GeauxSioux

I saw this link over on egriz and thought it may have implications into UND's future hopes for a conference. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C...92321%2C00.html The following teams did not average 15,000 per game last year. Utah State, New Mexico State and San Jose State from the WAC along with Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Buffalo, Rice, Akron, Temple, Ball State, Louisiana Monroe, Tulane and Bowling Green. If some of these teams did not recover and increase their attendance, what would happen to a conference like the MAC, which includes 6 of the teams listed? Where would these teams go? This along with the split in the Big East that I keep hearing about could have some big implications on conferences.

Did you read my whole post?

Funny in my morbid sense of humor. I think that you find it more sad because it is on your board. If it happens on SiouxSports, I get turned off. Perspective. Anyway, I hope that you are more the norm.

IowaBison, you have to admit there is quite a bit of hatred for the Sioux coming out of Bisonville. One of the reasons that I read Bisonville is that every thread seems to detriorate to a hate UND thread. The thread may start out about restaurants in Fargo and end up how much GF and UND suck. It gets quite comical. SOME EVEN LEAVE THE CAPS ON FOR EMPHASIS ON HOW MUCH THEY HATE UND. You are an anomoly. I do recall reading either on B'ville or AGS where the Bison fans were gleefully predicting a UNI drubbing of UND.

I like the slogan and the Fight on Sioux in the background brings me back to ND, and the player suiting up, but agree that the highlights could have been better. Show a couple of good hits. That would play into the "Force" part of the slogan.

Many of the state flags in the south include the remnants of the old confederate flag, such as Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. Does anyone think that Bowl games are going to get banned in Florida? Not a chance, $$$. If the NCAA continues with this course of action, any bets on when the Mississippi Rebels are going to get banned?

You didn't think that up all by yourself did you? Come on ... who helped you?

I have five sweatshirts, four t-shirts and a couple of polo shirts with either Sioux logos or name and although I don't get to wear it very often living in the South, I did get one of those leather jackets from the Sioux Shop. Saw it and had to have it. My office has one nice picture of the Ralph, a Sioux penant and mouse pad. I also have Sioux Illustrated scattered throughout, including the "reading room".

With all of the seniors graduating from last year's team, the Sioux will be young. http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/s...ta/15221934.htm

Can't help you on the logic on that one. I'm an innocent bystander who enjoys reading about the speculcation. Good luck on your Mid-Con visit.

I can't answer you on how Fullerton thinks, but there is a bit of a difference between Seattle and Denver. U of Washington is located in Seattle and to my knowledge is the only D-I school there. They totally dominate the media in coverage. I know this because I once lived there. The Denver media market is different. U of Colorado is less than 30 miles away. Colordado State is about 65 miles away. U of Denver is right there in the metro. They all take a piece of the pie. Denver does not have the dominant school in the market. Perhaps that leaves an opening in Seattle for another school to get some press, but from what I saw it all revolved around U Dub in Seattle.

I agree that Western Washington could be a good travel partner for UBC, but I don't see how that gives them the Seattle market. U of Washington has the Seattle market. I don't think a smaller school 90 miles away is going to encroach upon their hold on that market.

For those of us who are fortunate enough to GF very often, links this are nice for checking on what is going on in GF http://www.canadinns.com/photogallery/gall...p?gallery_id=20 Construction looks like it is moving along nicely.

I would say that many of the Sun Belt, MAC and WAC belong in I-AA or whatever it is to be called. They are the teams near the bottom of attendance in 2005. Some not averaging the magic 15,000. http://www.ncaa.org/stats/football/attenda..._attendance.pdf What really suprised me is that Duke averages less than 18,000.

McMurry University's appeal was also rejected this week. Legal action is being discussed. http://mooresportsreport.blogspot.com/2006/08/msr-alert.html

I think Kupchella would have a very tough time to say we are going to stay DII. I do believe that that there are a few Bison fans, not saying that you are one of them, that don't want UND to be Division I.

Do you mean Mark was wrong about this?

Interesting article on the history of nicknames. http://small-business-help69651.blogspot.c...-could-wax.html I never tire of hearing North Dakota noted as a hockey power or hockey powerhouse.

This gets more confusing by the day.

Do you have a link for the story?

How do the Ralph and the Betty figure into our budget figures? From what I understand there was a one-time large payment of $2M on the Betty in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005 which is the last year that figures are publically available. Doesn't the REA compex itself have a $10M dollar budget? THis isn't even calculcated into the budget from what I have read. And if $2M were a one time payment on the Betty and UND ended up in the black (according to the aff maligned OPE data) wouldn't that mean that there was a lot more black ink than what was thought or was there $2M in revenue allocated specifically for the Betty? Does anyone know what the athletic budget is for 2006-2007. I see that Nano compares NDSU's final "projected" budget at the end of transition to UND's budget from 2004-2005. As always, none of us have all the information for any of these comparisons.

That is why I moved from Seattle to Florida. Miserable and depressing. I see SDSU moving to the Mid-Con. I'm still questioning whether NDSU will go. Once again, call me stupid, but I still see the Big Sky calling NDSU in the next few months. Regardless, the conference situation for NDSU should be resolved by the end of this year.

We shall see.

Your posts sound as if you think that I'm bordering on lunacy. The end of my post was a throw away.