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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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Actually, a strong case could be made for religion. And the line of politics and religion is pretty gray, at that.
The Middle East is a prime example of the intertwining of religion and politics.
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Umm, back in my day they (not me I was special
) waiting outside all night to get good seats AFTER waiting in line earlier in the week to get tickets to get in the building. So who says she didn't put her time in.You missed out on the waiting all night thing. We would leave The Spud go to the Winter Sports Building and wait in line until they opened the ticket office the next morning. At that time Wisconsin (early '80's) Wisconsin was "the ticket" to get. We had a lot of fun during those icy nights.
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Despite the consensus so far being against, I can explain why I've forbidden it in the past.
Everyone here is a Sioux fan and for the most part we manage to get along talking about our team. Disagreements may form over whether to canonize or fire Hakstol, but it rarely leads to true personal conflict between people.
If people used this community to debate politics, I think it would be much more likely that someone would develop a real personal dislike for someone else, based on political arguments. My fear is that such conflict would make it tougher for them to have a civil conversation about Sioux hockey, and that the political debates and conflicts would seep into and harm the community in its discussions about the intended topic, your UND Fighting Sioux.
I love politics and political discussions, but I don't want them here. There are plenty of places to engage in such conversations. I agree that some will be viewed in a different light when their political views are laid out on a message board. I have already witnessed some of that on the bridge collapse thread and the "what annoys you" thread. Let's keep this a forum for the discussion of UND and Grand Forks.
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Two seperate issues - most Sioux fans trashed the GWFC when it started and that's a fact.
Actually reading this thread, there were a few fans who bashed it, some congratulated NDSU for setting up so quickly and others wondered what happed with the other sports. It wasn't the bashfest you're making it out to be.
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What are Central and Western Washington going to do? I've heard what all of the other NCC teams are doing except those two. Are they possibly looking at moving up?
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Are there any other prospective members on the horizon?
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If the Alerus is trying to increase revenue, not allowing tailgating before a football game is the wrong tack to take. I'm hoping that this is just a bad rumor, not based in fact.
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I am hoping UND and USD go first and second in DII this year. I am looking forward to my first visit to the Alerus Center. How is the tailgating at UND?
I've only been tailgating once and had a great time. I'm heading back up for a game in November this year. There is a thread regarding game day atmosphere at the Alerus/Canad complex, as the Canad just opened.
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UND's press release...
UND to join Great West Football Conference in 2008 season
Sounds like this will be home for a while.By officially joining the conference now, UND and USD will participate in all conference meetings during the 2007-08 academic year and be eligible to vote on any issues that become effective with the 2008-09 academic year. Both UND and USD will be members of the Great West Football Conference for a minimum period of five years. -
Upon further review, I should have started a new thread for this topic instead of tacking it on to the DI Conference Speculation thread.
Upon further review, I should have started a new thread for this topic instead of tacking it on to the DI Conference Speculation thread. -
State board gets update on NCAA suit, releases no details
North Dakota State Board of Higher Education members met in closed session for more than 90 minutes this morning to receive an update on UND's lawsuit against the NCAAover the Fighting Sioux nickname.Board President John Paulsen and Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem declined to comment on what was discussed in the closed-door session.
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Sioux to take a close look at incoming freshman players
Lennon said there are a handful of freshmen who could see the field."We're going to be very open about it," Lennon said. "We'll take a hard look at this freshman class. If they're ready to contribute, we'll consider lifting the redshirt.
"A good number of them may have the talent to contribute early."
Lennon didn't identify the players who may see the field right away.
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Recent defenseman recruits at UND include Jake Marto, Derrick LaPoint and Joe Gleason - three highly dynamic offensive talents.
The latest verbal commitment is a throwback.
Eastview High School defenseman Corey Fienhage (pronounced finn-ah-gee), who will come to UND in 2008 or 2009, is a 6-foot-4, 210-pound physical presence who makes his mark by clearing out opponents in front of the net.
Now that's a big kid.
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Just got an email from my SIL saying that all of my family has been accounted for. Pray for the families of the victims of this tragic event.
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I don't know if these rank as unusual, but I ran into one at NAS Pensacola last fall and one at the New Orleans airport last month. UND shirts/jerseys are everywhere!!
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The "global cooling" fanatics of the late 1960s and early 1970s. We were headed for an ice age then.
(Some folks actually had plans on how to warm the Earth back up! Just ask PCM.)
Roll forward 30 years ....
The "global warming" fanatics of today.
As they review the bizarre and unpredictable weather pattern of the past several years, a growing number of scientists are beginning to suspect that many seemingly contradictory meteorological fluctuations are actually part of a global climatic upheaval. However widely the weather varies from place to place and time to time, when meteorologists take an average of temperatures around the globe they find that the atmosphere has been growing gradually cooler for the past three decades. The trend shows no indication of reversing. Climatological Cassandras are becoming increasingly apprehensive, for the weather aberrations they are studying may be the harbinger of another ice age.Telltale signs are everywhere —from the unexpected persistence and thickness of pack ice in the waters around Iceland to the southward migration of a warmth-loving creature like the armadillo from the Midwest.Since the 1940s the mean global temperature has dropped about 2.7
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Talented UND offense to aid green QB
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.