The Sicatoka

No one has ever stated the costs of changing the moniker. And don't tell me some cost evaluations and estimates haven't been completed. I'm (as an alumnus and taxpayer) getting that bill if it comes. How much? In my opinion, Spirit Lake should be sueing not the SBoHE, but the NCAA. The NCAA is not treating them equally as only one of five Chippewa tribes in Michigan (the closest) had to approve Central Michigan, and only one Florida Seminole tribe (there is only one) had to approve Florida State. So why don't they as one approving, and the closest at that, tribe count in North Dakota? Does the NCAA not believe Spirit Lake to be as worthy as the one Michigan Chippewa tribe or the Florida Seminole Nation? Spirit Lake should flex that "tribal sovereignty" muscle. What right does the NCAA have to tell a sovereign nation that it can't allow a university to use its tribal name? And what right does one sovereign Sioux nation to have to tell another what it can or can't do? And how in the world does a State of ND/NCAA agreement bind a soverign nation, that wasn't a party to the settlement, from making its own decisions?

For both Kelley and Faison: Step up to the podeum in 300 Twamley in front of media from around the state and lay out specifically, knowing it's going onto the local evening news, the issues and concerns and his position. Costs, benefits; pros, cons; and how they arrived at their position based on those.

I tend to look at KRACH because I believe that's a better model than the arbitrary weightings in an RPI. I wish the NCAA would dump the RPI and use KRACH in the PWR. (That almost sounded dirty. )

So, if that's the case, ... Faison and Kelley need to step up, man up, and state the case. The silence from them is deafening and has gone on long enough.

I see headcounts. I see dollars. But aren't US heads (resident tuition) lower cost than Foreign (non-resident tuition)? I'd like to see the breakdown of dollars going resident/non-resident, or what's ND getting for local v. outside talent.

And now I read this and it seems that Kelley and Faison are willing to, borrowing Roebuck's phrase, "sell (a) soul". http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/148493/

Why haven't we heard Faison or Kelley come out and publicly state their position and plan? Why hasn't the media, or "select alumni" cornered them and forced them to man-up and state a position? It's time for Faison and Kelley to state a position and a case. I know someone who let their position be known. And this person would benefit, or so we've been told, if UND dropped the name to get into the Summit. This person is UND WBB Coach Gene Roebuck. Listen to this (starting 31 minutes and 20 seconds in): http://www.fightingsioux.com/newMediaPlaye...;CLIP_ID=678456 "I would not want to give up the name to be in a conference. ... I'm not gonna sell my soul." -- Gene Roebuck Gene's manned-up, stood up, and given his view. What about his bosses. Lead from the front boys. I suggest you ask them these questions directly: rokelley@mail.und.edu brianfaison@mail.und.edu

That subtotal: 9592458 1714 of 2103 is 81.5% or 18.5% foreign. Grad Assistant breakdown: US: 81.5% of the 6736610 = 5490337. Foreign: 18.5% of the 6736610 = 1246273. Add the Foreign Grad Students to Foreign Students (2855848) and you get 4201121. Looking at that it becomes 43% Foreign, 57% US.

From NDSU's own website: http://www.ndsu.edu/news/features/portiono...dhallcollapses/

Somewhere in this forms the question: Aren't we growing "good grad students" from our good undergraduate programs? Why does the NDUS have to search far and wide, instead of cherry-picking the best it already produces?

They don't have to wait until Nov 2010. They come out and say "We'll take you if you're in compliance with the settlement you have with the NCAA." Boom. Done. Easy.

Could this be the reason why the NCAA floated the "96 team MBB tournament" trial balloon out there?

As a taxpayer in the state of ND, hoping they don't exist. But, Hanson is bracing us for something by bringing it up. Otherwise, why would Hanson bring it up? "Oxbow6" sums it up very well: History lesson: What brought down Kendall Baker at UND? "Creative" transfers of funds between accounts.

From Tu-Uyen Tran's blog: Why would Dr. Hanson bring up a fund that seemingly is just fine in that it is under $4000 in the red? Why bring that up when you're looking at $2,500,000 in the red? It might be nothing; it might be damning. Either way, Dr. Hanson brought it up. Very interesting. And ... Either way ... seems not all the "other shoes" have dropped ... yet.

The NDSU "Cleopatras" ... the Queens of Denial. And with the new moniker comes their new fight song.

You know, I'm surprised that pointing out Tu-Uyen Tran's blog didn't draw more ire from the NDSU "Cleopatras" that show up here.

There aren't that many hockey schools out there to pick from. The only other names mentioned are hockey playing MAC schools (Miami, WMU, BGSU, and they don't look like the Big Ten either). MACs would be great for the eastern block of Big Ten Hockey. It wouldn't do much (would probably do harm) for Minnesota and Wisconsin. That's UND's best hope in this. The problem in all that: Who knows what rules a BTHC would come up with regarding team monikers. It wouldn't be the WCHA any more.

More details about these new "DI move up" standards. " ... an application fee equal to the average annual value of distributions and championships benefits realized by Division I members" ... " a figure that was set at about $1.4 million in the most recent distribution year." That's a hefty "cover charge" to join their party. And you have to be invited to join because of a proposed requirement that you have "a bona fide offer of membership in a Division I conference" to be allowed to start the transition process. http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WC...recommendations

They'll do what is best for them financially. Nothing more. Nothing less. What that is only they know.

All of this flagellation just to create a Division I lower-tier "Summit League North Division" that is merely the better half of the old North Central Conference.

Kupchella tried partnership regarding some doctorate programs. (Save the duplication, allowing NDSU to put the money into new areas.) Chapman told him competition is good and started duplicate programs. So, partnership or competition.

This you got right.

My guess: The Big Ten.