The Sicatoka

Seems OTT holds all the cards. Pinto is a 10.2(c) RFA. Pinto signed when he was 18-21 y/o and only has two qualifying years of experience. Might be good to make things like this known to future guys looking to sign early.

That's not quitting on the coach, that's quitting on your teammates. Why not hang up a sign "Free runs at our QB!" while they're at it.

I've been reviewing Forum Guidelines ...

What was that.

I'd call it a self-inflicted wound. Worse? Done three times over (Bresciani, Bertolini, Cook). And giving a golden parachute to Bresciani just adds to the terrible look of the matter. Bresciani should walk away. He got what he really wanted: a sugar mama. You remember the one: the NDSU Foundation board member (conflict of interest?) whose email he used to avoid FOIA requests.

You know it's really bad when NDSU's PR wing (ForumComm) is actually reporting on a real news story that is not good for NDSU. https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/north-dakota/current-former-ndsu-employees-allege-pattern-of-unequal-treatment-of-female-administrators It's like these guys (Bresciani, then Bertolini, then Cook) are trying to "hold my beer" one up each other on questionable (horrible PR) moves.

Explore why most of the most valuable pro sports franchises are in the US (NFL, NBA, MLB, most of NHL) over all but the six mega clubs of Euro soccer. The value is knowing the club won't be dramatically devalued by one bad season (and relegation). US owners like it how it is. As far as competitive balance that's why draft order is based on performance.

If MSP is safe, what's special, why single out 3AM?

Former ND AG and former Sen. Heitkamp's record on crime is tougher than her brother's. On this topic she's more opposite than alike her brother.

For reference: https://forum.siouxsports.com/topic/29486-2022-fb-recruiting/page/19/#comment-1203585

Is this where we start speculating if we put the team on a school bus and entered it into the Indy 500?

NDSU can't catch a break: - enrollment down again (down 290 this fall 2023) - now a discrimination allegation and another (female, vice provost) firing questioned by the faculty But regarding the firing of Bilen-Green ... was it with cause ... Dr. Cook has another mess (budgets, now this) to clean up and he's been there barely a year. I almost feel sorry for the guy ... almost. https://www.inforum.com/news/fargo/ndsu-documents-praise-ousted-female-vice-provost-but-also-criticize-her-handling-of-discrimination-case

If McMahon steered clear of a story that was by his own words being “pushed” and lacked “sufficient evidence” I’d say Mike was wise to keep clear and there are more agendas than facts out there right now..

I reference Picasso; someone posts a Van Gogh. < sigh >

Seems like "interest". https://myndsu.ndsu.edu/organization/hockeyclubwomens

Would now be a good time to remind everyone that 60% of NDSU athletic grants go to men?

NDSU's decrease is buried 2/3 of the way through the article. Forum gonna Forum.

I'd love to find the "y=mx + b" relationship between "for each inch of height less than six feet tall you slide ____ draft slots".

See: St. Cloud State (down about 8000 in a decade).

I chat with some NDSU folks and the ones who are on their campus every day have told me NDSU needed (and still needs) a "Schafer and Kennedy." Those two came in to UND as business minds (owner or CFO) and cut the budget where it needed no matter whose sacred cow got gored. They took about $500,000,000.00 of deferred maintenance off the budget books and in the process cleaned up the look of campus and freed up money for new and better projects. We're starting to see the dividends.

As both a congratulation and a stark warning: HS graduating classes are shrinking (it's 18 years after the 2008 recession and birth rates fell drastically in 2008). UND recruiting has done an awesome job but it can't let up as it only gets tougher from here.

Answer key: https://forum.siouxsports.com/topic/27872-enrollment/page/10/#comment-1320839

Based on the link they do a "30th Day" enrollment which works out to very early October for them. https://www.stcloudstate.edu/air/_files/documents/reports/enrollment/total-enrollment/fall-2022-total-enrollment.pdf

"The local" picked up on the UND press release: https://knoxradio.com/2023/09/21/und-sees-best-fall-enrollment-in-6-years-2/