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The shot to right-center, 436 feet, was stunning. When it left the bat I thought he'd popped out to right.

Best of the Best:

First Round: Second Round and Finals Round:

"Ruptured" ligaments? That sounds bad, or do the British use "ruptured" where we'd say "sprained"?

With the long weekend and lot of other events, some of you may have missed an amazing performance by UND's Jeff Campbell on Thursday night (July 2). UND's Jeff Campbell won the College Baseball Home Run Derby over Wake Forest's Will Craig in the finals and players from Georgia Tech, Texas Tech, BYU, Miami (FL), and NC State UND Sports recap: http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210181393&DB_OEM_ID=13500 Final standings (from Bleacher Report): http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2513584-2015-college-baseball-home-run-derby-winner-twitter-reaction-and-highlights Congratulations Jeff! You can see some of the comments from this board from Thursday night starting here: http://forum.siouxsports.com/topic/20209-2015-baseball/?p=797132 My favorites: - The 20-spot Campbell put up in the first round - The 479 foot bomb to left-center -- the thing should've had to file a flight plan

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Exactly. They are already getting their money out of the Dakotas. Midcontinent already carries the BTN. (Not sure about Cable One.) There is nothing to gain (for the B1G) by adding anything from the Dakotas. To figure out who the B1G is after next, cross-reference the lists of largest media markets and public AAU member schools. Find the ones that abut current B1G states and there's your winners. Recent examples? Rutgers (aka NJ State University) + NYC media market; Maryland + Balt/Wash media market.

Is Moser (or the letter writer) wrong.

First, let me state it here: I sent my curriculum vitae to Dr. Kelley volunteering for this committee. Yes, I volunteered to step on the tracks in front of this freight train. Having said that, I'm stunned at how little prior research this group seems to have done. - They don't seem to realize that the consultant template when moving away from a native related nickname is < adjective, normally a color > Hawks. - They don't seem to realize that using another (a neighboring and rival) state's nickname is not worth consideration. - They either haven't, or aren't willing to admit if they've, talked to the NCAA about "no nickname". - They don't know the originator of "Sundogs" and how that is a direct affront, one last "in your face", to people who supported the old name.

There is no way I see Dr. Kelley allowing the outcome Moser so clearly described. None. I'm not talking about letters, or survey, or polling data. (I'm not even sure what letter you're talking about. I haven't seen a newspaper all weekend.) There is no way I see the man with the final decision allowing that outcome.

Here's a reality some haven't fully realized yet. Chelsea Moser killed the "no nickname" possibility. How? By stating what we all know ... publicly. There is no way Dr. Kelley will allow "no nickname" to happen after this: "Saying we're going to be North Dakota to me means saying we're going to stay the Fighting Sioux." -- Chelsea Moser It might have survived to the final seven, but there's no way I see Dr. Kelley allowing that outcome.

Roughriders is the best, most befitting North Dakota, name left on the list.

Mike Judge set "Idiocracy" in 2505. I think he could roll that back at least 300 years. Not sure what "Idiocracy" is? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy It's a satirical, yet scary, look at "a dystopian society where advertising, commercialism, and cultural anti-intellectualism have run rampant and that is devoid of intellectual curiosity, social responsibility, and coherent notions of justice and human rights." And when I see things like "Mark Dice" and "Watter's World" I fear we are nearly there.

Sure, but are they %gobc recognized and approved sources?

I'm going to commit blasphemy here in the eyes of some. That's fine. This needs to be said: Some of you want no nickname because the best, most befitting North Dakota, name remaining on the list, Roughriders, ... just might be one that could be grown into and just maybe, maybe turn out to be just as solid as what we had.

The writer for the Jamestown Sun is pretty transparent. In his mind nothing can replace the old name so that's what it has to be in his mind: nothing. That will allow for the overtly tacit continued usage of the old name. And to say he's a bit hockey-centric may be an understatement.

By citing JAX and their color mess disaster of a logo you have formally DQ'd yourself from ever mentioning logos or colors again.

What's the name of the American Association independent baseball team just south of UND? The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks No "Hawks" and definitely no < adjective > hawks.

A-a-a-a-and? (I suspect you know the relevence, but do others.)

Today's "Good, Bad, and Ugly": Good: Saad gets 6 years at $6 million per. I think that'll be a good deal before it's over. Bad: Ward goes from WAS to SJS for under $3.5 million per. He's a victim of the cap. Bad for him. Ugly: BUF gives O'Reilly 7 years at $7.5 million per. That's just ugly. I don't believe he's worth that, and it sets a very expensive precedent when they try to sign Eichel again in 3 years.

When Campbell first stepped up my thought was, "Just make a decent showing." And then he hit the first one out ... Hang a "20" in round one. Blast a 479 foot rainmaker. Win the whole thing. Yeah. Decent showing. Congratulations Jeff Campbell, the 2015 College Home Run Derby Champion. You showed North Dakota well tonight.

Somewhere jimdahl smiles.

Agree. Agree, but who else understands why.

Most of my thoughts are based on reading what Doug Fullerton has said publicly to the media. Be sure to read those chronologically from starting at January 2013 through the present. You can see his position transform, ending at ... To do that I think you'd need at least 8 FCS and at least 8 FBS schools (and some rule changes at the NCAA level*). The BSC is 12 for BB, 14 for FCS FB.

Ah ... Fletcher would re-use "the Leopold Strategery."