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I wonder if they'll have the webcasting service up before the end of the basketball season. I'd assume it will be home games only that are webcast, and there are only 3 regular season home games left. Probably get a few more NCC tourney games for the women. Too bad this service couldn't have been up earlier in the school year. Looking forward to it though.

More at McFeeley's blog.

We should also not forget that this article in the Herald said that the contract for the 2006 football game against UNI contained an option for two more games with the Panthers should UND move to DI.

Excellent points, good sir! To many, the unparalleled success of hockey at UND is a tough expectation to live up to for several of the other sports at the University, and probably rightfully so what with all of that ESPN, CSTV, and Fox Sports coverage that the University of North Dakota is forced to endure year after year. Yes indeed, partly due to hockey, the bar is high at UND. Currently, UND has some of the most dominant programs in its class in football, women's basketball, and swimming & diving. As far as undermining support and funding for other sports, thanks mostly to UND hockey, let's not forget that UND basketball and volleyball will enter the DI ranks with some of the finest facillities that any NCAA member can offer. Not to mention that little thing called "tradition"........how many NBA draft picks or hall-of-famers have gone through the state of North Dakota to get there? How many of those went through a school other than UND to get there? More recently, we have administrators from some of the most prominent and largest schools in the country (UMTC, UW) with long-standing policies against competing against such a school as UND lobbying their superiors for the opportunity to compete against UND in sports other than hockey. Yep, DI hockey certainly appears to be a severe detriment to UND!

I see your point!............................................

What did you say that was true?

Ugghhh! Gothmog, get a clue. You are making yourself and alot of other Bison fans look like bufoons for no reason. Know your role.

Anybody hear anything on the extent of Josh Doyle's apparent knee injury last night? Swyg said he looked like he was in alot of pain and didn't put any weight on it when he was helped off the court. I missed it if anything was said during the post-game show, and there wasn't much elaboration in the paper this morning.

Somebody seems very worried that NDSU may not be the only North Dakota school on Big 10 schedules in the coming years!

Read the first sentence in the quote.

It would appear that UND's hockey ties with Wisconsin could pay dividends in the near future. Official: Badgers could play UND

Despite their policy of not playing schools with American Indian nicknames, the U of Wisconsin says they would play UND in the future because thay are traditional rivals. A mixed bag for Sioux Minnesota and Iowa still say no.

This latest reincarnation of this argument is as pointless as the thousands of others that have come before it, of which I have participated in many, although lately I try to refrain. But I can't help jumping in after this comment: That is not entirely correct BobIwabuchiFan. Actually, if one wanted to go to the UM/Iowa game, they were forced to purchase a ticket to the NDSU game.

How much more are you willing to negotiate?

The exploratory year will we the 2007-08 school year. UND will still compete for DII and NCC championships during the exploratory year.

Hockey will still be eligible for the playoffs.

Looking for two tickets for the Saturday game against Duluth, February 17. Offering $30/ticket for seats in the lower bowl. pm or email: jci@invisimax.com

Conference affiliation is paramount when it comes to basketball attendance. UND averaged just 1800 for the non-conference portion of their schedule and are averaging 2,542 over their 3 confernce games so far. NDSU basketball attendance will like rise next year when they play a Mid-Con schedule and are in the race for a regular season conference title and as fans become more familiar with those schools, attendance will gradually increase over the coming years. The same will also be true of UND. Look for a very crummy schedule the first few years of the transition and a drop in attendance. It will go up again when we get into the Big Sky.

Boo to Diggler........

Colts beat Patriots. GO BEARS!!!!!!!!

Ugghh.......Ed is an invertebrate. He has no spine. On a related note, since Clear Channel owns the rights to UND athletics, what does the sale of their Fargo stations to Ingstad, particularly KFGO and KVOX, mean for the Sioux broadcasts on those stations in the future? I believe the deal signed last summer was for two years. Will they still be on KFGO? Or will they be out of the Fargo market. Regardless, it will make it very interesting the next time the broadcast rights come up for bid in 2008.

Bears vs. Saints starts at 2:00 Colts vs. Patriots (apparently a.k.a. "The Evil Empire" here on siouxsports.com) 5:30 GO PATRIOTS!!!!!!!!

Die hard New England fan since 1986!!

Tickets are sold

I have two lower bowl tickets for sale for the game on Saturday, February 10 vs Minnesota St. Section: 110 Row: J Seats: 6-7 $50 for the pair. pm or email jci@invisimax.com