Yeah the marketing was lacking in my opinion…. Didn’t see any buildup/hype around campus for the opening game or this first d1 matchup really. Maybe a few posts on social media? The rain also may have kept some folks at home (considering like 900 tickets were sold). Granted, I think most students still don’t know who NDSU is…especially basketball fans.

Amazing. I don’t know how we pull off these amazing wins in the tourney so offen

So happy about this. Lets win this Saturday.

UC DAVIS retains their top 10 spot in the playoff committee ranking!

Having Sailorgabe back and Pacifico here has made this forum more fun. Glad to have all you folks :)!

Not a bad first game. Some serious issues finishing close to the hoop but great 3 shots and at decently high scoring. The defense wasnt terrible either but I felt similar issues in defending the rim in the same places we had trouble shooting.

im paying attention to the OSU vs NDSU game right now. Tight so far.

Agreed! I am currently dealing with 3 essays due in the next 5 days so I'm going to try and finish one of them and get out there. Most people I think should be past midterms mostly, so the turnout hopefully is good!

Exactly my thoughts! Honestly just happy to have the team back :) not stressing out yet.

It is obviously the first game of the season but seems like a bit of the same issues as last year.

okay how does an athletic department with a 40 million dollar budget STILL not have a person mixing the microphone right

I really just struggle with this narrative around Pinnick considering that he beat out the other qbs in training camp, is a redshirt freshman during a potential "rebuild" year due to injuries or new players and has still continued to protect the ball quite well through the games so far, and stack up yardage. We also have scored impressive numbers of points in each of our games so far (including the ISU game last weekend). While I agree at times he held the ball longer than he should, we are also used to Hastings who's whole thing was these short-medium range quick shots. I am not going to blame our defense totally with how many injuries we have, but in the last game it was more of a problem of them giving up points and special teams struggling than it is worth placing blame on Pinnick.

Really liking the roster this year. Glad guys like Niko are here this year to help out all the new faces.

this take makes no sense. Bro is literally one of the leading Jerry rice award candidates.

this is almost word for word my idea of what it could look like in my mind (at least eventually)

thank god! It’s kinda goofy haha

agreed. I think if you build up on one side you have to at least build a bit up on the other to keep the symmetry somewhat. Again, not keeping to exactly what that random rendering rocko sent was a few months ago, but still sticking with the premise of adding at least some seats on the visitor side when building suite boxes (or at least having a plan for it).

exactly! I feel like expanding the seating on the student section side up and boxes on the press box side is the way to go.

I think we drop to #10 in the polls this week.

Yeah if the 49ers lose today my weekend of sports may a bit more of a bummer than I hoped. I will say objectively that was an amazing World Series when it comes to drama on the field (as a giants fan)