Bison Dan

Actually not true - back in 2003 we could have played the Griz 10 times and won maybe 2 times. Anything can happen in a one game deal. The Griz made the playoffs that year but lost in the first round at home. (and the Griz don't lose at home often) You can speculate all you want about how UND would do in DI-AA but that's all you can do. It seems like most UND fans use the NDSU game with the Griz as a measuring stick - well it's a short stick. Fact is DI-AA has better skill players and more speed than dii. Can a quality dii team beat a top 20 DI-AA team - sure in a one game series but game in and game out they will lose more than win.

Why?

If the ncc is looking at DI now why didn't they go a few years ago when NDSU and SDSU asked them to? What has changed?

Lets face it - 90% of siouxsport.com is hockey.

What will be more interesting will be if UND jumps to DI while running a deficit in dii.

I have no doubt that for the first couple of years we'll have some shortfall. Team Makers has already doubled their support to 1.4 million this year with 1.32 already in the bank. The support and money will be there. I think the money would be there for UND too, but womens hockey does put a large hole in the budget.

The Bison have had better over all sports programs than the sue for years. You pick fb which you have had good success in the last few years as making your point? When you move up, you move up in ALL sports, and the sue are surely lacking in some of their other sports (even for dii).

Bailed out of dii because it's going down hill, just like UND will do eventually.

Jealousy is a funny thing, it makes people say stupid things.

Oh have you been by the Tech park lately. The foundation is in and steel is going up. You need to take the blinders off sometime sicatoka!

Drove by the other day and didn't see any work being done. They have been breaking for over a year now - what's up? Are they going to do it and just talk?

I think that this year there will be a 3.00 charge for parking.

Not a obsession just a fact. Actually Bison FB is the biggest whether dii or DI-AA.

It will be interesting to see what your responses will be when UND jumps to full DI without a conference!!

That could have been for anything - coaches teaching, etc. - just because you can't find any line item for it in UND's budget doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I don't think UND would let NDSU get by with getting those funds and not get their fair share. How long will the womens hockey team get the waivers?

The move to start the womens hockey team is already costing the state money because of the tuition waivers used.

What did UND pay for crookston? Same quality team.