The Sicatoka

But the game is at 7 local because Vegas is in Pacific time.

I saw a team that took the ball with about 8 left and a 3 point lead, knowing their defense was struggling, and proceed to ram the ball down the field and thus kill the clock to win. What do you call that? About this game: Was I happy? No. I’m emotionally spent and feel like I played the game. But I knew this one would be harder than any of us wanted. Like I said, survived a trap game.

They just beat a team that was 5-2 coming in the week after an emotional loss. They survived a trap game. Time to get serious again.

Hole diameter? Looks way bigger than a woodchuck.

Which means there's lots of money coming in on UND and they want to make sure they stay even with their vig.

We must live within our means. (When we were a 21 sport department it just wasn't going to work. Now it's 17.) We must not do harm to existing revenue streams. We must find new revenue streams to provide for growth.

@Vegas_Sioux ... isn't this technically a home game for you?

Will shifting budget get the same ROI? That's a dangerous game to be playing. And the fall can be fast, see: Wisconsin, Boston College. And there's a funding and facilities war in that "niche" as much as any sport. You can't build up by tearing down.

Why do I like the Bombers' uniforms? I'm not normally a fan of metallic helmets.

I have no problem trying to raise FB and BB, but you'll be hard-pressed to convince me to pull back from what has been built into a top five in the nation program.

Earl Strinden left fiscal structures to be proud of (UNDAA&F and REA). (I personally didn't always agree with Earl.)

So why be more like NDSU if they have funding structure issues?

Because you said, " ... but there (sic) system is certainly not fraught with concerns and controversy. Look no further than their recent presidency change." If you said that cynically you need to do a better job showing it because it does not come through with the written word alone. (One "rolleyes" emoji goes miles.)

I felt sorry for the (foot shorter) Minot defender trying to cover. It should've been PI in the end zone late in the first half.

It's good to know people who know people (i.e. my sources). It was an ugly week at NDSU, and it's going to get uglier when this biennium's Legislature opens. Cook wasn't kidding when he said this: https://www.wdayradionow.com/news/local-news/55848-even-bison-football-is-on-the-table-for-review-as-ndsu-president-david-cook The NDSU Engineering school had $942,000.00 lopped from their budget by the provost yesterday. Their Pharm school class is half the size (from ~100 to mid 50s) of just a few years ago. And that's before as I said, this Legislature. The ugly hits are still on the way. NDSU has some serious work to catch up on. Looking back Interim President Schafer and President Kennedy did some things that really upset people, but as it turns out they did pretty well for UND going forward.

Given UND Hockey has been the region's exception since the late 1970s, and both NDSU and SDSU had declining enrollment this fall*, I'd go with what's worked. Earl Strinden (RIP) set up the UND Alumni Association and Foundation. Look at the good things that has done. Earl was part of setting up the REA fiscal organizations. I do not believe he did that in a manner to harm UND. (Words I never thought I'd type follow, because Earl besides being a UND backer was a politician) --- I trust what Earl Strinden left behind. *UND grew slightly.

When the top of your conference is the top of the country?

Seriously? Have you missed the news this week? Bresciani left Cook a hot steaming turd sandwich. You say "not fraught with concerns and controversy". Even ... < gasp > ... NDSU Football is under budget review. I say there's "concerns and controversy" at NDSU when the NDSU Engineering school had $942,000.00 lopped from their budget* by the provost yesterday. Their Pharm school class is half the size of just a few years ago. And the ugly hits are still coming. *it's good to know people who know people

UND football spending is top third of MVFC football spending the last five years. https://knightnewhousedata.org/reports/91ae0812 Where UND may lag, but is still mid-pack is football coaching salaries. https://knightnewhousedata.org/reports/21705f66 *I've included Murray State in the dataset.

Are there furries in Fargo and West Fargo schools? Yes. Litter boxes? No. (That makes it better?) From WDAY-TV: https://www.facebook.com/wdaytv/posts/are-there-furries-in-fargo-moorhead-schools-yes-but-no-litter-boxes-httpstribal3/10158649639873093/ How about we get back to ... is KNOX radio's website good for news, because it's not paywalled?

Aren't you one who doesn't trust any decision by the AD regarding hiring and firing? And then you want to give full autonomy to that AD over revenues and budgets as well? You believe UND should be doing things just like NDSU is the way you sound. Based on this pattern if we were at Duke you'd be railing BB was overemphasized to the detriment of FB. At Johns Hopkins you'd be calling out lacrosse as harming FB.

Goldie had been digging out of an own-goal to get back to a 3-2 game and then the defenseman blows a tire and gives OSU a second gift. I laughed, and then I realized after splitting UMn we need those fools to win the B1G.

Clown clowns Mankato twice last week and then gets clowned.

The preseason CCHQ POTY is a furry? Wow ... what a world we live in. I have questions.

6-2 … oh my. Thank you Mark Senden.