The Sicatoka

" ... established a conference in D1AA* ... " * that should say "for football only". What about the other 15 sports?

RT or Dr. K. And .... ?

I saw that. I was pondering it. It was worthy of hitting my short wishlist. Do I need to add an asterisk or credit you?

Let's throw that wildcard name into that mix: Tom Ward, head coach, Shattuck-St. Mary's

Well, I didn't believe it, or was it that I didn't want to believe it. Either way .... What a terrible situation for the potential next head coach of the Fighting Sioux: - take over the MacNaughton Cup champions - come to a "full cupboard" roster - The Ralph - and get to beat Denny at pinochle I guess it's time to start the speculations. I'd say the list in the GF Herald is pretty good and almost too long. I'd speculate that the candidates (probably in order of chance) would be: - Scott Sandelin - Steve Johnson - John Marks - Dave Hakstol

No, no. The conspiracy was to float Blais' name to get your hopes up.

Gino got 3 (1980, 1982, 1987). Blais needs to get his 3 (1997, 2000, ?) before he can go. Then we'll get three from the next guy*. ;) * Former UND All-American Scott Sandelin? GF Central alumnus and UND All-American Steve Johnson from the Lincoln Stars?

I asked a question because I don't know: "Who was the cause?" You replied, " ... the comment in question was made not because of any rift but because he (Lucia) felt the effort wasn't there ... " Let me reiterate a key part of what you said: " ... the effort wasn't there ... " Does anyone have a tape so I can see who wasn't putting out the effort? I think I'm more than reasonably safe to assume it wasn't Riddle, Koalska, Ballard, or Grant Potulny letting Lucia down. I'll need to see the tape to figure it out from there.

Shall I scurry off and post that in roughly half the threads over in POI as well? What did Don Lucia mean when he was quoted earlier this year (in MSP media, and still on http://www.prideonice.com/) when he made his notorious post-game, gesturing toward a silent locker room, statements: Clearly there was a rift in the Minnesota room. Who was the cause?

Both Stafford and Zajac have what the NHLers love on draft day: 6'2+" and 200+ pounds

Would any guy who interviewed for the top job take second-fiddle to the guy who got the job? Greyeagle's point (family) is a very good one. End of statement.

Why not 6000 to 7000 seats? Because UND basketball attendance over the last decade doesn't justify it? Because the bottom bowl of The Ralph is that already (plus you have The Ralph already)? Because the 4000 seats in The Betty cost $7.5 MM and the 6000 seats at Gonzaga's new, similar arena cost $23 MM(!)? Those "extra" millions could do a lot for other UND training facilities. (See above.) I'm primarily a hockey fan. I'm not really fond of the court being put down on the ice frequently. However, it seems to work at the Kohl (UW) and the Schott (tOSU) where they frequently host both hockey and BB.

Huh? What were you saying? I got distracted after "L&M brats". Those are good stuff!

Pictures from June 21 here (scroll).

Look at what I found:

Even if Kooistra is exactly as you say, he has still raised the issue. Who knows where it goes from there. If it remains the realm of collegiate athletics you'll probably be right. If it turns political (state dollars, taxpayers, budgets) all bets are off. It'd be tough to claim the UND Administration needs to "wake up" when you read the "Scheduling/Division I" section of these UND IAC meeting minutes. They're awake.

Sounds like you and 'star2city' should chat.

Reading this post, 'star2city' has their first convert. And on a related note, look at what I found:

Considering they keep stealing top assistants from UND to become their head coaches, Minnesota - Duluth is the obvious choice: Scott Sandelin, Kyle "Bubba" Schweigert.

Lights at Memorial Stadium? Next you'll want to put lights at Wrigley Field. ;)

Hyslop is about 50 years old, in need of repair and upgrade, and seats roughly 4500. Somebody explained the size of The Betty to me this way: You need a big-time college basketball arena? Play in The Ralph (Kansas at UND -- 13000 plus). You need a 9100 seat basketball arena? Play in The Alerus in basketball configuration. You need a 5500-6000 seat basketball arena? You play in The Ralph (but only open the lower bowl and club rooms). You need a 4000 seat arena? The Betty. Looking at UND's game attendances over the last few seasons, The Betty at roughly 4000 seats would have handled all but two or three home attendances per team per year. Those games that it couldn't have held were being played in The Ralph anyway. There's an undercurrent here that kind of surprises me: If any other university in the state or region were getting a new basketball arena, at no taxpayer expense, of the size and caliber of The Betty (and does UND really need bigger when an objective view shows it is very comparable seating-wise to Hyslop and has a $104 MM, 13000+ seat for BB arena hooked to it) there'd be nothing but hootin' and hollerin' over the greatness of it. All I ever seem to read here is what's wrong with it (before it ever opens).

A state senator believes that some organization ("them") in the state higher education system is not following a deadline. It would be very surprising to find that he is the only state legislator with that interpretation. The "them" won't matter when the political ramifications start to come about, and as everything does, it will turn political.

You forgot the part about "able to play baseball in it" in there. ;)

Is the issue the width of the seat or the width of the ..... ;) The lower bowl does seem to have better space between both seats and rows. The upper bowl does feel tighter relative to that but the viewing angles are great and for being in the upper deck of an arena you are very close to the game. But hey, you're at a hockey game! If you wanted to lounge why didn't you stay home in the overstuffed rocker with the remote and watch on Fighting Sioux Sports Network.

Would they have been able to have both mens and womens basketball and volleyball practicing all at the same time in a "full bowl" design?