JohnboyND7

God forbid you play on Thursdays once or twice a year... I wonder how mad Duke gets when they play basketball games during the week. #backseat

I can't imagine people being excited to see the Scheels Arena. So the Ralph Engelstad Arena, the Cathedral, Taj Mahal, etc. of collegiate hockey, hosted the ND State Tourney 5 months after opening and 9500 or whatever showed up. I'd say the lure of seeing the new($100 million+) home of UND hockey was pretty strong relative to the lure of going to Fargo to see the Scheels Arena.

Do you think that may have had to do with people wanting to see the new Ralph?

They basically have free agency, or did when I was in school late 2000's. I'm looking at you Bismarck High and West Fargo wrestling...

Minot was graduating the most or second most in the state I believe when I was in high school. So saying it's not surprising to see GF and Fargo schools do better based on population doesn't really add up. No reason for Bismarck to be represented by one team in any sport. That's nonsense and anti-competitive.

They have changed it. We started at ten I think.. And this year they did that as well. State wrestling has to be right there with Class B boys basketball in terms of fun. Fans make it wild at times. Especially if a high seed (moreso if they are a high seed from one of the evil empires) gets put on their back. Go Blue Jays. Go Imperials. Bismarck, West Fargo and Linton can go crawl in a hole.

Was pretty bummed to see Central lose. Atmosphere was pretty fun. Friend who teaches there said they only lose three seniors... Two best players are juniors. Should be good next year. Goalie is real little. Only a freshman. Don't know *#%& about hockey but I would think he'll get better. Definitely would have went to watch tomorrow had Central won. 4th time is a charm?

PTSD kicking in right about now....some very lop-sided dual scores between 2005-2010.

Excellent. Really hoping they get another shot at Red River.

Since Jamestown did not make it, I've adopted Central as my team to support for the tourney.

Should have already beaten them...really let them off the hook <denny green> last time.

If you are OK potentially waiting forever If that one is overly crowded, I like the one on Gateway...forget what its called. Think its by Simplot?

The counter-trolling here is pretty impressive.

So if I had a slow day of work and decided to look at past posts, I wouldn't find any posts of yours suggesting that NDSU may not have won all these home playoff games if they had to play road games? I wonder why teams typically have better records at home rather than away?

Zing. Walked(typed? Didn't type??) myself into that one.

I can see why some here are reluctant to consider the possibilities

They are in the SEC, making the playoff there is pretty manageable.

Went there with a friend who teaches at Central. Had a blast. I was actually disappointed at the lack of students there but the atmosphere was a lot of fun.

What does any of that have to do with me being at a loss for words? The idea of NDSU in the Big 12 is pretty outlandish as well.

A.) I don't think thats true. B.) What does that have to do with me?

.........you guys for real? I am at a loss for words.

Absolutely fantastic episode(s).

Why should they listen to you?

First townie I can recall going to NDSU or UND for football since my family moved there in '02. Tall kid. Very good athlete.