Rebel_Sioux

To be fair the S&D team had some championships as a DII program. Haven't done much at D1.

OT!

No arguments here. Even if they could have filled half of the lower bowl they probably would have been spared.

True of any sport. I remember going to football games late and getting front row seats in the student section during the transition years, even in the year we won a conference championship.

We have rivals in both leagues. Ultimately it will come down to money. Kennedy can't afford any extra costs at this point. That being said, if the offer was going to come this year, I think the Big Ten would have made it before we cuts sports. Now this will probably become a recurring question every year until the Big Ten is at 8.

Did you really make a post about someone down voting you? Grow up and get some thicker skin.

I wonder if, when they started the "Wings Up" campaign, they had stated specifically that sports would be cut if enough money wasn't raised, if people would have donated more money? Itmay not have mattered considering the problem would be an annual budget issue but I have to wonder why the admisistration wasn't more straightforward about the issue. Also, S&D raised the most in the "Wings Up" campaign (granted only 22K). One more reason they have to be more upset about being cut than Women's Hockey. http://act.undalumni.org/site/TR?fr_id=1070&pg=entry

Then stop reading the thread...

The only source I've found is one journalist for the Gopher's magazine. Everyone else is citing him and stating their opinions.

I don't know that Montgomery will get an NHL offer. What happened to Hak is so rare there are no living coaches who have gone straight from an NCAA head coach to an NHL head coach and if I were Montgomery, I wouldn't leave for anything less considering the job security of successful NCAA coaches.

Yes charter services are...but not if you own the pilots and the plane. It should dramatically cut down on the costs.

Hopefully someone has more knowledge on this than me...but it's always seemed to me that we have a major aviation school. Why not buy a big plane and have the Instructor Pilots take turns flying the teams around. Through a senior student on the flight too if need be.

My bad. I thought Finland had upset Canada instead of Russia. Wouldn't really call that an upset actually, which is probably why the hype confused me. Your point is made.

Considering Canada didn't make the final and the USA had to go to OT, I'm not sure how you claim to your "revamp." I agree the sport needs to be more competitive...and have checking...but upsets breed improvement for the sport. Same reason UCONN losing was good for women's NCAA basketball.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/letters/4247087-letter-dont-misdirect-anger-over-und-budget-cuts Few people seem to get that all of these cuts are ultimately on the state government. I'm not a resident and I won't tell anyone how to vote or what's best for their stare. But anyone who wants to save women's hockey and/or S&D should be complaining to their congressmen and govenor, not to the school or media.

That's actually a good point. If they did somehow save the program (doubtful) he'd likely be viewed as a hero and the school would be forced to extend his contract.

This book has nothing to do with sports...but I enjoyed the title.

It has nothing to do with be a hockey school. It has to do with winning the football title, volleyball title, and both men's/women's basketball. I'd actually be OK with that.

How much does North Dakota save by switching conferences? Originally it made sense geographically and puts us with more rivals. And honestly, despite the Slummit comments it seems to be on par strengthwise. That being said, it also seems to be creating more headaches (limited our options to cut sports, teams might be leaving etc). So was it worth it? What's the concensus here?

Lol. How silly of me. Honestly I did hear that before and I just forgot. Kind of BS but given that information I can see why they'd keep it in order to help them stay at NCAA "16" sports.

He probably should have joined the NCHC though instead of Hockey East..or the Big Joke. :-D

Having been stationed at Scott...I'd think SLU (yes, technically it's in MO) is more likely to get a team in the near future than any IL school. But only if the Blues are willing to share their stadium.

I didn't mind the alerus but on on-campus stadium would get better student attendance. However I wouldn't expect any renovations for several years after all of these cuts.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sorry to see women's hockey go. But football does far more for the school and has at least one a conference championship. 2 if you count the one in our transition period. Edit Not to mention the complications for Title IX if they cut football.

I never would have thought track and field would cost so much...kind of surprised they kept it actually.