bincitysioux Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Jeff Kolpack's Pet Poll Be sure to vote! Quote
ticklethetwine Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 You can't even compare. UND has won 7 NCAA championships and NDwho? has won 1 JV championship. Maybe when NDwho wins 7 JV championships they can be talked about in the same sentence with UND hockey. Otherwise they have no business in the same conversation. Quote
ticklethetwine Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Comparing the Fargodome to REA... :lol: :lol: That is a good one. Quote
ScottM Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Considering it's Kolpack, the "poll" will probably still be spun to favor 'su. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Wow. Just ... wow. This passes for "journalism" in today's Fargo Forum. I thought these "shoe size" measuring contests ended at the gates to the fourth-grade playground. 1 Quote
scpa0305 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Sioux hockey....and it's not even close. Dumb poll. Quote
watchmaker49 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 One question would be could NDSU keep their attendence numbers up for as many games as UND does? Quote
PhillySioux Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Wow. Just ... wow. This passes for "journalism" in today's Fargo Forum. I thought these "shoe size" measuring contests ended at the gates to the fourth-grade playground. The Herald is also involved. This poll is stupid. And any argument comparing the two programs is equally stupid. Tomorrow's equally useless, lets stir the pot poll: UND Med/Law School vs NDSU Land grant programs, YOU MAKE THE CALL. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 The Herald is also involved. OK, so I amend my statement to be ... This passes for "journalism" in today's Forum Communications Company. Does that make it better? Quote
JohnboyND7 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Hockey people are going to say UND; Football people are going to say NDSU. Pretty simple. Quote
Hambone Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 They forgot the "Who gives a rip" option...... 1 Quote
darell1976 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 I like how Bison fans on Bville love the attendance comparison...of course they average just over 11,000 at the REA...its called capacity. I see NDSU had some 15,000 and 16,000 seasons in the last 5 years....what happened did the fans jump off the bandwagon? Instead of avg per game (since the dome holds 19,000 and the REA 11,640) they should compare % capacity. Comparing the Fargodome to the REA would be like comparing the Rose Bowl to the Fargodome. Quote
watchmaker49 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 I like how Bison fans on Bville love the attendance comparison...of course they average just over 11,000 at the REA...its called capacity. I see NDSU had some 15,000 and 16,000 seasons in the last 5 years....what happened did the fans jump off the bandwagon? Instead of avg per game (since the dome holds 19,000 and the REA 11,640) they should compare % capacity. Comparing the Fargodome to the REA would be like comparing the Rose Bowl to the Fargodome. Also their market is twice as large as ours. Quote
JohnboyND7 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Also their market is twice as large as ours. So you want to penalize NDSU for having more people around to go to games? Quote
darell1976 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 So you want to penalize NDSU for having more people around to go to games? Except Fargo goes to UND hockey games...who in GF goes to Bison football games? Quote
watchmaker49 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 So you want to penalize NDSU for having more people around to go to games? Shows less interest in football per capita than there is for hockey. Quote
JohnboyND7 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Shows less interest in football per capita than there is for hockey. Well you are free to think that, you just have absolutely nothing to base that on. Because everyone knows when it comes down to football interest vs. hockey interest, football always wins in America. 1 Quote
Siouxperfan7 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Both programs are solid. No doubt about that. But if you want to compare one thing that is going to differentiate them, you can't take lightly the issue of the top end talent in their respective sport is more likely playing UND hockey. Yes, NDSU has great players. Some which go to the NFL. But the top players in college football don't play at NDSU, UND, Montana, or anywhere in the FCS. The top college football payers play at schools like Alabama, LSU, USC, etc. In college hockey, the top college players many times play at UND. Guys like Parise, Oshie, Toews, etc were the one of the best college players when they attended UND. They were the best hcokey players at their age at the time. And know they are competing at the highest level in the NHL and are the top players in that league now. So while it is tough to compare two different sports, you can't argue that the level of talent that goes through the UND hockey program is better than the level of talent that goes through the NDSU football program in regards to the atheletes in the sport at that level. Quote
SiouxFanatic Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Well you are free to think that, you just have absolutely nothing to base that on. Because everyone knows when it comes down to football interest vs. hockey interest, football always wins in America. Except in North Dakota. Besides Fargo, the rest of the state follows the UND hockey team religiously. NDSU football? Not so much. Hell, the closet fans in Minot barely came out when the Bison won the title. Leave the confines of Fargo area and head west, everyone is more interested in UND hockey. Quote
watchmaker49 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Well you are free to think that, you just have absolutely nothing to base that on. Because everyone knows when it comes down to football interest vs. hockey interest, football always wins in America. Sure I do. Over 100K in the Fargo market but only draw 15K-16K. UND market 60K but draws 11+K. Quote
tnt Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Sioux hockey brings in way more money even with the higher salaries paid to Hakstol and company. The funny thing is that this poll comes up directly after the Bison win a "National" Championship, and the Sioux haven't won a National Championship in a while. How do you even know if your vote goes through, because after I hit the vote button it didn't take me anywhere. Shouldn't it take you to the results? Quote
JohnboyND7 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Except in North Dakota. Besides Fargo, the rest of the state follows the UND hockey team religiously. NDSU football? Not so much. Hell, the closet fans in Minot barely came out when the Bison won the title. Leave the confines of Fargo area and head west, everyone is more interested in UND hockey. Oh really? The state follows UND hockey religiously? That is a lie. If you ask people to name a UND hockey player, they won't be able to do it. If they followed UND hockey religiously, they'd be able to tell you UND's first line easily. This is the most ridiculous argument ever. Both are successful in their respective sports. Very difficult to try and make an argument one way or another. Sure I do. Over 100K in the Fargo market but only draw 15K-16K. UND market 60K but draws 11+K. NDSU draws 18,000 or so. 15K is if they are having a bad year. So is Notre Dame obviously bigger than USC because while USC gets more fans at their games, they have the LA market while Notre Dame has the significantly smaller South Bend market? Is Nebraska bigger than Oklahoma because Nebraska is based out of Lincoln, and gets an extremely good attendence compared to Oklahoma being in the bigger Oklahoma City market with a similar attendence? Quote
ScottM Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Maybe a newspaper poll can also settle the eternal debate of "Less Filling" versus "Tastes Great" ... 3 Quote
UNDColorado Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Maybe a newspaper poll can also settle the eternal debate of "Less Filling" versus "Tastes Great" ... Haha well played....this is about where this pointless debate is going anyway so I am going with less filling; nothing worse that trying to drink beer when belly is extremely full. Quote
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