FargoBison

Didn't know Babich recruited Ramon Humber, Craig Dahl, Nick Schommer, Tyler Roehl, Kole Heckendorf, Joe Lardinois and Jeremiah Wurzbacher. Bohl had a ton to do with those teams, the guy can coach. His struggles were mainly because he recruited poorly in a few areas, QB especially and also the team had some major complacency and leadership issues. To his credit he fixed all of that. The man may have some flaws but he is a hell of a coach.

What is the point of having women's hockey anywhere? UMD spent $1.54 million on the sport and it had revenues of $140k, a $1.4 million hit. How can any school, especially one that size be ok with that? Obviously based on recent articles I've seen they aren't. Minnesota lost $1.8 million and Wisconsin $1.2 million, at least they have massive budgets but still with FCOA they will take even bigger hits. Spending over a $1 million on a sport that doesn't even have its title game on TV is absolutely insane to me. You could cut the sport and fund FCOA across the board.

I would guess they would look into it when the SHAC is done. It would be the only thing left that needs attention from a facility standpoint.

Not necessarily, especially if they think it would be more beneficial to use in recruiting. NDSU has had a few classes suffer heavy attrition. Equestrian is going to be discontinued by the NCAA, the school did look at it initially from what I can remember but it is no longer even an option.

One would think if that was an issue it would have come in the last Title IX lawsuit or the NCAA DI certification process or at some point in the last 30-40 years. NDSU must not be that worried about if, it they were they could clearly add a women's tennis program with relative ease. The softball team wanted the bubble, it was their #1 request. I think the game day facility will be addressed once the SHAC is done.

NDSU football wasn't fully funded because players left the team for various reasons. There are men's sports that are getting short changed scholarships but they aren't football or basketball or wrestling(which has its own endowment). NDSU best Title IX defense would be to open its books and show every women's sports is basically funded at the top of its conference and has facilities on par with the men's teams.

I don't think it is a coincidence that suddenly a large chunk of seats required a team maker donation this year.

Denver would need to add baseball, IUPUI would need to add baseball and SDSU would need to add men's soccer. USD would probably have to drop football or leave DI if that happened. I don't see that getting much traction.

I think that was the Idaho State coach. What he said was well very odd... http://www.idahostatejournal.com/members/isu-football-kramer-says-paying-full-cost-of-attendance-not/article_8def3a12-e31c-11e4-a6da-33ea61a3065a.html

The athletically related student aid is 60/40. Coaches salaries, travel and recruiting budgets are very competitive. The NCAA approved NDSU's compliance when the school went DI.

And now they are going to come into the Summit and force that on NDSU. Do they want to fund a baseball program? I don't think so, they will gladly stay out of that grand plan. COA will be a reality in the Summit, ORU and Denver don't fund their mbb programs the way they do to skimp on something that important. ORU also might want COA for baseball. Omaha needs COA in the Summit to balance hockey. I don't think the atmosphere is exactly ripe to try to kill COA.

Yeah, the Summit isn't going to start mandating its members to play all the sports the conference offers, nobody in the conference would want that.

I don't think you'll see either happen for a very long time if ever. NDSU would move to a proportional prong, it would be cheaper than sinking money into women's hockey. That sport is an absolute millstone. But I don't think it matters. NDSU doesn't have a suitable hockey arena or a men's team, I don't see any title IX women's hockey lawsuits in the making.

This is why I laugh at everyone that says NDSU could start a men's hockey program and not sponsor women's hockey. with the Title IX prong we use there would be no getting around it. One of the reasons why hockey at NDSU isn't ever going to happen.

NDSU is in compliance, in fact the prong NDSU has chosen is what makes our women's programs so strong.

Would also be grounds for a lawsuit, a lawsuit the Big Sky would lose.

Doesn't UND use the proportion prong of Title IX? I think you could figure out a way around it if you wanted but it may require as you say cutting a men's sport.

Women's hockey sucks everywhere, the amount of money your school wastes on it astounds me. Men's hockey I get, cash cow and can bring some great exposure. You should stick that money into WBB or VB if you want a better return on it.

Honestly if NDSU wanted to they could charge much more for the UND game and the other games. That is just where demand is at right now, I think what they are doing is sustainable as long as they are investing back into the program(like cost of attendance for example)

All things that will help push cost of attendance forward at NDSU, not my fault Faison cut us a sweetheart deal. Did you not think we would take full advantage of it? If NDSU is going to play this game, that was always the plan. It was the main reason to do it. Team makers will smash records next year.

Our women's basketball team thanks you for helping to pay for their cost of attendance stipends. Thanks Faison and Bubba, I will invite them over to toast over the crow I eat with some good whiskey. It is the least I can do.

I thought the post was about Wheeler. Not sure what the rules say about that situation but if he never attended I think he could play, he wouldn't really be a transfer.

Not sure that is possible anymore, Jeff Goodman was talking about today that all transfers that don't use the grad school waiver will have to sit under the NCAA's new transfer rules.

Uh oh...it happening! Bison Big 12 bound.... http://www.inforum.com/sports/bison/3714423-ndsu-heading-big-12-which-sport

The Vikings did send a scout to look at him for his pro day, that is about as much as I know in regards to their interest. I expect AP to be traded before the draft.