ibleedgreen Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 NDSU football has more bandwagon jumpers in the state....fact. As far as the hockey fans in the state. Have always been the same amount. Selling out the arena back in the day and selling out the arena now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMMmT_0DWzc Quote
JohnboyND7 Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 Wrong. Hockey is right in there with football and basketball. No one sport is king. My friends in minnesota all had high school hockey teams...even if a few towns had to co-op..in north Dakota...Grafton and hazrn Beulah are the only small towns that have it...hockey is a distant 4th behind football basketball and wrestling....remember...grand forks county is not north Dakota as a whole. Quote
andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 Football is king in ND and it isn't close. More people attend hockey games in ND then Football. My gosh, hockey, basketball, and football are about equal in ND. Small towns love basketball (highschool), people in the east love hockey (hockey is the highest attended sport in the state), football is also popular all over the state. They are all about equal. And thats fine with me and most of the rest of ND. Quote
ibleedgreen Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 I love stirring the pot just to see how many Moo U fans are trolling. God i love it! When they claim how much they dont care about UND and have "moooooved on"....here they are!!!!!! Quote
andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 My friends in minnesota all had high school hockey teams...even if a few towns had to co-op..in north Dakota...Grafton and hazrn Beulah are the only small towns that have it...hockey is a distant 4th behind football basketball and wrestling....remember...grand forks county is not north Dakota as a whole. Not true, plenty of kids play Junior Gold in Langdon, Watford, etc. Hockey is not a distant fourth. It is tied right with basketball and football. Quote
FargoBison Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 More people attend hockey games in ND then Football. My gosh, hockey, basketball, and football are about equal in ND. Small towns love basketball (highschool), people in the east love hockey (hockey is the highest attended sport in the state), football is also popular all over the state. They are all about equal. And thats fine with me and most of the rest of ND. The only place where hockey is bigger than football in ND is Grand Forks/Grafton. Quote
andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 The only place where hockey is bigger than football in ND is Grand Fork/Grafton. Force are second only to ndsu football in attendance in Fargo. Not to mention all of the UND season ticket holders in Fargo. Quote
andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 NDSU should add hockey. But they won't because they know that it will have higher attendance then their basketball team. Quote
JohnboyND7 Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 Not true, plenty of kids play Junior Gold in Langdon, Watford, etc. Hockey is not a distant fourth. It is tied right with basketball and football. Never heard of junior gold. Hockey is not there....if it was...there would be way more teams...we would pump out more college players...etc. But we don't...because other sports are significantly more popular. Quote
ibleedgreen Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 NDSU should add hockey. But they won't because they know that it will have higher attendance then their basketball team. Well that...and the fact that they don't have enough money to add hockey. Quote
FargoBison Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 Force are second only to ndsu football in attendance in Fargo. Not to mention all of the UND season ticket holders in Fargo. The Redhawks would be #2...That said everything lags miles and miles behind NDSU football. Quote
andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 Minot State Basketball Attendance= 1,163 avg X 13 = 15,119. Minot Minotauros= 1,032 avg X 19 dates = 23,754. Quote
andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 Someone should figure out how many ND kids are playing D-1 hockey and how many ND kids are playing D-1 football (both fcs and fbs). I'm curious but don't have time right now. I would think football is higher. Quote
Walsh Hall Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 At the youth level the participation in hockey is definitely growing in the non-GF areas of the state. The West is really catching up with the East. I'd guess in the next ten years that the West wins at least 2 state championships, and probably more. Many of the better athletes in Bismarck, Minot... are focusing on hockey. That wasn't the case in the past. 2 Quote
ibleedgreen Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 How many football players in ND are professional football players after college? How many hockey players are professional hockey players after college? The one with the most is king.... Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 At the youth level the participation in hockey is definitely growing in the non-GF areas of the state. The West is really catching up with the East. I'd guess in the next ten years that the West wins at least 2 state championships, and probably more. Many of the better athletes in Bismarck, Minot... are focusing on hockey. That wasn't the case in the past. I hope you are right. We have heard that before and it hasn't come to fruition. Minot (1992) remains the only West Region team to win a state title. Quote
geaux_sioux Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 Wrong. Hockey is right in there with football and basketball. No one sport is king. For high school class b basketball is king. For college it's debatable. Quote
Gus Chiggins Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 The point being made here by most is this: NDSU fans come here and talk idiotic smack most of the time because they can't seem to forget about us even though they don't care about us or know who we are. In their defense, they have just won 3 national titles at FCS. Our response to them is that we have hockey and that FCS football is second rate? What a horrible argument and rebuttal. The belittlement of FCS football by hockey snobs is embarrassing to our fanbase. Remember, potential FCS football recruits read this stuff people. This type of thinking is what started the "butthockey" thing at FU. We're behind right now in football, but I can promise you we will catch up soon. Real soon. When we gain traction and get to where we belong at FCS in the playoffs and competing for national championshops, I hope our hockey fans don't sneer at it like they do now. Just a brutal attitude overall. 1 Quote
ibleedgreen Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 The point being made here by most is this: NDSU fans come here and talk idiotic smack most of the time because they can't seem to forget about us even though they don't care about us or know who we are. In their defense, they have just won 3 national titles at FCS. Our response to them is that we have hockey and that FCS football is second rate? What a horrible argument and rebuttal. The belittlement of FCS football by hockey snobs is embarrassing to our fanbase. Remember, potential FCS football recruits read this stuff people. This type of thinking is what started the "butthockey" thing at FU. We're behind right now in football, but I can promise you we will catch up soon. Real soon. When we gain traction and get to where we belong at FCS in the playoffs and competing for national championshops, I hope our hockey fans don't sneer at it like they do now. Just a brutal attitude overall. When our football team or NDSU's football team is producing more professional athletes than UND's hockey I will think differently. I know i'm not belittling anything. Its just the truth. Football and Basketball will always be 2nd and 3rd for the fact that UND hockey produces more professional athletes than football and basketball combined. Quote
UND-FB-FAN Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 Outsiders are wrong. Football and basketball are king in north Dakota...whether that be at the high school level or college is irrelevant. Incorrect. Hockey and football are tied at the top. Quote
FargoBison Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 Football is by far the most watched sport in ND. I'm talking TV and butts in seats. When I put TV in there....football is lapping the field. Quote
Shawn-O Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 When our football team or NDSU's football team is producing more professional athletes than UND's hockey I will think differently. I know i'm not belittling anything. Its just the truth. Football and Basketball will always be 2nd and 3rd for the fact that UND hockey produces more professional athletes than football and basketball combined. That's the criteria you choose to use. Anyone can pick whatever points they choose to make their argument. Quote
Shawn-O Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 Football is by far the most watched sport in ND. I'm talking TV and butts in seats. When I put TV in there....football is lapping the field. Butts in the seats? Total attendance? Per game? Percent capacity? Revenue? Season ticket sales? It's all completely subjective. Quote
UND-FB-FAN Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 When our football team or NDSU's football team is producing more professional athletes than UND's hockey I will think differently. I know i'm not belittling anything. Its just the truth. Football and Basketball will always be 2nd and 3rd for the fact that UND hockey produces more professional athletes than football and basketball combined. The amount of professional athletes produced is a ridiculous argument in my opinion. Who cares if the athletes go pro if the TEAM wins collegiately and competes for TEAM championships. Individual emphasis on players is not entertaining or what college sports is about. Go out and support THE University of North Dakota and its athletic TEAMS, not the individuals that utilize our top notch hockey program to go pro. If you really have to focus on individuals, however, then our professional football players (Kleinsasser, Dressler, Kuper) are actually more impressive considering the national competition they're up against. Quote
Hayduke Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 If you really have to focus on individuals, however, then our professional football players (Kleinsasser, Dressler, Kuper) are actually more impressive considering the national competition they're up against. National competition? Who cares? Let's talk international competition. Parise...captain of the United States Olympic Team. Toews wears the A for Canada. Dave Christian...I assume you have heard of him. National competition? Yeah... Not that big of a deal compared to the hockey players that UND has produced. Not even close. Quote
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