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What excuse was made? As was already stated, with the current environment in college athletics, every source of revenue is being examined and pushed as far as it can before it turns into a negative ROI. Being that close to a sell out a few days before the game tells me they priced it pretty appropriately to maximize revenue for the program. Not saying I enjoy it as the end user (though if you have season tickets, it doesn't really matter) but I also understand it and appreciate it as the more revenue UND generates, the more there is to help put back into the athletic department. I guess they could have sold them for $20 and then there would be a huge secondary market for tickets but hey, I guess they would have 200 more people in the building? If you want to make the argument that the tops of the far corners should have been a little bit less, they may have sold sooner and it would have been a minimal drop in revenue, I'd agree with that stance 100%. But I think they are going to get pretty close to that regardless.

Game is on Midco. Game preview confirms that it is.

98% of the tickets for the game are sold, will be over 12,000. Huge rivalry game but it is also ND home deer opener and winter youth sports starting in full swing. Weird complaints. Going to be an electric atmosphere. Hopefully it gets rocking early like it did last time the ag college was up here.

No different than what Fargo or Brookings or any other college does for big name games. If they don't do it, they end up on the secondary market for just as much or more. I don't like it but it's the reality.

To be fair, that's not completely accurate. They struggle to get the games they claim they can't but part of it is because they can't get the terms they ask for. They have turned down FBS games in the past because they felt the offers weren't good enough, which is will within their right to do. Also, tough to blame them to turn down what they feel is a low offer when they can make more money hosting a cupcake. I have no doubt their phone isn't ringing off the hook, but there is plenty of leaning into the "no one will schedule us" narrative.

*shocked face*

Team played their worst game of the year with issues that haven't popped up this season in all 3 phases, lost the turnover battle by 3 and still had two chances at the end to win the game. Clean up the penalties (which were hugely uncharacteristic based on the first 8 games), take care of the ball and the rest will take care of itself. Time to rebound and make a statement that it was a fluke.

In what world are Denver and St. Thomas in the same part of the country?

I agree with all of this. But I also see why it would have needed some seismic shift in something outside of anyone's control to make it anywhere near worthwhile for all the programs that aren't Summit/MVFC or Summit/NCHC. It wasn't like anyone who had membership in two (or three) of those entities had the political capital to force the issue, nor could they have threatened to go elsewhere.

Half the MVFC teams have no interest (why give a conference they aren't part of for their Olympic sports more control) and the NCHC is profitable and the majority of the teams wouldn't see any benefit. Not sure how you convince the teams against it to change their minds to do something that doesn't benefit them.

Lowest rated G5 (G6?) conference and below the MVFC. Their top team would be 4th in the MVFC per Sagarin ratings. MoSt slots right between SIU and ISUred. Somewhat checks out based on past history.

I haven't agreed with any assessment that CW has been a starting level QB in the NFL (which is an obviously high bar) since he got hurt early in his career but he's tough as nails and showed real leadership playing through immense pain to protect younger players. That's true leadership and reinforces that he is a great human being.

Yes, weekends are full. Worst case, you can grab a few seats at the bar but if you want a table, I'd definitely call ahead.

McCarthy was the emergency QB. Meaning he couldn't come into the game unless both Wentz and Brosmer weren't able to play. If he was the emergency QB, then he wasn't ruled out for the game and if he had to, could have went into the game (again, assuming both other QB's are injured). Emergency QB doesn't count against the gameday roster. He was obviously medically cleared, however that doesn't mean anything other than he could be eligible to play in the game unless absolutely necessary. KOC stated Wentz told him he could keep going and he didn't want to put Brosmer into that situation. Again, kudos to Wentz to gut it out and also do what he could to protect a rookie QB. KOC could have overridden Wentz's wishes and chose not to. It is more than fair to question that decision, however "investigating" it isn't even a thing. What exactly are you investigating? He was off the 4 game IR. He was the emergency QB.

KOC didn't put Wentz in a spot he wasn't OK with. He was going to need surgery at some point regardless of what happened after the initial injury. Credit to him for doing everything he could to protect some younger players and play to the best of his abilities.