The Sicatoka

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).

Which one?

Is that an opinion ... or are you making the claim some made about third floor west wing?

I've started a "Wake for Walsh" thread. I'll move stuff over. https://forum.siouxsports.com/topic/37396-the-wake-for-walsh-hall

Now that Walsh is rubble, on the ground, it's time for the "Walsh Wake". Former residents, share your best stories and recollections. And always remember ... WALSH: Where All Ladies Seek Happiness PS - Like Walsh, it's BYOB.

I did the math for one fall semester in the late 1980s: GFFD was at Walsh an average of every 32 hours from the day the hall opened in August to the day it closed for Christmas break. I knew most of the Columbia Road fire station guys by first name. Housing told me it was poor detectors and bad wiring to them. I think the dust/stank of the place was just as much an issue. Knowing how much was used as wall spackle, I wonder if the rubble smells like mint toothpaste.

Maintenance and upgrades to the Alerus Center: $10 million

$10M is less than two years of total football spending per this: https://knightnewhousedata.org/reports/7ca766dd

He may well be a one-year player for a college program. And this situation seems very rare and very curious.

Chance? Slim and none, ... and I just saw Slim ride out of town on his horse. The tribes will do nothing, let the clock run out, and then say the MN Legislature did it.

I wouldn't. I'd pull Bubba, Mannausau, and a dollars/business mind together and have them figure it out.