JohnboyND7

Like I said regarding the popularity of both schools(avoid thread drift people), this just shows A.) NDSU people have gotten behind this, or B.) UND people haven't seen it too much. Otherwise, I imagine the numbers would be closer.

Read through it much too quickly. Whoopsie daisy.

Gophers had a few good showings last year. A few bad ones. They were probably a better team than Idaho I think most people would reckon. Idaho sucked in an awful conference. The Gophers were bad-mediocre in the B1G.

unnecessary. they are getting kicked around bigtime right now.

Week one: UND by 40-50 points. Week two: UND by 7. Week three: Aztecs by 14-21 points.

He is a returning Heisman Trophy finalist as well as winning several awards at the preseason #1/2 team in America and an SEC powerhouse, and they still gave him the boot. If LSU is willing to give the boot to the face of the team, then he must be a real pain in the rear end.

He is a trouble maker and I don't know if I want NDSU with the rep of taking someone like him. I wouldn't be surprised with a contact, but I'd put my money on McNeese if I was a betting man. FCS champs. He is moving down so he can play immediately. Wouldn't call it impressive. Has to end up somewhere.

Beer. Nice facility.

My dad is a season ticket holder, so are several of his friends. For him the internet is e-mail, work-related stuff, and banking. I doubt he knows what a blog is.

Funny, when people ask me where I am from and I say North Dakota they don't ask about NDSU or UND. Neither of them are relevant outside of the area except in their opponents fanbases. Might be hard for you to face the music but up here on the prairie we are irrelevant.

I forget that we are sometimes!

Thats great that UND hockey is a major program in the hockey world, a lot of those fans are not from North Dakota. A lot of hockey fans will, just like in FBS football, pick a school that they have no association with. Example, I am a Notre Dame fan. I have never been to Indiana. And I doubt if they played at Boston College or BU that half the arena would be UND fans. I state one more time, NDSU football and UND hockey are very similar in the state of North Dakota.

OK, once again, using Blog views is a ridiculous way of determining 'fandom.' If NDSU was in the B1G, which will never happen, they'd be so much more popular than UND it would be beyond ridiculous. North Dakota is a football/basketball state. Don't try saying it is a hockey state because beyond Grafton and Hazen-Beulah, no class B schools, and some class A schools don't play it. If there was a B1G option in the state, the other school would not matter to anyone. Catters is entitled to think that UND football will catch up with NDSU, it will be tough however, NDSU might be entering a new phase of our history for all we know. Using a game in Colorado eh? Well something tells me a most of those people are UND alums or fans from Colorado. That isn't part of the statistic no? I believe the issue was fans in the state of North Dakota. I honestly do not care how many fans NDSU has in Colorado, because once again, as I said, the population of North Dakota has about an equal GAS (give a S***) Factor when it comes to NDSU and UND.

This. Other programs can't be hurt in funding, now maybe some athletes might not be interested in going there and that might hurt the program, but the funds will be there, besides, Penn State has boatloads of cash in their athletic department one might imagine.

Well known on here that I'm a Bison fan. Don't get cute. And it was two seasons ago.

I'm a Steeler fan. There are quite a few of us. Really helps that the Steelers dominated the 70's when a lot of people who are fans now were being raised. Those fans have kids(me), and those kids grow up wanting to be Jerome Bettis. That doesn't change the fact that the Vikings are the most important team to the state. If they won the Super Bowl, it'd be a riot.

We beat MSU with something like 5 completions. Sometimes you don't need to be able to throw Mr. McGill He is right though, need to have some threat to throw in order to win.

This might be true, with NDSU football possibly finding their place in FCS now, might finally be back to where things are back to where they should, right about even with UND hockey. Either way, much as I dislike UND, they bring good attention from the hockey world. NDSU football, as much as you folks don't like it, bring good attention from the FCS world. It will take some time I think, once Penn State gets on their feet and the rivalries start taking hold, I think they will be happy about B1G hockey. Lots of quality and big name programs.

Exactly, people need a season to catch up.

Didn't the Gophers go through a bit of a rough stretch and last year was their first real good year in awhile? I'd imagine that Mariucci will have more luck putting butts in the seats this year.

That seems realistic I'd say.

Take the good with the bad.

Has a way of stickin with ya.

Well, goodness someone is crabby today. Ease up bro.

Its intentional.