GeauxSioux

Didn't there used to be a Valley Dairy in 314 Cambridge. My sister used to have nicknames for all of the Valley Dairy locations... Carton Dairy, Mission Dairy.. She called this location Alley Dairy.

Why is this any of our business? Let him play football and get an education without questioning his motives.

What are UND's obligations moving forward in regards to the Summit and MVFC? Has UND signed papers obligating UND to those conferences legally? Has UND made payments? If the Summit blows up, can UND fall back to the Big Sky?

Hutchison's Kelley Ragan signs with University of North Dakota I love this part...

To maintain the basketball autobid, you will need to bring in another baseball playing school to replace Omaha. That is why on a recent post I advocated bringing in Northern Colorado. They could be travel partners with Denver. Although, I honestly don't know much about the relationship between UNC and Denver. Bringing in UNC also provides 6 schools paying football, which would allow for Summit football in the future.

I started a thread about that topic over on egriz... http://egriz.com/grizboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=76379

With an I-29 based conference, maybe they can go back to calling it the Mid Continent Conference. I never have cared for the name Summit League. It sounds like a women's over 60 Tuesday night bowling league.

if I were Douple, looking at the long term health of the conference, I would be exploring Summit football. If the rumors are true about Murray going to the MVC, is it possible that WIU would go to the OVC, as Murray's replacement? The conference has taken a shift westward, leaving WIU on an island of sorts. An island somewhat closer to the OVC footprint, Then you have the Indiana alphabet schools. Fort Wayne plays baseball. Could they be plucked by the Horizon? You need 6 for baseball and If WIU or Ft. Wayne leaves, you only have 5.

With Sioux Falls becoming more of a hockey town with the Stampede, expanding the "Fighting Hawk" brand into Yote/Bunny territory is a good thing. Put the regional in Sioux Falls a few times, more Hawk fans.

As I see it.... 1. UND is not part of the current MVC expansion conversation, nor should they be. 2. It would not be good for UND, if one or more of the other Dakota schools left the Summit, with UND just joining to cut travel expenses. 3. SDSU is the most attractive of the Dakota schools for potential membership, due to combination of geography, facilities and basketball history for both the men's and women's programs.

And Omaha.

And add the Montanas. They see the Big Sky as a sinking ship anyway, according to their forums.

As I said last week, if you add UNC, you then have 6 schools playing football. You could start Summit football.

I would think that SDSU would be a more attractive choice than NDSU. They have a better overall basketball history and have a good women's basketball program to boot. Also better geographically. I know that they have the Summit tournament in their backyard and that would play into any decisions, but I can't imagine that if the MVC asked, SDSU would say no.

Not to pile on here, but there is no interest in Women's Hockey at UND. This is a Box score from a playoff game. Attendance 210. That does not generate enough money to turn the lights on. My kid's church league soccer games gets better attendance than that. I can almost say it would be "okay" if they lost money and there was a following and interest. It just isn't there. Okay, yes, I am piling on.

The ladies had a nice sweep of SDSU (6-0, 4-3) this week to get back on the winning track. Congrats!

I had not heard of the dire budget problems in Nebraska before. “We could close the University of Nebraska [at] Kearney and still have to find $10 million,” said University of Nebraska President Hank Bounds.

I will preface this by saying that I never have been a fan of the Summit, but that is where UND is going unless something huge changes, so I am looking at the potential impacts for UND. Looking at the landscape when Wichita vacates the MVC, who takes their place and what other moves are made? Some have said Omaha is a potential choice for the MVC due to location and market. If Omaha leaves the Summit, the Summit is once again down to 5 schools playing baseball. Not good for BB auto-bid. So who does the Summit bring in for baseball for the 6th team? Northern Colorado? They could be Denver's travel partner. I know the MVFC fans won't like this next part. If UNC is brought in as the 6th school for baseball, they bring football, which will mean the Summit will have 6 for football. Summit football anyone?

MplsBison had these numbers on another forum. For UND (2015-16 reported data): Full-time undergrad enrollment: Male - 4902 (54%) Female - 4159 (46%)

Turn UND into a lean mean fighting machine...

Maybe the recruiting trip he is on is not for new players, but for a new job for himself.

Jai alai is more fun, since you can bet on it.

You need to be thinking not only Title IX, but also core sports. The only sports you mention cutting are women's sports. Not good for Title IX. If you want to stay in the Big Sky, you cannot cut women's golf. It is a core sport. Also, cutting just these two sports isn't likely going to cut $1.4M, which is the current hole in the department. As said before, one of the biggest drains to the department is women's hockey and should be the first to go. Women's hockey has been a varsity sport for only about 15 years. UND/Grand Forks was a hockey community before women's hockey and will continue to be without women's hockey. If additional cuts are needed, I would look at M/W Swimming. Yes, UND has the facilities, but as I mentioned in a previous post, UND had talked of replacing the pool facilities by 2015. We are already a year past that and I doubt that there is a change in sentiment regarding the adequacy of facilities. Cutting Whcky and M/W S/D would get UND down to 16 sports. To keep Title IX compliant, I would keep softball and soccer. Soccer is played by kids of all age groups all across America, and the world for that matter. In regards to softball, UND has 18 home games this year. Yes they do play more away games, through tournament and invitationals, but I would keep it and have a nice round 16 sports.