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He looked thoroughly resigned and defeated.

Down 8 under 7 to play and 4th down and short on the NAU side of the 50 and punting was surrender. And gross resignation by the coaching staff.

My email to Chaves has been sent.

My email to Chaves was sent pregame from my seat at REA.

74 points in just 18 minutes of TOP. That's offensive efficiency that basketball teams would desire.

On your computer there's this little button marked with a kind-of "1/0" icon. Press that.

I don't think he's saying "down" as much as admit G5 isn't P5 and create a "middle" with the G5 and the top 30-50 FCS teams. ... (I've heard that somewhere before ... )

Last night is exactly why I worried about offense this season. One bad bounce and the game was lost. There was no one there to generate any counter punch offense, much less anything to make that bad bounce of no consequence to the outcome by having a lead built before that event. As I've said, in the 1980s when the average game had 9 goals scored total (per Schlossman), one bad goal was 11% of the scoring. Last night, one bad goal was 100% of the scoring*. I don't want bad luck deciding games, I want talent deciding games. I don't want hockey to become soccer with 1-0 games considered spellbindingly fabulous events, but it is. Even if it means changing something like net sizes or goalie gear I'd like a bad bounce to go back to being a small percentage of scoring in a game. I want to see talent decide games.** *Ignore the ENG. **Some of you will say what about goalie talent. I'd say sure. Show me. But where is it? Today's goaltending is about wearing grandma's couch cushions (compared to earlier gear), a glove that is the size of a dart board, and a blocker that is measured in square feet. The talent is mere positioning with the cushions and sundries all stacked orderly.

WMU (to steal a phrase from "The Greatest", Mr. Mohammed Ali) gave UND the rope-a-dope last night. 12-4 shots after one; 28-8 after two. WMU just sat back and did enough to not get down. Then came the third; UND was frustrated and was out of punches; all WMU had to do is land one punch. And they did.

I always supposed it'd be the P5 parting ways. This author really is advocating the G5 initiate the split.

Who has to say anything? The location says it all. Yes, it sits on incorporated city of Fargo dirt however, ... Look at the map: - the north property border is West Fargo (I-94 is the city line) - the west edge of the Sanford property is <1000 feet to Veterans Blvd which is West Fargo

This from a football thread, but it fits here. It's discussing the NCAA's criteria for picking FCS football game sites.

From roughly the 12:50 mark of the NCAA video: So many ways to choke on this; let us begin ... So A, B, and C matter for FCS football, but not for hockey regionals? Note that E comes in, well, last -- but the NCAA is all about the student athlete. And money (B and C) beats D (performance) and E (students) -- again the NCAA exposes what it's really about.

Effectively UND's playoffs started last week with a win over PSU. Let's just say they got by, got lucky, with an uninspired performance. They need better this week or they'll get exactly what they put out.

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Our friends in redtown would not be happy about that ...

Here, ladies and gentlemen, is the, the only question: What will Bill Chaves be doing Sunday morning, Nov 18, 2018?

Going slightly off topic, but this article and all of its references to not only WIU but SIU as well starts to make the case for more nimble and digital, less brick and mortar, college campuses. But in that world, college athletics become even more of a "why" and "do we really need this" aspect to the university: if there is no "campus", and the student body is spread across the internet, why is there a football stadium over there.

When I can easily point out that departure of any one of four schools puts the Summit's BB autobids on the clock clearly puts your posit into the "harsh reality" category. If there is a larger plan, a strategic plan, that the Summit is executing it surely must be the best kept secret ever. If "Augie" is the strategic plan, some needs to rethink what strategy means. Grabbing Augie feels a lot like, well, ... this.

Except swapping out Seattle for EWU puts things to 8FB/12BB. That's sub-optimal for FB scheduling. You'd want 8 conference games and to only have to fill three non-conference slots. If Seattle U is your target, slot them in for Augie: UND/NDSU, SDSU/USD, DU/Omaha, EWU/Idaho, MSU/Montana, Weber/Seattle --> 9FB/12BB.

Is ORU fond of Fargo in February? Would they be more fond of Weber Wednesday in January? I worry that ORU is still looking south for a conference. I have no basis other than meteorology. That said, admittedly, you are correct about how Idaho would view Augie. You'd really, really have to sell that Augie is still better than SUU and the total package is an overall upgrade. *Sorry T-birds fans.

The ONLY way Augie makes sense to me is in a "9FB/12BB" scenario. As I've previously observed, the Summit is precariously perched regarding teams a sport sponsorship: lose any one of four teams and lose the BB autobids. That's precarious. An easy solution would be to start football. And as I've observed, if UND, NDSU, USD, SDSU, Omaha, Denver became a consortium, and if they could somehow convince Idaho, Montana, Montana State, EWU, and Weber State to part from the BSC you'd have a group of 9 FCS FB / 11 BB schools. That's almost perfect for scheduling. What you'd want is one more BB only school ... say Augie. Welcome to 9FB/12BB (perfect scheduling size) and easy BB travel partners. UND/NDSU, SDSU/Augie, USD/Omaha, UM/MSU, UI/EWU, WSU/DU. If Augie wanted to keep FB, yes, Pioneer (non-scholarship) League.

Made sure that key, critical detail wasn't lost.

Control what's yours to control. UND failed miserably at doing that more than once this season. If they would've exercised control over what was theirs to control, they'd still have some control. That said, all that is under UND's control right now is the will to ... BEAT NORTHERN ARIZONA. That's what you get when you cede control to someone else.

I look at Massey. In there right now 24-27 is IdSU, Mont SU, Mont, and UND. I see two Ivys (Haaahvid and Princeton) in the top 24. I see three 5-5 teams (MVFC) in the top 24 plus 6-4 Indiana State (short a DI win). I see opportunity. But opportunity only presents if UND goes out and decides to .... BEAT NORTHERN ARIZONA.