tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

[Red Cows]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

UNO has students?

That is a pretty fair dig.

They show up for the "glamorous" games. They'll be out in force this Friday. The school has some sort of point system I don't know much about relative to students attending events and participation, and, this game, I believe, is the biggest get of the year as the past two "sell out" nights have been as well, I believe. I have to confess to knowing very little about it, though. It's one of the bigger problems with the program. Students are not very often a factor at our games. There aren't very often a lot of them even at our games. There are usually more girls in our student section on a given night than guys, something my wife has noticed and pointed out to me on a consistent basis. UNO's ongoing transition from a commuter school will hopefully improve that situation. I also think deleting football (and, to a much lesser extent, wrestling) at the school in the past 6 months will redirect a lot of students energies to hockey going forward since it is now the flagship athletic pursuit at the school. Winning more is also having a more positive effect there, too (thank you, Coach Blais).

 

[Not So Sober Hockey Guy]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

I knew this would draw a response from you. I'm surprised it took so long. I'm going to agree and disagree with you. I agree that he needs to recruit. He does not, however, have to recruit in Canada to keep his job. He is focused on the Midwest and primarily Minnesota. Herter and Sandelin are the ones making the trips to Canada. He will also get a longer leash than most on the recruiting due to his work on the ice, which is critically important. Believe me, his work with the forwards and the vast improvements in our offensive game are being recognized by his boss. It is his work that has led to a lot of our success the past year and a half and a big reason why we lead the nation in goals per game.

Like I said, I completely love the guy on the squad, but sooner or later he has to recruit. I find it odd that we send Herter to Canada when Candadians value NHL/Stanley cups, something Plante has. If we can start landing some good/big time recruits, I have no problem with their system as it is. It's working great, but our next couple of classes scare me and we haven't taken our new arena, national title, and dominance this year and parlayed it into stealing a few recruits yet. I hope this changes soon.

 

[SCSU Euro]

That is a pretty fair dig.

They show up for the "glamorous" games. They'll be out in force this Friday. The school has some sort of point system I don't know much about relative to students attending events and participation, and, this game, I believe, is the biggest get of the year as the past two "sell out" nights have been as well, I believe. I have to confess to knowing very little about it, though. It's one of the bigger problems with the program. Students are not very often a factor at our games. There aren't very often a lot of them even at our games. There are usually more girls in our student section on a given night than guys, something my wife has noticed and pointed out to me on a consistent basis. UNO's ongoing transition from a commuter school will hopefully improve that situation. I also think deleting football (and, to a much lesser extent, wrestling) at the school in the past 6 months will redirect a lot of students energies to hockey going forward since it is now the flagship athletic pursuit at the school. Winning more is also having a more positive effect there, too (thank you, Coach Blais).

Well I have only seen the SCSU games and they certainly were not the glamour games so I have yet to see these "students" you speak of. I WAS gonna go to this series but then Biddco had to go and be vagtastic

 

[HumRsky]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

If you want to have some sort of home-ice advantage, I'd say move the game back to the Aud and invite 8000 of your closest friends. I hear the roof used to shake on that place!

 

[Runninwiththedogs]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

Euro, have you given up on Duh Huskies and gotten aboard the Bulldog bandwagon? Seems like a good idea.

 

[Dirty]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

Euro, have you given up on Duh Huskies and gotten aboard the Bulldog bandwagon? Seems like a good idea.

Maybe just wanted to have some snuggle time with the Biddster without the risk of MEg interrupting.

 

[Biddco]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

Maybe just wanted to have some snuggle time with the Biddster without the risk of MEg interrupting.

Could be....

Euro, have you given up on Duh Huskies and gotten aboard the Bulldog bandwagon? Seems like a good idea.

He almost has. During our Madison trip he said "****it! I am starting to like you guys!"

Well I have only seen the SCSU games and they certainly were not the glamour games so I have yet to see these "students" you speak of. I WAS gonna go to this series but then Biddco had to go and be vagtastic

I am saving money for future more expensive trips...

 

[Red Cows]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

Looks like maybe it's gonna happen:

http://www.selloutduluth.com/ticket-counter.htm

This pace is well ahead of the two prior "sell out" events.

Ticketmaster has 712 tickets, only, available on their web site:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/060046BFCBC0A485?artistid=838151&majorcatid=10004&minorcatid=9

That's actually more than last night. As Ticketmaster sells what they have available to them the school is turning blocks back over to Ticketmaster to sell, a little at time, as needed. The school is holding back tickets for students in the student section (the south end of the lower bowl, centered on section 113) and for the ticket special they have, which is being promoted via email, at least, that's how I know about it.

If you are going to the game, they are giving away t-shirts (with what on them I have no idea) to the first 5000 fans and beer and hot dogs are $1.00 between 5:30 and 6:30, presumably to get as many people in the building as early as they can since this is an hour before the start time of a normal Friday night game.

 

[Red Cows]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

Rumor has it that UNO is flying Jim Cornelison in for the game Friday night to sing the National Anthem:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cornelison

Got this third hand and do not know if it is true.

 

[SCSU Euro]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

Euro, have you given up on Duh Huskies and gotten aboard the Bulldog bandwagon? Seems like a good idea.

To set the record straight, I am not on tBandwagon. Omaha and Madison are the closest trips to me, so obviously when my team's on a bye why wouldn't I go to Madison? And I can't make it to Colorado Springs by puck drop Friday without taking work off, but I can make it to Omaha. And for the record, there's a much better chance of me wanting to snuggle with Biddco than cheer for tUMD. Have you SEEN his flowing locks?

 

[Pants]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

I'll claim stupidity here, no problem. Can someone explain the "t" in front of every UMD/Bulldogs reference, please?

 

[Runninwiththedogs]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

I'll claim stupidity here, no problem. Can someone explain the "t" in front of every UMD/Bulldogs reference, please?

Making fun of THE Ohio State University.

 

[InebriatedMike]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

Well I have only seen the SCSU games and they certainly were not the glamour games so I have yet to see these "students" you speak of. I WAS gonna go to this series but then Biddco had to go and be vagtastic

Biddco ruined our lives.

 

[Biddco]

Biddco ruined our lives.

Excellent.


Oh I almost forgot....UNO LOST TO ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE!!!! HAW HAW!

 

[Red Cows]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

Excellent.


Oh I almost forgot....UNO LOST TO ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE!!!! HAW HAW!

Yes, yes, yes, yawn...and so did Denver. We note that your chance is upcoming next week.

Might have been a good idea for you to have waited until after next weekend to start shoveling that one at us.

Seriously, Clarke Saunders is a goalie freak. I have now seen him in person 4 times. He faced 189 shots in those 4 games! If he had any kind of team in front of him........... He has faced the most shots in the NCAA this season. There is some reason that team-in-Fargo-formerly-known-by-that-Indian-name wants him.

 

[Biddco]

Yes, yes, yes, yawn...and so did Denver. We note that your chance is upcoming next week.

Might have been a good idea for you to have waited until after next weekend to start shoveling that one at us.

Seriously, Clarke Saunders is a goalie freak. I have now seen him in person 4 times. He faced 189 shots in those 4 games! If he had any
kind of team in front of him........... He has faced the most shots in the NCAA this season. There is some reason that team-in-Fargo-formerly-known-by-that-Indian-name wants him.

I have a ton of confidence in my team that they will TCB. I am sure they do not want to be embarrassed like UNO and DU. UND is located in Grand Forks. NDSU is in Fargo

 

[UMDSimmerdown]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

I have a ton of confidence in my team that they will TCB. I AK sure they do not want to be embarrassed like UNO and DU. and UND played in Grand Forks. NDSU is in Farrgo

Biddy, did you just have a stroke?

 

[Biddco]

Biddy, did you just have a stroke?

Just typing in my phone fixed it now

 

[Dirty]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

Yes, yes, yes, yawn...and so did Denver. We note that your chance is upcoming next week.

Might have been a good idea for you to have waited until after next weekend to start shoveling that one at us.

Seriously, Clarke Saunders is a goalie freak. I have now seen him in person 4 times. He faced 189 shots in those 4 games! If he had any kind of team in front of him........... He has faced the most shots in the NCAA this season. There is some reason that team-in-Fargo-formerly-known-by-that-Indian-name wants him.

You are my new #1 Enemy. Don't ever say that again or I will slowly peel your face off with a cheese grater.

 

[Red Cows]

Re: tUMD @ UNO: On Friday, Janurary 13th UMD will disappoint 16,000 Maverick Fans

You are my new #1 Enemy. Don't ever say that again or I will slowly peel your face off with a cheese grater.

Ay caramba, I have no idea what I was thinking. Brain fart, senior moment (don't think I yet qualify there), whatever. My cousin, who lives in Towner, ND, saw this post and called me with a "what brand of glue are you sniffing" comment, too.

As an aside, ticket sales as of 4:00 P.M. central for Friday night's game were at the 15,543 mark. Pretty phenomenal.

If they all show up and then some, Biddco might be right, there will be 16,000 fans there to potentially disappoint. Even if we don't get some points (bite my tongue), we are going to represent.

Two can play this game, Biddco. January is misspelled in the thread header.