Behavior at the Gopher Game

[BisonNeil]

Apparently, some of you did not behave well at the Gopher game a couple of weeks ago.

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/336176/group/Opinion/

[Tatanka]

Buhl is mother of a Gopher.

A Gopher player or an actual Gopher? Either way, impressive I guess...

[344Johnson]

Apparently, some of you did not behave well at the Gopher game a couple of weeks ago.

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/336176/group/Opinion/

haha, I've heard stories that before the Dome, that Dacotah Field was not exactly family-friendly either. Pro football should be family friendly. College ball is a whole different animal that gets adrenaline going in a completely different (and better) way.

[THEsocalledfan]

haha, I've heard stories that before the Dome, that Dacotah Field was not exactly family-friendly either. Pro football should be family friendly. College ball is a whole different animal that gets adrenaline going in a completely different (and better) way.

Sadly, that type of behavior is partly what has led to my moniker on this board, but I certainly have cleaned it up since those days. Some folks must have gone over the line.

[TransAmBison]

Sadly, that type of behavior is partly what has led to my moniker on this board, but I certainly have cleaned it up since those days. Some folks must have gone over the line.And some people are overly sensitive. Just because some people may be praying and some are standing doesn't mean you are in church. We take our kids to some tailgates and games...we know they are going to hear some objectionable language (CAS)...but that goes with the territory.

[mgbison]

I'm sure there were some fans that were a little rowdy. It happens at games. If her son plays for the gophers she should stay away from Madison and iow city.

It's funny to watch the Wisconsin students do the eat shit, fuck off chant. I don't known-what this lady would do in that atmosphere.

The lady seems like a pain in the a$$.

[aces1180]

"Buhl is a mother of a Gopher"

I'm sorry to hear that...;)

[tony]

I made" a Gopher family in front of me and my wife move to the student section :) Kidding, kidding. I guarantee we weren't swearing, but we were sure yelling and they did move, but a) the student section had better seats b) they had Bison fans in front and back of them. On the other hand, the Gopher fans right beside me stuck it out for almost the whole game and I chatted with them throughout the game. I thought Bison fans were great... the chants were positive and they were really brought some energy to the stadium (too bad the FargoDome is where that energy goes to die.)

You know, I could write a letter to the Star Tribune and paint Gopher fans with a broad brush because I heard some old coot assaulted a woman and witnessed another Gopher fan screaming at a Bison fan who was sitting with his family and then daring him to fight, but it would be a crock because, duh, "painting with a broad brush."

[THEsocalledfan]

And some people are overly sensitive. Just because some people may be praying and some are standing doesn't mean you are in church. We take our kids to some tailgates and games...we know they are going to hear some objectionable language (CAS)...but that goes with the territory.

Thus, why I said partly, and this is the other part......pretty sure that was a big reason my infamous article was published! Wonder what ever happened to that battleaxe?

[Bison Dan]

My baby got beat by the Bison and he (NDSU fan) said a naughty word. Boo Hoo...

[No_Skill]

It goes both ways.

Just before the game we were standing in line for the shuttle when two bison fans walked into the porta-potties. A group of about 6 drunk young gopher fans rushed over and were punching and kicking the stalls, all the while yelling "f#@% the bison".

Yeah, the gopher fans were just little angels.

Why can't I comment on that one sided article?

[aces1180]

And some people are overly sensitive. Just because some people may be praying and some are standing doesn't mean you are in church. We take our kids to some tailgates and games...we know they are going to hear some objectionable language (CAS)...but that goes with the territory.

I still get crap from my sister about my outburst at Gastropub last year when they didn't over turn the Jensen "fumble." Bad language is a part of society, it happens.

[THEsocalledfan]

I still get crap from my sister about my outburst at Gastropub last year when they didn't over turn the Jensen "fumble." Bad language is a part of society, it happens.

No reason for getting crap. That was probably the biggest horseshit call I have ever seen!

[JSUBison]

I think mommy's softness carried over to her son on the playing field.

[UncleBuck]

:facepalm2:

[TransAmBison]

I goes both ways.

Just before the game we were standing in line for the shuttle when two bison fans walked into the porta-potties. A group of about 6 drunk young gopher fans rushed over and were punching and kicking the stalls, all the while yelling "f#@% the bison".

Yeah, the gopher fans were just little angels.

Why can't I comment on that one sided article?

Ummm...that kind of behavior might be a little out of line at a football game...

[aces1180]

No reason for getting crap. That was probably the biggest horseshit call I have ever seen!

I guess there was a kid's birthday party going on or something...I try not to cuss a lot, however, playoff + booze + horseshit/season ending call = F bombs.

[KC Bison]

The only thing I saw in our corner section was a drunk fan after the Gopher got up 7-0 who taunted Bison fans all the way up the aisle. I was waiting for her the rest of the game but she disappeared after that. I guess she didn't have anything to taunt about after that. Most of the Gopher fans around us were pretty easy to talk with and realized what the Gophers are up against this year.

[No_Skill]

Ummm...that kind of behavior might be a little out of line at a football game...

oops typing is hard.

[Bison bison]

lame.

only a dumbass or a prima donna would write a letter like this.

[tjbison]

What a joke, i dont agree if it happened, but writing a Letter tot he Editor of the local paper is just retarded. Obviously they are pissed he poor little boy got beat and is trying to tarnish the victory with a prro image. PLEASE someone that was there and had a bad experience with a Gopher fan write the Star tribune!!!

:rofl:

[Bison bison]

Maybe Lakes can write a rebuttal.

[CAS4127]

I could write a rebuttal about how my wife and I were basically accosted by two Gopher fans just before the end of halftime. We were essentially the lone bison fans left on the concourse at the time, and two male gopher fans walked directly into us and started harassing me about my jersey, dewrag, etc.,--let's just say I don't think it ended the way they expected it to. I was not about to back down. I think things went both ways down there, but one team lost and now we hear the complaining. Eff em!!

[90BISON]

Well, we were sitting in a primarily Gopher section and I never witnessed any Gopher or Bison fans that were obnoxious or over the line. I personally kept waiting for some of the Gopher fans sitting behind us to tell us to please sit down, since we were standing and yelling about every other play. The Bison fans in and around us were all just having a good time and being loud, not abusive, obnoxious, vulgar or anything even close to it. Now, have I been to games where I have had to tell my fellow Bison fans to tone it down or shut the hell up, yes, unfortunately, but it has certainly been very rare. Yes, I think this woman just had an axe to grind and the Forum was more than happy to publish it......

[MNLonghorn10]

What a prude. I hope she gets shown this thread to realize what a pos to society she looks like right now.

Id be absolutely embarrassed if my mom did this. Like someone said...college is a much different animal than the nfl. Should i write to the strib about the minn student who said fuck north dakota st as he droveoff on his bike after the game? People like her suck and i thank god my parents are cool.

Good decision foolem to print this worthless letter.

[Gully]

Our section had lots of cheering and a little good natured ribbing but no confrontation, unless you count me grinding on one of my neighbors who was wearing a Gopher sweatshirt. I did see a fan wearing NDSU clothes one section over get escorted out in the first quarter but we didn't notice what he did.

[Bison bison]

I did see a fan wearing NDSU clothes one section over get escorted out in the first quarter but we didn't notice what he did.

He either sneezed or murdered a bunch of people.

[UncleBuck]

:facepalm2:

[CaBisonFan]

It's a college football game. It's not a Twins game.

Stupid letter...and the fact that she said that it wasn't about the outcome of the game...means it was about the outcome of the game.

[bisonmike2]

Some people love to bitch. And if her son plays for the gophers she better grow a spine and toughen up because if she thought that atmosphere was bad, she obviously hasn't been to any gophers/iowa or gophers/wisconsin games.

[Bison bison]

bisonmike.

I read it as that she literally was the mother of a gopher.

[tcbison]

I was in a Gopher section. When I got there some guy said something about hockey. I responded by saying we are the team that beat you last time in football. He didn't say anything until later on he told me to sit down after a big Bison defensive play that brought up a 3rd down. Other than that my section was pretty quiet. I did wave bye bye to him after Marcus Williams took that INT to the house and he was leaving.

[CAS4127]

It's a college football game. It's not a Twins game.

Stupid letter...and the fact that she said that it wasn't about the outcome of the game...means it was about the outcome of the game.

This^^^^It should have went without saying!!

[DjKyRo]

I chose not to say anything while the Provost (Dr. Rafert) and I overheard a Gopher fan demean all the "faggot-ass Bison fans" waiting for buses after the game in the line. It goes both ways, lady.

[BisonTeacher]

The most disgusting behavior at the gopher game? Two UND students were sitting near my wife, wearing NDSU attire and cheering for the bison. When she questioned them on it, they had no idea about a rivalry and were just cheering on a fellow North Dakota team. SICK!!! Disgusting!

The Bison/Sioux game has been gone so long now that they don't even know or care anymore. Something is very wrong about that. Especially if they don't hate us as much as we hate them. Sad. Very sad.

Yes, there were jerk gopher fans as well as jerk bison fans I am sure. Anyone who reads that letter and thinks only Bison fans were acting inappropriately is an idiot.

[jarhead]

When my wife and I returned to our seats during halftime, we realized we were in the wrong section. Rather than haul my 300# carcass back down and up
the stairs, we decided to cut across on an aisle occupied by a constipated looking middle-aged couple and their teenage daughter, all wearing Gopher colors.
I excused us as we passed and when we reached our seats, my wife informed me the woman had shrewishly informed her she wasn't welcome to pass that
way again. on the other hand, we had 4 U students sitting in front of us and they were really nice kids - put up with a lot of ribbing.

[moosbah]

haha, I've heard stories that before the Dome, that Dacotah Field was not exactly family-friendly either. Pro football should be family friendly. College ball is a whole different animal that gets adrenaline going in a completely different (and better) way.

God help this lady if she ever sets foot in the metrodump for a vikings game. She'll hear the f bomb and be degraded multiple times before she ever gets to her seat.

[344Johnson]

The Gopher fans I was by were all pretty nice people. One lady corrected me on a couple of events in Gopher football since we last played them. One guy told me, "Sit the hell down!" I turned and looked at him to tell him to piss off and he smiled and said he was kidding and he didn't mind to see some excited fans. The rest were either quiet or nice people.

This lady needs to grow up. Sorry that your boy, probably a walk-on redshirting freshman, was sad that his team lost and you decide to complain about the fans. Had Minnesota won, I'm guessing no article would have been published.

[DePereBisonFan]

The most disgusting behavior at the gopher game? Two UND students were sitting near my wife, wearing NDSU attire and cheering for the bison. When she questioned them on it, they had no idea about a rivalry and were just cheering on a fellow North Dakota team. SICK!!! Disgusting!

I actually think that's sort of funny...

[BadlandsBison]

I want to see this lady's letter to the editor after she attends the Gopher vs. Badger game. I'm sure everyone will be on their best behavior.

[cbline]

I want to see this lady's letter to the editor after she attends the Gopher vs. Badger game. I'm sure everyone will be on their best behavior.

Do you think that the Gopher players will even show up to play the Badgers?!?!? Might be a great day to "call in sick".

[CaBisonFan]

Seriously folks...are we going to allow this bullshit to be a point of discussion for a long time? It's a frackin college football game. If there weren't some Animal House behavior I'd be worried. Has anyone here been to a southern football game?? Like Alabama, LSU, etc ? I've been to a Florida State home game. It's unbelievable what happens there.

I got my masters from Arizona State. It was a 70,000 person party with coolers (containing alcohol) allowed in the stadium. And the smells of pot took over the stadium. This was in 1980. My God !! The crowd reacted to action on the field as an afterthought. The announcer would have to tell the crowd that something had happened. Then they'd gradually cheer. Seriously...it was one huge party. Some of the stuff that went on...O...M...G.

The MN game atmosphere looked like a ladies aid meeting. It was so clean that I couldn't believe what I saw. From the MN student section it sounded like a choral concert. It felt as though they needed to entertain themselves rather than watch the game. (I don't blame them. They've gotten used to it.)

Were there any arrests? If not...there's nothing to discuss.

The lady who wrote this letter to the editor really needs to get out in the world. Her children hear worse at school during recess every day. Trust me on this. I'm an elementary teacher.

[CaBisonFan]

Do you think that the Gopher players will even show up to play the Badgers?!?!? Might be a great day to "call in sick".

It should be worse than the Michigan game. Think I'd skip it.

[BadlandsBison]

Do you think that the Gopher players will even show up to play the Badgers?!?!? Might be a great day to "call in sick".

A forfeit would be the least humiliating, especially if this lady plans on showing up.

[CAS4127]

Seriously folks...are we going to allow this bullshit to be a point of discussion for a long time? It's a frackin college football game. If there weren't some Animal House behavior I'd be worried. Has anyone here been to a southern football game?? Like Alabama, LSU, etc ? I've been to a Florida State home game. It's unbelievable what happens there.

I got my masters from Arizona State. It was a 70,000 person party with coolers (containing alcohol) allowed in the stadium. And the smells of pot took over the stadium. This was in 1980. My God !! The crowd reacted to action on the field as an afterthought. The announcer would have to tell the crowd that something had happened. Then they'd gradually cheer. Seriously...it was one huge party. Some of the stuff that went on...O...M...G.

The MN game atmosphere looked like a ladies aid meeting. It was so clean that I couldn't believe what I saw. From the MN student section it sounded like a choral concert. It felt as though they needed to entertain themselves rather than watch the game. (I don't blame them. They've gotten used to it.)

Were there any arrests? If not...there's nothing to discuss.

The lady who wrote this letter to the editor really needs to out in the world. Her children hear worse at school during recess every day. Trust me on this. I'm an elementary teacher.

So, in a nutshell, you are asking us to trust a pot smoking elementary teacher:confused: . . . . . . . . let me give that some thought and get back to you!!!:biggrin:










OK--I agree, much like the fingerpointing and Brock Jensen threads . . . . just sayin'

[Thunder_Struck]

Someone should find a way to post it on facebook and link it to her son's page (if he has one). Then all his teammates and friends can see his mommy sticking up for her poor son.

[CaBisonFan]

So, in a nutshell, you are asking us to trust a pot smoking elementary teacher:confused: . . . . . . . . let me give that some thought and get back to you!!!:biggrin:








OK--I agree, much like the fingerpointing and Brock Jensen threads . . . . just sayin'

I don't smoke pot. Just describing what I saw. It happened during your games....lol Oh yes...the old sound of the bottles crashing in the student section at Dacotah Field. I miss it. Really...I do. The dome is too sterile. The tailgating gets left at the sterilization center (the door).

[CAS4127]

I don't smoke pot. Just describing what I saw. It happened during your games....lol Oh yes...the old sound of the bottles crashing in the student section at Dacotah Field. I miss it. Really...I do. The dome is too sterile. The tailgating gets left at the sterilization center (the door).

Oh, I see, it's the brownies method of ingestion!!!














P.S. I know I am :offtopic:. I am tryin to derail this thread!!!:detsucks:

[CaBisonFan]

Oh, I see, it's the brownies method of ingestion!!!














P.S. I know I am :offtopic:. I am tryin to derail this thread!!!:detsucks:

Somewhere between Fargo & Hillsboro from what I hear. Heard a crash. Take it easy CAS.

[56BISON73]

haha, I've heard stories that before the Dome, that Dacotah Field was not exactly family-friendly either. Pro football should be family friendly. College ball is a whole different animal that gets adrenaline going in a completely different (and better) way.

So being an obnoxious asshole is a better way???????????

[TransAmBison]

So being an obnoxious asshole is a better way???????????
It works for you!!!! :D :D :D :D*











*You don't know how many times I had to tell PL to sit down and be quiet.

[GradBison]

Someone should find a way to post it on facebook and link it to her son's page (if he has one). Then all his teammates and friends can see his mommy sticking up for her poor son.

I think that's called cyber bullying or something.

[TAILG8R]

Just like a few poster in this thread I wasn't going to post anything on bisonville about the Gopher fans until reading through this thread. The Gopher fans we sat by were the worst group of opposing fans I have ever had the displeasure to be around. Rude, swearing, name calling, etc. When I think back on it it was actually pretty bad. This sort of thing doesn't bother me because I know it goes with the territory of traveling to away games but the fans we were sitting by were so disrespectful that my sister in law was in tears. When I compare this with the first two Gopher games I believe that these fans were already defeated before they got to the stadium and where ready to "fight" in the stands knowing their team couldn't produce on the field.

[56BISON73]

It works for you!!!! :D :D :D :D*


*You don't know how many times I had to tell PL to sit down and be quiet.

Its because of the company I keep. :rofl:

[BisonNeil]

Someone should find a way to post it on facebook and link it to her son's page (if he has one). Then all his teammates and friends can see his mommy sticking up for her poor son.

Interestingly, that is the first thing I did when I read this opinion piece. I went to the Gopher roster to look up a Buhl, there are none. So, either she used her maiden name, or she is divorced and remarried. Either way, my guess is she was concerned about retribution.

http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/minn-m-footbl-mtt.html

My guess is, given her tone and since the Gophers played Iowa at home last year, her son is a true freshman, so take your pick from the Fr list. Maybe Peter Westerhaus's mother since he played at a Catholic school, we all know how pious they are :)

http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/minn-m-footbl-mtt.html

For what it is worth, all of the Bison and Gopher fans in the section I sat in were well-behaved and respectful and I agree with everyone else, wait until she sits with Iowa or Wisconsin fans.

[Answer Guy]

6 pages and no mention of UND hockey fans? Kinda surprised... :hide:

[CAS4127]

6 pages and no mention of UND hockey fans? Kinda surprised... :hide:

They go without mentioning and words need not be said--pictures say it all!!:
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/318326_2398887982129_1548928025_32525842_191351297 7_n.jpg

[BisonFan2010]

Section 211 seemed to be well behaved on both sides. Couple of female gophers fans were throwing jabs at my brother-in-law but he gave as good as he got and they were pretty quiet by half time.
I don't know who the two Bison fans in the middle of about row 29 or so were but they were hilarious and clean with their comments.
When they started spelling N-O-R-T-H...D-A-K-O-T-A we were falling out of our seats laughing.
The comments were timed perfect when the crowd was just quiet enough for us to hear.
Even some of the gopher fans around us were getting a kick out of it. "We want Brewster!!!!"
Hats off to who ever they were.

[KSBisonFan]

Section 101 had a couple of A-hole gopher fans surrounded by mostly Bison fans. The guy got irrate at people standing in front of him and started shouting at everyone (including some gopher fans) to sit down. A bison fan gave him some crap and the 400 lb gopher fan physically grabbed the Bison fan and threatened to beat his ass using every curse word imaginable....all this in front of the guys' wife and kids. Security came over to diffuse the situation but the guys' 500 lb wife tried to keep it going by calling security over another time to complain. Then to top it off, gopher guy goes back and stands behind the stands to watch the rest of the game. Lady who wrote the letter to the editor needs to get down off her high horse!

[ndsubison1]

sounds like somebody has sour grapes. this person is just mad that we beat the gophers AGAIN. the majority of bison fans were good. but it's a football game, what do you expect? there's going to be yelling and people swearing at a game. bison fans were bad so she went to the student section? that makes a lot of sense. considering some students yelled "F*ck the Bison" at me at the game and one of my friends got peanuts thrown at her in the student section.

[SDbison]

Things were mostly OK in mid section 105.......by chance my wife and I sat next to two older Bison fans. Two rows below there were 4 Bison fans, otherwise mostly surrounded by Gopher fans. One of the four Bison fans below us did a bunch of trash talking with a Gopher fan across the aisle and it was quite entertaining as now and then they would crack a smile. So the game gets going and the trash talking Bison fan is up standing all the time. I don't care, but the Bison fan next to me does and for nearly every play for the rest of the game he is yelling at the guy to sit down, which he eventually did every time. I told the complaining Bison fan that I would be standing on 3rd, 4th and other critical downs and that should be OK. Amazing how many Bison fans think that sitting all the time trumps any standing.

[BadlandsBison]

6 pages and no mention of UND hockey fans? Kinda surprised... :hide:

All of them as well behaved as you?

[56BISON73]

Actually had fun with the goofer fans I talked to. They kept saying---we are so bad.

[Answer Guy]

All of them as well behaved as you?

Close to it; but no one is as well behaved as I am. Ask anyone*.



*Except yo Momma.

[CAS4127]

Close to it; but no one is as well behaved as I am. Ask anyone*.



*Except yo Momma.

Pretty hard to talk smack or otherwise misbehave when you know what the end result is gonna be:
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/318326_2398887982129_1548928025_32525842_191351297 7_n.jpg

[HoopsBison]

Classic example of somebody trying to make a big deal about nothing. While Im not trying to call the person a liar for the particular incident they experienced but to paint the picture they did is ridiculous and came off as jealousy or bitterness.

[Bison bison]

Interestingly, that is the first thing I did when I read this opinion piece. I went to the Gopher roster to look up a Buhl, there are none. So, either she used her maiden name, or she is divorced and remarried. Either way, my guess is she was concerned about retribution.

http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/minn-m-footbl-mtt.html

My guess is, given her tone and since the Gophers played Iowa at home last year, her son is a true freshman, so take your pick from the Fr list. Maybe Peter Westerhaus's mother since he played at a Catholic school, we all know how pious they are :)

http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/minn-m-footbl-mtt.html

For what it is worth, all of the Bison and Gopher fans in the section I sat in were well-behaved and respectful and I agree with everyone else, wait until she sits with Iowa or Wisconsin fans.

nowhere does it say that she has a child that plays on the football team.

it says she is the mother of a Gopher.

i think that she has a child that goes to the U, is really into animals, or the Forum inserted it as a slur.


Tracey Buhl is a paraprofessional at the Frazee-Vergas High School.

[runtheoption]

Pretty good experince in Section 103, except for 1 guy sitting 2 rows below us that went all JBB on us late in the 3rd. It started before the game, and built up throughout. We started with the typical "Let's go Bison" and "Bison home game" chant, and he was responding with "You live in North Dakota" when we did the clapping part. We laughed a little.

Later on he said something else about ND, so I responded with:
"LOW UNEMPLOYMENT", clap, clap, clap, clap, clap;
"BUDGET SURPLUS", clap, clap, clap, clap, clap;
"NO GOV'T SHUTDOWN", clap, clap, clap, clap, clap;
"#1 ECONOMY", clap, clap, clap, clap, clap (not sure if the last one is true, but it kept with the theme).

There were a quite a few people laughing, including Gopher fans. This must have lit the fuse on the 1 particular JBB-Gopher fan. A few minutes later, Comfortably Numb Bison said something rather harmless, and JBB-Gopher fan loses it. He turns around, saying something like "I am a born and raised Minnesotan, I take pride in my state, and I take that personal. You are ok, and you, and you, and you, BUT YOU (pointing at Comfortably Numb) are an asshole." Next thing he knew he had 10-15 (we had 23 in our group) Bison fans ripping him a new one, telling him to turn around as the game was "thattaway", to STFU, and to leave if he can't handle it. Even Grandpa-runtheoption and wifey were ripping this guy. JBB-Gopher fan left a few minutes later.

Comfortably Numb can be pretty obnoxious at games, but he was on a roll that night with completely harmless stuff. For that guy to turn around and yell at one of "ours" was similiar to the idea of "I can talk bad about my family, but I'll be damned if I let anyone outside the family get away with it."

[CAS4127]

Pretty good experince in Section 103, except for 1 guy sitting 2 rows below us that went all JBB on us late in the 3rd. It started before the game, and built up throughout. We started with the typical "Let's go Bison" and "Bison home game" chant, and he was responding with "You live in North Dakota" when we did the clapping part. We laughed a little.

Later on he said something else about ND, so I responded with:
"LOW UNEMPLOYMENT", clap, clap, clap, clap, clap;
"BUDGET SURPLUS", clap, clap, clap, clap, clap;
"NO GOV'T SHUTDOWN", clap, clap, clap, clap, clap;
"#1 ECONOMY", clap, clap, clap, clap, clap (not sure if the last one is true, but it kept with the theme).

There were a quite a few people laughing, including Gopher fans. This must have lit the fuse on the 1 particular JBB-Gopher fan. A few minutes later, Comfortably Numb Bison said something rather harmless, and JBB-Gopher fan loses it. He turns around, saying something like "I am a born and raised Minnesotan, I take pride in my state, and I take that personal. You are ok, and you, and you, and you, BUT YOU (pointing at Comfortably Numb) are an asshole." Next thing he knew he had 10-15 (we had 23 in our group) Bison fans ripping him a new one, telling him to turn around as the game was "thattaway", to STFU, and to leave if he can't handle it. Even Grandpa-runtheoption and wifey were ripping this guy. JBB-Gopher fan left a few minutes later.

Comfortably Numb can be pretty obnoxious at games, but he was on a roll that night with completely harmless stuff. For that guy to turn around and yell at one of "ours" was similiar to the idea of "I can talk bad about my family, but I'll be damned if I let anyone outside the family get away with it."

Say "Hi" to your wife for me--it's been awhile!!!:biggrin: Clap, clap, clap-clap-clap. No nothing personal meant by the last 5 words!!

[runtheoption]

Say "Hi" to your wife for me--it's been awhile!!!:biggrin: Clap, clap, clap-clap-clap. No nothing personal meant by the last 5 words!!

Post Reported, Clap, clap, clap-clap-clap. Here comes the Angry Elf with the Banhammer.

[Tatanka]

RO-FL-MA-O, Clap, clap, clap-clap-clap


:rofl:

[BisonTeacher]

I actually think that's sort of funny...

It was sarcasm....

[EndZoneQB]

If you guys feel strongly, she has a facebook page. Just saying.

Either way, I didn't have any bad experiences besides being told to sit down.

[rutlandbison]

I love how they only speak about NDSU fans. The gopher fans around me were less than friendly. HAHAHA its a game where a lot of fans of opposite teams are mixing. Shit is gonna happen.

[yellowstreak]

My section was making lots of noise and was jumping around and stuff, which pissed off some of the Goofers fans around us. I didn't see/hear anybody using 4 letter words or say anything else not PC.

Either way, who brings young kids to a game where tickets are $70 a pop or more? I left my kid at home.

[HerdBot]

Apparently, some of you did not behave well at the Gopher game a couple of weeks ago.

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/336176/group/Opinion/

The Gophers fan who assaulted a girl overrides any obnoxious Bison fan. Sounds like she was annoyed by the fact the Gophers got their ass kicked but to add injury to insult, they didn't have home field advantage and felt annoyed that. Its annoying. Deal with it. If she thinks were annoying she will be shocked when she hears the entire Badger student section chant cuss words in unison!! What a f-ing prude! !! I heard no swearing at all in our section. Just real fans who cheered louder than Gophers fans

[devin45k]

aren't fans supposed to have some sort of hatred or anger towards the opposing team on gameday? If not, then what's the point and you arent a real fan

[BisoninNWMN]

I was in the upper part of section 146......mostly Bison fans. Had no problems there.......2 kids had Sue hockey jerseys on and they were getting a lot of crap. They said they were getting a lot of grief in the concourse from gopher fans...well what do you expect wearing a crap jersey like that.......

[56BISON73]

aren't fans supposed to have some sort of hatred or anger towards the opposing team on gameday? If not, then what's the point and you arent a real fan

Why would you have hate or anger towards people you dont know? The object is to root for your team to victory is a sporting contest. Unless you have had an unfavorable experience with a certain program I dont understand the hate anger thing. Especially when you are a fan.

[perthbison]

The most disgusting behavior at the gopher game? Two UND students were sitting near my wife, wearing NDSU attire and cheering for the bison. When she questioned them on it, they had no idea about a rivalry and were just cheering on a fellow North Dakota team. SICK!!! Disgusting!

The Bison/Sioux game has been gone so long now that they don't even know or care anymore. I think that's kind of neat. If you were a und student, wouldn't it be tempting to follow the Bison just down the road playing in a powerful conference and being a threat most years to win it all instead of , er well, you know what I mean.

[BlueBisonRock]

My section was making lots of noise and was jumping around and stuff, which pissed off some of the Goofers fans around us. I didn't see/hear anybody using 4 letter words or say anything else not PC.

Either way, who brings young kids to a game where tickets are $70 a pop or more? I left my kid at home.

Comeon now Yellow, I brought my daughter to the game and we made sure she had access to a couple of barley pops. The folks at the tailgate treated her well despite her maroon hoodie.

[Kermit]

Why would you have hate or anger towards people you dont know? The object is to root for your team to victory is a sporting contest. Unless you have had an unfavorable experience with a certain program I dont understand the hate anger thing. Especially when you are a fan.

Cheer for your team. Have a beverage. Maybe make a new friend. Leave your anger and hate at home.

[heffray]

I think that's kind of neat. If you were a und student, wouldn't it be tempting to follow the Bison just down the road playing in a powerful conference and being a threat most years to win it all instead of , er well, you know what I mean.

the feeling of having my team win is a tempting feeling to have, but if UND were doing well and NDSU weren't, it would basically just solidify my dislike for them and make me want the Bison to beat them all the more. i do see your point about UND fans specifically, though, in that when it comes to anything other than hockey, they are flakey enough to commit rivalry treason.

[IzzyFlexion]

Way to pile on that pro-NDSU publicity there home town newspaper!

They gotta get zillions of letters from these angry, frumpy, holier than thou librarian types on a huge variety of different topics and they feel that it's critical to publish this one?!?!

[Gastropub]

I still get crap from my sister about my outburst at Gastropub last year when they didn't over turn the Jensen "fumble." Bad language is a part of society, it happens.

Oh, but you captured the mood in the air so clearly and succinctly....

[THEsocalledfan]

Oh, but you captured the mood in the air so clearly and succinctly....

So, I take it you remember the scene? Any chance you can give us a detailed description?

(By the way, I love your place, but I live in Sioux Falls, and when in town, I am staying in Dilworth with mom and dad so not very close....wish I could come there all the time!)

[devin45k]

Why would you have hate or anger towards people you dont know? The object is to root for your team to victory is a sporting contest. Unless you have had an unfavorable experience with a certain program I dont understand the hate anger thing. Especially when you are a fan.

I guess most of my hatred or anger is gopher and sdsu fans. so you may have gotten me there. I guess if I was at an away game like Indiana State, then I wouldnt be angry. I would cheer and respect the other fans.

[56BISON73]

I guess most of my hatred or anger is gopher and sdsu fans. so you may have gotten me there. I guess if I was at an away game like Indiana State, then I wouldnt be angry. I would cheer and respect the other fans.

I can go with that.:)

[Hammerhead]

We were near the front of section 222 and I didn't notice any bad behavior from any fans. The following day at the Vikings game we sat in front of 4 people who were so drunk they slurred most of their words which included many F-bombs.

I've worn Vikings colors to several NFL stadiums and never experienced anything other than good-natured ribbing when the Vikes lost. The worst experience we've had was at Montana State last year when this guy kept shouting "North Dakota's a S**t hole" over and over for the first half. I think he actually punched a teenage Bison fan in the 2nd half and got escorted out by the cops. Some of the MSU people next to me apologized for his behavior and kept telling him to shut up.

[Twentysix]

We were near the front of section 222 and I didn't notice any bad behavior from any fans. The following day at the Vikings game we sat in front of 4 people who were so drunk they slurred most of their words which included many F-bombs.

I've worn Vikings colors to several NFL stadiums and never experienced anything other than good-natured ribbing when the Vikes lost. The worst experience we've had was at Montana State last year when this guy kept shouting "North Dakota's a S**t hole" over and over for the first half. I think he actually punched a teenage Bison fan in the 2nd half and got escorted out by the cops. Some of the MSU people next to me apologized for his behavior and kept telling him to shut up.

That sucks the MT state fans around us were nothing but class. Can't say the same for the goofers around us.

[UTH]

Ummm...that kind of behavior might be a little out of line at a football game...

Yeah, no kidding. Just imagine hwat would happen if SDSU do that when we go to CAS...

[ndsubison1]

this thread just goes to show that there are lewd fans everywhere

[UTH]

Section 211 seemed to be well behaved on both sides. Couple of female gophers fans were throwing jabs at my brother-in-law but he gave as good as he got and they were pretty quiet by half time.
I don't know who the two Bison fans in the middle of about row 29 or so were but they were hilarious and clean with their comments.
When they started spelling N-O-R-T-H...D-A-K-O-T-A we were falling out of our seats laughing.
The comments were timed perfect when the crowd was just quiet enough for us to hear.
Even some of the gopher fans around us were getting a kick out of it. "We want Brewster!!!!"
Hats off to who ever they were.

Sure you aren't talking about section 210, row 27?* :innocent:







*pretty sure a lot of the Bison faithful had many of the same things to say, though.

[Strommer10]

I think it's sad for your football program if your fans have to move from their seats to YOUR student section because it is "better environment." I was there in section 205 so there weren't many Gopher fans around me. I did not see anything remotely close to this in the stadium, on the shuttle, or in the tailgating lots.

I feel sorry for the Gophers and the situation of futility that they are in. I can't image when wisky comes to town :smh: :paperbag:

[ndsubison1]

it is not going to be a pretty site when russell wilson and co. come to dinkytown

[Strommer10]

My god have mercy... :praying:

[missingnumber7]

I would be willing to bet that the letter to the editor was spurred by this article.

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/335887/

[BisonFan2010]

[QUOTE=UND Thundering Herd;535601]Sure you aren't talking about section 210, row 27?* :innocent:


Positive I was in 211. I'm sure similar comments were made by other Bison fans.
It was the first away game I had been to and was a memorable experience.
I'm looking forward to many more.

[KSBisonFan]

How 'bout a nice short, to the point reply letter to the editor of the Minny paper? It could read something like:

Dear Prairie Dogs,

SCOREBOARD!!!!

Sincerely,
NDSU Bison

Next....

[BisonTeacher]

I think that's kind of neat. If you were a und student, wouldn't it be tempting to follow the Bison just down the road playing in a powerful conference and being a threat most years to win it all instead of , er well, you know what I mean.


Again...My sick and disgusting comment was sarcastic. But kinda not. If UND was in the FCS championship, would you root for them? I sure wouldnt. They are our rivals. My comments are illustrating how sad it is that the rivalry has died.

Rocky Hager once said (paraphrasing) you can go lose one game the entire season and win the rest. If that one loss is to UND the season is a failure.

I wonder if Michigan fans root for michigan state? Pitt for penn state? Texas for A&M?.....Cal, Stanford and UCLA? and so on... Its called a rivalry.

[aces1180]

Again...My sick and disgusting comment was sarcastic. But kinda not. If UND was in the FCS championship, would you root for them? I sure wouldnt. They are our rivals. My comments are illustrating how sad it is that the rivalry has died.

Rocky Hager once said (paraphrasing) you can go lose one game the entire season and win the rest. If that one loss is to UND the season is a failure.

I wonder if Michigan fans root for michigan state? Pitt for penn state? Texas for A&M?.....Cal, Stanford and UCLA? and so on... Its called a rivalry.

Hell yes!

I'd cheer against UND students in a solar car race or chess match.

[CaBisonFan]

I think it's sad for your football program if your fans have to move from their seats to YOUR student section because it is "better environment." I was there in section 205 so there weren't many Gopher fans around me. I did not see anything remotely close to this in the stadium, on the shuttle, or in the tailgating lots.

I feel sorry for the Gophers and the situation of futility that they are in. I can't image when wisky comes to town :smh: :paperbag:

It's gonna be ugly. I wonder how the Gophers stayed with USC. Granted...USC is in a down cycle...but they're still pretty good.

[Bison bison]

Again...My sick and disgusting comment was sarcastic. But kinda not. If UND was in the FCS championship, would you root for them? I sure wouldnt. They are our rivals. My comments are illustrating how sad it is that the rivalry has died.

Rocky Hager once said (paraphrasing) you can go lose one game the entire season and win the rest. If that one loss is to UND the season is a failure.

I wonder if Michigan fans root for michigan state? Pitt for penn state? Texas for A&M?.....Cal, Stanford and UCLA? and so on... Its called a rivalry.

In the immortal words of Jeannie Beuller: 'Screw 'em.'

906

[tony]

I thought Minnesota's student section was great... heck, I'd have moved there if I was a Gopher fan. For one thing, a lot of them stayed for the whole game which really surprised me because t-shirts + chilliness = leave early. Maybe all the jumping around kept them warm. If you watched the Big Ten Network, you probably noticed that just about every crowd shot was of the student section (which is genius and something KVLY should probably take note of.)

[BisonTeacher]

And one more thing about the lost rivalry....(Im getting a little fired up now). I think UND is getting jobbed on this whole mascot thing. I don't wanna hate the UND "warriors" or whatever they are gonna change their name to. I wanna hate the UND Sioux. I think it sucks they have to change their name. For them ....AND for us.

[Scooter1]

Form letter from Mrs. Buhl's computer...

Dear XXXXXXX (local paper name)

I am a parent of a gopher student. I just wanted to let you know how disappointed I was with the behavior of the fans from XXXXXXX. In all my years as a parent, the (opposing nickname) are the most unruly, disrespectful fans I have ever seen. The foul language used by the fans of XXXXXX was so bad the I had to move over to the student section for fear of my life. Other fans that were sitting next to XXXXX fans also did the same. The student fans at the U of Minnesota were far better behaved than the fans from XXXXX. I am writing this letter so that the people of (Insert opposition location) are aware of how the fans of XXXXX are representing your town. Steps need to be taken to ensure that XXXXX poor fan behavior does not reflect the reputation of your town or local university.


Form letter on MY Computer

Dear XXXXX,

Thank you for your taking the time to voice your concerns after the humilliating loss that your team suffered at home. Might I suggest to you that in the future, you purchase your tickets in a section that is not going to be filled with 15000 of the opposing fan base. In other words, don't sit in the middle of a hot kitchen if you can't take the heat. F@#K You and have a nice day.

Regards, Scooter1
(the opinion of Scooter1 does not officially reflect the opinion of this university but it does unofficially..FU.)

[Bison Dan]

I wonder how my letters will go out to WI and NEB?

[TateMosersneighbor]

Full disclosure time...I need this to sleep better.

I did feel slightly bad when late in the game I spelled out "Mediocrity" instead of "Minnesota".

I'm just glad that this lady didn't see the Gopher fan turn around and flip off everyone in our section, nor did she see another Gopher fan physically grab an elder NDSU guy (from Sykeston) and pull him down by his belt after a NDSU TD.

She is a loser.

[heffray]

And one more thing about the lost rivalry....(Im getting a little fired up now). I think UND is getting jobbed on this whole mascot thing. I don't wanna hate the UND "warriors" or whatever they are gonna change their name to. I wanna hate the UND Sioux. I think it sucks they have to change their name. For them ....AND for us.

i could not disagree more. i just hate UND. anything bad for UND is good for NDSU, and vise versa.

and for the record, them thinking their school is better just because of their college hockey team is good for NDSU too. just makes them look like delusional idiots.

[Bison bison]

a Sioux by any other name...

[Da Bison]

Posted this previously, but fits here

Had a great time at the game. Older gentleman sitting in front of me has degrees from both schools. Had a long conversation before the game as we share the same profession (but he's retired), background and he grew up in Fargo. He was wearing Gopher gold as were his 3 friends. They had a lot of questions about our team and the players. They asked about the 16 players from MN and I corrected them that that was our 2 deep and that we really had 36 on the team. They were a little surprised. I told them to keep an eye on 1 and 77 as they would be playing on Sundays.

When the game started a Gopher fan sitting 3 rows behind me started chanting "lets go sue". The 4 in front of me turned around and were shaking their heads. I looked back and realized he was aiming the chant at us. He was smiling and pointing at us. After about a half hour of this I turned around and took a picture of him with my BB (sorry CAS not an Iphone). I told the wife, loud enough for him to hear this is going on gopherhole.com. He kept it going until right when Marcus scored the TD at the end of the half. I turned around to go to the concessions and asked him so.... how's sue doing. The smile was gone and he was staring daggers. He lasted most of the 3rd qtr and then he was gone.:ranting:

When the 4 gents got up to leave they each shook my hand and thanked me for shutting up the jackass. They also said they appreciated the insight into the Bison.

Great night to be a Bison:biggrin:

[Bison06]

And one more thing about the lost rivalry....(Im getting a little fired up now). I think UND is getting jobbed on this whole mascot thing. I don't wanna hate the UND "warriors" or whatever they are gonna change their name to. I wanna hate the UND Sioux. I think it sucks they have to change their name. For them ....AND for us.

There is a lot of talk in this thread about a rivalry with UND. This has been revisited thousands of times on here, but some of the older fans seem to have a problem with letting it go. We haven't played them in almost a decade. Our current players and current NDSU students were in elementary school the last time NDSU played UND. They don't care.

It's almost like an identity crisis for our fanbase, because older fans consider UND a rival because of thier experiences in college, but then tell younger fans who know nothing about UND that SDSU and UNI will never be the rivalry that UND was.

To them, SDSU and UNI are the only rivalries they have ever known. They couldn't give a crap about UND.

Until we play UND again, how can we even talk about a rivalry?

[56BISON73]

There is a lot of talk in this thread about a rivalry with UND. This has been revisited thousands of times on here, but some of the older fans seem to have a problem with letting it go. We haven't played them in almost a decade. Our current players and current NDSU students were in elementary school the last time NDSU played UND. They don't care.

It's almost like an identity crisis for our fanbase, because older fans consider UND a rival because of thier experiences in college, but then tell younger fans who know nothing about UND that SDSU and UNI will never be the rivalry that UND was.

To them, SDSU and UNI are the only rivalries they have ever known. They couldn't give a crap about UND.

Until we play UND again, how can we even talk about a rivalry?

Take a look at the Iowa Hawkeye_Iowa State Cyclown rivalry. They didnt play for YEARS and YEARS. But one school was always compared to the other in EVERYTHING. Iowa was elite and ISU was the cow college. Sound familiar?

Just by the fact that UND is in the same state puts them in our face and visa versa. I dont see whats so hard to figure out.

[devin45k]

Take a look at the Iowa Hawkeye_Iowa State Cyclown rivalry. They didnt play for YEARS and YEARS. But one school was always compared to the other in EVERYTHING. Iowa was elite and ISU was the cow college. Sound familiar?

Just by the fact that UND is in the same state puts them in our face and visa versa. I dont see whats so hard to figure out.

The difference is that was D I to D I

We are comparing DI to DII

a team that has victories against big schools to a team that has moral victories against crappy schools

[perthbison]

Again...My sick and disgusting comment was sarcastic. But kinda not. If UND was in the FCS championship, would you root for them? I sure wouldnt. They are our rivals. I realize your question is purely hypothetical (hell will freeze over before they play for the championship in the FCS); but if it happened, I'd probably pull for them because of the many aquaintances I have that have gone there or their kids are etc. Also knew a player or two from the past and they're not much different than us. Some of the obnoxious and belligerant hockey fans are pretty annoying though.

[IzzyFlexion]

Form letter from Fargo Forum computer folder name: Fake Opposing Fan Letters to Make the Bison Athletics and their fans Look Bad...

Dear XXXXXXX (local paper name)

I am a parent of a gopher student. I just wanted to let you know how disappointed I was with the behavior of the fans from XXXXXXX. In all my years as a parent, the (opposing nickname) are the most unruly, disrespectful fans I have ever seen. The foul language used by the fans of XXXXXX was so bad the I had to move over to the student section for fear of my life. Other fans that were sitting next to XXXXX fans also did the same. The student fans at the U of Minnesota were far better behaved than the fans from XXXXX. I am writing this letter so that the people of (Insert opposition location) are aware of how the fans of XXXXX are representing your town. Steps need to be taken to ensure that XXXXX poor fan behavior does not reflect the reputation of your town or local university.


Form letter on MY Computer


FYP.

How do we even know that this broad exists?

[56BISON73]

The difference is that was D I to D I

We are comparing DI to DII

a team that has victories against big schools to a team that has moral victories against crappy schools

Makes no difference what division. Unless thats something you feel the need to hang your hat on. The fact is they are in transition to D1. Regardless of that fact there will ALWAYS be comparisons between the two schools. You can say NDSU is better. But until the game is played its nothing more than mental masterbation.

[Bison06]

Take a look at the Iowa Hawkeye_Iowa State Cyclown rivalry. They didnt play for YEARS and YEARS. But one school was always compared to the other in EVERYTHING. Iowa was elite and ISU was the cow college. Sound familiar?

Just by the fact that UND is in the same state puts them in our face and visa versa. I dont see whats so hard to figure out.

I'm not talking about comparing the two schools, I am talking about people considering them a rival. To the current players and students UND means nothing. I'm saying don't keep saying they are a bigger rival than SDSU or UNI because to the people that matter, ie the current team, there is no emotional attachment to UND.

[perthbison]

I'm not talking about comparing the two schools, I am talking about people considering them a rival. To the current players and students UND means nothing. I'm saying don't keep saying they are a bigger rival than SDSU or UNI because to the people that matter, ie the current team, there is no emotional attachment to UND.Honestly, the only reason I would want us to play them is it would be a close game to go to whether it was home or away.

[56BISON73]

I'm not talking about comparing the two schools, I am talking about people considering them a rival. To the current players and students UND means nothing. I'm saying don't keep saying they are a bigger rival than SDSU or UNI because to the people that matter, ie the current team, there is no emotional attachment to UND.

Were you at the UND-NDSU VB game last year? Were you at the teammaker luncheon where UND was a topic before the game? Were you at the TM luncheon where Saul talks about UND? Where he said HE GETS IT and the players get it. Were you at the NDSU-UND VB game this year in GF? I guess you also werent at the TM luncheon after said loss to UND? Nope didnt think so.
There is more to this rivalry and the acceptance than you are willing to accept-acknowledge. Its there and it aint going away. The players are very well aware of it also.

[17>1]

I don't think when people call UND our biggest rival, that they only refer to who our football teams biggest rival is, or the students for that matter. It's a broad term that covers everything involved with the two universities. Obviously the football team isn't going to have an emotional attachment to a team they never play. But that doesn't mean our other athletic teams still don't look at UND as their biggest rival. Just because we're not in the same conferences anymore with them, our sports teams still want to beat them probably more than anyone else.

[17>1]

Were you at the UND-NDSU VB game last year? Were you at the teammaker luncheon where UND was a topic before the game? Were you at the TM luncheon where Saul talks about UND? Where he said HE GETS IT and the players get it. Were you at the NDSU-UND VB game this year in GF? I guess you also werent at the TM luncheon after said loss to UND? Nope didnt think so.
There is more to this rivalry and the acceptance than you are willing to accept-acknowledge. Its there and it aint going away. The players are very well aware of it also.

^This^

Everyone from the president on down at both universities know full well who the biggest rival is.

[Hammerhead]

I always root against UND in every sport. I was in the Rocky Hager camp where a loss to those knuckleheads meant a "year of hell" until the next game.




Again...My sick and disgusting comment was sarcastic. But kinda not. If UND was in the FCS championship, would you root for them? I sure wouldnt. They are our rivals. My comments are illustrating how sad it is that the rivalry has died.

Rocky Hager once said (paraphrasing) you can go lose one game the entire season and win the rest. If that one loss is to UND the season is a failure.

I wonder if Michigan fans root for michigan state? Pitt for penn state? Texas for A&M?.....Cal, Stanford and UCLA? and so on... Its called a rivalry.

[CAS4127]

Good God!!:facepalm2: That's all!!

[Twentysix]

I'm not talking about comparing the two schools, I am talking about people considering them a rival. To the current players and students UND means nothing. I'm saying don't keep saying they are a bigger rival than SDSU or UNI because to the people that matter, ie the current team, there is no emotional attachment to UND.

http://www.bisonville.com/forum/showthread.php?24926-Who-are-our-top-3-rivals

[Bison06]

http://www.bisonville.com/forum/showthread.php?24926-Who-are-our-top-3-rivals

I stand corrected.

[344Johnson]

I'm not talking about comparing the two schools, I am talking about people considering them a rival. To the current players and students UND means nothing. I'm saying don't keep saying they are a bigger rival than SDSU or UNI because to the people that matter, ie the current team, there is no emotional attachment to UND.

Were you at the basketball game in the dome last December?

Why do you think our guys came out trying to dunk on them every chance they got? Why do you think it took until the 2nd Half for us to start dominating a team that normally we would rock from start to finish? Did you not hear the Sioux Suck Shit cheers from the Student Section?

The rivalry is alive and well. If UND ever came to the Dome for football, you can bet your ass that the students and players would know exactly what it meant to the fans. You think Grothman, Thorton, Richards, all of the North Dakota boys don't know how big that would be? If any player didn't know how big the game was all they'd have to do is wait til UND runs onto the field to more verbal attacks than our fans have ever thrown at anyone else. If I was Coach Bohl, I'd bring Rocky Hager in, and I'd let him tell the boys exactly how he feels about the state's online "Flagship" up north.

[4mcruenomore]

I agree with johnson, the current students and players would get it. The rivalry is alive and well, some people on BV just don't want to admit it.

[aces1180]

Were you at the basketball game in the dome last December?

Why do you think our guys came out trying to dunk on them every chance they got? Why do you think it took until the 2nd Half for us to start dominating a team that normally we would rock from start to finish? Did you not hear the Sioux Suck Shit cheers from the Student Section?

The rivalry is alive and well. If UND ever came to the Dome for football, you can bet your ass that the students and players would know exactly what it meant to the fans. You think Grothman, Thorton, Richards, all of the North Dakota boys don't know how big that would be? If any player didn't know how big the game was all they'd have to do is wait til UND runs onto the field to more verbal attacks than our fans have ever thrown at anyone else. If I was Coach Bohl, I'd bring Rocky Hager in, and I'd let him tell the boys exactly how he feels about the state's online "Flagship" up north.

Unfortunately, we got screwed at EWU, otherwise that crowd would have been electric. We win that game, or don't even play it (say we lose to MSU), and the Dome would have been hostile and abusive!

[BisonTeacher]

If the rivalry is still alive, that's awesome! It seems like our students still care, but do UND students still care about it? Maybe the UND students my wife talked with were isolated idiots..er I mean an isolated incident. Nobody ever said UND students were bright.

[moosbah]

If the rivalry is still alive, that's awesome! It seems like our students still care, but do UND students still care about it? Maybe the UND students my wife talked with were isolated idiots..er I mean an isolated incident. Nobody ever said UND students were bright.

The rivalry is absolutely still alive. I can't believe this thread has gone on as long as it has. You ask any siouxge fan (excluding the hockey elitists) who their rival is and you know what the answer will be. Look at ANY state in the country that has a state and university school. Rivals.

[CAS4127]

Mike McFooly posited late in his show yesterday that Bison Football may have overtaken UND butthockey in popularity in the state of ND. DaveK and Star2 I am sure have now been placed on suicide watchlist!!

[Strommer10]

The rivalry is absolutely still alive. I can't believe this thread has gone on as long as it has. You ask any siouxge fan (excluding the hockey elitists) who their rival is and you know what the answer will be. Look at ANY state in the country that has a state and university school. Rivals.
Ohio & The Ohio State... I'm not familiar with that "rivalry", but they are on two VERY different levels and not sure if there is really a rivalry there. (Penn St & Penn also come to mind)

[Strommer10]

Mike McFooly posited late in his show yesterday that Bison Football may have overtaken UND butthockey in popularity in the state of ND. DaveK and Star2 I am sure have now been placed on suicide watchlist!!
It's about time people realize this! :biggrin:

[ndsubison1]

i see ppl wearing sioux stuff on campus every week. doesnt sound like a rivalry to me

[56BISON73]

If the rivalry is still alive, that's awesome! It seems like our students still care, but do UND students still care about it? Maybe the UND students my wife talked with were isolated idiots..er I mean an isolated incident. Nobody ever said UND students were bright.

If the crowd at the UND-NDSU VB game at UND is any indication-----yes. Its huge.

[Tatanka]

Mike McFooly posited late in his show yesterday that Bison Football may have overtaken UND butthockey in popularity in the state of ND. DaveK and Star2 I am sure have now been placed on suicide watchlist!!

He posited correctly, which is good for him since usually his show is more known for his deposits if you know what I mean.

[CAS4127]

This thread reminds me of a "gossip" lesson my 7th grade teacher had us do. She would tell the first student closest to the door a random sort of thought, and it would then be passed on by whispering to the person behind that student, across to the next line and so on. By the time it got to the last person it was nothing even close to what was originally stated.

Here: "Behavior at the Gopher Game" now ='s NDSU football is more popular than UND hockey!! Leave it to BV!!!

[BlueBisonRock]

This thread reminds me of a "gossip" lesson my 7th grade teacher had us do. She would tell the first student closest to the door a random sort of thought, and it would then be passed on by whispering to the person behind that student, across to the next line and so on. By the time it got to the last person it was nothing even close to what was originally stated.

Here: "Behavior at the Gopher Game" now ='s NDSU football is more popular than UND hockey!! Leave it to BV!!!

Just goes to show what results we should expect when we get lawyers involved.

[CAS4127]

Just goes to show what results we should expect when we get lawyers involved.

Ya, it's kinda fun picking where I want to lead the masses that are BV and then having ones like you just follow right along like a bull being led around with a nose ring and rope!! Pretty easy!!:biggrin:

[BlueBisonRock]

Ya, it's kinda fun picking where I want to lead the masses that are BV and then having ones like you just follow right along like a bull being led around with a nose ring and rope!! Pretty easy!!:biggrin:

You sound just like my wife.

[CAS4127]

You sound just like my wife.

Thanks, but I would prefer you keeping your sex fetishes private--that's all!!

[moosbah]

Ohio & The Ohio State... I'm not familiar with that "rivalry", but they are on two VERY different levels and not sure if there is really a rivalry there. (Penn St & Penn also come to mind)

Okay, so there are rare exceptions, but the trend is undeniable.

[devin45k]

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Makes no difference what division. Unless thats something you feel the need to hang your hat on. The fact is they are in transition to D1. Regardless of that fact there will ALWAYS be comparisons between the two schools. You can say NDSU is better. But until the game is played its nothing more than mental masterbation.

The only people that want it back are the people with the old timey, Division II mentality. We actually have made progression without them, let's keep it that way and not regress.

[BlueBisonRock]

The only people that want it back are the people with the old timey, Division II mentality. We actually have made progression without them, let's keep it that way and not regress.

You are channeling there devin. You may also want to know that dissing the old timers, associating the DII mentality to this group, and claiming regressive behavior on their part really typifies certain younger and fearful folks who surprisingly show that same DII / DIII mentality. There are too many folks in the ND / MN hinterland that do feel the Bison are fearful of the GFCCC. Others simply refer to the Bison as too arrogant to play. Your approach simply adds fuel to this fire.

Remember, a lot of the old timers you are pointing at are the same folks who called for a move UP in the late 70s. This was back when UND and UNI were our rivals and UNI moved up as did the Montana schools. Or was this before your time?

[UTH]

If the crowd at the UND-NDSU VB game at UND is any indication-----yes. Its huge.

Who's to say they weren't all there to cheer the Bison on???? The former rivalry is dead.

This statement: "yes. Its huge."[sic] could just as likely refer to the Bison following.

Back to the topic at hand... Everyone in Section 210 was a perfect saint all throughout the entire game, even the asshat four rows back who took a disliking to me.

[BlueBisonRock]

Who's to say they weren't all there to cheer the Bison on???? The former rivalry is dead.

This statement: "yes. Its huge."[sic] could just as likely refer to the Bison following.

Back to the topic at hand... Everyone in Section 210 was a perfect saint all throughout the entire game, even the asshat four rows back who took a disliking to me.

Uh, I sat in row one of section 135.


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[Portlandbison]

Uh, I sat in row one of section 135.


Well Played

[56BISON73]

Who's to say they weren't all there to cheer the Bison on???? The former rivalry is dead.

This statement: "yes. Its huge."[sic] could just as likely refer to the Bison following.

Back to the topic at hand... Everyone in Section 210 was a perfect saint all throughout the entire game, even the asshat four rows back who took a disliking to me.

They sure do have a funny way of cheering for the Bison. May be they need to work on their communication skills.

[UTH]

They sure do have a funny way of cheering for the Bison. May be they need to work on their communication skills.

Give them some time to figure things out. They'll eventually learn...

[bisonwood]

Four of us sat row 1 around the 25 yard line, Bison side. We stood up for the kickoff, this crazy old Gopher fan behind us, came down and threatened he would call security if we didn't sit down, plus he had some other choice words. I think he thought he was some sort of gopher fan hero, he was gonna put us in our place type attitude. Well we stood up anyway and he and others continued to harass us. They even bitched when we stood up on third down gophers. Funny thing happened though, a younger gopher fan hollered very loud at us for everyone around us to hear, " stand up and cheer all you want, these old f@ckers (gopher fans) are the reason we suck". The old crabby gopher fans around us rarely cheered, clapped or even showed any emotion and of course, they never stood up. It was like they were zombies.

[missingnumber7]

Four of us sat row 1 around the 25 yard line, Bison side. We stood up for the kickoff, this crazy old Gopher fan behind us, came down and threatened he would call security if we didn't sit down, plus he had some other choice words. I think he thought he was some sort of gopher fan hero, he was gonna put us in our place type attitude. Well we stood up anyway and he and others continued to harass us. They even bitched when we stood up on third down gophers. Funny thing happened though, a younger gopher fan hollered very loud at us for everyone around us to hear, " stand up and cheer all you want, these old f@ckers (gopher fans) are the reason we suck". The old crabby gopher fans around us rarely cheered, clapped or even showed any emotion and of course, they never stood up. It was like they were zombies.

So Fargo isn't all that different than Minneapolis...well other than the sucking part.