fightingsioux4life

That isn't the point either. When some of your Bison rubes come on here and make fun of Bubba's name (Bubba Gump) and what he wears at practice (the big floppy hat) and tell us you are happy with Bubba in charge of UND football because he did nothing at SIU, then you shouldn't expect us to kiss your a$$ and bow down to you. This is siouxsports.com, not bisonville.com. If you want positive affirmation, you better go to the latter and stop reading the former.

I think the program has hit a ceiling with Idalski. I don't think we'll do much better than third place in the league with him at the helm.

This comment reflects just how ignorant and delusional the NDSU fan base has become. The idea that UND will remain in the toilet with regards to football is the very definition of ignorance. But keep telling yourself that if you wish.

The early 1990's featured great MBB teams and slowly decaying MH teams. That is what Wayne Nelson was talking about.

Couldn't agree with you more. I have been saying this ever since we decided to move up to Division I.

With as tough as this league is week in and week out, I won't feel comfortable unless we do sweep this weekend. St. Cloud won't lose too many games down the stretch, so we have to keep up.

A sweep would also put us in the driver's seat for the Penrose Cup.

Really? So you are the arbiter as to what is and isn't "message board fodder"? Thanks for telling me that, I didn't know.

Immediate gratification? I am more than willing to be patient in waiting for good things, but after 10 years of basically .500 basketball, people were starting to question if it would ever happen under Jones. Now it looks like it may be happening. But we'll have to wait and see how the rest of the season plays out.

Yeah, but early on this season they looked dreadful (the Northern Iowa game, the second half vs. NDSU). Now they look like they could beat just about anybody in the conference.

I have no idea why this team is all of a sudden playing well and winning, but I love it. Let's keep it going all the way to Reno.

Their QB's strange rant at the press conference afterwards is how some rivalries start.

Not a bad idea.

You are right, part of Minnesota's bad attendance is their poor performance on the ice. But I also hear from a lot of Gopher fans how much they HATE the Big Ten Hockey Conference. I actually feel bad for you guys being stuck in a weak 6 team conference and I hate not being on your schedule on a regular basis anymore.

This year's Duluth team is underachieving; it probably has the fans discouraged.

Holy Cross? Don't you mean Sacred Heart?

It's telling how bad the Gopher program is right now that this is all you have to hang your hat on. We have ended your season many, many times as well.

It is a fact that people with college degrees make way more money over the course of their careers than people without one. So I do think a college education still matters. And if it doesn't matter which school you graduate from, why all the rankings of colleges and programs? Obviously, there is some level of importance to which college people attend. And I think everyone here is just proving my point for me. An expensive Big Ten education is not necessarily worth more than a UND education. Heck, community colleges do a solid job of educating students who like the smaller class sizes and one-on-one attention from professors.

What does it explain? I happen to have pride in my alma mater. We could use a little more of that around here, if you ask me.

Yeah, it's a wonder anybody who graduates from UND ever does anything in their chosen field. I guess Ralph Engelstad was just plain lucky.

Again, the only reason they made it last year is because the Big Ten was weak and they won the auto bid. They will have to do that again this year.

With all due respect, I will put the value of my UND education against any of the almighty Big Ten schools.

I suppose you want to go FBS in football too? Because the Big Sky is a "rinky-dink" conference?

What is "right" is different for every kid and that is a decision they have to make.

There are some good schools in the NCHC as well (Denver, Colorado College, UND).