fightingsioux4life

Like I figured, nobody on the pro-Big Ten bandwagon can make any case without mentioning BTN. A TV network is only as good as the product it offers and Big Ten hockey is a joke.

Maybe Spielman and Zimmer will do this with Megatron:

Yes, the next several years look good.

I know everybody wants another Tom Clifford, but those people are few and far between. And, by the way, I think you meant "You cannot be serious!" by John McEnroe:

And all we would have to accept in return is a weak conference schedule that does us no favors come NCAA tournament time. Thanks.....but no thanks.

If anyone on the pro-Big Ten side wants to explain themselves, please do not answer with BTN.

The Big Ten is a Big Deal in football and basketball. Hockey.....not so much.

I have made many of your points on this forum many times and I agree with you 1000%. I just like to use NDSU as a point of reference when discussing what we are capable of as an institution if we pull it all together. But like you said, the "snail's pace" we are moving is frustrating. And all that success 80 miles down I-29 just makes it even more obvious than it already is. You are right though, it's more about what we do than what they do. I just get frustrated and I have to vent somewhere; this is as good a place as any.

I think this is what sunk Lennon at SIU. They were usually weak at the QB position and you won't be a playoff team or contender doing that.

The Golden Rodents started to pretend to care about the other four Division I programs in their State after the 6-team Big Ten Hockey Conference formed and they needed more non-conference games to fill out their schedule. Previous to that, they treated those other programs like JV.

I have also seen Bison fans at home hockey games wearing championship gear and flaunting it in front of everyone. Never mind they don't even have a hockey program.

You think Guentzel will get a shot at the top job when Lucia finally retires or is pushed out?

The final three years of Gino's tenure got progressively worse until he was asked to resign or else. The arena (and I'm talking about the 6,067 seat OLD REA) was half-full at best by the time Gino was shown the door. Having Ward and Johnson light up scoreboards doesn't make up for losing.

He also saved a program that was on the edge of an abyss when he took it over in 1994.

I don't see "Spectacular" in there, do you? Solid and Spectacular are two entirely different things. I do think the 2011 NCAA title has given Sandy some breathing space, but that obviously won't last forever.

You are right about all of this....except I don't think the Gino "tailspin" started in 1988....more like 1991-92 when their record dipped below .500 and never got back above that until Blais in 1995-96.

This is how I feel as well. That is why it hurts to see so much Bison gear being worn around Grand Forks; we are losing the battle for fans in our own freaking city! The tide must be stemmed before it drowns us all.

Oh, I can't disagree with you there. I just get tired of being told that what happens at NDSU has zero impact on UND, because it just isn't true.

Did I say anything about "spectacular" in my post? I don't think I did.

I will second this. I know the student section in the old REA was all over the visiting team from warm-ups to the final buzzer. But some people on here think every home game should be like church, so don't expect to change any minds.

How the AC does impacts UND and it's programs because it is in the same state and is located only 80 miles away. Like it or not, their success combined with our mediocrity makes it harder for us to get our programs to where we all want them.

I think UND fans are just sick of hearing about Carson Wentz because we are just sick of having NDSU shoved down our throat 24/7/365. All you hear outside of the Grand Forks city limits is Bison this, Bison that. I have seen way too many people in Grand Forks wearing Bison gear. That never used to happen. But that is what happens when one school in North Dakota has stunning success at the Division I level and the other has a crappy transition period and is still struggling mightily in more than one sport. It is nauseating to see how far UND athletics has fallen over the past 10 years or so; our regional profile has never been worse and we risk losing an entire generation of fans both in-state and regionally. Bubba is getting FB turned around in a hurry, but other than that program and Men's Hockey, our programs are just "Meh". Carson Wentz is not the real issue here, it's the frustration level that some of us are feeling with regard to the very different paths UND and NDSU have taken over the past 10 years. Whether Wentz can or will cut it in the NFL is just a proxy discussion connected to the 800 pound gorilla in the room that I just pointed out.

I don't understand their struggles this year. They have talent; I hope they don't figure it out in March. Btw, you skipped 2014-15. And 2010-11.....we know what happened that year.

He's done pretty well ever since the Bulldogs moved out of the DECC and into AMSOIL Arena. That had to make recruiting easier.

I would love to lay a beat-down on the Gophers, I miss playing them. #damnbigten, #damnpennstatewealthyalum