If Big Ten Offers UND Should They Join?

[Blackheart]

1 hour ago, GFG said:

You're right. He's probably like 0.6 seconds away from being fired.

 

 

Is that the amount of time it takes him to put his Douche Canoe in the water?

[GFG]

1 minute ago, Blackheart said:

Is that the amount of time it takes him to put his Douche Canoe in the water?

Haha I was going to say no offense to the rest of you with that comment but didn't. I just wanted to make him rethink his statement a little

[Blackheart]

No worries, Gofer....:)

[fightingsioux4life]

12 hours ago, GFG said:

You're right. He's probably like 0.6 seconds away from being fired.

It's telling how bad the Gopher program is right now that this is all you have to hang your hat on. We have ended your season many, many times as well.

[Shawn-O]

58 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

It's telling how bad the Gopher program is right now that this is all you have to hang your hat on. We have ended your season many, many times as well.

There are a few whackos here still trying to get mileage from Holy Cross, so I think it's fair game.  

[fightingsioux4life]

23 minutes ago, Shawn-O said:

There are a few whackos here still trying to get mileage from Holy Cross, so I think it's fair game.  

Holy Cross? Don't you mean Sacred Heart?

[burd]

If UND joined the big ten, I would be a little worried that our boys would be awestruck going to those great big campuses in big cites.   We're talking multiple Olive Gardens in those places.

And no Valley Dairy.   

[dakotadan]

1 hour ago, fightingsioux4life said:

It's telling how bad the Gopher program is right now that this is all you have to hang your hat on. We have ended your season many, many times as well.

It is telling how bad their program is when playing in the national championship game over us is all they have to hang their hat on. 

[JohnboyND7]

37 minutes ago, burd said:

If UND joined the big ten, I would be a little worried that our boys would be awestruck going to those great big campuses in big cites.   We're talking multiple Olive Gardens in those places.

And no Valley Dairy.   

I can see why some here are reluctant to consider the possibilities 

[tnt]

1 hour ago, Shawn-O said:

There are a few whackos here still trying to get mileage from Holy Cross, so I think it's fair game.  

Agree, in fact I think that most of the response from gopher fans with the .6 is because of the constant ringing of Holy Cross in their ears. 

[tnt]

39 minutes ago, burd said:

If UND joined the big ten, I would be a little worried that our boys would be awestruck going to those great big campuses in big cites.   We're talking multiple Olive Gardens in those places.

And no Valley Dairy.   

No Valley Dairy?  Where would we get our hockey sticks from?

[Dave Berger]

On ‎2‎/‎4‎/‎2016 at 7:24 AM, bypolairxam said:

Lucia would cry like the big baby he is....Why's he still coaching Minnesota??...He hasn't done anything in 13 years

15 hours ago, GFG said:

You're right. He's probably like 0.6 seconds away from being fired.

0.6... that's a riot!

Dave

 

[Siouxperfan7]

2 hours ago, Shawn-O said:

There are a few whackos here still trying to get mileage from Holy Cross, so I think it's fair game.  

Minnesota losing to a far inferior opponent in the playoffs.......UND losing to a far inferior opponent in the playoffs.  I guess you may be right.  That is a pretty good comparison!! 

 

[siouxfaninseattle]

4 hours ago, burd said:

If UND joined the big ten, I would be a little worried that our boys would be awestruck going to those great big campuses in big cites.   We're talking multiple Olive Gardens in those places.

And no Valley Dairy.   

And no Red Pepper! Forget it!

[UNDBIZ]

On 2/4/2016 at 9:18 PM, fightingsioux4life said:

Have you seen attendance at the Kohl Center and Mariucci Arena this year (and the first two Big Ten years)? It is pathetic; how can the NCHC have poorer attendance than that? Only if you are counting tickets sold vs. actual butts in the seats.

And I don't care how big the hockey budgets are at Big Ten schools; it's getting results on the ice that matters. The fact that UND outperforms schools with bigger budgets on a regular basis proves that money does not equal championships. The Big Ten is currently not getting much bang for their buck.

UND in the Big Ten would weaken our program considerably and damage the special connection our fans have to the program.

Anyone else watching the Duluth-CC game? Lot of Duluth fans dressed in yellow plastic. 

[tnt]

21 hours ago, GFG said:

They haven't gotten this years yet, it'll be at the end of the year. But attendance looks very similar so far.

Attendance at Mariucci tonight looks about what it has been in all the games I've seen, and no way is that 75 percent full.

[fightingsioux4life]

34 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

Anyone else watching the Duluth-CC game? Lot of Duluth fans dressed in yellow plastic. 

This year's Duluth team is underachieving; it probably has the fans discouraged.

[GFG]

12 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

This year's Duluth team is underachieving; it probably has the fans discouraged.

What was last years excuse for Duluth's empty arena? Or the excuse for every series this year? Including the games before anyone knew they would underachieve. Even Minnesota and North Dakota series there had plenty of open seats. And if Duluth is excused for pitiful attendance because they're not as good as they thought they would be 20 games into the season why doesn't Minnesota get that exemption for extreme underachieving last season and struggling with 10 freshman this season? I'm just curious to see your thoughts on it.

[UND1983]

Duluth is not empty.  The left end is full and sides are about 75% full.  Decent crowd.  

[Cratter]

Most college hockey arenas don't have full attendance.

Nothing new.

[fightingsioux4life]

39 minutes ago, GFG said:

What was last years excuse for Duluth's empty arena? Or the excuse for every series this year? Including the games before anyone knew they would underachieve. Even Minnesota and North Dakota series there had plenty of open seats. And if Duluth is excused for pitiful attendance because they're not as good as they thought they would be 20 games into the season why doesn't Minnesota get that exemption for extreme underachieving last season and struggling with 10 freshman this season? I'm just curious to see your thoughts on it.

You are right, part of Minnesota's bad attendance is their poor performance on the ice. But I also hear from a lot of Gopher fans how much they HATE the Big Ten Hockey Conference. I actually feel bad for you guys being stuck in a weak 6 team conference and I hate not being on your schedule on a regular basis anymore.

[GFG]

37 minutes ago, fightingsioux4life said:

You are right, part of Minnesota's bad attendance is their poor performance on the ice. But I also hear from a lot of Gopher fans how much they HATE the Big Ten Hockey Conference. I actually feel bad for you guys being stuck in a weak 6 team conference and I hate not being on your schedule on a regular basis anymore.

Almost all of Minnesota's fans would rather have the old WCHA back, but we can't. It's kind of fun playing the B1G schools on the ice, but it's not as fun for fans because we never see their fans and can't develop hatred for one another. I would actually love the B1G conference right now + UND. It would give both fan bases that hatred between each other that we all long for , as well as playing "big name" schools. Living in Grand Forks my whole life, it's been extremely noticeable the last couple of years that even UND's crazy fan base has suffered from the rivalry being gone and both schools have to make sure it's an every year thing that they play. I don't mean it as a dig when I say UND's fan base has suffered, so please don't take it like that. Clearly everyone still loves UND hockey here, but when the rivalry was around this town revolved around it. You couldn't be anywhere at any time and not have it brought up. The passion just isn't quite the same right now. The rivalry just gave both fan bases such a charge that carried throughout the entire season that I don't think there would be anything for a VERY long time that could ever come close to replacing it for either side. 

People can say "Denver, UMD and SCSU" replaced Minnesota and what not, but it's not true and everyone knows. Same with Minnesota, there's nothing that the majority of fans can say replaced their hatred for UND as a rival. Some people have always hated Wisconsin just as much, if not more than UND because of the B1G rivalry, but UND is easily the overall biggest rival for Minnesota in hockey and it's not close. I actually really enjoy playing Michigan and hate them, but they'll never reach the rivalry level of UND. 

My only idea? When Minnesota hires a new AD get as many people as possible, MN and UND fans, to send emails to the AD explaining why the series should be played every year. Let whomever they hire hear from a couple thousand people that this rivalry is something they want. Not guaranteed to work, but it certainly can't hurt.

[Cratter]

I'd rather not play Minnesota.  It's an unhealthy rivalry. UND needs to keep focusing on getting itself better for tournament time and not get ingrained with beating a rival.

[Dead Yedi]

let the big 10 rot, the NCHC is a premier league. we have such better competition as it is. I'd maybe play an old WCHA tourney in St Paul where they rotate old school teams. Winner stays. 

[runaroundsioux]

11 hours ago, Dave Berger said:

0.6... that's a riot!

Dave

 

Well played,my friend,well played.