GeauxSioux

UND athletics: So far, so good

Pretty sharp. Nice work.

Ed board member breaks down UND nickname controversy I like Grant Shaft, although I still can't figure out how he got the MVW in the 1977 City Wrestling Championships, but is this really the Board's business? Should they meeting with conference officials?

Grant Shaft coming up shortly on KNOX. Streaming link on the site.

Welcome to America in the 21st century.

I wonder how much contact there was between the board, Kelley, Faison, coaches, REA, and the stakeholders in this sudden decision. For it to be an 8-0 vote, there must have been a lot of discussion (cover) for the board members to vote to end the use of the Sioux name. I listed to Grant Shaft on KNOX this week and he talked alot about the Summit. I wouldn't think that a SBoHE board member would have a great deal of contact with a conference official. That would fall more with Kelley and Faison.

Coaches adapt

Read pages 5, 6 and 12 for most of the information in regards to REA. Settlement Agreement

Ditto.

KNOX has just confirmed the same. Vote was 8-0. Process to begin in October and be completed by August 2010.

Summit League 'intervening issue'

I see that the meeting is being held in Dickinson. The most remote location, campus-wise, from UND. If you are going to announce earth-shattering news that would be the place to do it.

UND seeks UAV major

And the something doesn't sound good. Nuts.

Some nice tidbits from Wayne.... The UND men's basketball team will open its 2009-10 season at a three-day tournament at the University of Montana. The tournament tentatively is set to begin Nov. 13. The Sioux will play Montana, Boise State and Loyola Marymount in Missoula. The Sioux are still recruiting for the 2009-10 season. One more player may be added within the next few weeks. Northern Iowa recently offered Ames High School standout Doug McDermott a scholarship. The Ames junior is the son of Iowa State coach Greg McDermott, a former UND assistant.

Meet Fighting Sioux student-athletes and coaches at the "Ultimate Fan" Experience Nice bit of marketing to the folks out west.

2009 Potato Bowl USA game scheduled for Oct. 10

Maybe we can have ACORN in charge of providing the attendance numbers to the NCAA. :

I thought about the Alerus ballrooms when I hatched this idea, but didn't know what the capacities were. If this 15,000 could be met utilizing the ballrooms that would be even better and make things real interestng. The reason that I suggested the Ralph, is that you would have to average 15,000 and, like I said, I wasn't sure what the total capacities were for The Alerus, inclusive of suites and ballrooms. If the numbers were close to 15,000 it would be hard to average 15,000. Could you count the people in the Canad waterpark too?

You are in all likelihood correct that the NCAA would change the rules, but I thought the rule was there to prevent schools from going to the FBS level that shouldn't be there. If a school, such as UND, didn't have a large enough venue and used a dual venue system until such time as they had a permanent 15,000+ venue, why should the NCAA care? The 15,000 benchmark of support would be met, just not in a single venue. This is all an argument of exercise anyway.

Boortz!

Thanks for the definitions for attendance. I don't see anything that would preclude the use of dual venues for "attendance" to the game in the "paid attendance" portion. Especially with the following highlighted phrase While I admit it is highly unlikely that a school would implement such a plan, I tossed it out there for a "food for thought".

Going back to the origins of this thread. The Alerus seats approximately 12,300 people, which is fine for FCS football. I don't think that figure includes the suites, but we'll use the 12,300 number for now. To qualify for FBS football a school must... In the event that UND ever decided to to FBS, the Alerus is obviously not big enough in and of itself, but what constitutes attendance for a game? I'm sure at many FBS games people sit in luxury boxes watching the game on the TV monitor in the suite and may never even see the field, but they are counted as attendance. What if UND started selling out the Alerus for every home game and people were being turned away. What if the Ralph were used for overflow, selling seats at a reduced price, so people could watch the games on the big screen, sit in suites, sit in the club lounges, could they be counted as attendance? Think of it as an extended tailgating party. Bring in some half time entertainment. I know UND hasn't approached this point yet, but attendance was at around 85% of capacity last year (the first year of FCS) and the Sioux are locked into a 10 year Alerus lease. Does the NCAA have a definition of what constitutes actual attendance? Paid attendance? Combination of the attendance from the Al and the Ralph, hello Mountain West. Okay, now I will put on my tin foil hat.

McFeely resigns post from The Forum, plans to take new job Love him or hate him, he did stir the pot. Good luck, Mike.