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Not after how that worked out with Townsend who was a QB in high school.

One thing I noticed from this is how built Sharp is. His neck and traps are big time for a true fr. He could easily get up to 210 by his rSO year.

If you go to the actual youtube page it describes it in more detail. "Opening Drive, a behind-the-scenes look at the North Dakota football team, is back for its second season. The web show will preview the 2013 season for the University of North Dakota with weekly episodes leading up to the kickoff on Thursday, Aug. 29. Episodes will continue monthly through the season. Opening Drive returns as newcomers come to campus, move into residence halls and get ready for their first collegiate practice. Meanwhile the returning members of the team look to build off a first season in the Big Sky Conference. The next episode of Opening Drive will debut on Aug. 15 at 9 p.m. on UNDsports.com and Youtube.com/undathletics. Opening Drive is presented by Scheels. Use the hash tags #NDproud and #OpeningDrive to talk about the series on social media. Follow UND football with #BrickByBrick."

They are doing it for the whole season this year

How bout watch this instead of pissing in the wind?

I know Thomas wasn't our ad then. I'm just saying it wasn't his fault back then. It was in the 2000s though

Was he our AD in 1978?

Probably not since GF has been a hockey town since the 50s. But football would be alot closer at the very least. Maybe if football went on some ridiculous run like ndsu did in the 80s but outside of that hockey is pretty entrenched in the blood of GF.

I wish more B1G schools would add hockey along with Pac 12 and maybe some more MAC and east coast D1 schools. That would be good for college hockey to have more 'name' schools that could draw more people into college hockey.

Lack of vision is what I think it was. It took a visionary at NDSU who didn't care if they couldn't afford it for everything to get moving. Had there been someone with vision in charge back in the 70's all 4 would have been D1 for a long time and perhaps even be FBS now. Football would definitely be a bigger deal in Grand Forks had UND been FCS from the start...... at least we didn't stay D2.... I'm not sure I could handle that.

All 4 of the Dakota schools should have been FCS from its inception. Huge mistake by all 4 not to.

21 of 59 D1 hockey programs are schools that play either D2 or D3 sports. Nothing says the highest level of competition like Alabama Huntsville, Colorado College, Alaska Fairbanks, Lake Superior State, Michigan Tech, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Union. Just sayin. And some of these random non D1 schools have won national championships.

He's a bit of a bowling ball of butcher knives.

The ratings had dipped in a huge way and that is why espn didn't keep their rights to broadcast hockey. The popularity has gotten alot stronger, especially in non traditional markets, but my original point still stands that espn doesn't have a vendetta against hockey. Had the ratings always been strong they would've been all over hockey. Also Miami has the worst fans in the history of things to cheer for. And NBA basketball pretty much sucks.

The series starts back up today. Might as well have a thread to post episodes in and make it easy for anyone to watch.

They showed plenty of hockey in the 90's when the sport was popular.

Once again if the ratings were their they'd be all over it.

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Because the ratings aren't good. If they were those money grubbing whores at ESPN would be all over hockey.

I'm not talking about NDSU. I'm talking FCS football and D1 hockey.

Stroll right on in at the north west gate where the team used to run out. Hopefully they go live when you're there.

I was using all three games because it makes the comparison more favorable to hockey. Compare just the championship games then. Also why are the only hockey games on ESPN/ESPN2 Frozen Four games? There are FCS quarterfinals on ESPN2. That alone shows that ESPN feels showing those football games is more advantageous than showing those hockey games. FCS football has a much larger following than D1 hockey.

Apples and oranges. I know the point you are trying to make but it just isn't valid. Think about it this way. How many teams are there for FCS football and D1 hockey and how many players are on each team? This means that the talent is more spread out in football. I'm not against UND hockey by any means, I just don't like some of the BS arguments some hockey only fans try.

Although I'm not a fan of NDSU that is not a valid comparison. A football team has 95 players on it. That would mean for every one pro UND churns out NDSU would have to churn out 3.