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As an around town 40-80 miles per day machine it's an F150 Lightning with a different word.

Britt (LH D) would be a one-year rental. He played two at the Q and two at SHU. He played juniors with the Aberdeen Wings and won a Clark Cup with Sioux Falls. https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/201459/logan-britt

The original bill was $24M. The other side wanted $0. Compromise was $10M. Burgum vetoed the $10M bill saying it should've been $24M.

From what I read the grant of (media) rights the ACC has is as tight of a contract as you'll find and will be hard to get out of.

The ND governor vetoed the school vouchers bill this legislative session. It would've given dollars to ND residents to send their kids to ND private schools. Now Riverside backs out of moving to ND. I'm shocked. Or not. Two of the biggest sponsors of the bill were from Grand Forks.

And their bottom six all just became UFAs. https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/mapleleafs

Sounds like the villain in a James Bond movie.

MoiSt is shopping itself ... to the south. McFeely is click baiting NDSU folks. That is all.

@FSSD does your magic spreadsheet have BSC and MAC and MWC data?

If running 16F is still in the thoughts, is that a signal that Montgomery still might not be 100% reliable (health-wise).

What they bring in as 8D will tell us what they think now of McInnis and Ausmus in a year. Pehrson and Pyke --> Strathmann and Jubenvill (fall '24). Bring in 8D as one year rental and it shows they're thinking Ausmus or McInnis will be ready. Bring in a guy with more than a year left and it's a different story (and Ausmus and McInnis come fall '25). An 8D with two years left would not surprise me.

What? You didn't like sitting three to a space for two in the bleachers in an arena with temperature somewhere between "sauna" and "purgatory"? The Al is far better for commencements than Hyslop could ever be.

Spring commencement is normally 4x or more of Winter commencement. If you can hold Winter in the CFA at no rental cost, you do. The Alerus doesn't do yesterday for free.

The "C" would've been Frisch had he stayed. My guess from most to least likely is Gaber, LouieJam, Schmaltz. Pehrson and Pyke have to prove a ton (build relationships and trust) over a summer and fall camp to garner consideration even through they come in with solid history. Remember: Connor Ford came in as a former BGSU captain and didn't get a letter until circumstance nearly forced it during second half.

A pod cast and live radio ... definitely not the same.

Call Ryan Reynolds and his pals and put a group together to get the Saskatoon franchise if you think it's a winning proposition.

Toronto needs to tear it all down, GM, coach, roster. Trade assets that'll be FAs in a year or two now and get pieces to build a roster that's more than four guys*. Market, interest, media, Toronto should be the New York Yankees of the NHL; instead they are the Minnesota Twins. *They have $40M tied up in four guys and nearly $50 in five. That's not functional if they don't perform when it matters.

Tell me you don't understand balance sheets without telling me you don't understand balance sheets. There aren't 16 Canadian markets to support teams. The #16 market is Saskatoon ... which is FMWF sized.

Saw the photo of UND graduating student athletes yesterday and two big GPAs were in the back row (Frisch, Caulfield).

Yes and no. The OVC announced men's soccer starting this fall. The OVC teams (including LU) playing in the Summit are going there. And now they take WIU. Summit men's soccer is five.

< pssst > .... football ...

You're not in trouble in the playoffs until you lose at home. Fargo is in trouble x 2 ... in a best of five.

I heard Sunday Minnesota put up 7s in the third and eighth. Cousins to Jefferson each time? But I thought the NFL only played one OT. How'd they get a TD in the eighth quarter? What's that? ... Huh? ... Twins?

And one more thing ... No Politics. Thank you.

All that, much of which you accuse of another, to get to a thesis statement I do agree with.