John W.

Season ticket holder here....like the potential for this year's team....most improvement as a team is usually between week 1 and 2, but even tho improving....I don't think they'll beat 'U-dub'.... I agree with some who've posted about the 'arrogance' of Bison fandom....rivaled only by the 'arrogance' of UND hockey, team, staff, fans and those who cover for the media....fingers point in both directions.....

Amen, mom....from a former center....I was too slow footed to play elsewhere.....but loved and understood the game....

Calling 8-3... go Hawks!!!!

You can't fix 'stupid'...some. People like to live 'in the past'....glad I've taught my kids to think/reason....

It's bloggers with names like yours....and those who call the team(s) Sioux that keep it going.....and the name of this site.....That's what keeps it going.....It's over.....it's a dead issue....why don't the "Susie's' let it go????…."Redskins' Forever"....(GFC)

Been reading comments about the upcoming FB season for the F'n Hawks...I have seasons and am looking forward to it... Some folks still are calling them 'Sioux'....my question to those folks are..."Who are you mad at? or are you just tormented like a 3 year old who didn't get their way?" It's not the fault of the NCAA...if it were...whey did Florida State , Illinois and Utah keep their NA names? Is it the AD, Administration, Coaches, what???? The real culprit, if there is one is the ND legislature and some 'boosters-mainly hockey'....they treated the Native American people of ND badly and tried to 'ram' the name down their throats....all under the 'guise' of respect....When for former finally realized...hey we can't be heavy handed in this matter...it was too late....some NA entities were 'pissed' at the process.... Upset...look inward...

Kennedy's vote was unanimous...vote for chair of NDUS was not......anti-Kennedy GF Herald made a big deal of the mid evaluation....Herald a perfect example why 'press' held in low regard....excessive opinionization in hard news stories...

narrow view.....Big Ten Network's cash is generated from all sports...not just one (hockey)….One would hope UND would do likewise...if negotiating a deal….BIG not likely to add a school like UND as an affiliate...in hockey....more likely to add a school with same stature...academics, research, etc.....not just because of a single sport....therefore...ASU has a better chance than UND.....but more likely Illinois......

Just read the Big Ten Network will distribute 51 million ...PER school this year.....no way will they share that with any school who would become an affiliate member in any sport..

Geno working out daily with the Gophers.....will be taking other visits......Colorado State and Zaga….top competition for his signing with Gophers...….I'll bet the farm he'll become a Gopher....(or Goofer….as some with a Fighting Sousie bent' like to say)

Gino to Minnesota makes sense....Gophers need a back up point....It's Gino's home town....team he's probably always dreamed to play for...be happy for the young man....also to play in front of family/friends.... Credits/smedits….how does UND get those Canadian 'junior' kids into school.....???? Always a way....not unique to Power 5 teams.....

Just trying to be positive as I was 'instructed ' to become....Are you attempting to be negative????? And I know what epitome means...but thanks anyway!!!! I'll compare degrees with you sometime....anytime/anywhere....

Reported here and elsewhere, UND Fighting _ _ _ _ _ (insert fav nickname) just signed the top recruiting class in NCAA hockey for next year. That, along with an outstanding nucleus of returnees....led by a dedicated and talented coaching staff...should make UND the prohibitive favorite to win the 2019 Ice Hockey nationals. Should be an outstanding year at the epitome of venues in collegiate hockey.

So tell me....I want to know...where should I respond to be critical of hockey and coach Hak....?? I did mention FB which is why I responded here... let eat me know the appropriate spot....and I'll happily attack arrogance there!!!!

This site is so funny....programs and coaches are open to criticism....which is good....with the exception of the 'holy grail' of UND sports....hockey....I've been temporarily suspended and threatened with banishment for speaking critical of that program and speaking Ill of 'the baby jesus '...(small J)...his highness David Hakstol... the name of the site tells all....if truly supportive of UND...should want to drop reference to it and unify ALL behind the new UND moniker and symbol...that old name 'ain't ever coming back' Two area programs overly riddled with arrogance, self indulgence and self import....NDSU football and UND hockey...

The NFL tried to address the 'National Anthem' issue but did not....they created too much 'wiggle room' and left much open to interpretation... Maybe the solution is to eliminate that tradition....after all ...it has NOT always been the norm....playing of the anthem originated around the time of WW I to show support and was not universally installed, even then...I, as a veteran, take offenses at the anthem played at UND sports venues with the ending, considered 'cute' by some, as bring disrespectful to our 'brave' veterans who served...I've attended sports events in many states and not heard the anthem varied as at UND events....

Sounds like, like Engelstad family and their foundation has moved past the ' nickname/logo' issue..good for them. Now if the Herald and other 'Fighting Susie sniffers' could do the same,,..and pull in one direction for UND!!!!

The healing process would be further advanced if this 'site' would change it's name!!!!!

Waaa...waa...."Fighting Susie" name will pass in time....just like GFC's "Redskins Forever" signs, chants and shirts....just selfish bigots who lost their 'cool logo'....they're thinking only of themselves and not about respecting a 'people or culture'...Most have never talked to a Native American person or visited a 'Rez'...that may open their eyes about 'respect'....besides respect is in the eyes of the 'receiver' and not the 'giver'... Fighting Susie's may be masking some hidden personal 'issue'....there are more important things of which to concern one's time...take a breath and chill!!!

your blog name tells it all!!!!!

A blend of 'studs' and 'grinders'.....Hockey recruiting has evolved into those categories....and Sandelin has seemingly perfected the blend....'Studs' in both college hockey and BB...come in for 1 or 2 years...don't care about any tradition...but just development and exposure for themselves...and move on to the next level.......it's the merging of these guys with 'grinders' like the kid from Minto and from Warroad, (both @ UMD) who are just happy for the opportunity to play and will put out effort every shift.... The successful coach/staff has got to reach that 'blend' in recruiting....

Oh, but I am.....Gophers, UMD, St. Cloud, Mankato all in the mix for MNotans....just like most GFC, RR kids would prefer playing for UND if offered.....

Going to,be an interesting final....someone asked 'what would it take to get Sandelin back to UND?'.....start with 500K/year....other than being an alum, why would he want to? Area talent pool much better/deeper in Duluth than GF...For most MN kids, UND is 4th/5th fav team...(Poolmsn's exceptions as their dad works within the UND program) GO DAWGS....(drive the haters crazy)

Haters still venting.....Go Dawgs....OBW....I'm not trolling....I'm a UND athletic donor....have FB season tickets....had...operative 'had'....hockey season tickets......but "Let's go Susies" chants got to me....FB, VB and BB pretty much embracing the name/logo change....Wonder what the graduation rates are for the top athletic programs at UND....most DI schools keep track of that...and some even have incentives in coaches contracts for high graduation rates....I can guess which program would be lowest at UND....and that's not reflective of student athletes as many hockey players are stashed by NHL at colleges until needed by the pro team who has their 'rights'.... Enjoy the 'Frozen Four'...about 18 in my family going to be there....from various states....but all born in upper Midwest....

"Go Dawgs"....been enjoying Matt Wellens articles on UMD this week....great beat writer for the Duluth. News Tribune....covers UMD hockey as well as St. Scholastica and UW -Suoerior plus high school hockey....a hockey journalist WITH a future.... (I know it's hard for 'haters' to give props...but take a deep breath and enjoy!!!!)