The Sicatoka

Yeah, no reason to question an oversized suitcase loaded down coming into the building on Friday afternoon of a home hockey weekend. Can't see it; can't smell it; can't hear it; must not be there.

So that stock I bought in Ouija boards ... no good?

The only part of the thread title criteria I'll meet when I go is "dying".

NIL is another nail in the coffin of college sports.

And as cash cow, if it does it takes everyone with them. Where are the FB and BB donors, the dormant ones who'll fill Alerus and make UND move BB games to The Ralph for capacity.

UND MBB sold out The Ralph once: it was a Jeff Boschee led Kansas Jayhawks opponent. UND/NDSU BB games don't fill the lower bowl. That's all the thought that took.

I don't pick strategy by what'll damage the other guy. I pick strategy by what works for me and can be successful.

Same goes. I said we don't know. But I also asked if the risk/reward was worth it.

So downplay it by focusing on other things.

There is no evidence it would or would not; however, you've been consistent that more money will help football. The corollary is less would hurt, be it hockey or football. Does the risk/reward curve say cutting hockey funding is worth the unknown impacts to both football and hockey. I say the better solution is to build up the football donor base, not cut something else. An FCS title would better position UND for what? To say UND is just like everyone else? Any future donations will go to whatever the donor earmarks it for (see: Memorial Village II softball complex).

https://fightinghawks.com/news/2023/6/23/mens-hockey-north-dakota-announces-incoming-freshman-class-for-2023-24.aspx

As an NDSU fan, yes he (SlowHand) does.

Even as a Bucs fan, I'm more of a Bob Gibson guy. "Believe me, I would much rather get three outs on three pitches than three outs on nine pitches, because that's going to make me that much stronger at the end of the game. "My pitching pholosophy is simple. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men." "When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story." https://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/bob_gibson_quotes.shtml

Yeah. And? Differentiation. What if some anonymous donor gave $350M for brain research or engineering, and not football? Still a problem? It also happened 20 years ago. Should RPI have dumped it into football and basketball?

Let's run the @UND-FB-FAN scenario out: Say you take 10-20% of funding from hockey to FB. Based on money matters per this line of thought, hockey will see a degradation. But will FB see enough of an impact from it? Even if UND FB used it to win an FCS title we'd be just another FB team in the region with one. What would be UND's differentiator in that scenario? Again, what would be UND's differentiator in that scenario. Would an FCS title and a mediocre hockey program satisfy the masses. The masses. It'll satisfy, overjoy, some, but the greater of UND's fan base will be turned off. And that's a net negative for everyone. Today, like it or not, hockey differentiates UND from the rest of the region. And differentiation is good, though some may believe otherwise. The better approach would be to quit being envious and covetous of hockey and instead use it as the model to follow: Find the money and use it as a fulcrum to more.

Mighty early in the weekend to be doing that quality of snark.

I always heard it was second central that was made into a rink over a Christmas break. Some claimed third west had a ghost. The guy shooting ten-shot Roman candles out the second floor window at people walking in the quad was interesting.

Ain't buyin' it. No way, no way a modern pitcher can go nine innings. His arm would fall off coming off the mound in the 6th and the pitching count stat-alytics numbers can't go above 90 pitches.

Bek and Hancock are long gone. Squires remains for now.

The old foil Burger King Whopper wrappers have the same effect on those microwave ovens.

More of a ...

Hockey jerseys should have a patch this season to commemorate Walsh Hall.

Third? I knew of one on second and a claimed one on ground (or was it the other way).