jimdahl Posted September 3, 2003 Posted September 3, 2003 Shocking news from today's Herald: Saturday's game between the Sioux and UMC, however, may be the last between the teams for the foreseeable future, Stassen said. "I want to play UND over here," Stassen said. "But they don't want to give up the revenue (the Sioux receive for a home game)." Quote
bisonguy Posted September 3, 2003 Posted September 3, 2003 I do have to tip my hat to UMC for having one of the toughest non-conf. schedules the last couple of years. Now, if they only could compete Quote
Goon Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 This just proves how bad the NSIC is. UND proves nothing by demolishing UMC, and why would someone want to pay good money to watch a sleeper like that, I chose to go Goose hunting instead. IF we are going to play an NSIC team lets at least play BSU or UMD. In fact UMC doesn't belong on the same field as UND. UMC couldn't beat most division III opponents... In looking at the scores from yesterdays games, Minnesota Morris, SW State, UMC, Moorhead State got killed in Non-Conference football games, Moorhead State lost to a mediocre Division IIII team. Division Two football is slowly becoming a very poor brand of Football, UND maybe should look to moving up to Division 1AA too. Quote
tnt Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 From what Chris Mussman said on the radio the other day, they tried to get Duluth on the schedule. They even offered to play in Duluth, but Duluth didn't want to. After all, Duluth made the playoffs without playing much stiff competition, why would they want to jeopardize that this year? They can't avoid the Sioux next year though. Quote
UND92,96 Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 From what Chris Mussman said on the radio the other day, they tried to get Duluth on the schedule. They even offered to play in Duluth, but Duluth didn't want to. After all, Duluth made the playoffs without playing much stiff competition, why would they want to jeopardize that this year? They can't avoid the Sioux next year though. I've heard the same thing. I think UMD has built a pretty good program and they will be a nice addition to the NCC. But it will be interesting to see how they do when they're playing UND and UNO every year instead of just USD and Mankato. Up until now, the only really difficult regular season game they have in any given season has been against Winona. It's a whole other situation when you can be beaten on any given Saturday. Quote
UND92,96 Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 This is an excerpt from the UMC press release regarding Saturday's game: The Golden Eagles hurt themselves in a game that started out in their favor. Key penalties and turnovers turned out to be drive stoppers in a game that was closer than the 59-0 score would indicate. "Closer than the final score would indicate?" I really hope their SID was trying to be funny... Quote
The Sicatoka Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 Another dark omen for the UM-Crookston rivalry: Quote
The Sicatoka Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 There were two things in the UND box score I didn't like: UMC passed for more than 100 yards. UND had more than 100 yards in penalties. Quote
tony Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 Thought I read that Crookston got $20,000 to come to Grand Forks this time. Did anybody else read that? Quote
UND92,96 Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 Thought I read that Crookston got $20,000 to come to Grand Forks this time. Did anybody else read that? To the best of my knowledge, there was nothing in the local media regarding the guarantee. But I may have just missed it. Quote
bisonguy Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 Sicatoka, Do you know what the penalties were? 100 yards in penalties in a first game isn't terrible, especially if they were procedures or offsides. That's just first game jitters, and UND still has two more weeks before they need to have them worked out. If there was four or five holding or interference calls against UMC, it might be cause for concern. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 UM-C at UND box score: UND defense offside 5 yards UND defense US 10 yards (what's "US"?) UND special teams holding 36 yards (took away punt return for TD) UND defense holding 10 yards UND offense personal foul 15 yards UND special teams illegal block 38 yards UND offense holding 7 yards Seeing those two monster penalties makes the yards sound better; of course, one took away a punt return that went the distance. The offensive holding for seven yards looks strange. The play started at the 4, the hold happened at the 1; ten yards from the spot gives a seven yard penalty I guess. Quote
teamsioux Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 I know that in past years UMC received $15,000 to come up to GF Quote
bisonguy Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 Sicatoka, The only guess I can come up with for US is Unsportsmanlike Conduct, but that would be a 15 yarder. Maybe it happened on the 20, so half the distance to the goal would make it 10. Wait a minute, that would mean that UMC got down to the Sioux 20 yard line. Did UMC even make it past the 50? Quote
WYOBISONMAN Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 After hearing the quote from the UMC SID guy it made me wonder if the Iraqi Information Minister is now working as the SID at Crookston........ Quote
bisonguy Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 After hearing the quote from the UMC SID guy it made me wonder if the Iraqi Information Minister is now working as the SID at Crookston........ Somebody dig up that link. That would be a good one. Quote
tony Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 I know that in past years UMC received $15,000 to come up to GF Thanks, I did eventually remember where I saw the story - the Bismarck Tribune reported the $20k figure was in a story called, "UND belts Crookston in final game of series." Quote
Riverman Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 Division Two football is slowly becoming a very poor brand of Football, UND maybe should look to moving up to Division 1AA too. I agree with you 99% I think Kevin Fee summed it up in the Herald $16. to watch Crookston and $29. for the Bison game! Maybe we are slowly being duped that they are planning to go D1aa. The gate prices are just about there. And now the wellness center is being bumped up in cost and size?Hmmm something just doesn't add up. Could some of our Bison fans tell me how much a Montana ticket was?And as hard as this is for a Sioux fan to say, nice job on the Griz... Quote
bisonguy Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 Riverman, I don't know how much their single game prices are, but season tickets for the Griz are $148 a seat. I think their booster section starts at about the 20. I think they sold between 17,000-19,000 season tickets. I wouldn't call it being duped. I'd call it smart business sense. If they can get a sellout, why not charge as much as they can. Granted, I think somewhere arond $20-22 would be more reasonable, if they can get $29, so be it. I have seen a lot of other schools that charge a lot more for rivalry games. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 What do you charge per seat? As much as you can get while keeping all the seats full. It's economic reality. Quote
UND92,96 Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 What do you charge per seat? As much as you can get while keeping all the seats full. It's economic reality. Agreed. Plus, season tickets are just $80.00, which comes out to $13.33 per seat for a six-game home schedule. A pretty good buy IMO. Quote
RD17 Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 Sicatoka, The only guess I can come up with for US is Unsportsmanlike Conduct, but that would be a 15 yarder. Maybe it happened on the 20, so half the distance to the goal would make it 10. Wait a minute, that would mean that UMC got down to the Sioux 20 yard line. Did UMC even make it past the 50? It was an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. The way it happened is a UMC OLineman moved early and one of the UND DEs came across the line and planted him on his behind, getting the US penalty. They marked off the 5 yards against UMC, then the 15 against UND for a net of 10 yards. Quote
Riverman Posted September 10, 2003 Posted September 10, 2003 If they can get a sellout, BG, "If" being the key word. Thanks for the info on the Griz ticket price. Quote
bisonguy Posted September 10, 2003 Posted September 10, 2003 Riverman, I found out from someone that was at the game that single game tickets for the endzone area at the NDSU/Montana game were $20. There was a good thread on the angivensaturday board about ticket prices for I-AA. I'll see if I can dig it up. Quote
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