JohnboyND7

Its warmer than 38 degrees in the Ralph too isn't it? I wouldn't imagine it being that big of a deal if they got cooling coils or whatever some post had in it.

http://www.nd.edu/~observer/09241999/News/0.html Looks like Notre Dame has rights to theirs. It is different than UND's, not much, but when it comes to sports logos, noticable differences probably have to count.

As sad as it is to say, UND fans should really cheer for him to underachieve the rest of the season, for all you guys know Iowa is not offering anyway but if they are looking, and see stat lines of 10/13 250 yards 4 TD's, they might come knocking and asking if he'd like to be a hawkeye.

I'm not knowledgable about most hockey stuff but isn't Hockey East built around speed and precision while WCHA has traditionally been built to intimidate and be more physical? If so, doesn't that mean your going to sacrifice speed for physicality?

Not part of that crowd. Not in support of the NCAA policy(dumb policy). Just think you have to remember the Big Sky doesn't want to deal with a school that pisses the NCAA off, they wanted UND and USD, USD decided not to come, UND is still involved in the nickname thing(Spirit Lake and technically, the state legislature until November), do not put anything past the Big Sky.

Say what? Thought the schools never ever get mixed up?!?! Its ok, NDSU got called South Dakota State on Saturday.

I wouldn't mind seeing what phase of the nickname retirement UND is in on September 22 in that case. Probably complete?

letters of concern from the Big Sky commish. Nice try though bro.

If they dont get the nickname stuff completely settled.....they are gone. You know that.

Probably SIU. He has a nice new outdoor stadium down there, he doesn't have to listen to people talk about hockey, he doesn't have to worry about nickname drama, and at UND coaches don't even know (officially) if they are going to get in to the Big Sky.

Matchups can really suck sometimes. Don't sweat it, a really young team up in Grand Forks. Give them a bit of time to gel together. Either way, Don't think it really mattered tonight, BC looked good.

Im not agreeing or disagreeing, but at the very least, he needs some time. Bill Belichick was once believed to be an NFL coaching failure after a stint in Cleveland.

Doubt he will be returning to North Dakota for anything other than retirement.

I'm not a big fan of black or any color that isn't the primary. If your school is green and white, Wear those colors. Now for an alternate jersey every now and then(see ugly Maryland and the ugly NDSU yellow), go for anything, have fun with it.

Something to chew on: Illinois St. was 4th, NDSU still was up by 10 when the clock hit zeros. Last year NDSU couldn't throw....at all, it was kinda embarassing. This year, the passing game has looked pretty good.

Not really understanding all of the Notre Dame hate going on. Notre Dame is a Bigtime Division 1 school. Tons of fans nationwide. Whether anyone likes it or not, they get to be a lot more picky than a lot of other schools about conference deals in any sport. If UND could do what Notre Dame is doing, you can bet your house that they would. Notre Dame is going to get a pretty good deal to join some conference, and as a result, that conference is going to get a lot of exposure because Lo and Behold, they get to play against the University of Notre Dame.

Both of them are looking pretty good. Hopefully North Dakota talent continues to make its way into the state teams. It would be nice to get a top guy to stay in-state. i.e McGovern or Qvale.

Sounds like he has a good program over in DL. Wish more schools did this, same system throughout schooling career. You might get hammered a few times when you are young, but once your in high school and understand everything while other kids are learning new systems, you got a huge edge.

And they will have to change the name of the school in El Forko Grande to UND-Online. Perhaps with the nickname getting dropped you can be the UND-Online Routers or UND-O Modems...

. If you guys got Muss coaching, UND isn't going anywhere.

If you want hockey to gain popularity, schools like UND, UNO, Denver, and CC aren't going to do it for you. Its the Big Ten schools and Notre Dame who bring any new popularity hockey will gain.

Just wanted to make it clear I wasn't trying to piss anyone off. I think you caught what I was trying to say in the right light. If UND wins, and continues to beat D1 teams(not many on the schedule!) then I will definitely say that they deserve a ranking...not that rankings are overly important. UND could definitely get back to where they can challenge NDSU, but it could be a long tough road. NDSU was fortunate enough to have at the very least, a solid coach in Bohl. UND lost Lennon and well, all I can say is Mussman. A time will eventually come where UND can at least put a team on the field that is at the very least capable of playing with NDSU, and could even beat NDSU. But I semi-anticipate an NDSU dominance returning to the upper Mid-west for the first time since the 80's-early 90's. Im not going to argue with you, while I think you are wrong to an extent, like every poll, the Sagarin Ratings will be more accurate in a few more weeks. At that point in time, I think it might make a bit more sense to look at them. If only football fans were patient and judged teams at the end of seasons..

My case is the National Championships NDSU has. The atmosphere at games. I think if they play anytime soon NDSU will win most of them. But like you said, the two teams have gone back and forth, since the Super Bowl Era (my measuring stick, some might use others) NDSU won a few more than UND, not a lot, but a few. Did UND have success in that time? Yes, a national title, conference titles, playoff appearances, but at the end of the day, CAS4127 has 3X as many championship rings as any UND player on the 2001 team. Again, not trying to upset anyone, and damnit, the thread is drifting away.....WILSON!!!!!!

I agree and disagree, UND will have better teams from time to time, the five-year head start they allowed is really going to kick them in the balls for awhile I think. I don't know if they will ever fully catch NDSU (not with Muss). Will UND have some teams that are better than NDSU, yep, at some point, a UND football team will be better than an NDSU one(not with Muss). But will UND ever catch NDSU as a football school? No. NDSU has the tradition, the venue(dome v. alerus? not a contest), the school support(hockey is the big "thing" at UND). Does that mean there is anything wrong with UND? No, not at all. I just look at UND and say that they are the Auburn to our Alabama as far as football in the Modern Era (super bowl era) goes. Auburn has done well, Alabama just has a little bit more to hang their hat on as far as historical success. None of this is intended as a slam against UND. Just an opinion. UND should start to be consistently better as soon as Muss is gone. I'm sorry, but he isn't taking you guys anywhere.(see Idaho halftime kneel, see lack of adjustments in 2nd half). Maybe convince ol' Roger Thomas to come coach again

It would mean even if the AD's couldn't agree on a deal that they'd have to settle it in the playoffs. I could dig that. Yeah, well we should be sitting pretty, but you really don't know until you see the guys play. Thats why for all the tough talk I gave about how NDSU doesn't need Mollberg at QB nearly as bad as UND, it still would be nice to have gotten him because of the fact the more guys you got, the better chance you have for one of them to be pretty good players. And I meant the Southern Conference...not Southland (silly me), TONS of solid teams in there, as in it makes the MVFC and Big Sky(especially BSC this year) look weak. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Conference#Members