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And Bubba and Schmidt are doing it with leftovers from the Mussman regime, along with a few true freshman thrown in. Imagine what we'll look like with kids recruited by this staff!

Which school offers a better chance at being successful? Central Michigan or Wyoming? The answer is pretty obvious.

And what if he gets fired like Joe Glenn did? Is anyone else at the FBS level going to give him a chance? His career is on the line with the Cowboys and I don't like his chances. I would have stuck with FU until a better job (Iowa, Iowa State) opened up and this time of year, they often start opening up. Brian Kelly made some good choices as he moved up the FBS coaching ladder and now he's coaching at Notre Dame (I can't stand the Fighting Irish, but coaching there is a big deal).

I am not a big fan of it.

The "That's Debatable/Always Were!" chant for power play/penalty kill situations.

But they'll respond with "But the sightlines are the best in the whole wide world" Back in the 1990's, I got so sick and tired of Sid Hartman trying to tell everybody that The John was better than most NHL arenas. Talk about hyperbole! I am willing to bet that U of M's old arena had a much better atmosphere than The John. The new REA has some atmosphere issues, don't get me wrong, but The John has always been a sterile, overrated corporate playpen.

Okay, fair enough. I just feel the need sometimes to remind people of just how important that 1994 hire was and how things would be much different around here if we hadn't hired the man we did.

I have never called for Blais to be lured back (I think he's going to retire once his current Omaha contract is up), but it is amazing to me how little respect the man gets after what he did when he took over what was a sinking ship in 1994. We were close to becoming another Michigan Tech or Alaska-Anchorage. The wrong hire back in 1994 would have been catastrophic for our program. Blais pulled us out of the toilet and led us to our sixth national title in his third season behind the bench, three years after finishing with 11 wins. I was there for Gino's final season and it was about as ugly as the FB team in 2013. It was one of the best coaching jobs I have ever seen at any level in any sport. And it's an undeniable fact that when you take over for a legend (which is what Hakstol did), you will inevitably face comparisons. I don't think it's fair, but it almost always happens. If you don't like the Hak haters, that is fine. But throwing Blais under the bus doesn't make any sense.

The cheap shots at Blais are getting old. He'll be on the other bench this weekend, but one of the greatest college hockey coaches of the modern era deserves more respect than that.

Boise St. demolishing Wyoming 56-7 on the road and it's still the 3rd quarter! I wonder if Craig "Mr. Clean" Bohl is having any second thoughts about leaving FU?

Tax cuts for Wal-Mart and the Oil Companies, of course. I agree with you 1000%. Set up an education endowment fund and use the interest earned from that fund (not the principal, the interest) to help fund projects like this (and yes, NDSU should get a piece of the action as well). We could also fund education and research on our two main campuses. But I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that to happen; this Cracker Jack government we have in Bismarck won't even fund enough highway patrol officers to handle all the insane traffic in the Oil Patch.

The only way Bubba should leave is because he gets a job offer from an FBS school. The only way any of his assistants should leave is because they get a head coaching job offer (D-II or FCS). If any of them leave because the athletic department won't pay to keep them around, it will signal a lack of commitment to the FB program and to the Division I move itself. I for one hope that the team wins enough in the coming years to make this scenario possible.

That's almost a Yogi Berra-ism!

What a great way to end Bubba's inaugural season as head coach and give us some momentum heading into the offseason! Looking forward to seeing what Bubba's recruits can do in the next couple of years.

Ravens has a nice ring to it. Ravens also has a certain mystique that other names lack.

Okay, I stand corrected.

The only person that is hung up on that is you. I would guess that 99% of people don't even know this and probably don't care. Except you.

I just think they are moving very slowly when they have been telling us they want it enclosed for the winter. I think they missed that goal.

Aren't they yellow and green? I haven't been in there in awhile; maybe someone else can answer that question.

I guess what I am saying is that it would be a better match with our school colors than some candidates will be. And that is no small issue, with all the green, white and black colors in the REA, BESC and Alerus Center.

Two words for you: So What? How many people even know (or care) about that? I don't. And we shouldn't. Whichever name is chosen will have some undesirable quality to it. And nothing we choose will compare to what we have lost.

Yeah, but nobody seems to care about that or even reference it in conversations (except this one). And I don't think we can avoid the fact that whatever is chosen will have something that somebody doesn't like about it. North Stars would be a perfect match with our school colors and is pretty non-offensive. And it's not Sun Dogs!

Maybe not, but they are in a major media market and probably have a larger fan base than the Vikings.

I am a cynical SOB myself, but I won't go that far. If that was the case, Ray Rice would never have been suspended from the Ravens (a big market club on the east coast with lots of recent success).

Good idea, do it right before the national anthem. People are all seated and ready for the game to start, you shouldn't have any problems with people being in the restrooms or the concession stands.