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Faison had better not agree to this deal for us. The rule I would put in place is this: No home and home, no games! Period. End of story. REA is nice enough to attract any of the top programs in the country for a non-conference series. Rodentia can just find someone else to help fill their schedule, which will take some doing since the Big Ten will have only six teams in it.

You are an exception to this rule. A very rare exception.

And just how much "moxy" does Denver and Colorado College (two small private schools) have? Or Neb-Omaha? Or Western Michigan? Or St. Cloud State? I rest my case. This has nothing to do with "moxy", this is about rushing to sign a TV deal instead of weighing all the many options that are out there in both cable and satellite TV. I think the NCHC could have cut a better deal with someone else that is always looking for programming (Fox College Sports for instance). They could have used our relationship and connections with FCS to put together a package that would have helped all the schools in the conference, most of whom don't have a lot of institutional power to start with, get more nationwide exposure. This was a bad deal for everyone.

I agree with you. The problem is, the hockey-only crowd couldn't care less. They are the ones in our fan base really pushing this crap.

Thank you for your myopic viewpoint. Now please go back to the Men's Hockey forum and stop talking nonsense.

It's quite simple: If Rodentia (Minnesota) wants to play us after next year, it had better be a home and home deal, not any of this "only in Minneapolis" garbage. We shouldn't cater hand and foot to anybody, especially a snobbish program with some followers who think we shouldn't even have a program. If they insist on Minneapolis only, then Faison should just tell them the rivalry is over indefinitely. The same should go for that school 75 miles to our south, but that's another topic for another forum.

Wonder if Craig Bohl will pitch a hissy fit like Amy Ruley did when Crouse picked UND over NDSU because of Aviation?

Why does every other thread in the Community forum have to degenerate into political mudslinging?!?! Good grief, lets talk about the impacts on UND and the region and not who's fault it is. There are plenty of other places on the Internet you can go and debate this.

I was in the student section that night. There was blood all over the ice. From that day forward, nobody in the conference dared screw around with Mr. Commodore. He became one of the most feared players in the WCHA.

The Force is the first team that has worked down there; they had two or three other teams that just didn't draw very well. Let's see if they can keep it going.

I agree with you on this, but I think we better work on thinking big on our football schedule first. More DI FCS games, fewer NAIA and Division II games. Then I think big things are possible.

ESPN is reporting that Paterno is hospitalized in serious condition. What a fall from grace this man has suffered. Whatever you think of his role in the sex abuse scandal, it is sad to see someone crash and burn like this.

Agree with you. We just don't have any depth. Hopefully next year guys will stay healthy and we'll get a new crop of recruits to inject some life into the team.

Good one Fetch. You can't counter with facts, so you resort to comedy. Keep supporting the petitioners if you wish, but they are not doing UND any favors.

Okay, I was exaggerating a little bit. But we just don't have much depth overall and it's hard to win consistently without it.

If this had anything to do with his comments at the luncheon last week, I will have a BIG problem with it. If it was just Roebuck deciding to call it a career, I am fine with it. Faison better make the right choice on this or we could end up like NDSU's women's program, which has really hit the skids.

This has been a problem all year long, even before all the injuries. Besides Kristo, there just aren't a lot of goal scorers on this team. This team will have to fight to get home ice, fight to get to St. Paul and fight to win the Final Five. We won't get an at-large bid this year.

One of the greatest athletes/performers/showmen/entertainers of all time. You either loved him or hated him and that is one timeless definition of greatness. Happy 70th birthday champ!

Okay, you guys have convinced me that this isn't worth worrying about. But I (like a lot of other people) are concerned about what the replacement name will be and how it will be picked. I guess we have a couple of years to figure it out.

I think most enlistments took place after Pearl Harbor (December 7th, 1941).

Apples and oranges. The AAU titles were won playing local amateur community teams with rosters of various make-ups. The WCHA has been one of the best conferences in college hockey for years; the WCHA name stands for quality. I simply won't tolerate the Rodential faithful using the AAU titles to claim that we are tied in national titles at 7-7 (I have heard comments like that from them, not making it up). It's pure, unadultered apples and oranges.

What teams did you beat for those AAU titles? Were they tournament titles or beauty contests like the Bull Crap Series in football? Those are questions I would want answered.

This is my big concern about this weekend. On Saturday night against Minnesota, we didn't get into those critical areas. Both of our goals were from the outside and that usually isn't good enough to win at this level. We need to get into the goaltender's kitchen and make his life uncomfortable or else we stand a chance to get shut-out twice this weekend.