JohnboyND7

It should mention he was committed to UND? I didn't see anything about him being committed one way or the other until tonight. As any story should, it should state the facts. Nothing else.

I am guessing if Arp wanted to go to UND instead, he would have.

I'm with Ranger on this one. It is a lot of money to pump into a kid's education when in all likelihood, he is probably going to be doing something else.

Lets be real here. If North Dakota as a state had one major school (i.e Wyoming), maybe a move would be feasible to have an FBS team in Fargo/Grand Forks. But with the way things are here, and the lack of population...its not happening. Neither UND or NDSU will smell FBS other than playing an FBS school or two annually. Heck, even Appalachian State and Montana...two schools that have the fan support/ticket demand to make a move haven't done so. In the meantime, have fun kickin' back and enjoying the FCS like your brothers to the South (except Lakes, he is thinking Big 12 hehe ) Like Darrell said, if you want a big stadium full for a UND football game, feel free to use teambuilder and select Michigan's Big House as your stadium.

Just call them free, its not like UND's hockey ticket thing where they make the students pay extra...which is a load of crap by the way. Oh, and using a seniority system instead of first come-first served is absolutely archaic and ridiculous as well.

I don't want to turn this into some nickname debate, cause honestly I can give two craps about what any team calls themselves, my only beef with UND was they tried fighting against a contract that was signed to give them a chance. But thats for about a billion other threads on here, not this one. Perhaps they should have announced on the PA that the UND fans will refrain from calling UND the Sioux in chants if they were going to ask the NDSU fans to not say Sioux Suck ****. In fact, my ticket said, North Dakota Fighting Sioux vs. NDSU on it. What do they want me to refer to UND as in chants if not the Sioux (which was also printed on the court? If you are going to go the politically correct route, do it right! Anyways, not a big deal, I think we will all survive! Have a good one guys!

Really? Are we really going to go there? Yelling Sioux Suck is no different than people yelling things about any other team. Is it appropriate for UND fans to throw dead gophers on the ice? Sure, I don't know anyone with a logical mind who is against it, other than the fact it is kinda gross...still funny though. If UND's name was the....Jaguars or Vikings or anything else.....people would still yell something against them. Part of sports...get over it. Nothing wrong with it. Now if they are yelling what we yelled at Belcourt in high school "WE PAY TAXES!" that can be argued is going too far...

Trayvonn is really hot and cold. He can jump out of the gym but...as we saw last night, and several other nights, he has some very quiet nights too.

That too would have been odd. If one fanbase rushes the court following a W, it'd be equally odd for the other fanbase to rush the court if their team won instead....even moreso considering NDSU was the road team.

Tough pill to swallow. Watching the UND students rush the court was a bit odd but hey, shows the rivalry is alive and well which is nice. Both teams looked atrocious the entire game. Congrats to UND on winning, and shame on my guys for not performing well enough to get the job done. Hopefully it wakes them up that they aren't talented enough to sleepwalk through games. Couple things I noticed (too lazy to read through all the posts, sorry for any repeats). 1. NDSU let UND control the pace of the game it seemed like to me. NDSU is generally a more fast-paced team and allowed UND to slow the game way down. 2. The officials were terrible. Tons of obvious fouls went uncalled, a couple of no-fouls were called, the foul late was ruled flagrant or intentional?(couldn't see the ref well), and a time or two I think they should have called a jump ball for UND and instead called a foul on UND. 3. Both teams looked bad. No exceptions. Woof. Maybe it was the environment, cause it kinda happened in the dome last year too. If that is what is going to result of having the game in a strange venue for both teams, just play it in the normal arenas. Not a fun or smooth game at all to watch. 4. I don't think UND guy or Braun deserved technicals on that play in the first half. No one did anything TOO terrible. Rivalry. Let them play. 5. A cenile, old, UND fan got yelled at by his wife for telling me I'm a bad loser(among other things) while I shook a UND buddy's hand. Old people....gotta love 'em! See you guys in Fargo next year. Go Bison!

Your opinion of NDSU and the Summit can't really go down if UND wins, considering UND has lost by 38 to a SDSU (along with a 20 point W), and got swept by Western Illinois. NDSU, beat UND last year by 28 points, while being a very average Summit League team. The better team does not always win, and a conference cannot be judged on a single game. Am I going to judge UND for losing to some bad Big Sky teams? No. Am I going to judge NDSU if by some chance they lose tonight? No. Especially in a rivalry, I won't judge either team for losing unless they get embarassed. Ok, so you are saying that UND had a better team than NDSU in volleyball without any doubt? I'd say the two teams are moreso even, and a lot of it comes down to which team is playing at home. That is besides the point anyway, considering volleyball is a sport that very few people care about. SDSU is a pretty good team. Methinks they probably took UND a tad too lightly the second time around, played a little bad, and I'm guessing UND obviously played better. Pretty sure NDSU fans care plenty about this game. Rivalry. Local competition. You are making yourself sound stupid. NDSU is in a no-win situation here but that makes it very important to win rather than lose.

I cheer for the Iraqi's if i see them on tv. My mom works for a jail so I'd have to pull for the guards. I will put myself on record and say that if NDSU never had athletics, I'd pull for UND. But if NDSU just up and dropped sports, I'd still not cheer for UND so I know what your saying.

Gene Taylor and Chapman were behind this... :| Oh, and Bresciani turned a blind eye towards it initially, until we get the PayForParkingGate Scandal Tapes from his office, we will never know how much he knew.

Can't hate on the dude for speculating. Isn't that was internet message boards are for? Besides, this way, when the doom and glooom doesn't happen, it will allow you to be that much happier that said scenarios didn't pan out the way some feared they might. Went right over my head. Whoops, you know how jokes are tougher on the internets.

A good chance for two schools to play in a game that will probably get more media attention than a normal game...if anything, wouldn't it give UNO less of an advantage because it will probably change up their normal rituals before a game.

I can see why you'd be ticked about having to pay to park but remember, they want your cash. And since its basketball...they have all the justification in the world to ask you for some coin.

.....that would imply that they are getting enough wins.

Can't let the streak die! 5 straight years dishing out pain to SDSU. Love it. But the UND game is a big deal to me too.

I will sign the petition if I see them outside teh Ralph tomorrow. DaveK can consider this a christmas present from me.

In North Dakota, anytime the two school square off it is big potatoes. Specially football. To a lesser extent basketball. You know this.

Flagstaff would be fine. Missoula and Bozeman fine. Greeley= Cow Town Cheney= lame. Cedar City= middle of nowhere. Seeing the Grand Canyon would be fun or whatever, but I have no idea what makes you think that would be worth some super long trip. Vegas would be great, you think the coach would seriously let them go out at night? Not a chance. Asking for trouble. So hence, Vegas would be lame.

WYO talkin jive! Love it! ..........she is allowed into the cave?

Haha, whatever you say buddy.

Population is why teams in the "warm" states would be better if hockey was a national sport. Appalachian State does still recruit well and you know that they are probably using the Michigan game as a recruiting pitch. A few years back, Kansas State made an appearance in Fargo for basketball. I'm sure that from time to time, both schools will bring in some bigger schools to play a little ball. I think Minnesota brought their baseball team to Fargo last year as well, Iowa State for volleyball game up this year. A lot easier to bring in bigger schools in sports that are less important to them (i.e. hockey)

Bjorkland is a total dude when he is on his game. totally lit up Fresno(dunno if thats saying much), but he is a fundamental animal. I expect him to have a good game against UND. You should probably consider trading some of them for Alexander, Felt, Braun, and Bjorkland at least. Those 4 are very, very gifted young men. I expect at least 2 of them to light up the Ralph. I have a lot of faith in them but then again, so do you guys in your team. Nothing wrong with that. Hopefully it is at the very least a fun game to watch.