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The thing is, we don't need a sellout to make it loud in there. As long as we have at least 8,000 or so, we'll be good with the atmosphere. I think the goal should be 10,000.

Welcome to siouxsports.com! We are all looking forward to seeing what your team brings to the table.

I don't think these are the people UND marketing needs to target. The real targets are the casual sports fans in Grand Forks who are not supporting the program right now, but could get hooked if you get them to a couple of games. Bubba and his team are exciting to watch and it wouldn't take much to get them hooked. We just need to get them in the freaking door.

Nice win, time to start a winning streak for a change.

When you are losing the argument.....change the subject. Nice John-Boy Walton, nice.

This is the mortal threat to any program. When things get to the point where apathy sets in. If fans are angry and venting, that is a good sign. If fans start to feel apathy, that is a bad sign. MBB hasn't been relevant for so long (20+ years) that apathy is starting to settle in.

As soon as you stop making asinine comments, I will.

I have followed this program since 1993, as a student and a season-ticket holder, and I will continue promoting this team and encouraging people to show up and support them. Just shrugging your shoulders and saying "Just the way it is" and "It is what it is" won't change the fan culture in Grand Forks and in North Dakota. Continuing to talk this team up will change it.

More "non-trolling" from John-Boy Walton.

Here is the current FCS Playoff Bracket: http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/football/fcs

Central Arkansas 31 Illinois State 24 http://www.ncaa.com/scoreboard/football/fcs

Isn't this the final year of Jones' contract? I don't think Faison gave him another extension.

So you are saying he is a diamond in the rough?

Actually, no. The 2005-06 team was very young and just getting to the Frozen Four that year was a big accomplishment. 2007, 2008 and 2011 are the three biggest failures during the Hakstol era, IMO. I am not quite ready to give up on this year's team. But if they don't put it together soon, this will be that down year we are always talking about as being inevitable sooner or later.

A lot of people believed that he did, based on the low attendance numbers announced to the media. And I think there may be something to it.

This is the mentality that our MH program has adopted for years and we need our FB program to adopt it as well. Expect to win and be disappointed if you don't. That is how you build great programs.

Well, I said I would replace it once we won #8 and I did just that. Not soon enough for you? And that wasn't a "selfie", that was taken by a Heraldo photographer and was on the front page of the Heraldo the next day. If being passionate about our teams is a crime, I plead guilty as charged.

I think this team is like 2005-06 in how much they are struggling early on.

No, I would not have. But thanks for speculating....it is what you do best after all. I imagine several of our underclassmen would have come back if we didn't finish the job in Tampa last April. But thankfully that didn't happen.

Maybe they were under-counting to keep more of the gate? Terry Wanless was a master of that back in the 1990's.

Let me guess, this isn't trolling either?

Well, we hung #8 without Hakstol's discipline, so there's that. I think it's about losing 9 guys in one off-season and trying to replace them with freshman. I still think this team has some potential to be very good, but they need to start putting it together pretty soon. And next Saturday night is a good time and place to start.

I don't think we hang #8 in April if Berry is too much of a players coach. I think this is just a very young team trying to figure out how to win at this level. I remember the 2005-06 team looking worse than this early on and look where they ended up.