fightingsioux4life

Agreed.

To be fair, the US talent pool in 1994 was a fraction of what it is today. Housley has a lot more talent to work with and it's taken a long time to get to this point. Let us please focus on that and not bicker about how Housley got this job. It's all about the results and he is getting them.

There is something to be said for sticking with your team through good times and bad. I have been watching the Vikes since I was 6 or 7 years old and was old enough to understand the game. And I will continue supporting them, win or lose. That is the one thing I respect about Packer fans; they sell out that stadium whether they are 12-4 or 4-12. We need more of that from fans of the Purple. Go Vikings!!!

I think an All-Canadian concept would work much better than that whole "Minnesota Pride on Ice" thing did. They definitely have more than enough players to fill all three leagues.

Please don't go back to that. I for one want nothing to do with the CHL, the mortal enemy of NCAA Division I Hockey. Time for College Hockey, Inc. to step it up and even the playing field.

If Canadians don't like U.S. kids in the CHL, just make it an all-Canadian league. Of course, that means a lot of talented kids would stay in the U.S. and Europe. But if patriotism is that important to them, then please go right on ahead. NCAA hockey will step in and fill the void for you!

ButtTeamRulesAreAllThatMatter

If all these recruiting "chest bumps" don't translate into W's in the record books, then we know what the problem is. And it wouldn't be "players not making plays".

I certainly don't feel sorry for them.

ButtSuccessAtAnyCost.

Yeah, I hate the conflict with our home series. I so wish we were on the road this weekend.

Yeah, and Whiskey Joe Chapman had no idea that unilaterally increasing the cost of the President's house would cause an uproar.

You reap what you sow. You want to come on here and trash talk and stir crap up? Then you get the horns attached to the bull. Like I have told you before, all this crap you and your fellow Bison trolls are dishing out will be used against you when the tables are turned in the future. So please, by all means, keep it coming.

If the answer to this question is no, we shouldn't have moved up in the first place. We could have joined the NSIC and kept winning at the Division II level on a shoestring budget. But we didn't, so we better not take the frugal-prudent-close to the vest approach and settle for middle of the pack teams in our Big Sky sports. This was an issue discussed on ss.com (and in other communication mediums) when we were talking about moving up and I hope that the athletic department took into account the financial costs of being a winner at the Division I level.

Grant Potulny did a lot of North Dakota bashing after he signed with the Gophers. So please excuse us if we don't bless the ground he walks on. As for Blais not doing well last year, that was tough to swallow. But he did put together a great team that won Gold in 2010. Shutting up that Canadian crowd in Saskatoon was priceless.

"Anyone, Anytime..........as long as it's in the FFD (Fabulous Fargo Dome)" "Anyone, Anytime..........as long as it's a team we have a 99% chance of beating" "Anyone, Anytime..........as long as it's a team good enough for the media to hype up into a strong opponent" But you are right, unconditional "Anyone, Anytime" simply does not exist in Imperial Cass.

Another reason to get rid of some of these lower-level bowl games. All they do is suck up precious resources and reward teams for 6-6 records. The FBS playoff can't come soon enough; that will make loads and loads of cash.

The evidence you cited proves that FBS is a bad idea for most schools.

Or maybe they promised him the moon, like they always do. I hope it works out for him, but a lot of kids get burned by the CHL and their over-the-top promises of NHL success.

The State of Pennsylvania is suing the NCAA over using the $60 million Penn State fine outside of the state. Pennsylvania's congressional delegation thinks it should be used within the state: http://www.usatoday....-state/1802947/ What say you legal minds?

I think that was on purpose. Sometimes, the loudest voice in the room gets the attention.

March 1st, 2009. One of the top 10 greatest games in REA history.

He did UND games back in the early to mid 1990's. The road game at Northern Colorado in 1994 was just awful for UND; it was our last loss before we made that magical run to the national semifinals. Clay Wagner kept throwing incompletions and Scott Miller kept saying "In and out of the hands", "In and out of the hands", "In and out of the hands". Then he said "I don't want to make it sound like these passes are being dropped." What else are people listening going to think? I honestly felt like reaching thru the radio, grabbing him by the collar and telling him to knock it off. The Bison are stuck with him now and they can keep him.

I think the championship will be between one of the 1980's-era Blackhawk logo designs and one of the 2000's-era REA logo designs. It will be old school fans vs. new school fans. That will tell us the age group of the people that frequent this forum and Big A HG's web page.