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Re: North Dakota Fighting Sioux vs Maine Black Bears, Friday
The blown 5-1 lead at Anchorage turned me off UND in the first poll (when I picked them 14th), and Sioux backers decided that uncreative insults would be a good way to nudge their team up the polls. I bumped NoDak up to No. 7 last week on the strength of their sweep and unbeaten record, but boy, I hope the UND fans have their keyboards primed for my next ballot.In what you'd have to consider a down year across D-1, I figured this NoDak team was top 5 for sure, but if defense & goaltending is supposed to be this team's strength, they could be in for a tougher season than I thought...