fightingsioux4life

Some people are speculating that Nielson moved from Western Illinois to South Dakota because of upcoming changes at WIU that may involve moving down to Division II for budgetary reasons. That would open up a spot in the MVFC/Summit League. And that would probably open up the debate within UND's fan base on if we should make the move so we are in the same league as the other Dakota schools. If this goes down, it will set off a possible domino effect in intercollegiate athletics in the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains.

The day is coming when EVERYTHING is in HD and SD doesn't even exist anymore.

They are probably planning their eventual trip to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl.

They did before and they'll do so again.

Whatever the situation is/was, we need to establish a better media presence across the state and region. I can live with playing second fiddle to NDSU in Imperial Cass County, but not in the entire state and region. And that is what is happening right now. By watching television and listening to radio, you wouldn't even know there was a four-year research university in Grand Forks. If all we are going to do is bow down to the mighty Bison in everything, we will lose out on more than athlete recruits.

Then he should have just said so. A lot of our fans never really warmed up to him anyway.

That's what Jack Michaels did. He left his job as UND FB play-by-play voice saying "he didn't have time to do it anymore". The next thing you know, he has joined NDSU's radio broadcast team. I think that was the real reason he did what he did. Now they are all one big happy family. Isn't that sweet? (sarcasm)

I don't think Eddie Belfour was worse than today's goaltenders.

I agree 1000%. But some people on here will once again remind us that "We cannot afford it" and "It is easy to spend other people's money".

This would be yet another win for NDSU over UND. They keep getting more and more exposure and coverage and we keep getting less and less. If we don't sign with Midcontinent again, we better have a suitable replacement that either matches or improves on the coverage we have right now. The very thought of NDSU having wall to wall coverage of everything, while we are stuck with little or nothing makes me sick.

Anyone with lines I don't know about or were too young to remember, please post them here.

Whoops, my bad. I'll amend my original post to include those guys. It's hard to remember all the talent that's gone through this program.

I think that was a result of playing an equally talented team on the road. Nothing came easy this weekend.

I also don't think a midseason change does anything for the program. I guess I am just sick and tired of waiting for something to happen with this team under Jones. I have lost confidence that this team will do much of anything under his "leadership".

This is what led to the FB program crashing and burning.

With the buzz being generated by the CBS line this season, it got me to thinking about the other great forward lines in the history of this storied program. With the help of USCHO.com and the 2013-14 Men's Hockey Media Guide, I have compiled the statistics of the CBS line, along with four other potent lines from previous teams: Line/Player GP Goals Assists Points PPG Hrkac Circus (1986-87) Tony Hrkac 48 46 70 116 2.42 Bob Joyce 48 52 37 89 1.85 Steve Johnson 48 26 44 70 1.46 Totals 48 124 151 275 1.91 Line of Fire (2000-01) Jeff Panzer 46 26 55 81 1.76 Bryan Lundbohm 46 32 37 69 1.50 Ryan Bayda 46 25 34 59 1.28 Totals 46 83 126 209 1.51 The Money Line (2003-04) Brandon Bochenski 41 27 33 60 1.46 Zach Parise 37 23 32 55 1.49 Brady Murray 37 19 27 46 1.24 Totals 38 69 92 161 1.40 DOT Line (2006-07) Ryan Duncan 43 31 26 57 1.33 T.J. Oshie 43 17 35 52 1.21 Jonathan Toews 34 18 28 46 1.35 Totals 40 66 89 155 1.30 Pony Express (2010-11) Matt Frattin 44 36 24 60 1.36 Evan Trupp 44 17 24 41 0.93 Brad Malone 43 16 24 40 0.93 Totals 44 69 72 141 1.07 CBS Line (2015-16) Drake Caggiula 19 13 14 27 1.42 Nick Schmaltz 20 3 23 26 1.30 Brock Boeser 20 13 8 21 1.05 Totals 20 29 45 74 1.26 Most of the stats here are pretty self-explanatory, but I will elaborate on a couple of points: The “Totals PPG” figure represents the average PPG of all three members of that particular line. This gives us an overall picture of how potent each line was/is based on overall production per game. The “Games Played Totals” figure is uniform for the Hrkac Circus and Line of Fire, but the other three lines had one player that didn’t play as many games as the other two players on that line. So this number represents the average number of games played for that line. I did not know how else to treat that column. Through 20 games (including tonight), the CBS line is on track to rank amongst the best lines in program history. They are approaching the productivity of the DOT line and may even make a run at The Money Line and the Line of Fire before the season is over.

Great way to finish off the first half. No hockey again until the New Year.

Geez, that's a picture I don't want in my head before I go to sleep tonight!

Yeah, I've done that myself a time or two.

He is stirring the pot and you are taking the bait. In other words, you are doing what he wants.

#chokejob (and since I am not Paul Ralston, I won't get into trouble for saying it)

How much is Bisonville paying you to come on here and make a total jacka$$ out of yourself day after day?

Too late, I already did! Nice road win. Now we have the chance at the sweep.

The scorekeeper?

Technically, yes. But there are clearly haves and have-nots within the G5. Which means it would make sense to have a fourth tier of Division I teams (P5, upper-level G5, lower-level G5 & upper level FCS and lower level FCS). That would make more sense from both a competitiveness standpoint and in terms of having similar institutions with the same resources and philosophies affiliated with each other.