Cheers to you. Reading it on a night shift.Short side story that explains the judgement of some North Dakotans….I lived in Duluth MN for a short period of my life and became a fan of the UMD hockey team. I miss crushing beers at the Duluth Curling Club between periods. Anyways, their rival is UND and there fans travel well. Unfortunately, they were kicking our butts and it wasn’t that close of a game. One of the UND players demonstrates the biggest flop I’ve ever seen and Duluth gets a 5 minute major penalty for it. I yell at the refs and get a bit dramatic myself, probably one too many beverages at the curling club. One of their fans says something along the lines of “Don’t be so insensitive, he was seizing on the ice.”….the player got up quickly and was skating moments later, might I add. We had a few exchanged words, but I was aside myself that he actually said that.
The relevance? These fans have some questionable judgement. The center of the universe is North Dakota and they literally have nothing better to do. It’s my least favorite state, respectfully speaking. I’ve spent way too much damn time driving in that state and my mental health deteriorates. I do spend some time on Pembina County annually, always enjoy it until I want to get the hell out.
Speaking of having nothing better to do…My wife and newborn son must be proud of me for sharing this story with my family of strangers on the internet at 4am. Love these night shifts! Hope y’all enjoy your victory weekend!
Looking at the game thread, I would say the griping would have been all griz focused. Even with a win there’s a lot for this team to improve on to hit their full potential.
I haven't rewatched yet, but two things make me think the staff is wrong:
You can have as many on the line as you want. No backfield requirement.
Having lived in Minnesota for the last 25+ years, I can attest that UND hockey fans are insufferable. I'm not sure how much overlap there is between their hockey fans and their football fans but there is obviously some. I guess when they almost beat K-State and destroyed Portland State, the fans thought they had a football team that wouldn't lose to the Griz. I still think they will contend for the MVFC conference title.Short side story that explains the judgement of some North Dakotans….I lived in Duluth MN for a short period of my life and became a fan of the UMD hockey team. I miss crushing beers at the Duluth Curling Club between periods. Anyways, their rival is UND and there fans travel well. Unfortunately, they were kicking our butts and it wasn’t that close of a game. One of the UND players demonstrates the biggest flop I’ve ever seen and Duluth gets a 5 minute major penalty for it. I yell at the refs and get a bit dramatic myself, probably one too many beverages at the curling club. One of their fans says something along the lines of “Don’t be so insensitive, he was seizing on the ice.”….the player got up quickly and was skating moments later, might I add. We had a few exchanged words, but I was aside myself that he actually said that.
The relevance? These fans have some questionable judgement. The center of the universe is North Dakota and they literally have nothing better to do. It’s my least favorite state, respectfully speaking. I’ve spent way too much damn time driving in that state and my mental health deteriorates. I do spend some time on Pembina County annually, always enjoy it until I want to get the hell out.
Speaking of having nothing better to do…My wife and newborn son must be proud of me for sharing this story with my family of strangers on the internet at 4am. Love these night shifts! Hope y’all enjoy your victory weekend!
Interesting. That would explain the bad or no coverage.
Until you hit the NoDak - Minnesota border. The first time I made the trip from Montana to Minnesota without seeing Minnesota and as I was driving across North Dakota, I said to myself, what the hell did I get myself into by leaving Montana for this god forsaken land as flat as a pancake with no trees for miles and with roads straight as an arrow. Thankfully Minnesota is nothing like NoDak in terms of land and trees.
That call was legit 20 feet in front of me. And it was clear as day. The thing is that the kid didn’t have to do it either. He was making the tackle and then reached up last minute. To add effort force to the tackle. It was dumb. He had the play made already.
They’re actually claiming they got screwed by the refs, and they point to the horse collar call, which was the dictionary definition of the rule.
I mean, I have nothing but respect for the program, but their fans are embarrassing themselves with that shit. Cmon man. Be better.
I wonder if he lined up wrong or one of the receivers did.
They have a very good team. This game would have been viewed as a major stepping stone for their program on the rise. And they nearly had it. I’m not surprised that they are pissed about it.
Or, I wonder if the play was set up that way. To cover the receiver or TE, and then have the outside one step back slightly at last moment? I'd love to see the tape. I think the ref dropped the flag fairly quickly, but didn't actually see that.
#22 was outstanding all game. I thought he was their best player, but no doubt he made a very bad decision at the worst time in the game.
