UNDBIZ

Don't set out supper for the trolls. They don't belong in this thread.

It very well may have been by design, but that's a poor design, IMO. There were guys open down field on multiple plays yesterday, Studs threw incomplete or worse to the short well covered receivers instead. I also noticed he was a second late on every throw, allowing coverage to catch up or forcing guys out of bounds to catch the ball and removing the chance of yards after the catch. Hopefully the timing will improve as he gets more experience.

I don't remember a single pass being thrown more than 15 yards down field today by und. That needs to change.

Panera is building their first location in Bismarck right now.

After nailing 2 75 yard field goals, he certainly better get an award.

UND - 6 UC Davis - 4 (yeah, that's 2 safeties)

The only reason the Sundogs name is still a part of this process is because it has historically had the support of the small group of people who fought hardest to remove the Fighting Sioux name. The support for the Sundogs name dates back over a decade. Sundogs is not acceptable.

This UC Davis team is tough. A lot of very average looking people.

Commissioners are similar to politicians, they have to get out and "press the flesh" every once in a while. All 3 conference commissioners knew the game was a big deal for both schools. I wouldn't read into it much more than that.

FYP.

Justin Garza Chris Hayes from MSNBC

Liam Godfrey M Night Shyamalan

Dylan Rutledge Our own Brian Lee

I really hope they maintain Grady's redshirt and this is just being done as motivation.

They were selling at the ndsu game out of a van. I'd like to see them made an example. They fully know what they're doing and they defaced a beautiful logo in an attempt at being cute.

Separate legal question. Anybody seen these? http://www.newsioux.com/ I'd think the little tongue sticking out isn't enough to avoid trademark infringement.....

Nice of the Fargo Forum to place the Iverson story at the top of their website...... It was $16. Shouldn't they be finding out the name of the individual who broke into a girl's room in the Sevrinson dormitory? The case (with a "person of interest") has been handed over to the State's Attorney and still no name mentioned in the articles?

You're bad luck.

RRHS starts going by red riders. Problem solved. They don't deserve a state nickname anyway.

You may want to check out uscho as well. I believe some bc fans post there.

Says the 13 year old ndsu fan trolling a rival's fan forum.....

I like, and prefer, the idea of being in the Big Sky Conference. I view the western state schools as being more desirable culturally, academically, and geographically, than the east (Indiana alphabet soup? Really?). However, the casual fans (see: majority) do not seem to be embracing/recognizing how good it is/could be. Leading up to the game this past weekend, I had multiple UND alumni tell me how it's cool UND and ndsu are playing each other, even when UND is in a lower division. I quickly corrected them and pointed out that UND is in the same division. They would then say "well UND is in a lower conference" than ndsu. I'd quickly point out that UND is in the Big Sky with Montana, the team that just beat ndsu. They'd say "Really? Huh, I didn't know that." I'm not sure if it's the work of imperial Cass, poor marketing by UND, some hockey only fans who don't pay any attention, or a combination of all of them, but UND and its conference are viewed as being far less than ndsu and its competition. If a home can be found for football (either MVFC or BSC affiliate), UND should seriously consider a move to the Slummit. Regardless of the Big Sky being the better conference for UND (and the rest of the Dakotas, IMO), perception is reality in this business and right now the perception among the casual fans in this region is that UND is in a crappy conference with crappy schools.

Roughriders is #1 for me. I'm not completely opposed to Nodaks, it's just boring. I've never viewed the term as offensive and Philadelphia Phillies and Illinois Illini both seem to work. As for the others, Fighting Hawks is just a horribly weak attempt to hold onto "Fighting" (I could accept "Hawks"), North Stars is Minnesota's (I could accept "Stars"), and Sundogs stands absolutely NO chance of reuniting the fan base. Yes, I'm posting twice and breaking the thread rules. I do what I want

Ratelle, Idowu, Reyes, and Anderson are all Muss recruits, no?

The ideal (and somewhat plausible) UNDBIZ conference: All Sports UND, NDSU, SDSU, USD, UM, MSU, Idaho, Idaho St, UNC (9 schools for 8 conference games) Non-Football Schools UNO, Denver, UMKC (12 schools split into 2 6-team divisions (western division and I-29 division) for bball. Play 5 division teams twice and 6 other teams once, for a 16 game schedule). Conference tourneys would rotate between Denver and Sioux Falls. I just can't see UNI leaving the MVC.