fightingsioux4life

There you go judging books by their covers. Hawthorne is an awesome companion. I wouldn't give him up for all the money in the world.

Given how unpredictable this tournament is, I imagine you could do just as well throwing darts at a board. 😂

I expect them to make a run at 100 losses. And if Buxton stays healthy and has a big first half, I think they might trade him.

If they do, they are traitors and not welcome back to SiouxHawk Nation. I have ZERO patience for those front-running "I want to be a part of it" bandwagon jumpers. It absolutely makes me sick to see people jump from one bandwagon to another. Even at the height of Bison dominance in the 1980's, nobody in Grand Forks who was a genuine UND Alum and/or supporter would be caught dead cheering on NDSU-CKS. And no @Cratter, that has nothing to do with "societal conditioning".

Get a cat, they are prolific hunters. I'm sure my Hawthorne would do a bang up job, but I think he likes his Hill's Prescription Diet better.

Good point. But we are light years away from that.

If we lose guys over $1M, that's fine. I get it. But if we lose our entire team every year, that's not acceptable. The $1M offers are not available to everyone that enters the portal. We have to build a program where you lose a few high-end players to big NIL deals, but return enough of a nucleus so you aren't starting over from scratch every year.

Part of me loves it. But part of me doesn't. A nasty, vitriolic college sports rivalry is much better when both programs are good and contending for titles. But I certainly don't feel sorry for them. Not in the least.

They better invest all that NIL cash wisely. Because without some kind of education (4 year, 2 year or trade school), their earning potential will take a huge hit.

Weren't there three different times for the Selection Show? Starting times are one thing that shouldn't be this complicated.

NDSU did just fine this year in "the new normal". And considering all the money they are spending to move FB up to the FBS G6 Mountain West Conference, they won't have a lot of spare change lying around for things like NIL. So they must be doing something right. Am I wrong?

This may be one of the best ideas you have ever come up with. It could be a great tool to market the college game to Canadian kids. Best of all, it would p!$$ off the CHL! 😂

If we lose players to higher level programs, I understand that. But if we lose players to Summit League rivals, that would be unacceptable. That's what I was getting at.

I don't think so. Jackson and his staff have done way more in a single season than I thought possible. We are in good hands now.

Against AI freaking C.

And I want this team to change all that. We've become an also-ran on the national stage and it is getting really old.

At some point, these teams are going to get burned by players not producing like they're supposed to. That will lead to teams being more reluctant to give out six and seven figures in NIL to individual athletes.

Whatever happens, I just want to see an energetic and hungry team on Thursday. Not a tired, sluggish team that can't get pucks to the net. Just compete at a high level and I think we'll do just fine.

I am sick of Denver. I am sick of Duluth. It's time to shake things up. Time to finish the #drivefornine

Careful, he's untouchable here.

Then go to the UMD discussion forum and talk him up over there. This bizarre man crush you have on Sandy is really annoying and disturbing.

At least they aren't talking about the B1G.

It still matters.

Have they even decided that yet?