fightingsioux4life

I actually like this attitude and I think you will need it the next couple of years. But don't kid yourself, there are a lot of fair-weather bandwagon jumpers down in arrogantland that will suddenly find better things to do on autumn Saturday afternoons and evenings (Hey, The Best of Duck Dynasty is on, let's skip the game! ). Every fan base has them and you will find that out soon enough.

I think Team USA has an advantage in not getting much media coverage back home. All they have to think about is playing hockey and enjoying the experience. Team Canada has to deal with the overwhelming expectations of a bunch of self-appointed internet hockey experts who think they know everything and who aren't bashful about savaging a 17 year old kid who made a bad pass out of the defensive zone or something similarly tragic. I think we all need to remember that these are high school aged kids playing a game, not highly paid NHL veterans. That being said, I am hungry for another medal (hopefully one made of gold). Go Team USA!!!

Same here. It is independent of any job I might hold, so I control it myself.

I was stuck in Minot for two weeks. The city I returned to bore no resemblance to the city I left.

Link? Source? Is this rumor or fact?

Uh oh, I think tsn.com will meltdown if they lose to Slovakia.

Is this rumor or fact?

This team is going in the right direction, as opposed to their male counterparts.

Also, this is Jones' team 100%. He's been here long enough to instill his system and a winning attitude in the players he brings to Grand Forks. If he hasn't done it by this time, will it ever happen?

I do think his seat will get quite warm if this team crashes and burns (which it is well on its way to doing).

Well, I guess we better hope the Women's BB team can make a run at something because this team is a huge disappointment.

We got ourselves a good old fashioned prairie blizzard today; along with plunging temperatures. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/wxstory.php?site=fgf Stay safe everyone.

All in good time CMSioux, all in good time. His time will come, along with all the FU fans living in that wanna-be megalopolis located in Imperial Cass-Clay Counties. Bubba has returned.....may the games begin!!!

When are you not?

You guys get in all your cheap shots and smart remarks while you can. Today, we took the first step toward taking back the State of North Dakota and the Upper Midwest. And when Bubba is finished building his football empire, you and the rest of your fan base (along with Scott "My Oh My" Miller and his perpetually smiling mug) will be left in the dust and living in the past, just like in the 1990's.

SIU didn't bring in Lennon six years ago to have winning seasons. They brought him in to build a championship-contending program. And they have not reached that level. I really don't think Bubba will load the roster with JUCO/FBS transfers. Bubba is going to focus on the long-term health of the program; not short-change the future for a couple of extra wins in the present.

And if they had done that, they likely wouldn't have won the tournaments he was a part of. Come to think of it, I almost wish they had blacklisted him.

And look how much SIU is struggling to get over the hump to become a perennial FCS playoff team. That is why they brought Lennon in six years ago and it hasn't happened like most of us expected. Bottom line: I don't think a team filled with JUCO and FBS transfers has the same chemistry and goal-oriented focus as a team made up of 4 and 5 year players recruited out of high school. How many JUCO/FBS transfers are on NDSU's team this year or the previous two years?

As much as I distain the Green Bay Packers, I absolutely love this quote: “Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good.” ~ Vince Lombardi This must become the motto for all our programs, but it is especially applicable to football as Bubba begins the difficult task of rebuilding this program.

As much as I distain the Green Bay Packers, I absolutely love this quote: “Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good.” ~ Vince Lombardi This must become the motto for all our programs, but it is especially applicable to football as Bubba begins the difficult task of rebuilding this program.

Great post, but you forgot all about Festivus (for the rest of us)!!!

Have to somewhat disagree with both of these comments. Women's hockey has a tremendous upside and might very well hang an NCAA banner before the Men's team hangs #8. Right now I would rank them as: 1) Men's Hockey 2) Football 3) Women's Hockey 4) Volleyball 5) (tie) Men's and Women's Basketball

Let's be fair about this; gfhockey DID predict that Bubba would get the job. He isn't always right, but he was right about this.

1. I did not dispute this point. 2. I never said we would get a highly-paid FBS coach. 3. You were responding to a poster's comment that Bubba had better be able to build this program into a top-notch FCS program (NOT that it was one now) and you called him "delusional". You are the one that needs to comment on what was said, not what you implied.