they are upping the support for FB. The next concern (not now, but in a couple of years) will be keeping Bubba and/or his assistants from leaving for better jobs.

They didn't want to give up 1st downs, let alone points. There literally was nowhere to run and nowhere to hide if you were a QB or RB trying to move the ball against them. They were worth the price of admission all by themselves.

The 1996 team was loaded from top to bottom, but stumbled out of the gate with a 2-3 start (including the infamous Pat Behrns-ordered last-second touchdown in our embarrassing 26-7 Homecoming loss) and missed the playoffs. I really felt that team could have won it all if it weren't for that terrible start.

Anyone else notice that you don't have Bison trolls on this forum spewing their stupid "Bubba Gump" jokes about the hat he wears in practice? And I think I know the reason for it.....

I agree with you, it is people like geaux_sioux that are making excuses for Mussman. Can anybody verify whether or not resources given to FB have increased during Bubba's tenure? I am guessing there hasn't been a dramatic change.

You were implying it when you said Faison gave Mussman a shoestring budget to work with. I honestly don't think it would have mattered what budget Mussman had to work with, the mess he left for Bubba to clean up was epic to say the least.

They do exist.

The butt-hurt is strong with these rubes.

The game is also two weeks away, not one week, so some non-season ticket holder fans will likely put off getting their tickets until later.

You just posted several of the sorry a$$ excuses that have been used by people to explain the poor attendance at our FB games (even our very important FB games) over the years. And I refuse to accept any of them. ZERO excuse we shouldn't have 8,000 to 10,000 for this game. Z-E-R-O

I like flying under the radar; being hyped just puts a big target on your back.

If you really believe that we would be talking about hosting an FCS playoff game as the #7 seed with Mussman still at the helm, then you are living in a different sports world than most of us.

Considering you were one of the posters on here lobbying for Mussman to keep his job, this comment isn't worth as much as you think it is.

This game will be on national cable television, so we won't want a bunch of empty seats.

The game vs. Montana was against a weak Griz team. The game vs. USD was exciting, but it also prolonged the Mussman regime.

I think any game in the Mussman era should be disqualified from consideration.

It had better be at least 8,000, with a good shot at 10,000+. No reason not to make this game a priority.

I like how you think!!!