The Sicatoka

Consolidated answers: $1.8 MM of the $5.8 MM was for hockey. Based on an NCAA report I read, in 2001, UND spent between $472k and $645k on football. The Fighting Sioux Club is the fundraising arm of UND Athletics, similar to NDSU TeamMakers.

That would be $27.55 All this unsavory talk of money, pricing, and finances: Fellows, be serious now. You talk as if collegiate athletics need be concerned about those things. That would only be true if collegiate athletics were to be run as a business, having to worry about such unsavory things as "red ink" or fiscal self-responsibilty for their annual resources. Our esteemed NDSU collegue and poster in this thread assured us that my thinking of such matters, collegiate athletics as a business that must pay its own way, was foolishness.

So which 21 womens scholarships are to be added in the first year? As NDSU's Carr Report stated, scholarships need to be added one-for-one to remain Title IX compliant. Who's buyin' those 42 scholarships by the way?

Oh yes, yes, yes. And, similarly to theirs, my fecal matter produces no negative olfactory sensations.

First, four years to that is optimistic. It took Troy State closer to 10 after their transition. Second, let's call it what most coaches call it: A body bag game.

Sports Illustrate, March 4, 2002, Page 69, inside the inset box: The inset also noted the margin of error was plus or minus 4%. Now, knowing the source, a noted and reputable firm, and methodology: Brian Ojanpa, Mankato Free Press Staff Writer, put it best: In her response, Ms. Ketterling split the difference and did both.

Now a great deal can change between now and the end of the regular season, but based on this week's regional rankings, this is the season NDSU should have had Winona on their schedule (not last). Then again, Winona's only loss is to Concorda - St. Paul. (CSP's loss is to the USD Coyotes. Talk about spaghetti.) I guess the old rule of thumb comes into play again: Just win. The rest of the stuff will take care of itself.

The NCAA's Midwest Regional Rankings matter. That's how post-season is seeded. A poll by D2Football.com? See above.

I normally reserve this for Division I hockey talk, but it fits: The only poll that matters is the pole you raise a championship banner on.

Last week is over. You play them one by one. Mankato is 0 and 7 so you might want to over look them. Don't. They beat us last year. It's time to return the favor.

"textbook defense"? With less than 80 rushing yards allowed, sure; but NDSU passed for more yards than UND. That doesn't qualify. "give up no plays over 30 yards"? How about four! 31 to Steffes, 31 to Burrell, 39 to Burrell, 36 to Johnson. That doesn't qualify. "at least +2 in turnovers"? Only +1. "no more than four "three and out" drives for the game"? Well, I got one right. UND went three and punt three times on the day. My next prognostication is that from now on I'll let UND92,96 or jimdahl prognosticate.

Trying to answer the question objectively, I'd have to say that either (a) your posit that Krause is better than Lueck is wrong, or (b) that UNO utilizes Krause differently than UND utilizes Lueck and that difference was the difference. Either way, Lueck played at DIAA Murray State before returning home to East Grand Forks and playing at UND. The better question for the situation is this: Is that the best Babich can play against a DIAA caliber receiver?

Starting production (including not having the funds to cover start-up costs) on a new product line, that not all your consumers are sure they want, and some think they don't need, is a better business model?

I believe NDSU should have raised ticket prices before starting the transition. That way the "raised prices" issues would have subsided before any issues associated with the move and transition came up. It would have avoided "compounding" of the two issues. It also would have helped them to build a balance for possible coming lean years as some programs may struggle. Now, as jimdahl points to, NDSU will have to raise prices during the transition which may make the fraction of fans that disagree with the move even more unhappy (compounding). But hey, I don't run NDSU. Let them do what they will. Meanwhile, UND is testing the waters, dare I say doing a market assessment, of what fans will pay to see various UND events. Plus they are setting precidents for prices. It allows UND, over the coming five to ten years, to say "but we haven't raised our prices" during that timeframe.

tony: What do you interpret "But it also might tip the balance ..." to mean in the context that Roger Thomas stated it?

Isn't discussing private medical information a violation of Federal law, namely HIPAA?

To me, and it appears to be the concensus, safe bets seem to be mens hockey, football, mens basketball, and womens basketball. I've heard Shantell Gammie say that womens hockey isn't it. A recent GF Herald article said that it is not womens soccer. (They are close.) NCC rules preclude it from being baseball, mens swimming and diving, mens cross country, or mens track and field. The mens golf DII limit is 3.6 so that is very and easily possible; however, .... Title IX must be brought into the equations. My safe bets tally to 64 mens and 10 womens scholarships out of 118 total. That tells me to pick a womens sport to help balance the books mens/womens-wise. Since UND is moving volleyball into that spiffy new REA-SportsCenter I'd guess they've moved to fully fund the program. My fifth will be what jimdahl couldn't bring himself to do: womens volleyball. But it sure is tempting to say mens golf or (based on dominance) womens swimming and diving.

Contrary to the beliefs in some quarters, Roger Thomas appears to have his eyes wide open to these matters. <--- Roger Thomas? NOT.

The guy that started it isn't the guy who's keeping it (39 of 40) alive today. The QB hasn't mattered to those ten other offensive guys the other 39 times.

Fargo media picking the Bison? And this surprises you because .....

No, no, no. 'tony' and I are sitting back and singing in two-part harmony. So let's leave it alone 'cause we can't see eye to eye. There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy, there's only you and me and we just disagree. Sincere apologies to Dave Mason.

Personally, I rather enjoy being the "one" in DII #1 Grand Valley State's "won 39 of their last 40 games" press release this week.

Nope, that's not a plan. Carr Sports Associates gave, OK, sold, NDSU a road map, a plan: - consensus - market assessment - strategic plan for finances, facilities, and personel - "Secure an acceptable conference membership before making the decision to reclassify to I-AA." Is an ignored plan better than "not a plan"?