fightingsioux4life

Ugh, that reminds me of the 1994 ND State Championship Game.

I think LakesBison and JBB will do that for us; no need to waste our time and effort doing it.

When the time comes, we'll bring all the ice cream we need to freeze NDSU over. They have been ripping on us for five years on the nickname soap opera, our rocky transition, our choice of conference (sorry boys, the Big Sky is the better choice) and anything else they can dream up. This whole Petitiongate scandal is just karma bitting them in their bloated, egotistical backsides. So, Bison Nation, don't sing it.............BRING IT!!!

The arrogance of these people is back to the level it was in the 1980's when our program was in the toilet and they were winning national titles every other year. Well, we aren't in the toilet anymore and I hope we get matched up with them in the playoffs and beat them so we can shut them up. Screw the Bison.......the March is OVER!

Lamar Gordon never scored a touchdown against us. Not a single one. And it took him 30-40 carries to get 100 yards against our defense. I can think of several running backs that did much better against us.

What we can't forget is that during the Division II playoff era, these kids were still in grade school or middle school. And a good number of them probably didn't follow the program during our difficult transition period. They are absolutely clueless about our old traditions (Sack City, noise on 3rd and long, ect.). That is one of the problems with moving up to FCS, during the transition period you lose a generation of fans to poor schedules, no playoffs, no legitimate conference, some early beat-downs (that loss at SE Louisiana comes to mind). It will take time to re-establish these things. But I believe we now have the athletes, the schedule and the conference to make it happen.

You are forgetting, it's all about "team rules"; nothing else matters.

Agree 100%. Have to stop using the "hockey is all that matters here" excuse.

Maybe the students wanted to get in line at REA for the first hockey game? Seriously, it is also time to stop using the "hockey is all that matters here" excuse to explain poor attendence at football games. Hockey doesn't start until next month and the first two weeks feature two exhibition games. People used to whine and moan about the teams we played; that shouldn't be a problem anymore. Either get with it or get off the bandwagon.

Because they're o-ver-rat-ed!

That is why this action has shocked and outraged so many people.

They'll just put their fingers in their ears and yell really loud "Team Rules, Team Rules, Team Rules, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA, LA!". I am friends with Mike McFeeley on Facebook and you wouldn't believe some of the crap Bison fans are putting in the comment section. One delusional person even asserted that we have no right to tell Bohl how to run his program. Yeah, I guess what happens at a public institution like NDSU is none of our business.

This is an absolute joke. We have to build interest and passion for football with the students before we even think of charging them for tickets.

And if he did, I would say the same thing.

Mr. Clean must have misplaced this item: Bohl had no problem using this tool when dealing with other player discipline issues, but now when it involves so many important contributors to the team, he decides not to "jump to conclusions". This is a pure double-standard and I expected better from Mr. Clean.

That hasn't been a problem in years. Hopefully, this season will help re-establish the 12th man on defense.

I agree with you, but according to the "experts" at the ND State Data Center at NDSU in Fargo (big surprise there, right?) keep insisting that Grand Forks is losing population. But with all the houses and apartment buildings being built on the south end year after year, the brisk commercial activity and increasing enrollment at UND, it's hard to believe that. No one is going to sink millions into an apartment building if there isn't a demand for housing, which there is.

I am one of those.

So much for the myth of Grand Forks "declining".

Thanks for sharing.

I wasn't targeting you in particular. I was targeting the casual fan that might decide that the season is over before it starts because one guy goes down for a few weeks. UND football has way too many of those fans. We are Division I FCS now, no more "transition", no more "non-counter status", no more membership in a "conference" that is nothing more than a glorified scheduling arrangment. One injury is not going to ruin all that, but the media today (Tom Miller, I am talking to you) is already preaching a doom and gloom storyline. Is it a big loss for the offense? Yes. Does it put the coaches in a tough spot? Yes. Will we have to pull a redshirt? Yes (there is no way Muss is going to put in a "QB" converted from another position who last played QB in high school; this season is much too important to the program). But this is still the most exciting team we have had since 2001. After what we have put up with during the past 5 years, I am going to enjoy this 100%.

Anybody that thinks the season is lost because of what happened to Hanson can just get off the bandwagon right now. This team is deeper and more athletic than they have ever been and they have great depth at RB and WR. The defense is looking to be a strength of the team once again. And if they have to pull a redshirt off of a QB, so what? It won't ruin the program. If this team can get better week by week, we'll have a solid first year in the Big Sky Conference, and that isn't all that bad considering how we looked a couple of years ago. Keep the faith!

I see you are still at it with your cute little comments and cheapshots. I guess when you are 100% wrong about something, that's all you have left.

Considering all the UND alums that live in Fargo, you simply can't make the argument that there isn't a market for UND sports in Imperial Cass County. That's like the NFL saying the replacement refs will do "a credible job" during the regular season if the lockout lasts that long.