The Sicatoka
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Since this is as likely as anything:
The Y Line: Rowney, Pattyn, Chyzyk
The Double-Letter Lines: MacMillan, MacMillan, and O'Donnell; Caggliua, Rodwell, Gaarder. (Pattyn is already on the Y Line.)
OK, now I'm stretching:
Special Ks: Knight, Kristo, and Parks (hey, there's a K in Parks)
That leaves Grimaldi, Sanderson, and St. Clair. Not sure what to go with there.
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Faison would be a legend if he could get the IPF built anytime soon.
Best ever status would be locked up with that.
It'd take something more to hit legend status. But I don't put it past him.
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I think we'll see three tiers of Division I football shortly after the new playoff starts in 2014. I think it'll be today's top 64 (maybe up to 80) FBS teams at the top-most level. Next you'll have the rest of today's FBS and the top part of FCS (Big Sky, CAA, MVFC) at a new mid-level. Then you'll have the non-scholarships and the schools that don't do max allowable scholarships at a lowest level in DI.
Given there are about 124 FBS and 122 FCS today, it'll probably split out about 64 to 72 at the highest, then 96 or so, then the rest (roughly about 80).
I wish Nick Saban would give me credit next time he uses my ideas.
"But I think, eventually in college football, we're going to have to get to where there's 60 or 70 teams in this Division I, whatever you want to call it. And these teams need to be playing each other." Saban said.http://www.footballscoop.com/news/7144-saban-wants-only-60-70-teams-at-the-fbs-level#FCS
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What the heck are we are arguing about then?
"This week's tawpic on Quawfee Tawk: The interwebs, although full of nothing but 100% true factual information, are just a passing fad and definitely never to be used for educational purposes. Discuss amongst yourselves."
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UND has a math placement test also.
I'm going to echo watchmaker's question: How are Tri-College (NDSU, MSU-Moorhead, Concordia) students counted by NDSU?
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Given those numbers, why are 13% of NDSU students in remedial (below college level) courses at NDSU but just only 5% at UND*. Something doesn't flow logically there.
*per the ND SBoHE last week.
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The last official policy statement (a university address) I'd heard was from Kupchella* and his long-range plan to get UND to about 15k enrollment and then focus on raising enrollment standards to be more selective. Kupchella believed that 15k or so was about the limit for the current buildings and infrastructures.
*Kudos to that guy. I believe his tenure laid the foundations and framework for today's growth and successes.
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Didn't you hear.....a lot of students wearing NDSU shirts showed up at UND thinking they were at NDSU. Strange how that happens.
The NCAA mailing office gave them the address.
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Given that the man has helped form the NCHC after the WCHA was abandoned by the Big Tenners, and he got UND into the Big Sky, all while dealing with the spectre of NCAA sanctions (due to the former moniker), I'd say he's earned it.
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You are wrong. NDSU is best. UND bad.
-John Q. Bisonfan
Did you remember to drool into your keyboard after typing that to certify it the same way NDSU fans do.
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You folks missed the best spin:
“This represents a purposefully moderated rate of growth,” President Dean Bresciani said in a written statement. “The size and makeup of the class is just what we hoped for.”
You wanted an incoming freshman class smaller than UND's? Uh, ... sure you did.
Closing thought:
I thought schools coming off championships saw large bumps in applications and incoming freshmen for the following one to three years.
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" ... students who want a traditional full-time college experience ... "
Yes, but how much longer will that be the collegiate education model.
I know a UND student who last year was taking N credits in the classroom in Grand Forks, plus another 3 credit UND class online.
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... but what about the ideal of creating a stable mid-west conference composed of flag ship institutions?
The vessel to do that already exists, and it's called the WAC.
If Idaho and Denver put their foot down and said, "We will rebuild" to NMSU and Seattle something might start to happen. As long as they (any of the WAC4) are shopping the WAC is unviable.
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I did this analysis on another board last night:
Denver fields a team in just 2 of 6 mens sports sponsored by the Big Sky; they field teams in 5 of the 8 womens sports sponsored by the Big Sky. Denver doesn't field cross country, indoor or outdoor track and field teams on either the mens or womens side. There are six BSC championships right there.
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The decision to accept an invitation, or give an invitation, to a conference is not done by fans nor by athletic directors. It's done by university presidents. And they think far more about academic standing and reputations than fans do when it comes to conference alignments. You are the company you keep.
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The way I see it, the South Dakota schools will from now on look south and east, toward the population centers in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri, for conference affiliations. And I think you'll see the same out of Omaha going forward also. They all have Missouri Valley Conference dreams (as does SDSU's big rival
).Edit: Same for Northern Iowa; they will look more easterly than westerly.
I think we'll see three tiers of Division I football shortly after the new playoff starts in 2014. I think it'll be today's top 64 (maybe up to 80) FBS teams at the top-most level. Next you'll have the rest of today's FBS and the top part of FCS (Big Sky, CAA, MVFC) at a new mid-level. Then you'll have the non-scholarships and the schools that don't do max allowable scholarships at a lowest level in DI.
Given there are about 124 FBS and 122 FCS today, it'll probably split out about 64 to 72 at the highest, then 96 or so, then the rest (roughly about 80).
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That's easy. Either ...
(a) the world's greatest conference rope-a-dope is being played out masterfully by Hurd and the WAC, or
(b) there's no one at the helm of the WACtanic and it's iceberg dead ahead.
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or maybe the WAC isn't done and they are messing with all of us...
If you're right it'll be the greatest rope-a-dope since Ali left the ring.
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Seems the WAC is all but done as a football conference.
http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_21355122/wac-drop-football-after-2012-season
Additionally, if that was Hurd around Grand Forks with Faison last week it would lead me to believe Hurd was looking for a job (probably replacing Sean Johnson).
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The 2013 schedule has a ridiculous run in it: SDSU, Montana, open, Montana State. Putting USD in the open slot would be murder's row. Based on that and already having 7 home games says UND is definitely looking at making a playoff run.
Plus, not signing that USD home and home allows UND to look for a one-time "money game" in 2014 (where there is space for it).
Projected UND FB schedules at: http://wiki.siouxsports.com/doku.php
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... and indoor training facilities.
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I just realized there is another team scrambling for 2013 and 2014 games: New Mexico State.
USD home and home, or a potential game check?
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OK, not to put a curse or hex on anything, but I'm going to talk about the 800 pound gorilla in the corner of the room: Quarterback.
If the nightmare scenario were to come to pass, namely, both of "my two sons" go down (Hanson, Hendrickson), what does Muss do?
Here's my notion: If the third loss is already in the L column were it to happen, you bring in the third "son", Jake Hanson from Grafton, to finish out the season at QB. Why? You keep all of the eligibility on Bartels and Mollberg.
I don't want to see this come to pass, but when's the last time UND had a QB take every snap in a season?
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LOL!!!
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but... in order to come out of the closet don't you have to first be in the closet?
No, just publicly admitting and embracing your rodential side ... not that there's anything wrong with that*.
*quote Jerry Seinfeld
2012-13 Season
in Men's Hockey
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Just saw the tweet: Captains and alternates will be announced later today.
My predictions:
C - MacWilliam (too many will pick Knight)
A - Knight
A - Rowney
and if they go with a third A I'm going darkhorse ... The General.
Yeah, I left Kristo out of the mix. Not sure why.