The Sicatoka

Wouldn't bringing Wanless back alienate a large portion of the constituency (namely those who wanted him to go)?

Not sure who the 2004 champ will be, but I can show you the 2004 contenders' numbers from last year. School Revenues Expenditures Net Montana $8,989,596 $9,843,693 ($854,097) William & Mary $12,474,036 $12,347,408 $126,638 Sam Houston State $5,566,303 $5,416,735 $149,568 James Madison $18,256,965 $17,989,122 $267,843 http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/InstList.asp

How much so with the "eggs in one basket" theory? All the way like Valpo and Drake (non-scholarship FB), or have it like they've had in DII where they're dangerous yet not a threat to a title?

You'd think they need to do something to solve the little problem of .... $2,775,513.

We passed 'mentioned' a couple miles back.

Question: Are all of the current BSC members happy there? Are any looking at other options?

We're talking about their secondary.

You could be right. It could also be that the NCAA doesn't let a DI host a DII championship. (See dakotaboy for the latest conspiriacy theory updates.)

Well, $100 MM here, $100 MM there, pretty soon you're talkin' real money. http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm...94&section=news

The answer is in the play-by-play summary.

That's one I hadn't considered. Their middle was open. Hang it up late down the middle and see what happens.

Ah yes, the adjoining county to "government/collegiate/administration/red-tape land". :lol:

The sad thing is, the top half of 307 and 310 were completely empty both Friday and Saturday nights, and there was some space in 108, 109, 308, and 309. "Cookie recipe" fans are just as bad as empty student seats in my world: Neither make useful noise.

How big was Philip Moore in comparison to Weston Dressler? They list Weston at 5'8 and 170.

And if Roland would have been stuffed on 4th and 1 the outcry would be, "Why didn't they punt and trust the defense like they did all season?"

IowaBison: I won't disagree with that. goo: Remember, this is government/collegiate/administration/red-tape land. Of course it takes six months to hire an admin assistant!

... or not. That's why the facts would be good. An open records request could get the facts out there and end this. $100 MM? No, but his donations for the academic side of UND were more than I expected or knew about.

A letter to football lettermen on the day of a National Semifinal in football, maybe? (A lot of football fans picked that paper up for the UND @ PSU preview.) Because the letter really had nothing new in it, like most of the other stories that week? Because Kupchella had just left on vacation? Because UND had the banner headline the preceding two days and the Forum was going for a trifecta? What are you thinking as to why? That story was less impactful than the preceding ones in my opinion. That's probably why "Saturday".

You have to admit, that was pretty vague. Was that the $1 MM for the football locker rooms or was it a different $1 MM? If it was an additional (beyond the locker room donation), if it's used to cover immediate debt doesn't that harm the capital campaign for the BSA? I'm asking because NDSU recently halted attempt to build a beef processing facility partly because: Fundraising there didn't go as well as it could have.

It is amazing what all one can find in there (parenthesis means deficit): School Revenues Expenses Net Big Sky Conference Montana $8,989,596 $9,843,693 ($854,097) Montana State $9,898,383 $10,304,679 ($406,296) Weber State $5,542,616 $5,620,988 ($78,372) Idaho State $7,606,643 $7,614,372 ($7,729) Eastern Washington $5,168,734 $5,224,212 ($55,478) Portland State $7,556,641 $7,558,111 ($1,470) Northern Arizona $8,756,908 $8,756,908 $0 Sacramento State $2,436,833 $5,212,346 ($2,775,513) Former NCC schools NDSU $6,280,471 $6,320,877 ($40,406) SDSU $4,785,218 $4,785,218 $0 Northern Colorado $3,794,872 $4,390,478 ($595,606) Also of interest Southern Utah $4,563,446 $4,582,393 ($18,947) DI-AA hockey-playing schools Maine $12,633,336 $12,554,890 $78,446 New Hampshire $18,898,771 $18,412,738 $486,033 Massachusetts $18,013,213 $18,652,453 ($639,240)

I don't recall it and you'd think something like that would have made a big splash in the media. Have a link? EDIT: You mean the $1 MM someone donated for football locker rooms?