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TOUCHDOWN! Brady takes it in from inside the 1; nice drive by Manke and the backup offense. PAT good, despite 5-yard penalty. 16 play, 84 yard drive, 7:00 off the clock. UND 48 WSU 6

Sioux drop pass on third down, but Winona is flagged for late hit. Ball on Winona 12. 5:00 left in game. Brady carries ball to 1, Sioux knocking on the door (again).

Sioux advance ball to Winona 41. 7:30 left in fourth quarter. Offensive reserves looking good today. UND 41 WSU 6

Sioux hold on fourth down inside their own 20. 10:42 left in fourth quarter. UND 41 WSU 6

Some of them are a lack of discipline after we build a big lead, some of them are a little borderline. They haven't hurt us too much today, but it might hurt us down the road.

Winona advances ball to UND 46. Facemask penalty on Sioux, ball now on 31. Sioux must cut down on the undisciplined penalties. UND 41 WSU 6

Glas attempting a 37 yard field goal. FG good, flag is on the play. Flag on Winona for running into kicker, FG stands. UND 41 WSU 6

Nice run by Manke for the first down, ball at Winona 20.

End of third quarter. Time to put in all the reserves we can. UND 38 WSU 6

Reed Manke now in at Quarterback. Sioux advance ball to the Winona 38. UND 38 WSU 6

Winona attempts 26 yard field goal. FG is good. Good stop by defense. UND 38 WSU 6

Winona now on the Sioux 11, with the help of some penalties. UND 38 WSU 3

Sioux starting to get after the quarterback again, forcing incompletions. Dan Hammer says Sioux fans now outnumber Warrior fans! Winona getting some home-cooking from the refs, not helping today.

TOUCHDOWN!!! Dressler makes a bobbling, one-foot-in catch for the TD. PAT is good. 5:59 left in third quarter. UND 38 WSU 3

Sioux now on Winona 10. Another touchdown should put the final nail in the coffin. UND 31 WSU 3

Also, this guy is not turning it over all of the time.

Sioux hold on 4th down, take over on own 39. UND 31 WSU 3

New Winona QB more effective, could make second half interesting

11:06 left, third quarter Sioux forced to punt. Time for a three and out.

Second half underway. Sioux must avoid letdown. UND 31 WSU 3

Good points, but you forgot to mention WDAY television and radio and their radical homerism for all things NDSU. A college friend of mine who lives in Fargo has a satellite dish. When it came time to choose his ABC affiliate, he picked WDAZ (Devils Lake, Grand Forks) over WDAY (Fargo). He just can't stand how they slobber all over NDSU all the time. Yes, local stations are always a little bit of a homer for the hometown team, but I think WDAY TV and radio and the Fargo Forum newspaper take it to a sickeningly low level. The Forum's recent articles and editorials slamming UND and hyping up NDSU as the greatest thing since sliced bread were totally over the top, even for them. If the suits recognize the popularity and marketability of Sioux athletics, that's awesome. But that philosophy doesn't extend too far down the food chain at Forum Communications. I just felt that fact needed to be pointed out.

I would not be surprised if this was true. It fits right into the arrogance and conceit that is prevelant in the NDSU/Fargo/Imperial Cass-Clay County area. Of course, NDSU and their allies in Forum Communications will paint this as another step in moving to "the highest levels in athletics, academics and research", blah, blah, blah. But all it will accomplish is to forever remove NDSU's football program from any sort of national title contention. If Chapman and Taylor think that NDSU would be anything more than another Buffalo, Florida Atlantic or Louisiana-Monroe in D-IA, then they're in for a shock. The Bison would be smart to stick with D-IAA football, but again this is NDSU we are talking about.

Ask UC-Davis, North Alabama, Pittsburg State or anybody else who has played (and lost) playoff games in the Alerus Center if they think we have the best home field advantage in D-II. I think the answer would be yes. I loved the outdoor atmosphere of Memorial Stadium and there are Bison fans who are still upset that the Bison moved indoors. But you can't argue with success and that is what we've enjoyed at home since 2001. Three of those four home losses were in 2002, which was just a bad year all around. The other loss was in 2001 against Omaha (one blocked punt away from an undefeated season! ). If all you want to focus on is your hatred of the Alerus Center and indoor football, be my guest. I'll just continue to enjoy games at the Al (hopefully well into November this year).