Rick

The only thing that would concern me is if they were given free cover. At Judy's, that could amount to quite a bit of cash and could be a possible NCAA violation. Also, has anyone heard if they had to stand in line with everyone else or were they escorted to the front of the line by the Videur?

I've heard that some Global Warming Activists have been picketing outside your office.

I was sitting behind Briggs and over his right shoulder. It's nothing to get excited about....At first I thought he was saluting me, since both he and I are ex U.S. Army guys. But it turns out he was just waving to me everytime UND scored.

Well, I guess as long as Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Minnesota care about our hockey team, that will be good enough. In addition too that, we were already on the Purdue and Indiana basketball schedule this year and I suspect we'll be able to get on the Fighting Illini schedule in the future. And of course, we've been playing those Big Ten schools in D1 regular season games and NCAA Frozen Fours for a lot of years, so it's not as big of a deal to us as it is for you guys. We've had Notre Dame, Boston College, Boston University, Harvard and a lot of other schools coming to play in Grand Forks for years. We even had Kansas come and play basketball in the REA a couple years ago. When are some of these teams going to play "any" game in Fargo? Montana State even dumped you guys even though you had a contract in place. Please name the major universities (any sport) that have played in Fargo. I'm really having a hard time coming up with any. UND has played more major universities in the last 5 years than the Ag College has as a transitioning D1 school. UND will also play more major universities and Big Ten Schools over 5 years than the Ag College will.

Hey, who needs Prp when we have Robbie Bina. Robbie should be well rested for tomorrow nights game.

I think it does mean all of them. The only one I'd put a question mark behind is the Conference. But maybe the heavy lifting will be completed on that also.....let's hope so. I think a lot of the heavy lifting on the Funding, Endowment, and Facilities has been going on for some time now. CK said he's going to stay on one year past Jan. '08 to help complete the $500MM fundraising effort. I originally thought that was going to be a real stretch to achieve that goal. But I have a feeling that he's well on his way. My guess is that, from January '08 to January '09, his time will be spent buttoning up the loose ends of the campaign. My prediction is that, in about 1 1/2 years, we'll be looking at what CK accomplished on his fundraising campaign and we'll all be amazed.

It's a little known fact that some seedless watermelons are actually derived from the murdnunoc melons.....although, not all murdnunoc melons are seedless. Murdnunoc melons were first developed at the Fargo Ag School in an attempt to bring a new cash crop to area farmers. The new seed never really took off though. Ag School Professors would attempt to remove the non-seeds from the seedless melons and then plant them in the rich Red River Valley soils. After years of failure and millions of taxpayer dollars wasted, the Ag School discontinued planting the seedless seeds.

That must have been a Bison.

Yes, I have a call into Glenn Mason's agent.....he seems to know how to set those packages up.

Virg has already applied for that position. You can apply for the sudo assistant job if you want. Things are moving along fairly fast here so I wouldn't delay on getting your application in.

I believe Glenn and Louie were over to Wisconsin last week so he must have been on a recruiting visit to Minnesota.

I'm also applying for this job. Since it doesn't exist yet, I'm also in process of writing my job description, compensation and incentives package. I figure I'll start interviewing potential assistant coaches in the next month or so. Blaiser will be welcome to apply.

When I started this post I mentioned that "Character" is what separates Jonathan Toews from star players of other programs. I think Craig Hartsburg says it best....... "I guess we kept throwing Jonathan out there," Canada coach Craig Hartsburg told Sportsnet. "He is an amazing kid and he is character. When you describe character, Jonathan Toews is a character player. He does everything for the team. He is a heart-and-soul kid." This kid is very special and UND fans are extremely fortunate that he wanted to come back to school this year when the Chicago Blackhawks were putting a lot of pressure on him to sign. It speaks volumes about JT and the Fighting Sioux program. I can't think of another player that would've done that, or another program that creates that type of loyalty from a student/athlete.

That's what I was referring to in the Jonathan Toews thread. If you look at the high draft choices over the last few years, you have three guys who were very high 1st rounders at UMTC but you wonder how they gained admission. The standards must not be very high. Then you have guys like Zach Parise and Jonathan Toews who were also 1st rounders and these guys are very articulate and extremely smart. Both programs are extremely successful with high-end talent, but UND is getting the cream of the crop on the ice, off the ice and in school.

Yes.... "CP Player of the Game - Jonathan Toews. Tirelessly fought through checks to create scoring chances around the Swedish net."

OK Scott, I think I've found the silver lining. I heard the last time UND was swept by Tech in Grand Forks was '87. If that's the case, maybe there's hope yet.

As UND moves towards DIAA in football, I've been thinking about issues we

Or this young lady...... http://www.speakers.ca/campbell_cassie.aspx watch the video.

I wouldn't be surprised if UND is looking at a new stadium, but I'd be shocked if your sources of the funds are correct.

I believe this is now two games in a row that LaPoint hasn't scored a goal. Hopefully he gets back on track soon....it has to be getting frustrating for him.

Yes, I think we should scratch Big Green (Dartmouth) off the list.... http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2006112102030

Matt Greene is going to be busy tonight.

If you go to mile marker 142 on I-94 West you can pick up nice buck. It had a good rack of horns. You don't even have to bring your rifle as it's laying (dead) on the side of the road waiting to be picked up. It's about 2 miles East of the Freeport exit. Last night wasn't a good night for deer (or cars) between Alex and Mpls. There were about 4 or 5 new ones along the road from the previous day. Goon, why spend all that time running around out in the woods when you could just drive down the freeway tonight and run into one? Get a nice buck and let your insurance agent buy you a new car at the same time. ;-)