The Sicatoka

Well thank you for that. I assume you did the same for NDSU when they went DI with a previous-year "red" budget. However, I can't decide what's most humorous about this whole thread-rant (from all sides): - UND's already been assigned as going. (CEK may have something to say about that yet.) - People don't want to look at the closest neighbor's athletic budget results to see what things UND might be able to learn from them. - Believing that UND, if going, and after this much study, doesn't have answers to the tough questions that we aren't privy to (yet). All along CEK has come back to "cost" primarily (and "conference" after that). Either LTC Buning is deaf and didn't hear General Kupchella (and will get "demoted" for it), or LTC Buning has some artillery lined up.

What kind of donated "upfront monies" or endowment basis gifts did either of the SUs want as part of their transitions? What'd they actually receive?

I guess I'll believe Rob Bollinger: Aren't you a person that wanted Rob to be the AD? Don't we have to trust him on this?

I don't know. My question is how do you handle that when you need to "roll up" the surface for some other event in the facility? What does someplace like Metrodome do?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't NDSU's athletic budget "red" when they announced a DI move? Red is red, in debt is in debt, right?

Why look at NDSU's budget? If they're doing good things, learn from; if they're doing bad things, don't follow.

We keep hearing about UND's budget. Where's NDSU's? You'd think if all was wine and roses that sucker'd be rolled out there and touted about. Please, someone, show me. UND's data is on the table. Show me so I (an ND taxpayer) can see for myself and compare.

Don't have to. They're in the "Attachements" PDF in the Final Report to Dr. Kupchella, pages 22-25 (of 127).

He wrote his own "death warrant" if it wasn't.

I'd guess every NCAA school's does. The NCAA talks it up great too (and we know by actions it's money first, then athletes, with them). It's the dedication of the school to the athletes' success is what makes it work or not. Either you have administrators and coaches that drive for total success (academic and athletic) like Stanford or like UND, or you have Bob Huggins and Cincinnati. I was happy to see a solid look at "support systems" in the report to Kupchella.

The numbers say you could play lax in The Al. Memorial has more turf space than The Al.

But did you get ... room service ... for your efforts?

That's my take also.

I've rolled it out in front of folks with "nice offices" in various key UND buildings. Others in this thread may offer up more/other info.

Without even knowing, I'm sure you stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

http://siouxsports.com/forums/index.php?s=...ndpost&p=169547

From http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/sports/14712009.htm

Personally, if I was on UND's side of the table in the negotiations, I'd want that answer before signing anything.

UND doesn't have a spring revenue sport, and I doubt baseball, even with a stadium ever will be, is part of my thinking for starting the conversation.

I didn't feed him. Knowing he knows how to, I told him where to fish.

Come on tony, you've downloaded and read that report more times than I have by now. Your answers are on pages 7-9 of the Final Report.

Mike McFeely has chimed in with a hearty, "[url="http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=128604

The GF Herald story: http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/14715499.htm

Interesting innuendo from Fargo Forum writer Jeff Kolpack in his blog under the heading of "And let's talk about commitment": That bold part, that's some, how shall we say, interesting language from Kolpack. It's clearly an indication that if NDSU left WDAY-AM Radio the rest of ForumComm (The Forum, WDAY-TV) coverage might "change" also. What's more fun is Kolpack's blog just above that one (no coincidence?) titled "Siouxper news: