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Kind of a terrible way to decide an autobid: change the rules in the middle of a tournament*. If teams had known going it it would effectively be single-elimination would they have used their pitching differently? Would it have changed the outcome? *Imagine going to a Frozen Faceoff and hearing, "Folks, the Zamboni broke down and we can't get parts until Monday. Knowing we can't resurface the ice we'll just have a five-round sudden death shoot-out between the teams to decide the autobid." <--- @MafiaMan head explodes here.

@Ray77 Agree

I'm not sure what you're trying to say, but Form 990 is what a non-profit files in lieu of a traditional tax return. And because they are a non-profit it must be publicly available. So, if you want to know what the ND Alzheimer's Ass'n did with your donation last year, it's out there. On a rural water, electric, or telephone cooperative? Their 990 is out there. Farm Bureau, Right to Life, the Masons: all tax-exempt, all out there. Nothing wrong with sunshine.

From Schloss-Blog: Only THREE with positive plus-minus. Oh my. And one of them was JJ? When he got here I viewed him as, shall we politely say, somewhat of a defensive liability.

If Casey Johnson plays 4RW I know one thing: The defenders out there with 4th line will be jumping into the play more knowing the covering winger can skate backwards!

Barely.

I really do like the grey buckets they wear. The white and gold trim gloves not as much.

Who's talking about what was said and how they said it. Who's talking about issues and solutions. It's similar to the notion that I choose to fix the problem, and not the blame.

If TK (who I really liked) was that good, why didn't he lock down the nickname forever.

< glancing BIZ's way > Soooo, ... has anyone looked at the Form 990s of the entities* that are responsible for and run REA? What do their balance sheets and such look like? I'll hang up and listen. *The entities: UND Arena Services EIN: 14-1846178 UND Sports Facilities EIN: 36-4511153 Ralph Engelstad Arene EIN: 11-3666663

Predators. Chris Hansen'd.

Personally I'd love to claim it Can't however. Might have had help.

Pssst ... Jack Daniels BBQ sauce ...

The Herald was against UND accepting Engelstad money before it was for it. Conversely, the Engelstads treated the news media --the Herald in particular -- like the plague until a few days ago. The Herald was for removing all traces of the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo before it was against it. The Herald didn't give a < bleep > about UND women's hockey until Kennedy cut it. The Herald was all for a competent, shake-it-up UND president until he was too competent, and got a look somewhere else. Herald gonna Herald.

I'm the only guy with Wheeler. Do I really have to cheer for Wheeler?

Yes, I would like more information on that as well. That number (52%) seems awfully steep as a handle to sell the tickets (to an event not in your facility).

Really wish Tu-Uyen Tran was still at the GFH. He had 'em; they were big, and brass, and clanked when he walked. He wrote truth and spoke it to power in the process.

@Ray77 Agree

Anyone have Kupchella's number? I'd love to hear his take on this.

West of the Hudson River is a strange and uncharted land to Bostonians ...

I don't know Kennedy. I do know he has a suck job in a world of less and less state revenue to fund UND. If he's looking at everything with fresh eyes good for him. If he's doing it tactfully good for him. If he's bull-in-a-china-shop-ing people bad on him. I don't know. The truth is somewhere between the two sides.

Actually, no. The document defined what may stay (historically significant) and "change by" dates for other items. REA could pull out everything defined in the documents as "has to go" earlier than scheduled. "The building stayed the same ... Everything around us changed." Why yes, things around REA changed. By necessity. From the NCAA settlement. REA knows this. They signed on to being part of the change (their NCAA agreement). That said, are you sure the building stayed the same?

Yup. Weren't they "anti Ralph" because of a nickname. Now they're "pro-Kris"? And weren't they "anti Springfest" for a while. Now that it's gone ... The Herald gonna The Herald. Makes ya dizzy.

I would guess that would be over maximum live loading for that end's catwalk.

I asked that a while back and never got a straight answer from Alerus, UND, or the architects. To my eye: - to the north: no. The Aurora ballroom and kitchen spaces are there, as is truck access (trade shows) to the field. - to the south: I don't know. Was the south wall designed to be moved should they ever need to horseshoe the facility? That said, those double-columns on each corner of the football field are structural. They hold the roof up. (Any engineer can see that.) If they could move the south wall they really could only go as wide as post to post or you'd have obstructed views. My guess is if they could add a south end that they'd only be able to add permanent seating of about 40-50% of one current side. Think of south end as 50 yards wide and the west side is 100 yards. One side of The Al holds say 5500-6000 people (12000 total cap). You'd add maybe 2500-3000 permanent new seats in a "south end". I doubt they'd be able to name plate claim much more than 16000 in the place if they could add south end permanent seating.