Cratter

The Trophy is once again in its rightful place!!

So many burnt cigars....smelled like they had not been been smoked in over sixteen years!

I finally know what love feels like!

INCASE you forgot!

.Schmaltz, Johnson, Gregiore, Matt Frattin, etc sniff the NHL regularly? When is the last UND player to play a full regular schedule in the NHL? How many years has it been? More importantly what is the percentage of that vs UNDs overall players.....5% or less? Greatest UND player.... Not greatest "might be NHL player".,. Brock easily has that title.....might end up better than Parise and/or Toews...those two are the only two that have any chance of being as good as him.

Dose of reality! Follow me you'll go far kid!

Jewels is the greatest UND player since Hrkac! ....Not even close...

One thing is for certain the Big Sky has too many teams for both basketball and football!

NMSU now has an incentive to restart WAC football and try and convince others too. Might look at the 14 team big sky for additions.

So of the few big ten non conference away games UND has played so far. They have already played on Sunday "this" year and looks like Sunday next year.

I heard there's a rivalry baseball game today that nobody is talking about...

Pretty decent numbers for a first year, transitioning, no conference, no campus arena program. ASU will play most of their home games next year at Gila River Arena. No doubt they want to build an on campus arena that would match their average attendance long term.

http://www.thesundevils.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=166608&SPSID=971111

The real story is probably: "OK Stop designing the logo. UND seems to be running low on money and cutting everything. We better double check to see if they want us to go forward (aka if they'll still pay at the end)." ......knowing some history of UND officials of "too busy, didn't notice" two weeks later they finally get back to SME saying: "Yeah everything is still on as planned."

Off the top of my head....one is a long term one that can't be touched....and I believe there's another to help with budget shortfall that basically empty (or soon to be).

If Idaho got some regional rivalries back (Montanas) and reduced travel expenses while still being FBS. That's pretty much a dream come true for them.

Didn't ASU already play games in the NHL rink last year?

First I've heard anyone say that.

Fox Sports (not Fox College) could pay (more) to broadcast UND games if they were playing in the Big Ten (Twin Cities media market would be interested in watching those games). It's not just about the Big Ten network money.

So what we know. There's a report saying Idaho can join an FBS WAC. Idaho joined the Big Sky making it 14 teams. The old Big Sky commissioner said if too many schools join the Big Sky it could cause a split. He also said half could split and go FBS. Sounds like what someone here has been saying all along.

Could be like two teams playing at the Ralph, "Let's go Hawks" quickly drowned out by "Let's go Sioux."?

Here's the thought for the day: Isn't title nine discrimination? A college can have 51% female athletes on scholarship. But if they have 49% females on scholarships it's against the law. (Given the school is 50/50 males to females.)

I wonder if having a million or two people within 75 miles helps fill that stadium. It's equivalent to having the U of M campus in St. Cloud. Pretty easy drive the "metro" fans to attend.

Nice feather in Brad's hat:

The collective "Wheres that trophy!?" when they all wake up on Sunday.