fightingsioux4life

More proof that the Summit is a joke. And please Bison fans, don't bring up that whole "But our Men's Basketball RPI Ranking is better" argument. Your conference is a way-station for schools that don't have any place else to go. I would do whatever I could to get into the MVC in all sports; that would be a great boost for all of your teams.

You lost all your credibility during the Sioux nickname soap opera where you advocated throwing the entire campus under the bus to keep the name and logo. Why should your judgement on this be much better? Naw, didn't think so.

yzerman19 would probably scream "nanny state" if that happened in Grand Forks and Faison had the unmitigated nerve to crack down on the behavior. Not comparing our problems to that, but the whole "boys will be boys" attitude towards hazing and excessive alcohol consumption is very, very dangerous. Good for Faison and Hakstol. They both have more sense than half of Bison Nation does.

Almost every comment you make on this board needs a facepalm.

Some things never change. According to the Bison hard-liners, NDSU has never lost a recruit to UND. N-E-V-E-R! Every football player in North Dakota (and the whole tri-state area) dreams about suiting up for the Thundering Herd........and UND gets the leftovers. Believe what you want.

To be honest, I could live with us not playing NDSU in the regular season again. Being in different conferences hurts the significance of the game compared to what it was like in the NCC. A potential playoff match-up would be much more exciting with so much on the line. If Gene "I am a tool and not a tool man" Taylor is too chicken to play UND every year or insists that every single game be in Fargo from now on, then it isn't worth ranting about anymore.

NFL Films helped make professional football more popular than any other sport (and yes baseball fans, that includes the national past-its-time). RIP Steve, you will be missed.

I would comment on this, but everytime I do I get told by someone that "It's not feasible" or "We won't get a good enough ROI (Return on Investment)" or any number of other lame excuses. I like some of the stuff I am reading here, but I think winning football games, winning conference titles and getting some home playoff games will take care of it. I look forward to the day that people are complaining that they can't get a ticket or that they cost more than they used to.

It looks like Hak's team rules are a little more stringent than the "team rules" for a certain coach of a certain sport at a certain school in a certain city 80 miles to the south of Grand Forks.

Thank you aztecfan. Good luck the rest of the way.

Tackling has gotten poorer at all levels of the game, so I guess it shouldn't surprise me that much. I also think tackling is tougher at the FCS level than it was at the high school level for these guys. Whatever it is, it has to be fixed and soon. I just have a hard time believing that we are loaded on offense and have great special teams, but don't have any talent on defense. This whole thing doesn't add up.

The problems on defense right now are poor tackling and poor discipline. Those are fixable issues and those are issues that the coaching staff is responsible for. It is absolutely inconceivable that we can recruit good talent for the offense and the special teams, but can't recruit well for defense. Whatever we are doing on defense isn't working, whether it's the schemes, how these guys are being taught in practice or whatever it is. I am so sick and tired of watching us give up 30-40+ points per game and getting told by some people that "we just ran into a darn good football team out there". If you have a solid defense, you won't give up 30-40+ points per game and right now the defense is pure cannon fodder. We have to get back to the snarling attitude of the early 2000's when we didn't like giving up 1st downs, let alone touchdowns.

YOU are, son. You are posting on here because your team is off this week and you want people to take shots at you. That, my friend, is trolling.

The game isn't going to happen anytime soon. UND will not make the playoffs this year, so the playoff match-up is off for another year. And there still isn't a contract for regular season match-ups. Each school should just focus on their own problems (UND's Defense, NDSU's Rap Sheet).

Why don't you go over to Bisonville and start a discussion on a hypothetical matchup between NDSU and Alabama? That would be a much more productive use of your time than trolling on a web site on which 99% of the people will not like you.

But "we ran into a darn good football team tonight". Sorry, but that dog don't hunt anymore.

How about an INT for a TD?!?!

Then how do you explain all the yardage we gave up last week vs. Portland State, an FCS team. I am happy with the offense and with Hendrickson, but the defense is just not tackling well and is offsides every other play. Those are problems taht will haunt you no matter what team you are playing.

Beat it, son. You are starting to tick me off.

Nobody wants us to win more than myself. But we are all concerned about the defense (or lack thereof) last week and this week.

Could you please sleep it off before you post here again? The entire siouxsports.com family thanks you for your cooperation.

That is true. But that doesn't explain the last SDSU drive, it was just way too easy.

The final might look like a basketball score.

Is anyone else sick and tired of having a "defense" that gives up 30-40+ points per game? We used to be known for our defense and teams hated coming to the Alerus Center becuase we would just chew up teams and spit them out. Now we miss tackles, blow coverages and take stupid penalties. I know this is an FBS team, but if we can't tackle this week, what makes anyone think we will be able to tackle next week........or the next.......or the next. This season started off with so much excitement, I don't want that to be ruined this early.

Raisins?