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Whatever you want to call it, it makes the Heraldo look like a tool of UND Public Relations. Not good.

Tom Miller's piece was pure UND brown-nosing. I thought the media's job was to be objective and to hold the establishment accountable?

Tom Miller (and especially YOU Wayne Nelson), stop calling our teams this!!! Take Ryan Bakken's advice and knock it off!!! Thank you.

I am thinking it was 1977.

And everytime someone even suggests changing them, a bunch of parents whine and complain about it. And I believe most of them can be seen at the ND State Hockey Tournament every year wearing red sweater vests and khakis. Honestly people, Grand Forks is (and will continue) growing southward. At some point, you will have to change the boundaries or else one school will have lots of empty spaces and the other will be overcrowded. And no, adding onto Red River HS is NOT a solution.

I know Kellen Briggs does!

The WCHA Final Five will be a shell of its former self starting in 2014. The greatest tournament in the country is being cannibalized because Penn State decided to start a hockey program. The X won't make nearly as much money from this tournament as they have been.

Yeah, we have a lot of near-misses and shoulda-woulda-coulda's in there. As long as Imperial Cass and GPR don't take home too many titles, I can live with it.

Anyone that puts Ralph Engelstad on their version of an all-time team should get a DQ just for that. Our whole program has begun to revolve around Ralph Engelstad, the number "23", Ralph Engelstad Arena and UND players in the NHL and that is not a healthy dynamic. Please people, limit your selections to players that made a difference in winning games and championships.

Nice job cherry-picking results. GFRR still has some catching up to do when it comes to state titles.

Unlike a lot of people here, I just haven't fallen in love with the new arena. Too much flash and glitz. Maybe I am just getting older and crabbier, I don't know.

Yeah, I still miss the place. I went to so many games there as a kid. I saw the Hrkac Circus in 1987. I watched the Blais Dynasty being built in the 1990s. It didn't have the bells and whistles of the current REA, but it was a pure hockey arena and you could feel the tradition and presence of the program every time you set foot in there. And I also remember all the ND State Hockey Tournaments that took place there, lots of memories at those as well. I might have to take the digital camera and get some pictures before the wrecking ball comes.

Two points is a must. Anything more would be a bonus. Anything less would be a disaster.

This is a microcosm of what is wrong with our athletic department right now. All this "duckies and bunnies, sunshine and smiles" BS has to stop. We have struggled in FB and MBB since moving up our programs. But, according to MR. Faison, if everyone isn't perfectly positive all the time, there will be consequences. Standards are being lowered and those lower standards are being strictly enforced. And that is not a healthy dynamic going forward. Ralston was just telling it like it was. I am sorry if Faison can't handle it.

I think Grand Forks did a superb job after the 2009 Christmas storm (26 inches). The storm started Thursday night and was over by Saturday night; by Sunday you could get around town pretty good.

Blizzard Warning was extended to the Southern Valley after I posted this. Travel at your own risk.

A blizzard has pretty much shut down Grand Forks and surrounding areas on this President's Day. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/wxstory.php?site=fgf Schools and a lot of businesses are closed today. If you can help it, don't travel.

Just keep dishing it out Bison Dan! The question is, will you be able to take it when the shoe is on the other foot? You might be able to; Lakes Bison and JBB will vanish for awhile.

If it's true, couldn't have happened to a nicer program!!! My, Oh, My!!!

Man, both of our basketball programs have a long road back to respectability! I think FB will make the playoffs before either BB team finishes in the top half of the BSC.

After reading all this stuff, here are my thoughts: 1) I am very happy in the Big Sky Conference. 2) I do not care if we ever play FU in football in the regular season again. 3) The Scummit League is a dumping ground for schools that have no better options. FU fans just can't accept that. I wouldn't be able to either if UND was stuck there. 4) The shoe will be on the other foot someday, and FU fans will have to eat all the "kind" words they have had for our rough transition period. That is all. Back to regularly-scheduled speculation!

The women's team is hitting their stride at the absolute best possible time. Look for them to make a run at the WCHA playoff title and another NCAA birth. Any questions Idalski critics?

I am not scared of Rodentia. We played them man to man on Saturday on the road and the next time we play them, we will beat them.

With Mike Eaves and the Badgers, 2-1 is a high-scoring game.

I think everybody just needs to take a deep breath and wait to see what kind of network Midco builds. I think it will be first-class when it is finished. Then everybody can go back, read all these negative comments and laugh about it.