GeauxSioux
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If you plan to tailgate at UND football games this year, you'll pay a fee. A pass reserved the Monday of game week will go for $7.50, and tailgaters will have to drop by the Alerus Center's administration office to get them. A tailgating pass bought on game day will cost $10. Season passes go for $30 for five games and up to three playoff games.
ALERUS CENTER: Yes, you will pay to tailgate
Rumors have swirled around town since news got out that Grand Forks' Alerus Center would start charging a parking fee for UND football games and other major events starting later this month.Center executive director Charlie Jeske said he and UND officials have received worried calls from tailgaters wondering if the tailgating area will be moved or even if there will be any tailgating allowed. Members of official Fighting Sioux fan clubs have wondered if they now have to pay.
One of the issues with pay parking for the center will be dealing with Canad Inns customers, who mainly use the lot east of the hotel and entertainment complex. Alerus Center officials said Canad will issue parking passes to hotel guests, while customers of the hotel's bar and restaurants will probably get their parking fees reimbursed.Some football fans, Jeske said, have discussed circumventing the parking fees by going to Canad Inn bar and restaurants before the game. But, he said, that's nothing the center can control.
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UND made its move just in the nick of time. The Sioux are in their exploratory year in their five-year transition to NCAA Division I.
The NCAA this week announced an immediate four-year moratorium on accepting new Division I members.
The moratorium was enacted by the NCAA's board of directors and was endorsed by the NCAA Executive Committee Membership Working Group, a panel that is studying the association's three-division structure and its growth.
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When I lived in GF my parents took the family to Fargo several times a year. When we moved to Fargo, we never went back to GF. I'll have to ask my parents for an explanation.
I lived in GF pretty much all the way through college and the only time we really went to Fargo when I was a kid was for the UND/NDSU basketball games and even then we stayed at the Holiday Inn in Moorhead. Other than that Fargo was on the way to Mpls. Nothing against Fargo, it just wasn't a real draw for us.
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Grand Forks border patrol to get drone next spring
Grand Forks) GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) The new federal Customs and Border Patrol air branch in Grand Forks will start using a drone to patrol the northern border next spring.Senator Kent Conrad says the first of four aircraft will arrive in Grand Forks around April 15th.
Conrad briefed border agents yesterday on a federal Homeland Security bill headed for a House-Senate conference committee.
A formal opening of the new northern border air wing at the Grand Forks airport is set for September 22nd. Conrad says it'll be an operational hub.
He says 85 agents will be added to help guard the 861 border miles in the Grand Forks district.
He says the southern border has some 12,000 agents, or about 12 times as many as the northern border.
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If it does prevent movement from FCS to FBS, then the talk of Montana and/or Sacramento St. moving up will die. It also mean that there will be more stability within the conferences which doesn't help UND.
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UND, like NDSU, has been a Division I school for years and just didn't realize it. I was skeptical when NDSU made the jump and if you go back in my past posts you can probably see a comment regarding that. Whether it was NSDU or the possibility of global warming that made UND move doesn't matter to me at this point. I'm just thankful that the move was made before the door closed.
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Wow, that was a close call.
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The first weekend in November is the weekend that I have chosen. Football, Men's and Women's hockey and soccer all are at home that week. What they used to refer to as Siouxper weekend. Can't wait.
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And the ad campaign has begun. Simple, but nice ad.
I see the sponsor of the ad is Canad Inns. Like I said in another thread the potential for game day at Alerus/Canad is huge.
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With UND going into the FCS, hopefully in the next couple of years they'll be playing some teams in the south. I'd love to take a little trip over to Louisiana to see a game.
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Football Gazette names three Sioux on preseason All-America teamUniversity of North Dakota senior wide receiver Weston Dressler, junior center Mitch Braegelmann and sophomore running back Ryan Chappell have each been named to the 2007 Don Hansen
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I'm sure that scheduling is going to get harder before it gets any better, with next year being the toughest.
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More aerial drones coming soon to U.S. borders
In September, CBP plans to inaugurate one of the flying machines at an operations center in Grand Forks, N.D., and in November, it plans to accept a second UAV as part of its southwestern fleet. -
Take a look at the "new" Memorial Stadium in picture 4.
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UND officials today outlined a series of planned events connected with the school's 125th anniversary in 2008.
Those plans begin with a massive group photo Aug. 20 in front of Carnegie Hall, referred to in the school's announcement as "the largest photo opportunity ever held on campus."
Officials plan to plot out several thousand students, faculty and staff into the shape of a large "UND" for the photo, said Bob Boyd, vice president for student and outreach services. Students will arrive on campus the weekend before the photo shoot, so campus officials hope to wrangle parents and alumni into the photo as well, said Alice Brekke, UND budget director and a 125th anniversary committee member.
The first 5,000 participants in the photo will be given green T-shirts with the new 125th anniversary logo, Boyd said.
UND's official 125 website...UND 125
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Women's schedule has been released...UND announces 2007-08 women's basketball schedule
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Talented UND offense to aid green QB
You can’t spell Danny Freund without UND.That’s the sentiment the University of North Dakota starting quarterback has adopted heading into his first season as a starter.
For Freund, success this year comes down the talented group that will surround him in the offensive huddle.
“The tools and abilities of the guys around me I think are going to help ease the transition in there,” Freund said Monday during the Sioux’s annual football media day. “It will help me, especially in the first couple games, as I’m getting acclimated to the college game.
“I’m just going to try to make the right decisions and be a leader.”
Has anyone had the opportunity to watch Freund?
Someone at the Forum didn't get the memo that you don't call it I-AA anymore, lest you be flogged by a certain group of people.The Sioux’s mixture of size up front and speed at all skill positions on offense will be a major factor in the team’s quest for an NCAA Division II playoff berth in its final season in the North Central Conference. Next season, UND will begin its five-year transition for reclassification into Division I-AA.
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UND FOOTBALL: Freund's wait is over
For the last three seasons, UND junior quarterback Danny Freund patiently stood on the sidelines and watched the offense rewrite the school's record book.Led by electrifying receiver Weston Dressler, UND's offense totaled 1,245 points in 40 games - a three-year scoring clip unmatched in recent Sioux football history.
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I haven't had time to watch this yet....Lennon addresses 2007 season at annual media day luncheon
University of North Dakota head football coach Dale Lennon officially introduced the 2007 season this afternoon at the team's annual football media day luncheon at the Alerus Center. UND began its first full week of pre-fall practice this morning at Memorial Stadium. -
Not that I'm thinking of a way out of the Great West, as I think it is great for the guys to have something to play for during the transition, but I wonder what the requirements are for the 5 year commitment. For instance, what constitutes a conference? If one or both of the California schools left or SUU became a member of the Big Sky, would we still be required to membership? With all that happened conference-wise in the past 5 years, there are bound to be more changes and moves being made.
From what I've read on other boards, U of San Diego doesn't appear likely to join the Great West and there don't appear to be a lot of Western Dvision II teams making the move to Division I, so 5 may be a maximum number for this conference.
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UND ATHLETICS: Going out with a bang?
I would have thought the swimming and diving teams would have at least been mentioned.Buning said he met with the UND athletic staff last week. He wants the Sioux athletic program to leave its mark in its final Division II season.“Let's not shy away from our goals,” Buning said. “I'd like to see us go out and win the North Central Conference Cup. We were runner-up last season and we won it the year before. I'd also like to see us win the national (all-sports) director's cup.
“Beating Grand Valley State for that (national all-sports cup) is a huge goal, but let's give it a run.
“And I'd like to see us win a national championship in a men's and women's sport.”
He wants all of UND's sports teams to go out on a high note.
“I want to get 100 percent winning records,” Buning said, referring to the school's last Division II season.
As UND approaches its final Division II season, here's a sampling of what's on the horizon for some of the Sioux athletic programs:
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Rather than start a new thread to announce a new hotel to be built along the 42nd Avenue corridor, I'll just hijack this one.
According to Grand Forks Life a Country Inn and Suites is to be built along 42nd.
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Here is a start JFR..
More Dakotans than Minnesotans on teamPerhaps the Vikings should consider a name change because they have as many players on their training camp roster from South Dakota and North Dakota - two each - as they do from Minnesota."Those South Dakota guys are pretty tight," quarterback Brooks Bollinger said. "Not as tight as us North Dakota guys."
So what gives?
It's not like NFL players grow on trees in the 46th and 47th most populous states. Do Bollinger (Grand Forks, N.D.), tight end Jim Kleinsasser (Carrington, N.D.) and linebackers Ben Leber (Vermillion) and Chad Greenway (Mount Vernon) share traits the Vikings covet?
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I saw this in the paper this morning and thought it pertinent as UND is looking for a new president.. Presidential paycheck
UWF is a 40 year old Division II school that is transitioning from a commuter school to room/board type school. Beautiful campus in the woods 10 miles north of downtown. My property backs up to UWF, so I do lot of hiking in "their" woods.