The Sicatoka

I've always tempered my lacrosse musings with "If UND were to go DI ..." Well, that "if" is no more. And now Canadian schools (lax is the "other" national sport of Canada) are a real possibility in the NCAA. If should be an interesting ride.

Today at The Ralph: http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/i...mp;section=News

Holding just over 15k, I think she'd be a "go" too. http://www.mtscentre.ca/

No answer yet to this, and now more money down this rat hole .... NDSU to appeal Ellis ruling

The biggest wind(bag) in ND is back on KFGO. http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm...mp;section=news Now I'm going to the window to look for four angry dudes on horseback.

Ah, the whims of tribal politics, where everything is always good and righteous and pure.

I agree with these two. Why? Imagine Joe Chapman as Chancellor. Imagine Charles Kupchella as Chancellor.

That was us too. But it was a dollar bill when we gave it. Signed, The Vast Fighting Sioux Conspiracy " ... if you only knew ... "

We're behind it all. Signed, The Vast Fighting Sioux Conspiracy " ... if you only knew ... "

Let's recap for folks who don't "get" this: It's pretty simple.

Did you say "forensic accounting misadventures"? You mean like NDSU and SDSU both having perfect karma where expenses were met exactly, to the dollar, by revenues in FY 2006? Now that's good karma. Poor, poor UND. Their revenues didn't exactly match expences. There was a $350k difference, a difference where revenues exceeded expenses. http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/InstList.asp Somebody caused NDSU's numbers to match to the dollar. Who? Tell me or you're hiding something!

What's so hard about this? Bills?

Kind of like Florida compared to Appalachian State this year? And how does one "rank" popular sports? By their championship game being televised on a network? Their semi-finals? The whole last four playing down being made into a weekend-long prime publicity event? And finally, what does this have to do with Bohl not being hired at Minnesota?

The school on the southern edge of Winnipeg may disagree with you.

So humor us: Point to one that UND and the State lost as badly as NDSU lost in the Ellis case.

Where's the Fargo Forum story on what the AG's office billed NDSU for representing them against George Ellis' (successful) age discrimination lawsuit? PS - We taxpayers did pay for that one. We paid Ellis. We paid Ellis' attorney. We paid the AG's office. We paid Dorn, and Bohl, and Miles, et al, for creating the whole mess. We paid.

You mean you're supposed to follow those? Somebody got Myles Brand's or Walt Harrison's cell number? Mike Williams has never seen an arena proposal that he's liked. I don't blame him for his point of view. He got elected with it. However, yes, he must also make sure what he proposes is legal. Personally, Fargo needs a better place than "Gate City Bank Theatre at the Fargodome" for shows and events. The Fargo Theatre ain't it. Grand Forks is blessed with the Chester Fritz Auditorium.

At risk of repeating myself ....

Interesting doings regarding an arena on the other side of town. Fargodome sales taxes, and escrows, and publicly finanaced arenas (assumably for NDSU) seems to be the latest, trendiest bloodsport in Fargo. http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm...mp;section=news

Dang, I thought it was Tuesday. It is Wednesday.

Is it February 6 yet? (Don't worry, the next whine will be, "Is it the end of March yet?")

(on the stadium PA) We've got foul, unnecessary use of facts, on Diggler. That's 15 yards and a 5 minute major. 2nd down, face off in neutral ice.

Given the hack-job done on other nickname supporters, no wonder someone wants to remain anonymous. PCM is right: Name-changers are up in arms about "less than $100,000" but they'd spend $4 MM (sounds low to me) to change the name. As far as the money itself, ScottM is right: These protesters assume these folks would give it to UND either way. Nice way to spend someone else's money there professor. As far as the SLC attorneys, I wonder if they aren't billing because maybe, just maybe, they are working on contingency (think: cut of big anti-trust settlement). In closing, the only quote in that article that matters is from Stenehjem (above). I'm not paying for this, at least with my tax dollars.