NDSU and NCAA Hockey

[1998braves64]

its Simple Folks.

NDSU fans should be Minnesota Gopher Hockey fans, no need for NDSU hockey.

What if I am a Beaver fan, would much rather cheer about Beavers than cheer for some oversized chipmunk being passed off as a gopher.
Sent from Win8 phone on a bullet train from Hillsboro.

[El_Chapo]

hey now, we all are fans of the beav

[siouxdgj]

Heh, well everything you said might be true, but it all rubs me the wrong way. NDSU will never be a hockey school because to me the definition of "hockey school" is "hockey first, everything else second." And just because D2 schools can do it is not a compelling reason for NDSU to do it.

NDSU is not a football school, btw. NDSU is a research university whose mission has very little to do with serving the entertainment needs of the greater Fargo-Moorhead area. And speaking of the entertainment needs of the greater Fargo area, why should NDSU do something that puts the Fargo Force out of business?

Bottom line: If you want to convince people like me that NDSU should have hockey, you better come with a mandate from the student body because, ultimately, it'll be them who will be on the hook for cost of the venture.

Speaking of mandates from the students as it were, Tony, years ago (late 1960s or early 1970s, I believe), the UND student body did indeed mandate the construction of the original Ralph Engelstad arena (recently demolished) on the UND campus to replace the venerable Winter Sports Building from the 1930s. UND students at the time knowlingly voted to raise their student activity fees by their decision. Of course, one could reasonably argue that that was a different era. I do think to a great extent it could well turn out to be an FBS in football versus a hockey crowd decision, and I have no idea on what would likely win out, if either. Certainly, UND's decision to add women's hockey to help comply with Title IX requirements strongly influenced its decision on holding off on a possible move to Division I about a dozen years ago. Yes, there were other factors involved in that decision, but there is no question hockey is expensive, whether a women's sport or a men's sport. And to a certain extent if one spends more on one sport it can cut into the development of other, equally desirable sports in the overall sports program, no question about it. In the end, one has to pick and choose. And, sometimes one wins and sometimes one loses, although that isn't always a given commodity when one is making those decisions. Hindsight is 20/20.

[THEsocalledfan]

Speaking of mandates from the students as it were, Tony, years ago (late 1960s or early 1970s, I believe), the UND student body did indeed mandate the construction of the original Ralph Engelstad arena (recently demolished) on the UND campus to replace the venerable Winter Sports Building from the 1930s. UND students at the time knowlingly voted to raise their student activity fees by their decision. Of course, one could reasonably argue that that was a different era. I do think to a great extent it could well turn out to be an FBS in football versus a hockey crowd decision, and I have no idea on what would likely win out, if either. Certainly, UND's decision to add women's hockey to help comply with Title IX requirements strongly influenced its decision on holding off on a possible move to Division I about a dozen years ago. Yes, there were other factors involved in that decision, but there is no question hockey is expensive, whether a women's sport or a men's sport. And to a certain extent if one spends more on one sport it can cut into the development of other, equally desirable sports in the overall sports program, no question about it. In the end, one has to pick and choose. And, sometimes one wins and sometimes one loses, although that isn't always a given commodity when one is making those decisions. Hindsight is 20/20.

Nice to see an excellent post from a Truck fan..... (and I am dating myself on this board.....)

[BlueBisonRock]

Nice to see an excellent post from a Truck fan..... (and I am dating myself on this board.....)

Dating yourself? I remember going to a UN_ Hockey game in the Winter Sports Building.

[gotts]

Dating yourself? I remember going to a UN_ Hockey game in the Winter Sports Building.

He said he had plenty of experience with rejection...

[bisonaudit]

Dating yourself? I remember going to a UN_ Hockey game in the Winter Sports Building.

He said he had plenty of experience with rejection...

There are pills for that now.

[pucknut9]

its Simple Folks.

NDSU fans should be Minnesota Gopher Hockey fans, no need for NDSU hockey.

You aren't a fan of hockey period lakes.

[turbo700]

Arizona Adding Hockey?

Leave Hockey to the states that have no Snow!! Fargo-Moorhead has 13 Indoor rinks

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=739777

[turbo700]

Bison Women off the a good start 13-1

http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams...2&s=hockey&t=c