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Who cares as long as both teams have had to do it? Nobody would have an edge. And these are 18-22 year olds we are talking about; I think they can handle it without keeling over.

I fully expect that to happen and, to be honest, I don't care if they do or not. I don't think calling it as you see it is the same as being a "bad fan" or a "negative nelly" and whatever else I've been called over the years. I bleed Green and White. I have season tickets, hit the road for regular season and playoff games and will always be a fan of this team. But that doesn't mean I won't point out things that I think should be fixed. The bottom line is, nobody remembers who finished second or third or whatever. All they remember is who finished King of the Mountain. And it's high time we get back there.

AMEN! It is coming up on 12 years since our last NCAA title. While Boston College collects trophies, we collect bridesmaid dresses and I am sick and tired of it. Like it or not (and I sure as heck don't like it), we have become "Runner-Up U" in NCAA Division I Hockey. That is not a position befitting a program with the tradition and prestige of University of North Dakota hockey. The quote in my sig says it all: "Greatness at North Dakota is measured in national championships" by former player and coach Cary Eades. We can send all the players we want to the NHL, we can win all the conference regular season and post-season titles we want, but the longer we go without winning "the big one", the more prestige and leverage we will lose as a program. With our newly-minted Division I programs struggling to gain traction, it is important that men's hockey regain the initiative right now. And I do think this year's team has the potential to pull it off. Cross your fingers everyone.

Well, Roebuck never had a warm, outgoing personality, but it never hurt his recruiting or his ability to get the most out of his talent. And no one seemed to have a problem with him. The program Idalski took over was below the level of most club programs. He is starting to get great talent on an annual basis now. Just like football and women's basketball in the early 1990's, it takes time to build a winning tradition and an expectation of sustained excellence in a program. It will come. People just need to be patient.

Just like the whole program.

Our receivers are awesome. Our QBs were very good. Our special teams were special. Everything else needs work.

Hey, it's all about "Team Rules, Team Rules, Team Rules, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA!".

So throwing two pick-6's in one game, leading directly to a loss, is "leadership" and "knowing how to win"? Okay, whatever you want to tell yourself. Being 2nd team all-conference in a crappy offensive league like the MVFC is nothing to jump up and down about. The next thing you'll tell us is that Terry Bradshaw was the key to the Steelers winning 4 titles in 6 years in the 1970's. And my comment had nothing to do with my own team, which needs a lot of changes to be competitive. It has to do with my dislike for media hyperbole. I cannot picture Wayne Nelson of the Heraldo making the type of comment that Kolpack did on Saturday.

I don't know who these people are (friends of Shantel Rivard?), but they are clueless and probably care about the men's team only. Idalski is doing what Gene Roebuck did for women's BB back in the early 1990's. Lock him up and keep him as long as you can.

Any talk that UND fans should jump on the FU bandwagon should stop right now. When we won the 2001 D-II title, how many NDSU fans jumped on the bandwagon? I say very few; their favorite teams in the playoffs were Winona State, Pittsburg State, UC-Davis and Grand Valley State. You still have some Bison boosters saying we won that title "by accident" and "it shouldn't have even happened" and all this other garbage. So FU will not get one ounce of support from me.....ever! I grew up with the I-29 wars in multiple sports and my feelings about FU will never change. Especially with the crap that comes out of the media down there whenever they have a team worth talking about. One of the Kolpack boys wrote an article on Saturday comparing Brock Jensen to Joe Montana. That's like saying that Adam Houser is just like Patrick Roy because he started on Minnesota's 2002 national title team. The truth is, Minnesota won that title despite having Hauser in goal. The Bison are winning despite having Jensen at QB. Jensen is basically responsible for the Bison having one loss instead of zero. If he lays another egg in the title game, he'll be responsible for the Bison having two losses. Of course, if SHSU just runs the QB up the middle 95% of the time like they did last year, it won't matter.

Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.

I don't blame them for being upset. However, I do blame them for shooting at UND. This is not UND's fault.

Goon wrote a blog post about this article. http://ndgoon.blogsp...on's World) What a piece of work this guy is. We didn't ask for all of this realignment crap, but we have to do what we can to protect ourselves from the fallout. Don't shoot at us, shoot at Barry Alverez, Penn State and the Big Ten Network. They are the most responsible for all this happening.

This would be so awesome! Imagine how jacked up The Ralph would be for this! The sooner we stop having regionals in non-hockey cities, the better.

Bad idea. This would water down the playoff field with mediocre teams. The playoffs don't need more 31-10 games.

Awesome!

I am holding out on getting a "North Dakota" jersey until they have the authentic versions available. I was told that they aren't ordering those yet because "they aren't that popular". I have a personal rule that I won't spend $95 for one of those cheap replica jerseys. I will only purchase the authentic $250 versions. Those will last forever if you take care of them (which I do). Anyone else have an opinion on replicas vs. authentics?

But didn't you hear? It's all about being able to keep more of the gate!

Yeah, but that won't lift any program to the level of Gonzaga. Gonzaga became the mid-major no one wanted to play and that takes more than being in a weaker auto-bid conference and getting in more often.

Yeah, except our fans don't preach the delusion that we are on pace to be "the next Gonzaga" of Division I Men's Basketball.

If you want to get mad at somebody for this, get mad at Barry Alverez. He was a big proponent of the BTHC and is gleeful about it.

I have been sitting in the lower bowl for years. Section 125, near the top in the corner. Great seats, great view of everything. Mostly good fans in my section; a few morons, but they are outnumbered. I am really going to miss the Final Five next year; I don't know how the NCHC tournament will stack up.

Overall, it's a pretty good budget. Too bad Carlson and Company will slice and dice it.