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And 'SU does?

Bingo, Jim - you hit the nail squarely on its head. This is just the latest chapter in the continuing saga of UND-GF and NDSU-Fargo pissing all over the other. If it weren't so damn sad it might even be funny.

I think UND does this every year for military (essentially GFAB) personnel, but not necessarily the first football game of the season. Is 'SU in the habit of offering these 20 seats for $100 tickets? If not, then it would appear that these were offered so that 'SU's DIAA coming out party did not fall flat. Nothing wrong with that, it's good marketing of a bad product - that bad product being Valpo (not 'SU) football. It's much more important for 'SU to be able to say they sold out their first ever DIAA home game than for UND to say they sold out the first home game of the 2004 season. Hopefully everybody can understand and agree with that. Oh, and bisonguy? If 'SU is offering these special ticket prices as a one time deal solely to boost attendance their DIAA home opener, you better watch out because that glass house you're in is coming down around your ears, courtesy of that cinder block you just tossed through a bearing wall.

Pete (or anybody else out there that has a blind search receiver), There is a Sioux home football (no Pete, not soccer - american football) game on at 1 pm this Saturday. It's not scheduled to be on FSSN, but I'm thinking that it's worth checking to see if it will be on. If it is on FSSN, please post on this forum the 'actual' coordinates as determined by your blind search. If there is a coach's show this Thursday at 7 pm, the coordinates could be confirmed then as well. Anybody know whether a coach's show will be on this Thursday? Another question: The REA site mentions an 'allocated bandwidth' of 9.000 MHz. Is this somehow related to the symbol rate, meaning maybe a symbol rate of 9,000? Any help is greatly appreciated.

I think it's possible, in fact likely, that Danenhaur worded his statement so as to emphasize the fact that all other sports would be competing at the highest level of competition in the NCAA, knowing full well that what he said was not strictly correct. Nice gratuitous shot at RT by the way. Do you hate him because he turned around UND's long losing streak against 'SU? RT has been nothing but a class act to friend and foe alike during his tenure as UND's head football coach and AD. Save your snide remarks for those that deserve it.

Pete, Does this mean it can be picked up on horizontal (at 14300.75 MHz) or vertical polarity (at 12000.75 MHz)? What is the symbol rate? Is it 14000?

Interesting. I did not know this. I just assumed they were signed under the CBA in force at the time of signing, not at the time they were drafted. I suppose this may be a point of emphasis for the owners to get this changed.

Yes, it's called Teamline, and it's expensive (although I've never used it). Teamline

Not trying to flame here, just wondering what your rationale for this is?

Isn't Vanek threatening to go the WHL, and wouldn't this be the last year he could do that (because of his age)? If so, isn't Vanek's position stronger than BB's (because Buffalo stands to lose their rights to Vanek if he goes to the WHL), and won't it be considerably weaker this time next year if he returns to UMN? Not trying to be a smartass, just wondering if I'm missing something.

Yes, but perhaps now KG has worked the count full, while PL is in a hole 0 & 2.

'goo, Do you need multiple punctuation marks in order to show us that you really mean what you say? If so, does that imply that you often do not mean what you say? I can remember when UND was mired in a long winless streak against 'SU in football. Who led them out of that mess? It wasn't that Rocky Hager wannabe Pat Behrns. Who hired (and mentored) the only UND football coach to win a NC? Who was AD when the Al, the Ralph, and the Betty were all built? RT is a class act as demonstrated by the way he (and his teams) conducts (conducted) himself (themselves). Is everything he does perfect? No, and it would not be a reasonable expectation of him or anyone else. Do I wish that the hiring of a new hockey coach was conducted differently? Yes, but I also have cofidence in RT's judgement. Also, if DB gave DH his very enthusiastic endorsement and didn't mean it, it would be very un-DB-like to say the least. Go find a much more deserving target for your contempt.

Don't MN, Duluth and Denver all have holiday tournaments too? Unless you can get everyone in the league to give up their tournaments, there is little hope to play a balanced league schedule. So if they won't give up their tournaments in favor of a balanced league schedule, then the next best thing would seem to be to have the Sioux have their own holiday tournament. There is another way to play a balanced schedule: Reduce the league by one team. I vote MSU-M (last in, first out) or SCCC (then Saigo the soft headed bleeding heart won't have to put up with UND's sweaters giving the NCC its only non-blight).

I think UND absolutely has to go through the effort to find the best candidate to replace DB. This is not a slam on Hak, who may be the eventual winner, but the position is too imprtant to leave to convenience. Is a letter campaign to RT called for here?

...or someday he could coach the Sioux and market his alma mater...

PCM, I agee with you. I don't have any idea why he wouldn't want it, but I can't think of anything else that squares with what I know (which is admittedly very little) about the situation.

The job is Sandy's, if he wants it. He doesn't want it though. Sandy was on the short list of people DB informed of his decision immediately after making it. Sandy wasn't interested in the job, so DB endorsed Hak. Sandy ain't committing one way or the other because he wants to interview for it and get a nice raise from UMD. If UMD steps up, he'll stay. If they step in it and piss him off, he may go. The above is not in any way based on any inside knowledge (because I don't have any - inside or otherwise ), but is my read on the situation. DB's endorsement of Hak does make me a lot more comfortable with Hak as an option, but his head-coaching record still worries me. DB has a visceral hatred of losing. So does Sandy. I'm not sure that Hak does. I agree w/ jk that the job needs to be filled with the best choice for the long term benefit of UND, not what's best for the next 2 months. I don't know why Sandy wouldn't want the job, but it doesn't seem to add up otherwise. I put Sandy's chances of ending up as the next head coach of your University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux at no better than 10%, and that high only because we might get some help from UMD in order to have it happen. I'm pretty sure UMD's gonna lock Sandy up but tight.

Coach, Thanks for everything. You're the coach every father wishes his son could play for. I wish you nothing but success in all your future endeavors. Any chance that your successor was hand-picked by you?

How 'bout Dallas Stars head coach Dave Tippett? His wife (that is if they're still married) is from Bismarck. Want to hear a gut-buster? The rumor among the dirty yellow vermin apologist faithless is the Woog is a top candidate!

ScottM - just curious - what are you basing this on? I think most US players are coming from states with pretty strong public schools (not many are coming from Arkansas, Mississippi, or the inner-city schools of a large urban center).

Popularity is the hallmark of mediocrity. If I come off sounding like a snob, then I've succeeded . Regarding PCM's response (it's not really necessary to rip away is it? I mean, aren't we among friends? - excluding loafer lovers, of course): Baseball bench clearing brawls and basketball fights (if those open-handed purse-swinging affairs can truly be termed "fights") are also sure to lead off nightly sports highlights. Olympic sized rinks and the elimination of the two-line pass penalty are likely to result in more teams implementing the trap and one man forecheck. Why? Because they will be even more afraid of getting burned. I think reducing the size of goalie pads to that which is only necessary for their protection (which ain't much using today's superior materials) and something really radical, having only one face-off dot in each end, located exactly halfway between the two that exist today, would be much more effective in increasing scoring.

Wanting him and being willing to pay for him may be two completely different things. I don't know that the Oilers have much money to be throwing around, but we'll see. This article smacks of a ploy by the Oilers to lowball Matty by telling him, in effect, "You may not like the offer, but if you don't come now, we may not have a spot for you later". I hope our Mean Greene Machine is back with the Sioux next year, but if not, I wish him well and hope he can crack the big club's lineup without spending significant time in the minors.

So, tony, do YOU think that the NCAA needs some fundamental changes, or is everything just A-okay hunky-dorey in your stream yellow world the way it is now? Man have you got a piss-poor attitude (agree with me or you are a $%%^&& idiot). I see you do a lot of tearing apart of other's ideas without putting forth your own constructive proposals. Is that because you can't? Is it because you are nothing more than a UND-hating troll? Don't bother answering, we already know.

It can and it should be.

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