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And now they'll claim they are "back on track for the gold". This should be alarming to our neighbors to the north. Getting pushed to a shootout by the Swiss is not a good sign for them.

If Canada and/or Russia light up the scoreboard on him, then I will become concerned it was more about us not burying our chances.

Well, you asked for details and I delivered. Any questions?

1999-2000 Season N20 MSU-Mankato* L 5-6 N27 Vermont@ W 8-0 N28 New Hampshire@ L 2-6 D3 Minnesota-Duluth* W 6-3 D4 Minnesota-Duluth* W 5-4 D10 Denver* W 7-3 D11 Denver* L 2-7 After opening the year 8-0-1, we went 4-3 in our last 7 games before the Christmas break. And some of those losses were ugly. D27 Miami (OH)^^ W 5-2 D28 Wisconsin^^ W 3-2 OT J7 Colorado College* T 1-1 OT J8 Colorado College* W 4-0 J14 Wisconsin* L 2-3 OT J15 Wisconsin* L 5-6 OT J21 Minnesota* W 1-0 J22 Minnesota* L 2-5 J28 Michigan Tech* W 5-0 J29 Michigan Tech* W 11-1 F4 St. Cloud State* L 0-3 F5 St. Cloud State* T 1-1 OT Following the Christmas break, we went 6-4-2 in our next 12 games, including two tough OT road losses against Wisconsin and that 5-2 loss at home vs. Minnesota. After that, we would lose only one more time (Game 2 of the WCHA first round at home vs. Denver) on our way to our 7th NCAA title. My point was that we didn't look like NCAA title contenders from mid-November until the beginning of February; then we went on that roll all the way to Providence.

At this time in 1999, I didn't think we had a snowball's chance of winning it all that season. I am glad I was wrong about that.

Then they better hope UND never becomes a member of their conferences (MVFC and Summit) because then they would be making the trip up north every other year whether they liked it or not.

Careful, Hajdu has made it abundantly clear on this forum that "No part of his job says he has to tolerate rudeness". This is what I talk about on here all the time, the lack of media coverage, marketing and promotion of our programs (yes, there ARE other programs not named Men's Hockey). We have always lagged behind the Ag School in that area and it needs to stop.

He is supposed to stick around as a TE.

He is referring to the period between 1993 and 2003 when UND beat NDSU on the gridiron 10 out of 13 times (including 1-1 in the playoffs). He could have been more precise, but his original point stands.

Then Bison fans should stop itching to have UND jump to the MVFC/Summit League if there is an opening, because then they would have to travel to Grand Forks at least once every other year whether they like it or not.

So why didn't we just have all other games in Fargo too? MBB, WBB, BB.....you name it, it will happen in Fargo only. Honestly, bowing down to the Ag College just makes us weaker and more impotent. Faison should have told them to take the deal and stick it.

Well, that is appreciated. Too bad more of the NDSU faithful can't do the same.

Just remember that the Bison faithful will never, ever "tip their hat" to UND for anything, no matter what it is. That is why I am not going to lavish accolades on them. Just my opinion.

I seem to remember both Hammer and Schultz doing UND hockey (home and away) during the 1980's on what was then KTHI Channel 11. I think Schultz did it in the early 1980's, then he moved onto WDAY. Then Hammer was doing UND games during the mid to late 1980's (I think he went to Detroit to cover the Hrkac Circus Frozen Four in 1987).

I for one was not happy Faison accepted that offer. Either it's a home and home or we just wait until we meet in the playoffs. That would have been my hard line position on the subject.

I don't know if they print them anymore.

In a couple of years, we'll have ourselves a championship contending team in Grand Forks. And I am not talking about just Big Sky championships either.

The law of averages will do its work in time.

The Big 12 is a shell of its former self anyway. But I seriously doubt they would accept a school from North Dakota.

SUCK PACK SUCK!

If they do move up, they won't be an annual fixture in the FBS College Football Playoff, no matter what their delusional fan base thinks. They'll be in a low-level conference (think Sun Belt, MAAC) and their reward for winning the conference would be a lower-level bowl game in December on a weekday on ESPN that very few people care about. If they are smart, they'll stick with FCS.

But when the Packers beat a bad team they are supposed to beat, the media drools and slobbers over them like they are a lock to make the Super Bowl.

Chalk this up to a post finals week/pre holiday hangover. We'll be just fine once conference play starts.

If the trolls don't shut up, that is what will happen, unfortunately.