fightingsioux4life

gfhockey adds a different dimension to the forum. I like that.

That is fair. However, I should point out that in 1998, 1999 and 2004, we didn't make the Frozen Four. 2011 was the perfect set-up; coming off a 6-1 thumping of Denver in the regional final, playing in St. Paul in an arena we know very well, in front of a large, partisan pro-Sioux crowd and then......a big, fat clunker. I didn't wear Sioux gear for one whole month after that; that is how upset I was. But I think this year's team has the tools to make us forget all that. And Blais did more than bring two NCAA titles to Grand Forks, he took over a total train wreck in May 1994 and rebuilt it faster than anyone dared believe possible. We were close to becoming another Alaska-Anchorage and Blais pulled the fat out of the fire before it was too late.

Hey, don't get him suspended again!

Hope she doesn't read this forum!

And without waiting for Jerry York to retire!

www.newsmax.com isn't much better!

Really? Some people on here haven't accepted the fact that the name and logo are gone and aren't coming back. I have. What say you?

This issue died the moment the State of North Dakota signed that legal agreement with the NCAA. I don't like it that the name and logo are gone, but I also don't think it makes sense to keep banging our heads against the wall when we won't make a dent in it.

Fetch, why don't you just go back to talking about a Grand Forks AHL franchise. Because that makes more sense than this rambling post.

IALTO

Yes it would, big time. At the same time, however, every fan on this forum knows what Dean Blais is capable of. And he's on that other bench now. And you better believe I will fear him if it's UND and Omaha on Saturday night.

Count me as one. Better pull for Providence.

If Faison gives Jones an extension next year for having a winning season, it is Faison that needs to be fired on the spot. Then we'll let his replacement fire Jones.

I don't see the school 75 miles to the south of us "adjusting to the expectations of playing at this level", all they do is win conference tournaments and go to the NCAA tournament. All we do is hope to scrape together enough wins to get a CIT bid. Enough of this garbage; UND didn't move all its programs up to "adjust" to being a perennially mediocre program.

It might have been because of illness.

Also, every time I bet $$$$$ on anything I lose. So there was the "jinx" factor to think about.

I was giving my opinion on how the team looked at the time and that I didn't know if they could snap out of it by this weekend. That doesn't mean I didn't want them to win or believed that they absolutely, positively wouldn't win the regional. But when you tank your conference tournament like that one week before the west regional, only a delusional fan wouldn't be worried about it. And I am not a delusional fan. So yes, I was concerned. But they came out right from the get-go on Friday night and never looked back. Congrats to them and to the coaching staff.

Wow, what a match-up that would be! NCHC vs. NCHC. Blais vs. Hakstol. But first we have to shut up the Beantown boys.

I never jumped off in the first place. Great turn around from last weekend.

All jokes aside, he does a good job covering and promoting college hockey.

They went to Fargo just after the %$&*@ SCSU goal. Not a good omen at all.

To be fair to the Redhawks, they are working hard this period to make that luck possible. Un-freaking-real!!!

Even if it isn't us, I want someone else to do it. I have had it up to the ceiling with the Boston schools and their constant hype machine in the sports media.

This is insane! Three empty net goals and that includes several aborted attempts by Providence to ice the game with an ENG!

As I said "Of course Texas has different overall expectations vs. North Dakota (or even NDSU for that matter)." But we aren't even reaching basic mid-major standards, which are very much attainable for UND.