Youngstown State @ UND

[GDPritch]

2 hours ago, Und Princess said:

Good Afternoon Hawk Fans, How are you doing after yesterday's big win? I just uploaded my postgame blog post. Check it out:

 

https://ftstspotlight.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-football-team-clinches-epic-win.html?m=1

Have an Awesome day!!!

Und Princess 

Thx.  101 writing tip  You only need to spell out YSU the first time you use it. After that, just annotate YSU.  Spelling YSU out every time defeats the purpose of using it. Have a marvelous day!

[bubbaball69]

6 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:

< words here about unhatched eggs >

Booo boo this man.

[bubbaball69]

2 hours ago, Und Princess said:

Good Afternoon Hawk Fans, How are you doing after yesterday's big win? I just uploaded my postgame blog post. Check it out:

 

https://ftstspotlight.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-football-team-clinches-epic-win.html?m=1

Have an Awesome day!!!

Und Princess 

Wonderful again.

[bubbaball69]

2 hours ago, Oxbow6 said:

The Alerus is a good venue for FB especially in ND weather. Who would have shown up yesterday to watch outdoor FB in that wind? Especially if you're sitting and watching for 3.5 hours.

Me but my parents used to do that to me anyway when I was a child at the memorial.

[JakeLove]

1 hour ago, GDPritch said:

While it certainly is not the Ralph, the Alerus Center is not “a dump”.  Dumps were/are the Metrodome, Univ S Dak dome football stadium (a real dive), and current Wis Badgers football stadium (old…).

U of Wisconsin Camp Randall is old but not a dump, 80k+ fans every game prove it. 

[Und Princess]

48 minutes ago, bubbaball69 said:

Wonderful again.

Thank you!!! @bubbaball69

[Und Princess]

1 hour ago, GDPritch said:

Thx.  101 writing tip  You only need to spell out YSU the first time you use it. After that, just annotate YSU.  Spelling YSU out every time defeats the purpose of using it. Have a marvelous day!

You too!!! I appreciate your tip.

[Sioux90]

2 hours ago, GDPritch said:

While it certainly is not the Ralph, the Alerus Center is not “a dump”.  Dumps were/are the Metrodome, Univ S Dak dome football stadium (a real dive), and current Wis Badgers football stadium (old…).

I disagree. The University sold out. Should have built a new Memorial stadium. Wasted a lot of money elsewhere. 

[UND1983]

2 hours ago, JakeLove said:

U of Wisconsin Camp Randall is old but not a dump, 80k+ fans every game prove it. 

They are not getting 80k people at their games. Not anymore at least

[Sioux90]

4 hours ago, fightingsioux4life said:

The Alerus Center is one of the best home field advantages in FCS. I suppose you want to go back outside? 

People I know, with a lot of money, can’t stand watching games at the Alerus. My opinion, but the attendance issues will continue. 

[F'n Hawks]

7 minutes ago, Sioux90 said:

People I know, with a lot of money, can’t stand watching games at the Alerus. My opinion, but the attendance issues will continue. 

Each game this year has been above 11,000? Which is good compared to almost every year UND has played there.

[Und Princess]

5 minutes ago, F&#x27;n Hawks said:

Each game this year has been above 11,000? Which is good compared to almost every year UND has played there.

So this is the best year at the Alerus? I say Awesome!!!

[fightingsioux4life]

18 minutes ago, Und Princess said:

So this is the best year at the Alerus? I say Awesome!!!

I think 2001 was the best year ever.

[CMSioux]

56 minutes ago, Sioux90 said:

People I know, with a lot of money, can’t stand watching games at the Alerus. My opinion, but the attendance issues will continue. 

Well there were 11,400 in attendance for YSU but we could use some help filling the corners. 

[Siouxperman8]

19 minutes ago, CMSioux said:

Well there were 11,400 in attendance for YSU but we could use some help filling the corners. 

our corner in 209 was pretty full but directly across from us next to the band was completely empty

[gfhockey]

1 minute ago, Siouxperman8 said:

our corner in 209 was pretty full but directly across from us next to the band was completely empty

I personally think they should put the band in one of the corners to make it full and allow the regular fans to buy tickets for better seats

[UND1983]

2 hours ago, Sioux90 said:

People I know, with a lot of money, can’t stand watching games at the Alerus. My opinion, but the attendance issues will continue. 

Stick to hockey

[SIOUXFAN97]

53 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

I personally think they should put the band in one of the corners to make it full and allow the regular fans to buy tickets for better seats

this is why you should be in charge of the game day experience from tailgating to intro to everything else...see what happens

[sioux24/7]

2 hours ago, Sioux90 said:

People I know, with a lot of money, can’t stand watching games at the Alerus. My opinion, but the attendance issues will continue. 

Maybe these people, with a lot of money, can donate to build something they can stand to watch games at. 

Seats not cushy enough for them?

[Sioux94]

September football in Grand Forks would definitely be better outside. But when get into November,  and hopefully starting this year we are playing home games into December.......Alerus Center is a better home field advantage.  

[UND-FB-FAN]

There are definitely opportunities to improve the Alerus Center and the entertainment within it. The atmosphere would be better with these things, ranging from relatively small things including more end-zone seating to improved pre-game entrance videos, etc., to much larger, more expensive upgrades/renovations to allow for natural lighting or expand the end-zone space for additional seating.  

But the most important thing is the product on the field, which is certainly improving.

Also, when the crowd is actually engaged and not sleeping, the noise level is very, very good in the Alerus Center; it gives UND an FCS championship-level home field advantage. See 2001 and 2003 in Divison II … or UND-NDSU games as recently as 2021 and 2023…

Ultimately, need to keep winning, but the UND game day staff and the Alerus Center staff can also do their job to keep marketing and promoting the amenities and entertainment production also …get people engaged and keep them engaged.

[Parkers Pros]

Lots of good stuff on here I agree with. If you want to keep people all game, the product has to be interesting. I very much agree we are moving in the right direction. I am excited about our trajectory. And we all have to remember this is year one. It should only get better. So let’s have a little patience, and try to stick it out even during the ugly games for the whole game to help these kids along. It’s a bad look recruiting wise if half the building leaves in the 3rd.  And Coach said it, we need to get out of our seats on first and second down on defense. If we truly wanna have a dominant home-field advantage. They feed off our energy. So we need to help them with energy.

[Dustin]

8 hours ago, Sioux94 said:

September football in Grand Forks would definitely be better outside. But when get into November,  and hopefully starting this year we are playing home games into December.......Alerus Center is a better home field advantage.  

Exactly.  Yes, there are going to be some picture perfect fall days when you lament the game is inside, but in reality you'd only get 1 or 2 games like that every year in Grand Forks.

[F'n Hawks]

1 hour ago, Parkers Pros said:

Lots of good stuff on here I agree with. If you want to keep people all game, the product has to be interesting. I very much agree we are moving in the right direction. I am excited about our trajectory. And we all have to remember this is year one. It should only get better. So let’s have a little patience, and try to stick it out even during the ugly games for the whole game to help these kids along. It’s a bad look recruiting wise if half the building leaves in the 3rd.  And Coach said it, we need to get out of our seats on first and second down on defense. If we truly wanna have a dominant home-field advantage. They feed off our energy. So we need to help them with energy.

I would also like to see more fans staying. None of the games have been close at half time so that plays a part. The Montana game last year at home lots of people still in the building at the end.

[CMSioux]

2 hours ago, Dustin said:

Exactly.  Yes, there are going to be some picture perfect fall days when you lament the game is inside, but in reality you'd only get 1 or 2 games like that every year in Grand Forks.

Look at this year with home games on November 8 and 22nd - could be 50 degrees, could be 15 degrees and snow.