ringneck28 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I find it funny that Mariucci is posting here when his team isn't playing UND this weekend. So who is the biggest rival? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIRE HELMET GUY #26 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I find it funny that Mariucci is posting here when his team isn't playing UND this weekend. So who is the biggest rival? It's a thread about the Gophers.......started by a UND fan on a UND board. Sooooooo why shouldn't he? And I don't think many Gopher fans would argue that UND is the biggest rival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 yup, and the Gopher announcer described the following as being built for the playoffs: defensive 5x5 play and a great powerplay...and we wonder why hockey is the least popular of the major sports. Race horse up and down hockey is beautiful to watch- defensive hockey is like watching paint dry. I think that Doug McLeod is hard to listen to, he's absolutely brutal, an awful announcer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen4sioux Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I think that Doug McLeod is hard to listen to, he's absolutely brutal, an awful announcer. He does seem blissfully ignorant much of the time.....and he sounds like he is confident of abilities in being ignorant. What I mean by that is that most announcers who are out of their element seem timid and a bit gunshy...he just bowls forward in ineptitude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxweet Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I do miss frank and wooger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchmaker49 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 It's a thread about the Gophers.......started by a UND fan on a UND board. Sooooooo why shouldn't he? And I don't think many Gopher fans would argue that UND is the biggest rival. Your coach would along with all the rodents fans defending why they won't play UND claim the big rival is Wisconsin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluvdebbies Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I think that Doug McLeod is hard to listen to, he's absolutely brutal, an awful announcer. His voice would have been perfect for silent movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringneck28 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I would also disagree with this assessment. Most gopher fans have told me that UND is the second rival behind Wisconsin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchmaker49 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I would also disagree with this assessment. Most gopher fans have told me that UND is the second rival behind Wisconsin. In other sports it would be. But not hockey though. Were they getting $250-$300 a ticket at the Kohl for all those empty seats? Evidently not since the seats were empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoHawks! Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 It's a thread about the Gophers.......started by a UND fan on a UND board. Sooooooo why shouldn't he? And I don't think many Gopher fans would argue that UND is the biggest rival. About the gophers AND Wisconsin in a WCHA game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringneck28 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 In other sports it would be. But not hockey though. Were they getting $250-$300 a ticket at the Kohl for all those empty seats? Evidently not since the seats were empty. It wasn't the last time they were meeting for the next 3 -4 years. If we were number one rival, why haven't they ever moved this game to the target center like they have the badger game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIRE HELMET GUY #26 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 It wasn't the last time they were meeting for the next 3 -4 years. If we were number one rival, why haven't they ever moved this game to the target center like they have the badger game. I can't remember why but Mariucci had something else going on that weekend which was why they had to move that game to Target Center. Target Center stinks for hockey so it was not moved there because of rivalry purposes.....they basically had to settle for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluvdebbies Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 The only thing more ridiculous than gopher fans saying Wisconsin is their biggest rival......is Sioux fans saying Denver is ours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodcon Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 The only thing more ridiculous than gopher fans saying Wisconsin is their biggest rival......is Sioux fans saying Denver is ours! We'll all be saying it next year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodcon Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Most of Wisconsin's games are snoozers, this was not one of them. Especially if they get ahead early, they'll put you to sleep then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 If that wasn't a snoozer hockey game for Wisconsin then I don't know what is.... Watch the Maine-BU game and watch the Minnesota-UW game, and tell me what game was a thousand times better. The only time it got interesting was when the gophers were on the power play, and at the end when Wisconsin was forced to forecheck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsowe Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 So we need all the under teams to win today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petey23 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 After 2 periods last night the shots on goal were 31-19 but according to FSN scoring chances were 4-2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 After 2 periods last night the shots on goal were 31-19 but according to FSN scoring chances were 4-2. No.....that was up and down hockey. Or it was Minnesota having to dump the puck or take perimeter opportunities, while Wisconsin stacked four guys on the blue line, chipped it out, dumped it in Minnesota's end and had one guy forecheck the zone, while Minnesota broke it out, and dumped the puck again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagard Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Now you guys see why a few years ago I truly hoped the badgers would leave the WCHA for their football rivals in the CCHA. That game was as exciting as any game with the badgers can be. Unfortunately we now will get the Big Ten and whatever your new league will be. I expect Sunday to be brutal, with one team winning 1-0. Maybe 2-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Now you guys see why a few years ago I truly hoped the badgers would leave the WCHA for their football rivals in the CCHA. That game was as exciting as any game with the badgers can be. Unfortunately we now will get the Big Ten and whatever your new league will be. I expect Sunday to be brutal, with one team winning 1-0. Maybe 2-0. Looking at the pictures, it appears that the ice is a lot better in Chicago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Sagard is right, even with the ice being halfways decent you'll see a really low scoring game. If Wisconsin could play every game outside on a chippy surface they would. Ohhh.....game is going to pick up. Minnesota power play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yelo09 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 2-0 WI late in the second... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yelo09 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Bucky lights the lamp again.... 3-0 3min left in the second Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoHawks! Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 3-0 UW, gophers look like they just want to go warm up between periods. Great period for UW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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