ericpnelson

Then it'll be historic and even better... people don't use thrashers to process wheat anymore but it was still brought up

like this... especially with jerseys like #7

It's bad business to make a deal with someone who isn't acting in good faith. Faison's done what he can/should.

It only takes one legislator. Every bill has it's day on the floor in ND.

canola

to use this year's hockey team as an example... The Oilers refined as the season went along. Sloppy Win? Oilers get crude win. Good win? make a number of sweet jokes. Winning streak? Oilers keeping pumping.

If we are the oilers we can play the blow-out scene from "There will be blood" every time we stomp someone. Also, it makes the lives of newspaper writers easy... "Oilers Drill (Opponent)". Everytime. No need for originality, we'll call it tradition. If we have a comeback victory... "Oilers dig deep for win"... writes itself.

too soon

Thursday night at Buffalo Wild Wings in Williston. If we play Saturday I may drive to Grand Forks just for the atmosphere, then probably St. Judes.

portions were underwhelming...

crap.. now that you said that outloud it's probably the new nickname

if you wear a hooded sweatshirt, tape where your hood sits to hide the bump

Midco Channel 634 HD or 320 SD Direct TV 208 Dish 141 (not 100% sure on this one)

The fix is in.

Thanks for the tip

Haha glad this discussion is started, but I've pretty much heard from anywhere in the contiguous US that's not western ND. Anyone?

Haha yeah; I haven't seen too many official Alumni Association events or set-ups in boomtown.

Since Cincinnati is probably too tough for some people to go, I was wondering if people are setting up viewing parties. I didn't want a thread that was too specific, so I figured I'd make a place for all of them. I am going to be in Williston this weekend and won't have too many people to watch the game with. I don't want to explain college hockey to some southerner sitting next to me at buffalo wild wings, so if anyone is in this area and would interested in a party, let me know and I'll set something up if there's enough interest.

LaDue

I heard a guy in a random section scream "Beat team ever!" after every penalty kill. I loved every second of it.

I think that's kinda cherry picking, and it falsely implies that was the only thing yelled that night. It's an extreme example, which hasn't been repeated. It was a rivalry game, in which we gave Kangas the business, school wasn't in so alcohol was allowed in the student section, it was a perfect storm. I'm just saying that eventually students stop trying as hard to cheer if the loudspeakers or band plays over you anytime they worry you'll do something that will cause a 4 year old to ask their parents a difficult question. I'm not expressing an opinion on where the balance should be, it's just a reality where both sides of that coin doesn't exist together.

I don't know if this is turning into a Ralph bashing thread or not, but here was my recent experience (graduated '12, perfect attendance at hockey games, more than I can say for class). Sitting in the lower bowl was a worse atmosphere. It just was. You had a third of the section which were Sioux hardo's like myself who came early, but a lot of it was saved seats for friends and pretty people you hoped to be friends. I tried to stand up more enough where I got threatened to be kicked out. I knew what the rules were, I just kept trying the "but I thought there was going to be a big play" card. They caught on. As it got further into my college career, after the infamous few minute long "F the gophers" cheer, they got pretty tough on swearing and I know a few people who got tossed for it. Which, swearing is wrong, but you can't have it both ways. If you want a rowdy student section, it's going to happen. So it was stark difference from my freshman year where that stuff was the norm to my senior year were if I did the "who's he, he sucks s***" cheer I would get a half section full of dirty looks. It wears on students constantly to be told you can't do that, and you can't stand. Eventually they are a bunch of people who don't care as much around you, so you stick out looking like a jerk, so you sit on your hands more than you would have previously. They didn't really crack down on drinking then, you pretty much had to earn be thrown out for being too drunk, and they allowed signs still ("Kyle Rau beats seals" earned him shooting a puck at the glass in front of our group). Moral of the story though, anecdotally, there seemed to be a significant shift in focus from the raucous student section to a family atmosphere in my four years. It's not my call to decide where the appropriate balance is between those two places, but I think you're fooling yourself if you don't think they are abrasive to each other.

Per Izzo, Muss is heading to SCSU. Co-O coordinator and qb coach.

this game sounds like a textbook Jones loss

I'd rather play NDSU for a chance to dance than Weber State. Simple as that to me.