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10 minutes ago, moser53 said:

The alumni of UND need  to step up and help create jobs in GF if they care about UNDs future. Fargo SU backers can point to the big difference in the cities that has happened over the past 20 years.GF has fallen way behind.

UND is a state flagship U. We are not  a tiny private school. You guys who don't live here want Gf to be a good place but it's not on your radar as much as us who live here. GF needs higher paying jobs who can buy tickets to games.

why is it always Fargo and Bismarck with the exciting growth and jobs. It can happen in GF as well as any other city. If you look at the weather on average 2 degrees a day difference between Fargo and GF. If those cities can do it GF can do it. Just get out the word to people who care and can do something about it.

Being in a bigger city has little to do with it. If that meant anything at all, then Minnesota would have more success in the B1G compared to schools that are not in heavily populated metro areas like MSP. It's about priorities and choices. NDSU perfectly managed their D1 transition, while UND flubbed it big-time. That has long-term consequences, as we are seeing right now.

This AD hire is absolutely critical to changing the narrative around here. And the sooner we change it, the better. I am seeing way more NDSU stuff in Grand Forks than I ever have. And it is absolutely nauseating. :angry:

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Posted
24 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

ask fans of bison women's bball and vball if they care about their fball natty?

Ask certain hockey fans if they care about our fball team.

Posted
2 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Being in a bigger city has little to do with it. If that meant anything at all, then Minnesota would have more success in the B1G compared to schools that are not in heavily populated metro areas like MSP. It's about priorities and choices. NDSU perfectly managed their D1 transition, while UND flubbed it big-time. That has long-term consequences, as we are seeing right now.

This AD hire is absolutely critical to changing the narrative around here. And the sooner we change it, the better. I am seeing way more NDSU stuff in Grand Forks than I ever have. And it is absolutely nauseating. :angry:

Corporate $ has a lot to do with SUs rise.10 times more corporate $ in Fargo. Look at the tailgate rigs.Every city has different power struggles. Mpls  the pros get the attention.

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Posted
Just now, shep said:

Just "certain" hockey fans?

If SU starts a program and that $ and fans slowly stay in Fargo. Wouldn't  it make a lot of sense to try and make  GF boom town?

Posted
10 minutes ago, moser53 said:

Corporate $ has a lot to do with SUs rise.10 times more corporate $ in Fargo. Look at the tailgate rigs.Every city has different power struggles. Mpls  the pros get the attention.

So it's all about corporate $$$$$?

I don't think so.

Why did it take years to raise enough money for the BSA renovation? You make it sound like they can fund whatever they want out of their pocket.

All the cash in the world won't make a difference if you don't make good decisions (when to move to D1; whom to hire). NDSU has made good decisions since moving up to D1. UND has wasted a lot of time and energy on the nickname fight and made a lot of bad hires (Buning, Mussman, Jones).

And you make Fargo sound like Minneapolis. They are not. NDSU's athletic budget is a drop in the bucket compared to P5 and some of the larger G5 schools.

Both schools are NDUS institutions. Both have state budget issues. And the enrollments are not all that different.

Based on your hypothesis, we should just give up and go back to D2 and the NSIC. :silly:

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Posted
Just now, moser53 said:

If SU starts a program and that $ and fans slowly stay in Fargo. Wouldn't  it make a lot of sense to try and make  GF boom town?

So if NDSU starts hockey, it's only a matter of time before UND's program starts to atrophy and fade away? LOL, you are on a roll tonight! :silly:

The relationship between GF and Fargo is not analogous to the relationship between St. Cloud and MSP. But you are making it sound like that.

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Posted
16 minutes ago, TRex said:

Ask certain hockey fans if they care about our fball team.

 

13 minutes ago, shep said:

Just "certain" hockey fans?

Oh, please.  Much like basketball fans at Kansas and Indiana would love to see their respective football teams become conference heavyweights, I would bet 99% of UND hockey fans would also like to see the football team dominate the MVFC.

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Just now, MafiaMan said:

Oh, please.  Much like basketball fans at Kansas and Indiana would love to see their respective football teams become Big Ten powerhouses, I would bet 99% of UND hockey fans would also like to see the football team dominate the MVFC.

As a season-ticket holder to both, I sure would like to see both programs contend for national titles at the same time.

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2 minutes ago, MafiaMan said:

 

Oh, please.  Much like basketball fans at Kansas and Indiana would love to see their respective football teams become conference heavyweights, I would bet 99% of UND hockey fans would also like to see the football team dominate the MVFC.

I'm not suggesting that many wouldn't do that, but I sense a significant apathy amongst the ones I know. They are UND hockey fans; for some it's a social thing and they don't have much interest in any other sports.

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Posted
21 minutes ago, shep said:

Just "certain" hockey fans?

I'm trying to be polite and not paint with a broad brush, thus "certain" hockey fans.  Your mileage may vary.

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6 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

So if NDSU starts hockey, it's only a matter of time before UND's program starts to atrophy and fade away? LOL, you are on a roll tonight! :silly:

The relationship between GF and Fargo is not analogous to the relationship between St. Cloud and MSP. But you are making it sound like that.

On a roll made me think about my grandson who just graduated from La Crescent  Mn high school. He played football basketball and baseball. We were talking about the best feeling you can have in a sporting event.Since both he and I both played basketball we agreed the getting hot and making 5 threes in a row is about as good as it gets. He is going to pitch for a college in La Crosse next year. A little of topic but what the heck.

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8 minutes ago, moser53 said:

On a roll made me think about my grandson who just graduated from La Crescent  Mn high school. He played football basketball and baseball. We were talking about the best feeling you can have in a sporting event.Since both he and I both played basketball we agreed the getting hot and making 5 threes in a row is about as good as it gets. He is going to pitch for a college in La Crosse next year. A little of topic but what the heck.

Good for him! I wish him all the best.

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49 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

Good for him! I wish him all the best.

Thanks he is battling a kidney problem right now. He may need a transplant but he still plans to pitch. Someone was looking out for him He was coaching little league and one of the kids swung the bat and hit him in the jaw. He drove to the Hospital to have it looked at. It was cracked and needed to be wired. 

When he was being treated there they found out he had a kidney problem. They told him he could have died in his sleep If this hit in the jaw  hadn't have happened. His sister is a match. She wants to do it. I told here your young and going to have babies. Take mine I only need one.

He got hit in the jaw for a reason. Higher Powers

 

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Posted
2 hours ago, TRex said:

Ask certain hockey fans if they care about our fball team.

Well..............ummmmmmmm..............

 

 

;)

Posted
7 hours ago, homer said:

Two good teams but a bunch of very poor officials.  Were they from the Big Sky?

Officiating equally as bad in the NFL games today.  Mistakes made in game changing calls.  Bad day for officials at both levels.  Potentially changes outcomes of games. 

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On 1/6/2018 at 2:18 PM, moser53 said:

Yup. Wonder if Klieman gets any offers.

I was watching some of their pep rally and they kept saying they need to keep putting money in the program to retain the coaches especially Klieman. The whole pep rally was pretty weird so I could watch it very long.

 

Posted
1 hour ago, UND1981 said:

We all need to convince our NDSU rivals (friends, business associates, relatives, etc) that it's time for them to go FBS.  Feed the NDSU egos!

Quite certain they’re plenty engorged already. 

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On 1/6/2018 at 9:42 PM, moser53 said:

Thanks he is battling a kidney problem right now. He may need a transplant but he still plans to pitch. Someone was looking out for him He was coaching little league and one of the kids swung the bat and hit him in the jaw. He drove to the Hospital to have it looked at. It was cracked and needed to be wired. 

When he was being treated there they found out he had a kidney problem. They told him he could have died in his sleep If this hit in the jaw  hadn't have happened. His sister is a match. She wants to do it. I told here your young and going to have babies. Take mine I only need one.

He got hit in the jaw for a reason. Higher Powers

 

He sounds like an awesome young man... prayers for his healing!

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Posted
3 hours ago, UND1981 said:

I'd like them to go the Georgia Southern route to FBS; never to be seen or heard of again!

Nope. 
I want to build bigger and better and beat them time and again. 

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36 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

Nope. 
I want to build bigger and better and beat them time and again. 

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Sicatoka.... you are THE MAN!! Yes, one person with a vision and strong work ethic can make it happen. It is like yeast and grows. 

GO SIOUX!

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