GDPritch

Ouch, jodcon! Good luck vs ND (Notre Dame, not the Sioux).

Great rendition by Manfred Mann. Great lyrics. The tune was actually written I believe by "The Boss". He had it on one of his albums but not a hit for him.

Man, love Steely Dan. Well known with lots of airplay but were slightly on the edge/fringe too. They balanced it well.

Hey, thx for posting!

You know, I'm really not disagreeing with your assessment on the outcome (I'd rather give Bubba another year or two longer to build the his team, thx Mussman) but have the Fighting Sioux ever lost in Fargodome? Hopefully it continues to be a good luck place for us although it will no doubt be a stiff test and take a perfect game to come out with the win against a great ndsu 1-AA ftbl program.

I guess we need to define "powerhouse" then. If winning a natty is all that defines a powerhouse program then you're right I guess (assuming by your post that "flopping" means not ending up #1/natty at end of season?). If powerhouse means being a top program year-in, year-out then I don't call that flopping. I ain't no niche sport fan but isn't ndsu rasslin' considered a top-program (or at least it was until they left D-2 to go D-1 maybe?) but if they don't win a natty they're flopping? Hard to argue when you can't define the parameters. Agree to disagree I guess.

Snake--Just sent you a PM on behalf of a friend (non-forum.siouxsports.com member).

Agree, that's about it but you know, for a city of 9k that's got a sister city 6x larger right next door & with the benefits of ND's robust economy it actually does quite well with it's boardwalk of restaurants/bars by the river, busy multi-plex movie theater and Cabella's downtown. On some days (wknd) the huge parking lot adjacent to the levee/state campground is pretty plumb full.

Hey, I've heard about this place before. WTH is "Hoggsbreath" (sounds like something out of Harry Potter)?

Hey, I'm an old timer who's been hitting Sioux hockey games since the late 70s and I'll be the first to bemoan the atmosphere at times in the Ralph. Taking into consideration though we were playing a last place team, it's spring break, less than a full-house crowd (we're spoiled though, I bet there were still 10K in attendance) and our NCAA tourney hopes weren't on the line (lose qtr-final to CC and we still make the big dance), it really wasn't half bad this weekend. Do I wish the Ralph was louder/more fan cheers & enthusiasm going on during the games to have a bigger home-ice advantage? You bet I do.

Unlike NDSU up until early 2000s, UND was already used to being a div 1 sports school due to its hockey program. 800 miles, used to traveling such distances--Anchorage 3,000 miles (?), Den 900 miles, CC 950 miles, Madison 575 miles, Omaha 500 miles, Mpls 300 miles,... Unlike NDSU for UND even pre-2000s it wasn't just 2 to 5 hours bus rides to St Cloud, Brookings, Vermillion, Duluth, Mankato,...so prob a non-issue.

Hah, I well remember that game! Crushed Mia 9-2 despite being jobbed 2 or 3 goals by the refs! Didn't realize MacM had 2 of those disallowed goals. Review them NCAA/NCHC now and give him that 1 extra point!

To be honest, other than the last several minutes of the 2nd period and first half of the 3rd period Fri nite when the Sioux racked up 4 goals, CC played tuff (as I suspected) for a last place team. Hats off to an improved team from early in the season. Are the Sioux a better, more skilled team--you betcha, no doubt--but put CC in the Lil6 (Big10) this season and they're sitting middle of the pack conf-wise.

No offense to Mr. Gaarder but other than a Gofer everybody mocks Edina hockey/youth as privileged/spoiled but he's way outside the stereotypical mold (probably fabricated/exaggerated I have a hunch but maybe a bit of truth) of the image of such. A great college hockey player certainly not, future NHL player no, but he's a solid blue-collar, valuable college hockey player who stays 4 years and gets who improves each season and is more valued each year/ He's the type of players you need (along with a few blue chippers) to be a top ranked college team. So glad he's a Sioux!

I'm prob way late on the response but believe it was for the Sioux defensemen laying on the puck just outside/in the crease in def end.

Well said by the writer. I'm a patient guy and I realize we lost a ton of starting seniors from last year's good (not great) team but so did that team to the south and they seemed to find their stride as this season went along. As someone else said earlier, I think next season (if not during the off-season now) is Jones' make or break.

Welcome ted2you. Sounds like we started watching Sioux hockey near the same time, late 70s (and still continuing) for me and at UND 81-85. Some great teams/good times at the old Ralph & some real good teams/still good times n the new Ralph. Random thought; I believe (?) won it's only national title in it's first year at Alerus Ctr but since hockey moved into the Palace on the Prairie no national title (although consistently a national powerhouse). Hopefully that will change soon but even if not, still love the ride (imagine being a Wisco fan)!

The only time Payton was smarter than the game was the time he paid his players bounty fees for excessive/dirty hits (hey, it got him a Super Bowl that season). Ask the Vikes.

Ain't heard back so I'll take that as a no and pull back my offer.

I might be wrong but didn't EGF wr receiver Lueck (?) bust it open for a 80 td catch on what might have been the first Sioux play of the game in 2003 against the bison? That got loud, like nearly the whole Cal-Davis play-off game in 2001. Not talking a home game but I also made the road trip down to play Winona St early Sep (prob 2005ish?) and it was hotter than hell that day. Small outdoor stadium but it was overflowing (4,500 fans?) as they came out thinking they might win as they had us on home turf. I think they had played us fairly close/at least semi-competitive when we hosted them at the Al for two play-off games so they had confidence being at home. Anyhow, I believe they scored first off a turn-over but then we went on to methodically crush them something like 52-13 or something like that.

Agree 100%, UCLA Princeton and Yale currently not power houses. Gotta think though Oregon is a powerhouse though, seems like they've been in the hunt/top 10 (I could be wrong?) the past several years/decade, have they not?

Maybe not upset, more so mystified or puzzled to be honest. Not sure what folks are drinking.

..."don't" dominate/make it easy for ourselves.

Section 121 row c seats 6 and 7 for 2 tickets to EACH of the 4 games on Fri and Sat I'm offering total of $160. You might be snickering but I'm going out on a limb as there's no guarantee my team will make it (likely, yes), plus I ain't really too thrilled about the other 2 games not involving the Sioux. Yes, #1 vs #8 seeds in 1st round but CC played us tuff last time at the Ralph and although we're #1 nationally, we normally dominate/make it easy for ourselves.

I agree with you on that point. I noticed that the last 2 - 3 weeks. Cashman was the better player although a small sample size.