GVSU Yooper Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Who is your biggest conference rival this year??? OOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxMeNow Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 from our established conference foes...probably Nebraska-Omaha. From the new members of the NCC - maybe Minnesota Duluth. We've had a great rivalry with them in hockey and they're the newest members of the North Central with a former UND assistant as their head coach. Granted - the NCC is sucking air right now but we're optimistic "motivated" teams like Winona State from the neighboring Northern Sun Conference will upgrade their schollys and join up... OOT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GVSU Yooper Posted August 19, 2004 Author Share Posted August 19, 2004 Thanks a lot for that bit of info! OOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighting Sioux Fan Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Of the home conference games, the one that I am looking forward to the most is the Duluth game. I think that a rivalry will get more intense between our schools now, especially since two of UMDs head coaches came from UND... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
updm002 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 To Sioux Me Now - Being a NE-Omaha fan - we have never had a natural rival in the league and we have done just fine. I think UNO gets most up for UN-Kearney and your club. We get fired up for UND bc 1. you are always good 2. I think pat behrns probably feels like he got fired unfairly. Who knows for sure but I suspect he feels that way. Don't know if it is true or not but I am glad he is in Omaha. Done a great job down here. I hope Winona joins this conf. sometime but don't think they will. If they joined the ncc they wouldn't have an easy path to the playoffs most years but instead would probably only make them about once a decade in this league. I suspect they will choose the path of least resistance and stay put in that cupcake league they are in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UND92,96 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 2. I think pat behrns probably feels like he got fired unfairly. Who knows for sure but I suspect he feels that way. Don't know if it is true or not but I am glad he is in Omaha. Done a great job down here. I don't doubt that Behrns feels he got the shaft, but of course, he'd be wrong. Looking at the situation objectively, it wasn't a case of simply having one really bad year (1985) and then being fired. Rather, one only has to look at how bare the cupboard was when Roger Thomas took the job in 1986 to see that the problems ran far deeper than what happened in '85. RT certainly showed that he was a good coach by what he accomplished at UND, so I think it speaks volumes that it took him roughly four years to get UND back to being one of the elite programs in the NCC after taking over for Behrns. It's hard to imagine now considering the dII power UND has been since the early 90's, but from '85 to '89, UND was an average to below average dII program. If that wasn't Behrns' fault, I don't know whose fault it was. It's clear that Behrns is a very different coach now from what he was in the early to mid-80's. He's done a good job at UNO, even though I think UNO's post-season struggles are also his responsibility. In any event, UND and Pat Behrns were not a good match, and although I'm sure it hurt his ego to have been fired, it worked out for both parties in the long run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cratter Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 The UND administration must believe its Duluth because that single game ticket costs $20 compared to $18 for the rest, or should I say they saw an opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxMeNow Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 it's called lots of fatcat alums in town for homecoming I hear beers will be $7 a bottle for that game too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Hmmmm, I think its SCSU. They always play UND well, no matter what the situation is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggler Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Hmmmm, I think its SCSU. They always play UND well, no matter what the situation is. That's only because the FB season doesn't go into March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxMeNow Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 If you base it on a coaches former UND ties...we've got 3 to pick from now...Bubba (Duluth) will always have a place in our hearts...Randy (St. Cloud) - ok but not so much...Pat (UNO) NOT AT ALL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisonfan1234 Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 If you base it on a coaches former UND ties...we've got 3 to pick from now...Bubba (Duluth) will always have a place in our hearts...Randy (St. Cloud) - ok but not so much...Pat (UNO) NOT AT ALL! Until UMD is up by 21 and throws a hail marry to win by 28 with less than a min left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD17 Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Judging from the comments coming out of the St. Cloud paper this morning it's pretty clear who they're most concerned about: St. Cloud State junior running back Matt Birkel compared the experience to playing in the $50 million Alerus Center that the University of North Dakota plays its home games in. "Seeing the fans coming out of the tunnel, it was just amazing," Birkel said. "You go to UND's facilities, you never thought you'd be part of a program like that and we are now.""I think that odyssey of Twin Cities kids going to play at North Dakota is going to stop," Odegaard said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennonIsTheMan Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Sounds like St. CLoud had just over 4,000 for their game. That's for the stadium-opener. We'll see how much better attendance gets. I'm guessing a slow decline is in order, once the stadium loses its luster. But I may be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huskies679 Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 I think most SCSU fans and players would like us to be competitive every year like the UND football program. It is the model for DII football. SCSU aspires to be as good as UND is year in and year out. We want to build a football tradition. SCSU's main rivals are UND, more so in basketball, but people are already talking about the upcoming football game. The UMD rivalry will be good also. (old NIC rival) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD17 Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 I think most SCSU fans and players would like us to be competitive every year like the UND football program. It is the model for DII football. SCSU aspires to be as good as UND is year in and year out. We want to build a football tradition. SCSU's main rivals are UND, more so in basketball, but people are already talking about the upcoming football game. The UMD rivalry will be good also. (old NIC rival) There's nothing wrong with that. With the size of the school, the proximity to the Twin Cities, and the new facilities, there's no reason SCSU shouldn't be a very good Division II program in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huskies679 Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Sounds like St. CLoud had just over 4,000 for their game. That's for the stadium-opener. We'll see how much better attendance gets. I'm guessing a slow decline is in order, once the stadium loses its luster. But I may be wrong. The place only seats 4200 and the students are not up here yet. I too thought there would be more people there but then again, SCSU fans support for football historically is horrible. Hey, its a start and I can't complain. I have been to game with only 500 fans at Selke. In a town like Grand Forks or Fargo, the state universities are king. Our market is a little different. There are many SJU football fans in town also. Out there they get crowds of 6000-7000 and 3000 of them are students. At the game last night there was maybe 200 students. SJU fans and SCSU fans do not go to each others games. Then you take the lack of football tradition and that does not help either. Morris Kurtz (AD) is a horrible promoter. Things will get better and crowds will get bigger. I refuse to be unhappy about a crowd of 4000 for the UMC game. I think it was great. I don't know the answers but support will continue to grow if a tradition is built Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD17 Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Huskies, Is the SCSU stadium "expandable"? Did they leave enough room on the river side for another grandstand if attendance dictates that it is necessary in the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huskies679 Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 When (and if) they expand the stadium I think they will go on each end because the river is very scenic. Yes, there is room for expansion. There are embankments on each end and on the visitor sides where seating can be built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxMeNow Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 Until UMD is up by 21 and throws a hail marry to win by 28 with less than a min left. that's "MARY"...as in "Hail Mary!"...nice spelling but I wouldn't expect less from an AG school.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxMeNow Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 ps...you guys WISH you'd EVER (in the last decade or so...) been up by 21 points... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SiouxMeNow Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 sorry...you're division one AA now...NO MERCY!!!! Don't tell me you didn't upgrade your academics (or at least spelling ability) with the BIG MOVE oh forgot...you upgraded BECAUSE of academics It's really showing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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