fightingsioux4life

I understand what you are saying and I have been thinking about this since Saturday as well, but I have come to the conclusion that the Bulldogs got it done when given the opportunity and our boys just didn't play well enough and didn't deserve to win those games against the Lakers. We lost games in the regular season that put us on the road at Allendale instead of getting to play in the Alerus Center. And when we went to Lubbers Stadium, we got off to horrible starts and played like we were intimidated and didn't have any confidence in ourselves. I do think the 2007 team was really banged up and just didn't have the horses to pull it off, but the 2005 and 2006 teams (especially the 2005 team) were tremendous disappointments. This could have been the greatest era of Sioux football ever and for a variety of reasons it just didn't happen. The Bulldogs proved on Saturday that the Lakers are not unbeatable and that "Tradition doesn't graduate" is a bunch of hot air. Let's hope that when we get opportunities to win NCAA DI FCS titles, we don't squander them. My 2 Cents

My point is that arrogance usually comes back to bite you in the arse later on. What goes around comes around. Even if our men's hockey team is winning and winning big, I work to hold my ego in check because I know what it's like to be on the flip side of the coin and it's not fun to be on that side. Arrogance isn't right just because you can back it up. And I love it when arrogance is paid back with a big slice of humble pie. I like Canadians, I am always treated well when I travel to Winnipeg and they are good for our economy in Grand Forks. But I find it very hard to support any of their teams (even if they are playing Russia, whom I probably dislike even more than Canada).

Canada's arrogance and holier-than-thou attitude will be their undoing someday, just like it was for Team USA Basketball in the Olympics until this year. Other countries like Russia, Sweden and Finland will continue to work on building their hockey programs (I won't put the United States into that group until they stop being political about their personnel decisions). The day is coming when Canada will have to settle for silver more than they are prepared to accept. Last year for instance, Canada lost both the Men's and Women's U-18 IIHF tournament finals. I don't think that ever used to happen. Don Cherry can run his mouth all he wants that those losses don't matter, but they do in a country that doesn't have much else to hang their hat on (except for some good rock bands). In closing, GO TEAM U.S.A.!!!

Two words as to why they are wearing Maroon and Gold instead of Green and White: Shantel Rivard.

Well, I've never been shy about discussing what is wrong with our Ice Palace. But you are right, anyone that dares criticize the atmosphere at home is chastised and ridiculed. And the casual fans ARE part of the problem at home games. We didn't have them at the old Ralph and that is one of the reasons why that place was so awesome.

Wow, that is our second win all-time vs. Duluth. That will get people's attention.

What I find most irritating about Hakstol is the constant, mind-numbing coachspeak you get from him. Hak can talk all he wants about "Working extremely hard" and "Accountability up and down the line-up" and whatever else he comes up with, but until this team develops a level of game in and game out consistency, our goals and expectations will have to be dialed back not just for this season but for the foreseeable future as well. I don't expect Hakstol to be a Blais clone or anything like that, he has to be his own man. But there is no reason that we can't get better results than we have been getting with the facilities we have and the reputation of excellence we have built up over the years. If Hak can't get it done with those advantages, I don't know if he is head coaching material at this level.

I agree 100%, but I would hope those kids don't even bother to read that stuff. Athletes and coaches should stay off of message boards like this; you'll either hear yourself be elevated to deity status or get ripped to shreads. I hope those Bisonville posters can look at themselves in the mirror in the morning because I don't think I could.

Denver up on the Goofs 4-0 late in the third. We have to settle for a consolation prize tonight.

I miss the old Sioux teams that could put the puck in the net and forechecked the crap out of other teams. Now all we do is cycle, cycle, cycle, cycle......until we lose possession of the puck and lose the zone. And all the endless passing on the powerplays has to stop. There are more problems than this, but I really don't want to get into it tonight, it's too annoying.

Duluth is a well-coached team and plays tough in front of its own net. But with the exception of a couple of players, they have pedestrian talent and should not be this difficult for us to handle. If this is the best we have to offer, we are looking at a middle of the pack finish in the WCHA this year, if not lower. I don't know if they can pull the fat out of the fire again this season.

FSSN names Alex Stalock Player of the Game. Here we go with the "hot goaltender" BS again!

Shoot the dang puck already!!!

Eidsness the only player who has shown up tonight.

I missed the game, but I turned to NBC just in time to watch the (Not So) Fighting Irish sing their precious school song with the band (yes, I know they do it win or lose, how sweet..... ) after losing to Syracuse of all teams. Of course, Charlie Weis gave the usual "We gave the game away" excuse when asked what lost the game for them. I have disliked Notre Dame football since I was around 6 or 7 years old and I probably always will. GO SIOUX!!! GO RUTGERS!!! NOTRE DAME SUCKS!!!

It might help this team to shoot more on the Power Play and not pass it about a dozen times before taking a shot. They have time for passing drills in practice, they don't have time for it in games. Just shoot the dang puck and you just might get a deflection or rebound out of it. It's never a bad choice to put the puck on net, but you wouldn't know it watching our PP unit.

Their season has just imploded from what the expectations were at the start, last week's win over the Rodents notwithstanding. This is just another example of how far they have fallen.

Touchdown Blair Grover!!!

JOSH MURRAY!!! 62 yard TD run!!!

Opps, you're right. I think this cold is getting to me, I can't think straight.

Game over. 1-1 OT Tie. This one got away from us.

Just how many times in this game are we going to allow the Dogs to skate right into the slot with the puck? Eidsness has had to bail our butts out of trouble over and over again.

We have to stop taking stupid penalties. The line-change penalty is an example of not paying attention to what is happening on the ice.

We had better start taking care of the puck.

Come on, let's cash in!