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Yes, I have seen the images you have posted on this forum and they do look good. But do you really think the suits in Twamley Hall will adopt anything other than a cartoonish, milk-toast logo that is very hard to get excited about? That is why Fighting Hawks is not a good choice for us.

Actually, that would improve my opinion of Faison by a mile.

Yeah, that is what Midco was talking about during the Manitoba game (I watched the replay as I was out of town that evening). I like it so far.

That is a fair statement. But I have noticed some subtle changes in the style of play under Berry. First of all, we seem to carry the puck across the blue line instead of dump-chase-cycle-cycle-cycle all the time. Second of all, we shoot more on the PP instead of passing it around for 1:58 and then taking a shot and hoping it goes in. There are always some subtle changes when a new head coach takes over a program. And so far, I like what I have seen, soft schedule notwithstanding.

I was planning on venting after what looked like yet another Vikings loss at Chicago. But "Prime Time" Teddy Bridgewater delivers in the clutch and so does Blair Walsh and the Vikings win it 23-20. I honestly would have been Thermonuclear ticked off if the Vikings had lost yet another road game to a not-very-good Chicago Bears team, who will probably pick in the top 10 of next year's NFL draft. Skol Vikings!!!

And those things tend to throw a QB off their game. They'll start rushing throws when they don't have to because they start hearing footsteps even if they aren't really there. And that will lead to more INTs and fumbles, which we saw in the 4th quarter on Saturday.

Ask.....and you shall receive! robert.kelley@UND.edu

Anyone else notice that once we starting pressuring the QB in the 4th quarter, the defense had better luck getting off the field? That was not a coincidence.

And that is why some species are on the endangered list right now. Overhunting didn't cause problems at first because of the abundance of targets, but it did cause problems over time. Overhunting has caused ND Game and Fish to limit deer hunting licenses to keep from killing off the entire herd. And people spent hours on talk radio b*tching and moaning about how "unfair" it is. Can't have it both ways.

This has to be a sweep. Period. No excuses.

Pot-Kettle-Black anyone? I just don't drink the Kool-Aid on issues. I don't care how much Berg knows about the game; I have never liked him as the color guy. Sweeney is getting better as time goes on and I think he'll work out. At least he is one of us (Michaels never wanted this job and I think everyone knows that).

But remember brianvf, "You can't blame a kid for doing what he thinks is best for him, so stop complaining about it."

Go back to Bisonville.

Really? So because he's a HOF coach, he is exempt from criticism in his current role as radio color analyst? Sorry, that is BS. Berg doesn't get a pass anymore than anybody else does.

After listening to E$PN butcher our player's names for years, I guess I don't even bother complaining about it anymore.

To be fair, most of our fan base couldn't pronounce it either.

"Puke-Up" should take some solace in the fact that our radio color analyst "Milk Toast" Mike Berg spent half the game talking about how great he is. Is anyone else sick of Berg doing that? He'll find a player on the other side he likes and then run off at the mouth about him and his exploits the entire game. He did that with Zenner from SDSU in 2013. Sometimes Berg forgets that he is on the UND Football Radio Network, not the other team's radio network.

Look at his work in conservation, environmentalism, regulating big business and siding with labor over management. Those attributes alone would disqualify him from today's GOP. But nice job cherry-picking.

TR would be a Democrat today, as would Lincoln and Eisenhower. None of those three men are "pure" enough for today's GOP. Anyway, I support Roughriders 100% and I encourage everyone reading this to think about the future of UND and that this vote could very well determine which name we are stuck with (for better or worse) for the rest of our lifetimes and beyond. Go Riders Go!

Okay, where is College Hockey, Inc. and the work they were supposed to do in stopping this nonsense?

You are right that negatives need to be pointed out and I apologize if I come off as hot-headed. But UND is like my second home and I have watched us slowly sink into the mire of mediocrity in several sports. And it is just getting real old. The good news is that a change is coming in the President's office and I hope that leads to some changes in the Athletic Department. Because our fans deserve better.

Excuse me, but I was one of the biggest "Fire Muss" posters on here in 2013. Now that I think Bubba should get a reasonable amount of time to fix what Mussman broke, I am "duckies and bunnies"? That just doesn't make sense. It should go without saying that the ultimate goal is winning FCS titles in FB. But that is the problem at UND, people aren't thinking like that. And that annoys the heck out of me. The differences between UND and NDSU are not that great. But NDSU has had way more success than we have over the past 10 years or so (except maybe in WBB). That tells you what a lack of leadership and, conversely, a presence of leadership looks like. And I think you know which school is in which category. The big difference between us is that you think this is just the way things are and it will likely not change anytime soon. I think we can and should do better.

Are you serious? Last time I checked, REA was built by Ralph Engelstad for the sole purpose of benefiting UND. That means REA, Inc. should exist to support UND, UND should not be serving REA, Inc. This is a problem I have pointed out many times on this forum and all I get is static and accusations that I am not a real fan. And if you really think we are supposed to just accept this cute little arrangement for the foreseeable future, then you are kidding yourself. If anything is dividing hockey from the other sports, it is this cute little arrangement. If REA wants to have their cute little tennis matches, concerts, circuses and basketball games, that is fine. But they exist to support UND, not "its own interests to look out for". If the hockey program is our main revenue sport and it isn't producing enough revenue to fund our non-revenue sports and get our underperforming, potential revenue sports out of their funks (thanks to "having their own interests to look out for"), then that is a problem that needs to be solved. Or else we shouldn't be Division I. Period. End Rant.

RD17 is saying we will never, ever do anything in any sport except hockey....ever. And even if we do, the Bison had better not have done it first or else they will have "cornered the market" on that particular sport. Because everything is a zero-sum game. Funny, that doesn't stop NDSU from having success in FB and MBB at the same time. It doesn't stop them from having success in softball (despite the same harsh climate we have to deal with). And it probably won't stop them from having VB success again someday (I don't think they'll tolerate mediocrity in that program for much longer). I guess there is an imaginary line through Hillsboro that divides the Valley into two spheres of existence: One where everything is a zero-sum game and there are no resources to do anything about anything and another where people strive to succeed and achieve excellence in everything they do. UND is the former and NDSU is the latter. But I guess if our fans like it that way, then who am I to judge?

But you are accepting and promoting mediocrity. Because we as fans just accept being average at everything except hockey, there is no pressure on Faison and Kelley to do anything about it. NDSU puts a lot of resources into football, but that doesn't prevent them from having competitive Men's Basketball teams. Again, based on your zero-sum theory, NDSU's men's basketball team should suck all the time because of football. But it doesn't. And since when do we determine which of our programs will be successful based on what NDSU does? This idea that we have to play second-fiddle to NDSU in everything because they did it first has to die. I am so sick of hearing Bison this, Bison that, "My Oh My" this, "There's your dagger!" that out of Imperial Cass County. And part of it is a result of our poorly managed transition period, when mediocrity was rewarded and there was turmoil within the athletic department. But that doesn't mean we can't and shouldn't do better. Our goals as a Division I school should be: 1) Contend both within the conference and nationally, as an FCS football program, 2) Have both men's and women's basketball programs that contend for Big Sky tournament titles and appearances in March Madness and 3) Have our other sports (Volleyball being the most prominent example) do the same. It won't happen all the time, but we should set those goals and work towards them. And that means having a President and Athletic Director that have a vision of excellence for everything we do (athletics, academics and research) and that hold people to those high standards and are willing to make changes as needed. Kelley is a rudderless ship who will be leaving port soon (Thank God). Faison (who has done some good things here) needs to start holding coaches to higher expectations or the new President should find someone who can and will. In closing, success is a choice. You seem to think it isn't, but I believe it is. And I wish UND would start making better choices instead of accepting mediocrity and malaise as "just the way things are". End Rant.