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It, a reference to Minnesota's state motto, would fit them (a Minnesota school) far better.

They're trying to figure out how this could have happened. They were sure Schlossman couldn't find anything but REA in Grand Forks.

I have to admit, in the Akron press release "215 job cuts" is the headline. That's the one the greater community is worried about. "Dropping baseball" becomes a footnote in that press release. That does align to the notion of Volley's "PR Rule #1". Better link to U of Akron's ITF: http://www.gozips.com/athletics/facilities/stile

Speculate? Agree, and that's where (thinking about it some more) I think the 90% of 85 number (76.5) might be it. Why? Because you have to average 90% of FBS max on a rolling two-year basis to be considered FBS today. I suspect that more than we know of the G5 are getting by that way today. The P5 would probably say you have to be at that number to play a game against a P5. The second tier would probably say you have to support at least 90% of the 90% (or 67) to move to the second tier. That would let the G5 save some face (as they "align" again). It would allow the top of FCS (who can afford it, yeah, some marginally) to move up, but it would also be a move up as it would be adding scholarships (63 to 67). That would allow the "just getting by" part of FCS to stay where there are (again saving face). Honestly, I'd expect that group a few years after that to start moving their number down. What blows this whole notion up? The P5 group (and their TV money) saying, "We're going to 20 per class, or 100 on campus at any time." Possible? Very. But in the land for FCOA, that gets pricey quick also.

Which means it should be Nokota, not Nodaks.

You say going to a unified scholarship level like it is akin to middle east peace. Clearly some MAC schools are having fiscal issues (see: Akron). If there's one, there are probably more. With FCOA on the horizon it'd be an easy out politically for some of the G5 to move to a 74* scholarship number to align ("we didn't cut, we aligned to the new rules") to a new middle tier. They'd use the dollars difference (85 to 74) for FCOA. To your other point, FCS schools with fiscal issues wouldn't be able to make that work (because 63 is a struggle, and FCOA makes it worse). Those would end up not transitioning to this new middle tier. * (85 + 63) / 2 = 74 ... split the difference between current FBS and FCS. Then again, they might pick a number like 90% of FBS or 76.5.

Just saying what needs to be said to the general audience.

The only way the old name comes back is if Spirit Lake and Standing Rock tribal councils both issue binding statements of support. And to be honest, I'd want the same from Sisseton-Wahpeton because they (not SL and SR) have the casino on I-29 at the SD border so they too have tribal land in ND. But then you worry about the next tribal council "unbinding". Sorry, even if they gave such approval, I'm not sure I'd use it. Using it would make UND vulnerable to the winds and whims of tribal politics, aka the tribe's 6itch. Go from being the NCAA's to the tribe's, ... I'll pass.

Exactly. The Davidson's are chronologically challenged in this.

How about S'aber's.

Sharp (trade) and Oduya (UFA) are now both in Dallas. And Chicago is still somehow over the cap! https://www.hockeyscap.com/

The wealthy TR worrying about "all of us". What a nutbag. And TR was pretty "out there", in 1913 terms, on another subject: "Much can be done by law towards putting women on a footing of complete and entire equal rights with man - including the right to vote, the right to hold and use property, and the right to enter any profession she desires on the same terms as the man." So that would be both "class warfare" and "war on women", right?

Wes Dorey came in widely regarded based on performance as a junior in Canada. He had a decent career but it never matched the hype and expectations.

I'd love to call Wade Murphy "Wes Dorey 2.0" but Murphy doesn't even deserve that level of credit based on performance. I trust Murphy will land where it makes most sense to him.

With reference to one of those articles and the TR quotes in it, TR also said, “This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.” Could TR have wanted unification, not separation?

Formally? I'd never expect it. Informally? Amongst the "kinda hip, kinda now, kinda cool, kinda wow" cool kids group, it'll happen in speech and "txt".

Yup. It's one option, the subtle one. The other is less subtle. Signed, The Management

At least one of your Alumni is spending a lot of time trying to convince us (themselves?). Shouldn't NDSU fans be chatting with a threat (the team that beat them last year) than a team that went 5-7 last season?

For the record: Mariucci is a Gopher-lovin' (UND hockey hatin') guy making these statements.

IALTO. Apparently the proximity of NDSU to stock yards on 19th Ave (1.5 miles), the Fargo city dump (3 miles), the Moorhead lagoons/American Crystal beet plant (2 miles), or the Fargo lagoons (3 miles), didn't matter? For comparison, at UND it's JR Simplot french fry factory (1 miles), American Crystal beet plant (3 miles) and the Grand Forks lagoons (4 miles). Both campuses have their "aromas".

Here's a preview of a full story WDAZ will be doing tonight: http://www.wdaz.com/sports/3796691-preview-tuesdays-lisa-marvin-update

If you're going to SFB you're going to SFB. AZA? You'd probably end up going over to Sky Harbor unless you just got lucky and things just synced up (right destination, right flight). LAS would be the best. Do it right and you spend a night in Vegas during the travel.

No, no. A simple gesture.

"It was their Super Bowl."

GFK has more than one airline. You can fly Allegiant to Daytona/Orlando/Sanford, FL (SFB), Las Vegas (LAS), or Phoenix/Mesa (AZA). If you're savvy and creative you can make a hop from there.