The Sicatoka

Didn't he win the Richter Award? Last year's winner bolted a year early also. Strike when the iron is hot.

You know what I know: I know what Brad Berry did this year was ... unprecedented. Red didn't do it. Saint Jackie Parker? Nix. Hak? Nyet. Jehwey Woork? Nein. Cha-cha-cha-Lucia-pet? Nope.The 'ooch? Sorry, not him either. It hurts, but neither Gino nor Blaiser. Heck, even Herb Brooks didn't pull it off. Brad Berry: the only coach to win the NCAA Championship in his first season. Why are we talking about anyone else.

Jack is a pro. And pros have to eat like the rest of us, and they know which side their bread is buttered on. Also, given the recent/coming market change that is behind Jack's return, that demographic will have a new radio home: Will they still listen to Jack's 740 The Fan show (or the KFGO family of stations)? I suspect those folks will move up the radio dial permanently for their yellow journalism.

Preach on Rev. Schafer! If Montana State can make a special arrangement with the BSC to not carry a core sport (women's soccer) and instead have championship caliber alpine skiing teams, why can't UND make a similar arrangement.

That was my recollection. Strinden Hall is an eye-sore, a blight, on what is otherwise a nice, scenic drive down the heart of campus.

I'm sorry, Professor, but the last thing UND needs right now is more committees studying and doing nothing. Professor, allow me to explain what you're experiencing right now. It's called "leadership". A man (yes, with a big salary, because he's earning it) is stepping up and making tough choices. But he's also standing in front of the crowd answering why he made them, accepting that some will not like them. That's leadership. I figured I needed to explain that because UND hadn't seen much of that (leadership) over the last seven or so years.

I absolutely love how Ed Schafer removed the easy way out (tuition increases) for the rest of the NDUS. http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/4014298-und-community-criticizes-questions-budget-cuts-forum

109? Lately that's a night for the GSW.

What do you call someone that provides the "service" they provide?

That's why I brought up the NCAA DII Northern Sun (SCSU, UMD, MSU-Mankato, Bemidji State).

So now the guy is daring to make a bold prediction. < shrug >

I started a "Jack is back" thread so this can stay on "team" and media talk can go there. Thanks!

http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=210901001 Seems Jack Michaels had free time in the fall again with NDSU moving from the KFGO family of stations to, uh, ... um, ... uh ... There's another media group in Fargo? No matter, Jack is back. That frees up Pat Sweeney, and I know some of you love him, but I sincerely hope Pat does not end up doing the television broadcasts. Why? Because Pat is a great small-town local broadcaster, but I really don't think that style (folksy, dare I say ... hickish? )shows UND well when games get a larger (regional/national) exposure base through Fox North or other possible venues.

Wish KT all the best, but I'm worried for a guy that was barely a top 5 defender on a college team.

Uh ... Don't you have to be an NCAA member to if your end goal to play NCAA hockey? Shouldn't they be making the move to leave the NAIA for the NCAA? Shouldn't they be talking to the (already bloated for membership) Northern Sun to have an NCAA home?

McFeely is regurgitation what he's being fed by NDSU. (SOP for media jackals.) The truth is always somewhere in the middle.

CHI has an amazing Games 5, 6, and 7 record over the last few years, but I think the hole is too big this time.

Meh ... The Spectrum is where Bobby Jones, Moses Malone, and Dr. J played ... right?

You're either onto something or on something.

Apparently someone at Oklahoma University finally figured out that a Sooner is a reference to a person who stole Indian lands SOONER than it was legal too during the Oklahoma land rush. (And let's not get into what the word Oklahoma translates to. Hint: it involves RED people. Yes, red.) Ya think some Native Americans may be offended by cheering for people who stole their lands before it was legal to steal their lands? http://www.oudaily.com/news/boomer-sooner-causes-controversy-at-ou-undergraduate-student-congress-meeting/article_99712160-06a8-11e6-9913-0f5fefdd9999.html?mode=jqm Now someone get the NCAA "offense police" on the line, stat.

What I learned about Dilks from reading that: - he hates UND (he plainly admits motive) - he didn't proof his own work (where's SCSU) - he's not a pro (as pros don't use profanity) As I've said before, the only way UND in the Big Ten would be acceptable to me is if UND had it in writing that UND games would always be two-game Fri/Sat night series unless UND signed off on something else for a specific weekend.

You've fallen into the trap of thinking a football program defines the whole school. Calling Boise State a "major university" is a wee-bit strong. They have a football program at a glorified teacher's/community college. US News considers them #61 regional (west). By comparison, U of Idaho (168), UND (180) and NDSU (185) are considered national universities.

I'd like to see the sport offerings at UND align to the available facilities and the realities of the climate (and the sporting interests that come in this climate). I'd say this was a good first step.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MattStephens/status/722451473263669248?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet Here is Boise State, sport by sport, in 2015. I'd bet most school's athletic departments look that way, namely, one or two programs "in the black" and all the rest "dead red".