Potato Bowl 2025: Portland State @ UND

[forksandspoons]

13 minutes ago, airmail said:

Im not as happy with this blowout as I thought I'd be. Our depth (lack) will haunt us.

Army getting a road win against K state on the road is making sense. 

Agreed depth will haunt 

[fightingsioux4life]

25 minutes ago, airmail said:

Im not as happy with this blowout as I thought I'd be. Our depth (lack) will haunt us.

Army getting a road win against K state on the road is making sense. 

I've said it before: This team will be a work in progress. And I do think they will get better as the season goes on.

[shep]

So...the alleged full service at the Playmakers did not occur. Just a great way to not make money and the Tavern was wors,

 

How can they allow for a captive audience go home because they have 2 bartenders in the whole place?

[Dustin]

Did we learn anything?? 

[forksandspoons]

One thing I will add: eventually, UND will need to connect on some deep balls 

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

58 minutes ago, shep said:

So...the alleged full service at the Playmakers did not occur. Just a great way to not make money and the Tavern was wors,

 

How can they allow for a captive audience go home because they have 2 bartenders in the whole place?

We couldn’t get a drink at playmakers, walked right up to the bar at taverns. One blackjack table in playmakers too, said they wished they had dealers to open more. Could have filled every table, crazy

[gfhockey]

1 hour ago, shep said:

So...the alleged full service at the Playmakers did not occur. Just a great way to not make money and the Tavern was wors,

 

How can they allow for a captive audience go home because they have 2 bartenders in the whole place?

Told ylh

[SIOUXFAN97]

5 hours ago, Oxbow6 said:

The conversation among the regulars in our section is what the #@$% was the thought process with the QB situation last season??

Help me make sense of what happened last year... Please!

[Cratter]

3 hours ago, Cratter said:

Fireworks after the game otherwise id be gone by now!

At least the second year they've had fireworks for the opener. A lot of people missed out. 9 minute long display.

Me being a certified pyro (😁) I made sure to get a front row seat. They do an impressive job! Even better when you can enjoy them from 50 yards away.

Don't miss out next year! 

 

[Oxbow6]

6 hours ago, Dustin said:

Did we learn anything?? 

Any spread over 4 TDs is playing with fire as the back door cover will inevitably bite you. Thanks JTJ.

Hopefully I'm not texting Erin Kate Dolan (😍) too early this morning about today's games.....

[JakeLove]

For those of us who don’t know the roster by memory, what is a JTJ? 

[shep]

8 hours ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

Help me make sense of what happened last year... Please!

Or you could just move on and enjoy the great QB's of this seaon.

[gfhockey]

What was attendance

[VC Sioux Fan]

36 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

What was attendance

11,469

[shep]

1 minute ago, VC Sioux Fan said:

11,469

I think that was legit. Not just tix sold but bodies. Great atmosphere

[Sioux90]

2 hours ago, JakeLove said:

For those of us who don’t know the roster by memory, what is a JTJ? 

The backup up QB that fumbled yesterday.

[Shawn-O]

9 hours ago, Dustin said:

Did we learn anything?? 

Next Saturday will tell us what we need to know. Early signs are encouraging! For all the !@#$ @SIOUXFAN97 takes, his take on that bike ride re: #11 was right.  

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

44 minutes ago, shep said:

I think that was legit. Not just tix sold but bodies. Great atmosphere

I go to 1 or 2 games a year at most and that was the fullest I've seen it in a long time. Now there was a pretty massive exodus at the half, I'd guess you lost 3-5k of those fans but pretty impressive for a season opener vs Portland State.

[GoodGood]

1 hour ago, shep said:

Or you could just move on and enjoy the great QB's of this seaon.

I think @SIOUXFAN97 deserves to take a victory lap on his bike 

[Nodak1883]

9 hours ago, Cratter said:

At least the second year they've had fireworks for the opener. A lot of people missed out. 9 minute long display.

Me being a certified pyro (😁) I made sure to get a front row seat. They do an impressive job! Even better when you can enjoy them from 50 yards away.

Don't miss out next year! 

 

My only problem with the Fireworks display is that they start the display way too soon after the game is over. I went to the bathroom and then navigated my way through the main exit, and they had just started to light them off. We're talking about 5-6 minutes after the game had concluded. It would have been nice if they waited about 10 minutes after the game had concluded instead. I think I also only heard them promoting the fireworks display during the pre-game, nothing was really mentioned during the game itself. 

One thing I think would be a great thing is to do something similar with the what the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks do on Fireworks night and that is do the post-game radio interview which takes about 5 minutes and then wait about 5 more minutes and then start the show.  

[Cratter]

1 hour ago, Nodak1883 said:

My only problem with the Fireworks display is that they start the display way too soon after the game is over. I went to the bathroom and then navigated my way through the main exit, and they had just started to light them off. We're talking about 5-6 minutes after the game had concluded. It would have been nice if they waited about 10 minutes after the game had concluded instead. I think I also only heard them promoting the fireworks display during the pre-game, nothing was really mentioned during the game itself. 

One thing I think would be a great thing is to do something similar with the what the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks do on Fireworks night and that is do the post-game radio interview which takes about 5 minutes and then wait about 5 more minutes and then start the show.  

Agree with everything you said. I experienced that last year - I left the building and there was fireworks already going off. I didnt know about them and they didnt musta started them the second the game got over.

Which prepared me this year - left with 4 minutes left. Walked over to the BMX track and about two minutes later they went off.

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 hour ago, InHeavenThereIsNoBeer said:

I go to 1 or 2 games a year at most and that was the fullest I've seen it in a long time. Now there was a pretty massive exodus at the half, I'd guess you lost 3-5k of those fans but pretty impressive for a season opener vs Portland State.

AND the amount of students (and some adults) leaving as i was walking in at 5:50 is startling...

Would reduced concessions at least for the 4th quarter keep SOME people from leaving?  dollar dogs....dollar pops...dollar popcorn?

[Und Princess]

1 minute ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

AND the amount of students (and some adults) leaving as i was walking in at 5:50 is startling...

Would reduced concessions at least for the 4th quarter keep SOME people from leaving?  dollar dogs....dollar pops...dollar popcorn?

Good Idea! We should do dollar dogs, dollar pop and dollar popcorn!

[siouxweet]

4 minutes ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:

AND the amount of students (and some adults) leaving as i was walking in at 5:50 is startling...

Would reduced concessions at least for the 4th quarter keep SOME people from leaving?  dollar dogs....dollar pops...dollar popcorn?

Yeah but how many times is it 43-13 after 3 quarters.   It was a crappy opponent yesterday and those things will happen.    Valpo should be similar to yesterday but Valley games should be competitive with most fans staying into the 4th quarter. 

[SIOUXFAN97]

1 minute ago, siouxweet said:

Yeah but how many times is it 43-13 after 3 quarters.   It was a crappy opponent yesterday and those things will happen.    Valpo should be similar to yesterday but Valley games should be competitive with most fans staying into the 4th quarter. 

regardless of score or opponent....food deals in the 4th are something they have done in the past iirc and should do every game going forward....