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NDSU saying they'd still play in the BSA or at the Fargodome and the Fargo mayor taking this position don't seem to initially bode well for the plan. Also, this doesn't have a good track record for arenas in Fargo lately (April 2000 vote: 63% against). It says they'd have to take down the current downtown fire station. Do they include the cost of building a new fire station in the $75 MM to do the project or would Fargo taxpayers have to pick that up in addition to the sales tax? But hey, Fargo really could use a good rink and retire that nightmare (Fargo Coliseum) where the FM Jets play. But why mention the USHL when they have an NAHL team now? Lots of questions.

Section 311 is reserved for General Admission. First shot at those seats is given to the visiting team's fans. Any unsold go out to the general public. Next, student tickets not picked up by students (Sections 307-310) each week are sold as General Admissions to the public on Thursday before the games. I ran through season ticket costs by FSC level a while back in a different discussion (link).

The 2001 loss was conference (UNO). Two in 2002 were conference games (SCSU, MSU-Mankato); the other 2002 loss was to Central Washington. Last home loss was to MSU-Mankato.

Yup.

In all seriousness, I do wish Bowenkamp would be kept busier in that role.

UND and the Alerus Center are thinking about bidding on hosting the DII football championship games in 2007, 2008, and 2009. http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/9963120.htm Interesting. A lot of "what ifs" could easily be put here.

Isn't that like being in a rock band and playing the cowbell?

2001: 9-1 at home (includes 3-0 playoffs). 2002: 3-3 at home. Last home game was win vs. USD. 2003: 9-0 at home (includes 3-0 playoffs). 2004: 5-0 so far (keep it up lads). Regular season at The Al: 20-4 (0.833) Playoff games at The Al: 6-0 (1.000) All games at The Al: 26-4 (0.867) More stats? Try the PDF press release in this link: http://www.fightingsioux.com/sports/footba...RELEASE_ID=3227

And I'm not sure if you said it intentionally, but without the "bigs" all ESPN would care about would be the title games (not the tournaments).

Too bad we don't have that school from Amherst, MA, the Minutemen, on the schedule this season. Image that poster.... (picture of Jones, Greene, Smaby, Schneider) (caption:) Weapons of UMass Destruction Maybe if we can get them to knock a few opponents really hard and shatter a few panels it could become a standard ... Weapons of Glass Destruction

Have they gotten rid of the red ink on wrestling, baseball, and lacrosse championships? I hadn't seen those numbers positive as of yet (but I'll admit I haven't looked for probably two years). The one I knew was getting close to black ink (then) was DI womens basketball. PS - Expect to see Amy Ruley and a couple of friends to stop by and "talk" to you later about that "eliminate womens sports" thing.

The NCAA puts on three championships in a lot of things today. Putting on championships costs the NCAA money (except for DI mens basketball and DI mens hockey). Fewer championships means less dollars spent on them and I'm sure the NCAA number-crunchers are well aware of that. Is three divisions best? The chair of the DI Board of Directors poses that question himself. As far as debating two vs. four divisions, we fans (of all schools) didn't roll out the two division talk as much as the chair of the DI Board of Directors and the president of the NCAA did. " .... blurring of the lines between classifications ... " and " the line between them (DI and DII) is much less distinctive ... " are some strange statements coming from those highest levels of the NCAA folks. They almost sound like they see things in terms of "scholarship", excuse me, "grant-in-aid" granting programs and non-"grant-in-aid" granting programs.

I'd guess about the same percentage sponsor lacrosse. But I'd also guess that we could point to Johns Hopkins Lacrosse as a model of success (by the criteria implied by Dr. Kupchella) also. Finding what you can succeed at (on the field and off, meaning fiscally which could mean either "self-sufficient" or "engine for an entire department") and consistently doing it is success: Johns Hopkins Lacrosse North Dakota Hockey Denver Alpine Sports (there have to be others)

How many were in the pro shop? The Penalty Box? Wandering the concourses? Gawking at the arena itself? Most season ticket holders give exhibition games away to folks who aren't there just for the game. And hey, why not hire that counter at The Al too?

It's a bunch of bull ....

Kupchella in the Dakota Student: "The NCAA train wreck." It almost has a ring to it. Two divisions? Sounds like the model before 1973. Why not invest in something that you can be successful in and have it be fiscally self-sufficient (ala UND mens hockey)? Hold it. Two divisions, scholarship and no-scholarship? Is he saying there really isn't that much difference between the scholarship-offering divisions today? Isn't that sort of like ... what DI Board of Directors chair Hemenway said over here? Sounds like Dr. Kupchella's answer to my question (in the link) would be "old system" (two divisions).

Reality: The offensive team is not fast. Putting Dressler in on offense forces the defense to at least respect the speed and deep threat it poses. He's in there to stretch both down the field and sideline to sideline (the reverse). You have to get "the fear" into the safeties and corners, get them to stop creeping in, so the other things (Roland, 3 yards, and a cloud of du..., oh, yeah, turf) work. All that said, 3rd and 4 and needing a first down there's at least three other names I want the ball thrown to first. Of course, that assumes an accurate throw.

Because within the NCAA the left hand seldom knows what the right hand is doing? Because "makes sense" and "NCAA action" seldom go together? The MAC is less likely than going to 24 scholarships in January, agreed, but isn't much more "out there" than an invitation from any other conference. I like the philosophy of GeauxSioux's idea (hockey schools with common interests banding together); however, the Minnesota schools are horribly cash-strapped right now and DI most likely isn't within their means. Plus, would UNO want to travel to Houghton and Marquette in January when they could join the MIAA instead?

Hey, aren't those eerily similar to these? The '***' is #2, the '*' is #3, and the '**' is #4. Honestly, the January NCAA meetings could well start all of us down the path to #1 which I believe is the most likely scenario. (Sorry jimdahl.)

It's only one weekend, one series, but maybe this guy isn't so crazy or dumb regarding the Mavericks.

It counts as a separate sport under the sports sponsored minimums; however, the scholarship limit is based on "Cross Country/Track and Field" combined. (There's a separate number for schools only with CC and no track teams.)

Careful. That knife cuts a lot of directions.

I agree with all of your other numbers. I got those and "14" from "Section 15.5.3.1.2 Women's Sports" of the DI manual.

UND92,96: Womens hockey isn't fully funded yet. DII to DI womens swimming and diving is 8.1 to 14. And your initial assumption is that UND is "DII max" in all those womens sports today which leaves a lot of margin also. BF1234: There's more than one way to comply with Title IX. There's a section of Title IX that talks about "proportionality" meaning the opportunities have to be proportional to the make-up of the student body. If your student body is made up of 70% men you can get away with offering 70% of the athletic scholarships to men. Plus that means you can probably get away with the total student-athlete participants pool being 70% men (FB and MBB vs WBB and WVB).