WEBVTT 0 00:00.500 --> 00:03.250 The worm is finally turning for UND football 1 00:04.000 --> 00:05.500 Last year we finally won a playoff game 2 00:05.650 --> 00:07.500 We had moral victories over each of the other 3 Dakota schools 3 00:08.000 --> 00:12.000 Bubba naps were taken in the admin offices instead of during team meetings 4 00:12.900 --> 00:15.500 And Coach Schmidt actually won an in-state recruiting battle with NDSU 5 00:17.500 --> 00:19.000 So we'll beat NDSU when they have to come to the Alerus next year 6 00:19.000 --> 00:21.500 And Schmitty will officially break the football monopoly in ND 7 00:24.750 --> 00:26.500 Sir.... 8 00:27.500 --> 00:28.500 About that... 9 00:31.000 --> 00:33.500 NDSU has joined the Mountain West Conference and the FBS 10 00:34.000 --> 00:36.000 So they've left our football program behind again 11 00:53.000 --> 00:58.500 Everyone who's only in this room because they care about hockey.... out! 12 01:13.000 --> 01:15.000 It's happening again! 13 01:15.250 --> 01:17.750 How could you let it happen AGAIN! 14 01:18.750 --> 01:23.250 We were on the verge! We had them beat last November if not for the refs! 15 01:25.250 --> 01:28.000 We finally found a head coach with a pulse 16 01:29.250 --> 01:31.000 And with our elite OC Freund on his way back 17 01:31.500 --> 01:34.000 Jerry Football was ready to lead us to the promised land 18 01:34.750 --> 01:37.750 We had them having to come here for the second year in a row 19 01:37.500 --> 01:40.500 And we were going to sell out again charging them $90 for tickets! 20 01:40.500 --> 01:42.750 Maybe we can sell out the USD game next year and charge their fans- 21 01:42.750 --> 01:46.250 They have 12 fans and no one around here gives a shit about them! 22 01:46.500 --> 01:48.790 Maybe in 2027 when SDSU comes back? 23 01:48.790 --> 01:52.000 Our fans have never showed up for anyone except NDSU and never will! 24 01:53.000 --> 01:54.500 You know that! 25 01:56.000 --> 01:57.750 The only reason we joined this conference was to beat them 26 01:57.750 --> 02:00.500 Do you think I care about Murray State or Indiana State? 27 02:00.500 --> 02:03.500 We spent years in Big Sky purgatory trying to get to here 28 02:04.500 --> 02:08.000 We spent years before that stuck in D2 watching them succeed 29 02:08.750 --> 02:13.500 20 years later we're back where we started looking up at them! 30 02:14.000 --> 02:16.750 I just can't take another 20 years of this 31 02:17.500 --> 02:21.750 Same as before they're going to run that league within a few years - without us! 32 02:27.000 --> 02:29.000 We were so close 33 02:30.500 --> 02:34.000 So close to the return of the Dale Lennon glory years 34 02:34.500 --> 02:36.500 We owned the farm and they worked on it 35 02:41.000 --> 02:42.500 And now.... 36 02:43.000 --> 02:47.500 It's the same story of them thinking forward while we hold the bag in a lower division 37 02:48.500 --> 02:53.000 They produce unprecedented achievements for the state while we wallow in obscurity 38 02:54.000 --> 02:56.000 We'll claim we're being "fiscally responsible" 39 02:56.500 --> 02:59.750 We'll claim we're doing what's best for UND football 40 03:00.000 --> 03:02.500 We'll claim we're happy with the level we're at! 41 03:04.750 --> 03:07.500 It's ok... puck drops in a few hours 42 03:14.250 --> 03:16.250 Maybe there's a way we can get back at them 43 03:19.250 --> 03:23.250 Kick them out of the Summit League and find an old NCC friend to invite 44 03:25.550 --> 03:26.750 Like Augustana 45 03:31.500 --> 03:33.750 Call the state board of higher ed 46 03:40.750 --> 03:46.250 Demand audits of how they're paying for this and demand audits of Title IX compliance 47 03:46.500 --> 03:49.000 Demand all state funding stops 48 03:53.750 --> 03:56.000 When does the hockey game start???