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Just to clarify, Faison was talking about this and not an addition to the UND Wellness Center.

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I thought the student section was great. They had a very good turnout. My season tickets are right across the aisle from the student section, so I always love when they show up and are really into the game. But the game attendence overall was pretty disappointing. We couldn't even break 10,000 for the first game of the season which was also Potato Bowl? Where is the interest in the program? I understand it was a blowout, but it would also be nice to see everyone stick around longer. (I am referring to the entire crowd, not just the students)

Week 3 polls: Any Given Saturday Poll Top 25 (First place votes in parenthesis), Points 1. Villanova (41) 1780 2. James Madison (22) 1738 3. Appalachian St. (9) 1701 4. Jacksonville St. (3) 1530 5. Richmond 1422 6. Delaware 1413 7. Stephen F. Austin 1343 8. Massachusetts 1301 9. William & Mary 1125 10. Eastern Washington 1083 11. South Carolina St. 1073 12. Elon 955 13. Northern Iowa 805 14. North Dakota St. 639 15. Southern Illinois 613 16. Montana St. 603 17. Montana 569 18. New Hampshire 543 19. Furman 527 20. Univ. South Dakota 409 21. McNeese St. 390 22. Texas St. 314 23. Central Arkansas 297 24. Liberty 273 25. Cal Poly 233 Others receiving votes (minimum of 5 votes): Georgia Southern (36), Chattanooga (24), Illinois St. (24), Pennsylvania (23), Harvard (18), Western Illinois (16), Southeast Missouri St. (15), Northern Arizona (14), South Dakota St. (13), Wofford (13), Youngstown St. (11), Robert Morris (10), Sacramento St. (10), Weber St. (10), Missouri St. (7), Florida A&M (5), Alabama St. (4), Fordham (4), Rhode Island (4), Gardner-Webb (3), Prairie View A&M (3), Southern Utah (3), Hampton (2), Lehigh (2), Albany (1) MOST SIGNIFICANT WIN OF THE WEEK: Eastern Washington MOST SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF THE WEEK: Montana, Southern Illinois 2010 FCS Coaches Week 3 Poll (September 20, 2010) http://www2.counton2.com/sports/2010/sep/20/1/2010-fcs-coaches-poll-week-3-ar-854171/ Team (No. 1 Votes) Record Points Last Week 1. Appalachian State (17) 3-0 682 1 2. Villanova (6) 2-1 668 2 3. James Madison (3) 3-0 651 3 4. Jacksonville State (1) 3-0 591 4 5. Richmond 2-1 569 9 6. Delaware 3-0 526 12 7. Stephen F. Austin (1) 2-1 509 11 8. William & Mary 2-1 446 13 9. Massachusetts 2-1 433 15 10. Eastern Washington 2-1 423 16 11. Elon 1-2 416 7 12. South Carolina State 2-1 329 17 13. Southern Illinois 1-2 283 5 14. Montana 1-2 279 6 15. Northern Iowa 1-1 268 10 16. Montana State 2-1 243 22 17. McNeese State 1-1 209 19 T18. New Hampshire 1-2 208 8 T18. North Dakota State 2-1 208 23 20. South Dakota 2-1 172 24 21. Liberty 2-1 116 14 22. Cal-Poly 2-1 108 18 23. Texas State 2-1 84 NR 24. Georgia Southern 2-1 82 NR 25. Illinois State 2-1 80 NR Others receiving votes (points in parentheses): Central Arkansas (63), Harvard (57), Penn (52), Youngstown State (46), Alabama State (45), Furman (44), South Dakota State (38), Weber State (38), Northern Arizona (31), Florida A&M (13), Missouri State (13), Western Illinois (12), Gardner-Webb (10), Sacramento State (10), Butler (7), Southeast Missouri State (7), Austin Peay (6), Southern Utah (6), Old Dominion (5), Colgate (4), Wofford (4), Georgia State (3), Jacksonville (2), Lehigh (1) TSN Poll 9-20 Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank 1. Villanova Wildcats (87) 2-1 3,392 1 2. Appalachian State Mountaineers (22) 3-0 3,290 2 3. James Madison Dukes (25) 2-0 3,165 3 4. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (5) 3-0 3,011 4 5. Richmond Spiders 1-1 2,835 9 6. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 2-1 2,639 10 7. Delaware Blue Hens 3-0 2,466 11 8. William & Mary Tribe 2-1 2,283 12 9. Eastern Washington Eagles 2-1 1,977 18 10. Elon Phoenix 1-2 1,896 7 11. Massachusetts Minutemen 2-1 1,889 16 12. South Carolina State Bulldogs 2-1 1,872 14 13. Southern Illinois Salukis 1-2 1,520 5 14. Montana Grizzlies 1-2 1,511 6 15. Northern Iowa Panthers 1-1 1,387 13 16. New Hampshire Wildcats 1-2 1,219 8 17. Montana State Bobcats 2-1 1,171 22 18. North Dakota State Bison 2-1 1,025 23 19. McNeese State Cowboys 1-1 948 19 20. Cal Poly Mustangs 2-1 581 17 21. South Dakota Coyotes 2-1 510 25 22. Liberty Flames 2-1 488 15 23. Furman Paladins 1-1 431 24 24. Penn Quakers 1-0 364 NR 25. Central Arkansas Bears 3-0 338 NR Others receiving votes: Texas State 328, Illinois State 275, Wofford 260, South Dakota State 258, Weber State 193, Northern Arizona 180, Southeast Missouri State 172, Harvard 169, Chattanooga 148, Alabama State 106, Florida A&M 93, Western Illinois 83, Sacramento State 77, Georgia Southern 74, Rhode Island 67, Youngstown State 52, Robert Morris 51, Prairie View A&M 42, Norfolk State 30, Gardner-Webb 29, North Dakota 23, Grambling State 22, Brown 21, Jacksonville 20, Southern Utah 19, Alcorn State 18, Missouri State 18, Hampton 17, Colgate 13, Valparaiso 12, UT Martin 12, Bethune-Cookman 11, Howard 9, Samford 9, Old Dominion 9, Western Carolina 7, Northern Colorado 7, Yale 6, Jackson State 4, The Citadel 4, Holy Cross 3, Georgetown 3, Austin Peay 3, Eastern Illinois 3, Lehigh 2, Lamar 2, Bryant 1, Dayton 1, Georgia State 1.

"IF" UND has bought out USF, I certainly hope it is because we have a fullschedule set up including a home schedule full of quality DI FCS teams and they have found the opportunity to replace USF with another qualtiy DI FCS team at the Alerus.

Idaho - 30 UNLV - 7 FINAL.

Idaho is having a great game against UNLV so far. Idaho 24 UNLV 00 5:00 left in 2nd.

I completely support the idea that the NDUS could use more work to make it a more efficient system that fits the profile of our state. It is a bit rediculous that North Dakota has 11 public higher-ed institutions. On top of that, there are more 4 year institutions that 2 year. Add in UMary and Jamestown College and ND is way too saturated with 4 year universities. There is also no reason that we need 4 institutions offering graduate level degrees. Once again, you add in UMary's Masters program and we again have too many universitites fighting for graduate students. I think that the state combing all colleges and universities into 1 university system was a great first step. The roundtables that were to continue to shape the system have unfortunately been extremely disappointing and inefficient. I appreciate the idea that Team North Dakota has as far as continuing to improve the university system, I just don't see how taking the 2 highest profile universities in the system and combining them without addressing any of the other issues in the system is good for ND. Why would we not want to have as many high profile, nationally ranked universities as possible? Different ideas have been adressed numberous times in different forums such as this, the media, or in community settings, but here is my humble vision for the NDUS: Top 100 nationally ranked graduate/research institutions: UND NDSU Top ranked regional universities, undergraduate only: Central Dakota University (Minot) Western Dakota University (Dickinson) 2 year regional colleges: Williston State College Bottineau State College Lake Region State College Bismarck State College Valley City State College Mayville State College North Dakota State College of Science I think that every college and university in the state needs to have a better defined mission. The two year colleges would be trade/tech schools as well as feeder schools to the 4 four-year universities. Each could have a specialization beyond their general offerings of english, math, science classes and cover a broad spectrum of offerings such as diesel tech, beautician/cosmotology/ message, etc. I would like to see Wahpeton go back to its science/tech roots. Bottineau could continue to specialize in forestry, game & fish, etc. Williston and Bismarck could build on their specializations in tech/associate degrees in energy. Valley City and Mayville would cover all of your general 2 year college courses and work as a net to catch all of the transfers and drop-outs of UND/NDSU that end up going over the boarder to Minnesota to all of their 2 year colleges. WDU (Dickinson) and CDU (Minot) would focus on undergraduate degrees and not offer any of their own graduate level courses. Each should be in the 4-5,000 enrollment range. UND and NDSU would continue to grow and build into top 100 national universities and build up their graduate level offerings. With today's technology, UND, NDSU, WDU and CDU could all offer 4 year degrees at the 2 year colleges through such things as IVAN, online, correspondence, etc. And then UND and NDSU could also offer graduate level degrees at WDU and CDU through the same means. I think this would really streamline the system and give better missions to all of the universities as well as be a better use of resources. There is absolutely no reason that Valley City needs to be offering a graduate degree right now!

NIU - 12 Illinois - 18 Halftime.

Idaho - vs UNLV - N. Illinois - @ Illinois - Northeastern St - @ UND - Northwestern St - vs. Tarleton St - #25 South Dakota - vs. NW Oklahoma St - Southern Utah - @ San Jose St - #17 Cal Poly - @ Texas St - Lamar - @ SE LA - UC Davis - @ San Diego - #18 SDSU - vs. Illinois St - #8 Montana - @ #20 E. Washington -

I'm off to the french fry feed!

Northeastern State University Location: Tahlequah, Oklahoma Enrollment: 9,769 Conference: NCAA Division II Lone Star North Conference Athletic Website: http://www.goriverhawksgo.com/ Potato Bowl week lineup: Wednesday, September 15: Chip Giveaway - Columbia Mall Thursday, September 16: Chip Giveaway - Community Bank of the RRV-all bank locations 11:00 am-1:00 pm - Baked Potato Bar will be served at all Hugo's Locations 5:00 pm - French Fry Feed (sponsored by Simplot)– includes World's Largest French Fry Feed, hotdog/soda stands, large inflatable games, meet the Sioux athletes, potato picking contest, live music, meet the Sioux Fall sports teams, and NEW this year, a French fry eating contest – University Park 8:00 pm - Rydell Fireworks Display and Pep Rally – Memorial Stadium (tune into Lite Rock 104.3 for choreographed fireworks music) Friday, September 17: 12:00 pm - Sioux Booster Luncheon - Alerus Center 11:00 am-1:00 pm - Baked Potato Bar will be served at all Hugo's Locations 6:00 pm - Hugo's Tater Trot 1 Mile Race (Riverside Park - Grand Forks, ND) 6:30 pm - Hugo's Potato Bowl 8 K Race (Riverside Park - Grand Forks, ND) Saturday, September 18: 7:30 - 10:30 am - GF Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast - Grand Forks Central School 7:30 am-1:00 pm - Sons of Norway Potato Pancake Breakfast - 1401 9th Ave South 9:30 am - Jaycees Potato Bowl Parade 12:00 pm (noon) – Potato Bowl tailgate party – Alerus Center parking lot 4:00 pm – 45th Annual Potato Bowl Football game, UND vs. Northeastern State Be sure to take in some of the festivities going on this week and support our community and team!

Week 2 Polls: Any Given Saturday Poll Top 25 (First place votes in parenthesis), Points 1. Villanova (43) 1893 2. James Madison (24) 1757 3. Appalachian St. (10) 1731 4. Jacksonville St. (1) 1612 5. Elon 1346 6. Southern Illinois (1) 1329 7. Delaware 1318 8. Montana 1238 9. New Hampshire 1232 10. Northern Iowa 1181 11. William & Mary 1154 12. Massachusetts 1042 13. Richmond 1036 14. Stephen F. Austin 983 15. South Carolina St. 973 16. Liberty 952 17. Cal Poly 743 18. South Dakota St. 474 19. Furman 473 20. Eastern Washington 471 21. North Dakota St. 376 22. Weber St. 375 23. Montana St. 368 24. McNeese St. 332 25. Univ. South Dakota 221 Others receiving votes (minimum of 5 votes): Central Arkansas (36), Gardner-Webb (35), Pennsylvania (22), Southeastern Louisiana (18), Chattanooga (16), Prairie View A&M (16), Northern Arizona (13), Georgia Southern (12), Missouri St. (10), Texas St. (8), Wofford (7), Eastern Illinois (5), Harvard (4), Colgate (3), Holy Cross (3), Youngstown St. (3), Alabama St. (2), Duquesne (2), Florida A&M (2), Southern Utah (2), Western Illinois (2), Bryant (1), Grambling St. (1), Hampton (1), Illinois St. (1) MOST SIGNIFICANT WIN OF THE WEEK: James Madison MOST SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF THE WEEK: Montana FCS Coaches Poll Rank Team Record Pts Last Week 1. Appalachian St. (11) 2-0 671 3 2. Villanova (8) 1-1 655 4 3. James Madison (5) 2-0 640 11 4. Jacksonville St. (2) 2-0 587 6 5. Southern Ill. (1) 1-1 523 2 6. Montana 1-1 479 1 7. Elon 1-1 478 8 8. New Hampshire 1-1 475 5 9. Richmond 0-1 473 7 10. Northern Iowa (1) 1-0 423 13 11. Stephen F. Austin 1-1 398 12 12. Delaware 2-0 397 17 13. William & Mary 1-1 343 14 14. Liberty 2-0 297 18 15. Massachusetts 2-0 274 20 16. Eastern Wash. 1-1 266 15 17. S. Carolina St. 1-1 260 16 18. Cal Poly 2-0 243 NR 19. McNeese St. 1-1 212 10 20. Weber St. 1-1 199 19 21. South Dakota St. 0-1 166 9 22. Montana St. 1-1 112 23 23. North Dakota St. 1-1 86 21 24. South Dakota 0-0 77 NR 25. Furman 1-0 72 NR Others Receiving Votes: Gardner-Webb 69, Northern Arizona 31, Georgia Southern 27, Pennsylvania 26, Illinois St. 23, Harvard 21, Prairie View A&M 16, SE Louisiana 15, Southern Utah 12, Texas St. 10, Eastern Illinois 10, Alabama St. 10, Colgate 7, Youngstown St. 4, Old Dominion 4, Missouri St. 3, Florida A&M 2, Butler 2, Central Arkansas 2 Sports Network FCS Top 25 Poll 1. Villanova Wildcats (74) 1-1 3,338 2 2. Appalachian State Mountaineers (25) 2-0 3,269 3 3. James Madison Dukes (30) 2-0 3,100 12 4. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (9) 2-0 2,948 5 5. Southern Illinois Salukis 1-1 2,510 4 6. Montana Grizzlies 1-1 2,415 1 7. Elon Phoenix 1-1 2,382 8 8. New Hampshire Wildcats 1-1 2,151 6 9. Richmond Spiders 0-1 2,086 7 10. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 1-1 2,050 10 11. Delaware Blue Hens 2-0 1,991 16 12. William & Mary Tribe 1-1 1,968 11 13. Northern Iowa Panthers 1-0 1,769 14 14. South Carolina State Bulldogs 1-1 1,508 15 15. Liberty Flames 2-0 1,419 19 16. Massachusetts Minutemen 2-0 1,418 18 17. Cal Poly Mustangs 2-0 1,210 NR 18. Eastern Washington Eagles 1-1 1,149 17 19. McNeese State Cowboys 1-1 1,077 13 20. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 0-1 1,052 9 21. Weber State Wildcats 1-1 788 20 22. Montana State Bobcats 1-1 532 24 23. North Dakota State Bison 1-1 497 21 24. Furman Paladins 1-0 407 NR 25. South Dakota Coyotes 1-1 324 NR Others receiving votes: Prairie View A&M 281, Penn 235, Central Arkansas 177, Wofford 158, Gardner-Webb 156, Northern Arizona 140, Eastern Illinois 89, Chattanooga 76, Harvard 59, Jackson State 58, Florida A&M 50, Colgate 38, Georgia Southern 34, Illinois State 33, Southeastern Louisiana 23, Western Illinois 22, Holy Cross 19, Southern Utah 19, Missouri State 17, Delaware State 16, Hampton 16, Youngstown State 14, Alabama State 13, Howard 9, Norfolk State 8, Brown 8, Jacksonville 8, Northern Colorado 6, Georgetown 6, Samford 5, North Dakota 5, Morehead State 5, Texas State 4, UC Davis 3, Morgan State 2, Austin Peay 1, Dayton 1, Eastern Kentucky 1, Maine 1, Old Dominion 1.

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It would be fun if there were t-shirts made up. I would buy one. Or maybe signs/t-shirts that read "The Real UND Plays Here!" or "The Real ND is North Dakota".

This seems a little dramatic to just be announcing the indoor practice facility. Possibly finally going public with the $500MM campaign? Edit: or possibly the University of North Dakota's Sanford School of Medicine and Health Sciences?

USD just need to put together a decent drive and get a couple 1st downs and this game is over.

Wow. Just Wow. Who knew I'd ever be cheering so loudly for USD in my own living room.

WooHoo! Nice call by Meierkort. Goes for it on 4th and inches and comes up with a TD!!!! USD 41 Minn 31 7:30 in 4th.

USD's offense has been looking pretty darn good today. They need to keep it together, not get another turn over and put together another nice drive.

I hope that the INT that USD just threw isn't the turning point in this game. UM-TC knocking on the door.

Touchdown USD. Very nice drive to answer.

USD - 28 Minn - 17 10:37 3rd Quick answer by the Gophers.