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According to this site, it looks as though both Stony Brook http://schedules.travisliles.com/2009/01/2...-schedules.html and Drake http://schedules.travisliles.com/2009/01/2...-schedules.html have their September 12th date filled. It appears as though we may be down to Morgan State or Sac State as potential FCS teams left...

With the addition of Fresno St. and San Diego St., it appears that UND is focusing on competition with FBS teams from the West vs. the East. The FBS games scheduled thus far are Texas Tech, Idaho, Fresno and San Diego...with a possible Hawaii game. Can anyone say if this is intentional or just coincidental? NDSU, SDSU, and even USD seem to be scheduling FBS teams further east with the Wyoming/NDSU matchup the exception. Just curious if anyone has any insight...

I will also agree with others that this thread is no longer on topic and should be closed. The Brad Kelley incident was unfortunate and the court system will take care of it. This thread is turning into a pissing match between a few posters who don't see eye to eye...please close...thank you.

Slight correction so there is no confusion. The home opener won't be until October 3rd. The season opener is still scheduled as an away game at Texas Tech.

If your referring to the http://www.footballscoop.com/?page_id=61 site...it seems to be rather out of date as many of UND's confirmed games are not listed. This site http://cfbpalace.net/maine.html shows that Maine has 4 home games and six road games scheduled. If this schedule is correct, then I doubt they would be looking for another road game...unless they were able to buy a different game out. EDIT: This second site also has a few errors as it lists UND traveling to Cal Poly this year...

Any mention of a return game from them?

Michigan is looking for a game on October 17th...we have a home game scheduled against Sioux Falls on October 15th. Home games have been tough to come by this year...doubt we would schedule this game unless we were able to schedule another home game to replace it.

86-75 Final...USD sweeps the men.

Lots of chances for the Sioux to get it even closer...61-52 as USD is on a bit of a run...

Better second half so far...57-47 with a little over 12 minutes to go.

Not going well...Sioux trailed 48-27 at the half. Currently trailing 50-31 early in the second half. The game is in FSSN/midcontinent channel...

Just read this over on USCHO.com. Looks as though they have a diagnosis for tDon... http://board.uscho.com/showthread.php?t=82021

Geeze Dave...talk about deja vu. Can't you just post a link to the previous thread where you discussed this at length vs. hijacking this thread? I would but it takes too long to do when accessing this site by my phone.

I'm interested...I've sent an email inquiring whether or not they are still availble. Let me know...thanks!

White out actually looks pretty good on tv. Not a total white out but a good effort...

I never said it would happen nor do I believ it is a viable option. If we do the third option it would indeed be foolish. When you look at the settlement in legal terms this is a possibility. I would hope that our administration has been or will soon be in contact with the Summit to clear up any questions or ambiguities.

Read post #772 and it may help to clear things up... http://forum.siouxsports.com/index.php?sho...0&start=760

No matter how this is spun it is still a bad deal as mk said. UND CAN schedule an NAIA team, if need be, after the 2010 season...absolutely no reason to sign them up three years in advance... EDIT: I would rather schedule an FCS and have it fall through rather then having "insurance" games against lower competion three years out. At least we would know that teams are interested in playing us...scheduling USF for 2011 makes us look desperate...and maybe we are

Douple has stated that UND has applied but he is not willing to forward the information on to the Presidents until the nickname is resolved...which is BS because the name is or will be resolved by the time they admit anyone into the league. Edit: Correct me if I'm wrong...UND has been taken off the NCAA list as far as being out of compliance. If Brand were to be doing this, and I don't believe he is, wouldn't the NCAA be at risk for breaking the agreements of the settlement?

UND has played and will continue to play schools in the Summit league. We beat UMKC in Men's basketball this year...We have also scheduled South Dakota State University in this year's upcoming baseball season...to name a few.

No...It wouldn't make it acceptable to me if USF was DII. If UND is having trouble filling it's 2011 schedule after the 2010 season, or at the very least after the 2009 season, then go looking for NAIA/DII schools. I would have to think that a game against a DII or NAIA or even a DIII school wouldn't be that hard to come by that we need to schedule them three years out. As far as doing them a favor, fine we schedule them this year as an NAIA...I believe that's more than enough to be a favor. Going DI, I knew there would be scheduling difficulties and I accept that. I just can't understand making agreements with NAIA/DII? schools three years out. I would much rather schedule a "Central Connecticut State" or other lower FCS schools from elsewhere around the country.

Who's to say that any other conference wouldn't do the same? I for one would much rather be in the Summit than the Big Sky...two reasons are because of the time zone issue and because of where our recruiting base is for most sports other than hockey.

You can try to spin this all you want but it is what it is...a huge red flag. It's one thing to schedule an NAIA next year, but why on earth do we need to be scheduling them for a game three years from now? If we are having trouble filling out a schedule for the upcoming season, go ahead and schedule who you can...but three years out...makes no sense.

The nickname should be settled by the time the Summit expands...perhaps this is their way of telling us they aren't interested in having UND join the Summit. Edit: Also on DAZ tonight Sweeney read a statement by our AD that states "We are happy with our current conference the GWC." He can't possibly be saying that with a straight face...can he?

I wasn't accusing anyone. Just trying to be considerate as it is a sensitive subject.