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I didn't hear the story, but I'm pretty sure it was the same group on a different day.

Psssst, WYO .... that's a link up there. UND 92,96 wins. (No tiebreakers required.)

The answer key! The correct answer would be: 21, 7, 10.

23, 9, 9.

I'll agree with 'bisonguy,' sort of. From my perspective, the biggest part of NDSU's recent woes has been player development. The next guy, ready to step in, hasn't been there lately when the injuries hit. Of course, who's responsible for player development? Coaching. When do you judge the 2003 recruiting class for anyone at any sport? After five seasons (assumes a red-shirt year). Anything before that is incomplete speculation. This will be Lennon's first "all his own recruits" season. Can't disagree with that. That group of seniors that won a National Championship for UND, that was Roger Thomas' recruiting class. Ah, but who was the recruiting coordinator for that group under Thomas? Hint: He's now the head coach at North Dakota.

Could you imagine a Bison locker room where the only National Championship ring in it would be on the hand of the head coach who had won it as head coach of UND (and a UND alumnus no less)? I think the earth might just flop right off of its axis.

To make UND92,96's entry "official" it should say: 21, 8, 8. If UND92,96 gets it all correctly I'm calling for a blue ribbon panel to look into it. Before you ask where my guess is, I'm still working on it.

Based on this announcement, welcome to "Guess the Number of Recruits!" It's a game where you can win .... NOTHING! OK, maybe some bragging rights. But that's it. How do you play? Simple. Correctly guess the number of recruits to be announced tomorrow at FightingSioux.com. A complete guess must include (allows for tie-breakers): - total number of recruits listed - number listing ND home towns - number listing home towns in the immediately surrounding states/provinces (namely MN, SD, MT, SK, and MB) Like the link says, the answer key will be posted at FightingSioux.com tomorrow. Enjoy.

Not having The Vast Fighting Sioux Conspiracy there to blame for all ills that befall NDSU would drive you nuts, wouldn't it? See ..... ? Like I said, how do you know that giving the appearance of not conspiring against NDSU isn't part of The Vast Fighting Sioux Conspiracy? Come on WYO, that should make you

An NDSU guy sponsored the bill, and yes, I'm backing away from it (because of local control issue and the appearance of reversing itself that it would cause the Legislature). And are you really sure that all this isn't just another well-coordinated aspect of The Vast Fighting Sioux Conspiracy?

The following are key pieces of the story (source listed):

Sorry, but I can't support a bill like that either. It moves the Legislature backwards on State Board of Higher Ed control and "local control." That's the bigger issue here in my opinion.

tony, you're right, it just doesn't seem right that a young guy, strong as a bull, and the 22nd pick overall (not 22nd round, 22nd pick of the first round) in the NHL draft a couple of years back, should have health problems like this. I knew it wasn't a good thing when I heard during the Friday game broadcast that David had been given IV fluids. Get well, David. Worry about the rest after that.

David Hale's condition is mentioned in here. Here's the Hale story in the Forum.

Team RPI PWR KRACH North Dakota 4 4 3 Remaining games: Michigan Tech 28 29 30 @Denver 11 13 8 @Minn State - Mankato 14 14 13 UM-Duluth 34 NR 27 @Wisconsin 30 NR 32 There's so much "Mankato" noise right now, it's easy to overlook Denver. You daren't do that. As a matter of fact, you daren't overlook anyone in the last weeks of the WCHA regular season (for example, Tech 4 SCSU 3 (OT), 01/31/03).

January 31/February 1, 2003 = Wake up call. Let's see who picks up.

I'm confused. You have "Blais said ..." all over the place. That's you quoting someone other than Blais. (In court it's called hearsay evidence.) Who said what? A broadcaster (or better yet, an internet poster) said Blais said? They can say whatever just like a newspaper can print news of a verbal commitment. What's the actual quote? Where's the tape or the actual transcript?

I see paraphrasing. I see a lot of he said statements. Who said? Which he? The caller? Blais? Hennessy? Swygman? I don't see a lot of quotation marks and directly attributed statements.

I didn't say where any of that talk was, or in what context, so I got it all right. A number? That's not my dog in the fight and I don't have my random number generator nearby. PS - I'd say Title IX would do in the wrestling program before travel, but both of those relate back to dollars and how and where they are spent.

What is that? Why, according to some, that's a cupcake!

OK, you addressed me. I'll play. There is talk about dropping programs. There is talk about the Big Sky. There talk about higher student fees. There is all kinds of talk. It's cheap. Plus, this is a discussion forum. You come here to talk. If you can't handle it, don't come. If you can refute it, fire away, but don't resort to schoolyard-like challenges. We'll all get to see what all the "talk" really turns into as far as reality down the road. History keeps a great scorecard. Regarding scholarships: If an athlete gets, for example, a full-ride baseball scholarship and then walks onto the basketball team (and makes it) the full ride counts against the maximum for BOTH baseball and basketball. Why? So you don't have schools with 6'8", 350 pound "downhill skiers" who "just happen" to walk onto the football team and end up as the starting left tackle. (Yes, some schools do offer skiing scholarships.) I'm not sure where that fits in here but it does somehow. I'm done. (And I'm surprised I haven't gotten slammed by 'forecheck' for that other comment yet. )

Did I miss the big announcement about his hiring in St. Louis?

Far be it from me to get in between 'tony' and 'star2city', but I feel obliged to ask what 'star2city' said to rile up 'tony.' The only words directly stating "NDSU" were: Won't that be the case?

I'd like to nominate 'star2city' for mayor of Grand Forks (and maybe president of UND as well).