JohnboyND7

I think it's good in Sioux Falls. People whine about it there because SDSU and USD are close, but it's pretty central, great venue, and the town is supportive. Easy drive from Eastern ND, Minneapolis, Omaha, not bad from KC, and Denver people are probably gonna fly no matter where we put it. Nothing is stopping a healthy contingent of UND, NDSU, UNO etc. fans making it a point to head down to Sioux Falls for a weekend.

Haven't they consistently been the best teams?

I don't have a problem with letting them play. They are in the conference after all. It would be kinda weird i think to leave them at home. I don't think anyone complained in previous years?

Yeah I just wasn't sure if the game was just that far ahead

It seemed half the team was Moorhead guys

That was very fun. Can the high end Grand Forks teams compete with these guys or is that just out of the question?

Goals everywhere

That stillwater kid has to feel like such a bone head.

Mankato

I'm pretty naive when it comes to hockey. Is this game as lopsided as the score? It seemed like to me that Stillwater has had some great chances and just haven't capitalized. Obviously Moorhead is making everything

It was slow to post on here lol. I think I'm a bit behind though

5! Oh my

4-1. They needed that.

Make it 4-0!

It's working fine for me.

Prayers up to him, family, and friends

He deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for resisting the temptation. The ND Guard would've been in Winnipeg by midnight. Fun game. International games are the best way to get people who enjoy sports to turn on a hockey game. I don't think I've watched an NHL game in 10-15 years, whenever Philly made the Stanley Cup? I was ready to commit war crimes last night. Totally locked in for Team USA.

There is a 0% chance Riley Leonard got a $6 million payment. Notre Dame guys are well taken care of, nobody is throwing that at kids right now. Even so, NIL had already begun before Kelly left ND. Idk how many schools are better positioned to succeed in the NIL era than Notre Dame, but LSU ain't one of them. Sounds like he made a bad bet if he thought that was the case.

I don't think so. If you said the job is meaningfully different from 2010, I would agree wholeheartedly. Dude hated recruiting by the end. Its a tough job. Lots of shaking hands and kissing babies compared to every other CFB job. The administration is not always super football friendly. It is a draining job relative to the other blue bloods. Notre Dame is always popular with parents. You need to sell it to kids. Freeman was a blue chip kid himself 20 years ago. He's got that dog in him. The only recruiting battles he's losing right now are over guaranteed money or kids who don't want to get a degree. Kelly did a wonderful job restoring a high floor at Notre Dame. There were many issues he fixed on the admin side and program side. But Notre Dame fans dont want to go 11-2 getting blown out in their playoff game. Freeman said let's make a higher ceiling by bringing in kids and prepare them to win big games. He's undefeated in bowl/postseason games. He's making Notre Dame cool again to people who have hated ND for years...but more importantly, after this season, they might get to start shopping down another aisle at the grocery store.

His dad is a black airman from Ohio. Mom is from Korea. His wife is white. His six(!!!) kids 23&Me results look like a Walgreens receipt. I think when he says what he said, he's not pandering to Notre Dame's obviously very white fanbase. I don't think he gives a hoot about being the "first" anything. Seems to be pretty comfortable in the job now. Hired big name coordinators and let's them do their jobs. Lot of guys in his shoes (cough cough Brian Kelly) don't do that. I think it's easy for him to focus on the team. Unlike most coaches, he was a 4 or 5 star dude in the modern football era. He already had his time as big man on campus.

I don't think he has any plans on leaving. When things are rolling there, no better job in college football. Plenty of NIL available. He's already sorta disowned his alma mater. Converted to Catholicism. Dude is 39. He hasn't spent time around the NFL and his style seems to be based around building kids and running a program.

Might need to find a bar to watch the finale in town then next week!

30K is pretty big for an FCS game unless you got at least 1 and probably 2 "big" fanbases going.

Learning lesson i suppose?

No better teams were left out. SEC got exposed yesterday. I think maybe they should get rid of conference champs getting byes, instead just guaranteeing a spot in the playoff. That would mitigate some of the weird stuff.