Dustin

https://fightinghawks.com/news/2023/10/18/mens-basketball-north-dakota-to-appear-on-cbs-sports-network-three-times.aspx So according to this article, the conference championship will televised by CBS Sports Network. It used to be on one of the ESPN networks (as were just about every conference that isn't Power 5). I get CBS Sports but I pay extra for it, so it's not a matter of not being able to watch it, but I do feel like that's a step down in visibility during the hype leading up to selection Sunday.

One thing they touched on about NDSU is that they haven't fully recovered from the COVID year, which is something I touched on in whatever thread it was back when Trey Lance declared for the draft. I said that Trey's decision would help bring parity to the FCS, which it seems to have done.

Just hope the winner is the same. 1 point or 50 points - gotta have it.

Everything was set up in miles (and yards) long before the switch to metric, so some things just stick around.

Has anybody ever heard of Hack City? I stumbled upon their show on YouTube. Obviously I was searching and clicking on so much UND stuff that this popped up. They do a rundown of the FCS, presumably every week, but this is the first time for me. They talk about our game at the top of the show.

So, for streamers out there, I am assuming you need another steaming app (like Hulu) for watching the regular televised ESPN networks? Or are some of you augmenting a traditional cable/satellite service with ESPN+ streaming? Just curious what people do. I am super old school and just have Midco cable subscription, but do sometimes watch available content on a computer (like at work, HAHA)

Ok, thanks. I wasn't sure what is part of ESPN+ and what isn't. I can watch ESPN3 through my cable subscription (which also happens to be Midco).

Wouldn't ESPN3 (as well as ESPN and ESPN2) be part of ESPN+? I don't know for sure, just speculating.

This was especially true back when MSC televised every Gopher game while WDAZ only did a few Sioux games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nlYz-o6ZJ8 It happened around 1:37:20 mark (hard to see live) and then replay of it from a better angle about a minute later.

I also have a Sioux-Gopher memory that wasn't a win. In fact, it was the infamous 0.6 seconds game. Before that turn of events, one of the Sioux players sent a Gophers' stick high into the air. I laughed so hard and was a nice distraction from fingernail biting of the 3rd period.

Pretty sure UND had a huge penalty kill (5 on 3 for an extended time?? or something like that) on Saturday night. Does that sound familiar?

Just for clarification, the "them" I was referring to was any Freshman who hasn't played any or many games, not just Tai or Rucker.

Yup, I remember that one being big as well. The very next year Blais completed the rebuild by being WCHA co-champs (with Minnesota), beating the Gophers in the Final Five championship, and then on to the Natty.

Since there are 5 regular season games left, could maybe play them against UNI this weekend and sit out one of the other games, like Murray St. or Indiana St. Could still use them for USD and Illinois St. in that scenario. Can't remember who all has played and in how many games. I think Tai has been in one so far?? Could perhaps see a Jerry sighting later in the season, especially in mop-up duty against certain teams.

This was the clincher. Just needed something to light the spark. After that, the fire burned pure.

Still a rivalry, but not as much fun since it's not 2 series every season, and no conference points/standings on the line. UND and Minn used to own the WCHA regular season, so competing with them for points and inevitably playing them in the conference tournament was all part of the fun. You might have to play them 5 or 6 times in one season, with each one building a crescendo of importance (reg season, conf tourney, NCAA tourney).

There's some obvious ones: the timeout, Porter's wraparound, Bina's 180' shorty, Trupp's bat out of mid-air, etc. A series of games that stand out to me happened in 2009. In January, the Gopher's come to the Ralph highly ranked (maybe top 3?) and I believe the Sioux were unranked and about to start one of their famous second half turnarounds under Hakstol. Sioux put on a clinic and unleash on 'em: 6-3 Friday and 6-1 Saturday. Tons of scrums in the Saturday game. Then the next season, in October 2009, in the Friday night game, the Sioux won 4-0 in similar style and the crowd is chanting "Just like last year."

I was told once that UND never copyrighted the interlocking logo, but Notre Dame did.

What a great game to have recruits at. Hope it pays off several dividends.

That’s definitely a game changer when it comes to roster management.

So you can play 4 regular season games PLUS all playoff games and retain eligibility?

Was the UNI game the MVFC game of the week last year? I know that was on ESPN3 because I watched it through my cable subscription (and I don’t subscribe to ESPN+).

Was UND required to retire the interlocking ND, or was it a decision by the university ? I figured since it had no Native American imagery it would be allowed to stay.

Ok, thanks. I was wondering about that.