82SiouxGuy

You keep repeating that the Big 5 aren't going anywhere. That they wouldn't do anything to hurt college football. Now even the MVFC commissioner has publicly recognized that there is going to be a major change in the sport. The Big 5 are going to do something that will benefit them and may do something that isn't in the best interest of the rest of the schools. You can't seem to recognize that some, and maybe all, of the rules that govern college football administration are possible to change. NO ONE knows exactly how it will turn out. Just because the lower level BCS and the FCS divisions of 2013 are 22 scholarships apart doesn't mean that this will remain. If they create a new combined level, they may set the scholarship level somewhere in the middle. Or they might give FCS schools the option to move up. Or they might convince the lower BCS schools to cut scholarships. After all, most of them lose money right now and will have less money to work with without the big conferences. It may be a relief to the lower level BCS schools. Don't forget, school presidents are the primary contact with the NCAA and the ones that make the rules. They might be tired of losing money. At this point, EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE if the Big 5 decide to force a change. And most reports out of college football suggest that they are going to force some kind of change.

I don't think that math is his strong suit. Some advice for Dan from a very wise man. "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." Abraham Lincoln

They had mentioned this in the Grand Forks Herald several years ago, but I didn't pay attention to it until seeing the Ken Burns documentary a couple of years ago. The connections are very interesting. Judge Davies, originally from Grand Forks, issues the order. Louis Armstrong is in Grand Forks when he speaks out. He almost goes out of his way to do so, which is totally out of character for him. Armstrong is performing at Central High School in Grand Forks, the school in Little Rock is also Central High School. And it happened, at least in part, because a UND student took the initiative to get a real story rather than write the fluff piece that his editor asked him to write.

Ralph wanted to give back to the University and the hockey program at that university. He didn't build the building for an AHL team. Grand Forks isn't big enough to support both. It isn't going to happen.

Buttfootball, surely the big schools will be altruistic and do what is in the best interest of college football rather than do something that will give them more profit. They would never do something that could hurt "important" schools like NDSU.

Makes sense for Grant. His grandfather still spends a lot of time in the Duluth-Superior area.

It isn't that the Norwegians weren't going to notice. They are just too polite to point out your mistake.

Even the MVFC Commissioner realizes that something major is probably going to happen that will change college football. http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/407524/publisher_ID/1/. Wow, those comments sound very similar to what has been said on this site for months. If even the MVFC commissioner has publicly admitted it, when are you going to see the light? There are no guarantees that the big conferences will separate, but they are going to force something major to change. My guess is that Delaney is being careful with his comments to protect the Big 10. But they have made their position very clear when they decided to stop scheduling games against the FCS. And the Big 10 has been a leader in maximizing revenue. So they will put more emphasis on bringing in more cash than "doing what is best for college football".

There is a good chance that injuries of some kind will affect how the depth chart will play out. Having great depth at the position will help keep the production level high as long as the QBs can keep up.

Selling out a year or 2 in the Betty may be a way to create interest. Tickets being scarce can sometimes drive even more demand. So maybe they are trying to create even bigger crowds in the future by limiting the number of tickets sold this year. Or maybe the coaches just wanted to maintain the home court advantage of playing in the Betty, especially if they want to try and build the team for a shot at the conference title.

There are reports that Emmert plans to hold a summit meeting in January to discuss potentially changing the structure of Division I.

Commissioners work for the schools, the schools don't report to the commissioner. Commissioners can suggest but they can't tell the schools to do anything that the membership hasn't already planned or approved.

There is a limit to the number of actual games that you can play. This is an opportunity to get that exposure and recruiting over and above the game limit. You do get 2 additional games added to your limit if you play in Alaska. But since neither Alaska team is in the new league, that will happen less than it did before. And it wouldn't happen if you played those Alaska schools in a Canadian venue. UND always has a couple of exhibition games, often having 1 in the middle of the season. How is this that much different?

I don't know anyone not paying it, and UND has a waiting list for hockey season tickets. I consider it part of the ticket buying cost.

You are correct. Midco is actively trying to get the sports channel on the satellite providers. It isn't Midco's decision to make. People should send messages and requests to the satellite providers rather than Midco. Actual customers sending those requests will get more response than non-customers.

The minimum donation to the Champions Club is $120 to buy a pair of tickets, which ads $60 per seat. So UND season tickets actually start at $450 per seat and goes up, that is still more than $374 for a full package at Denver. The required donation at UND goes up, depending on the section. Seats behind the benches come to more than $750 per seat or more, including the required donation. That would be more than $582. Again, UND tickets are more expensive than Denver. Where did you come up with your statement that UND tickets were cheaper than UND?

Actually, your complaints should be with the Alerus Center, not Alerus Financial. Alerus Financial pays a fee to have their name on the building, but Alerus Financial does not control what happens in the building. The city of Grand Forks, the Alerus Commission and the Alerus Center staff control what happens in the building. The name on the turf is Alerus Center, not Alerus Financial. The Alerus Center negotiated the deal with UND. Alerus Financial neither has, nor had, anything to do with any decisions about putting new turf in the building. If you are going to whine and complain about something it would probably help to know who is actually making the decisions. You would be better off complaining to City Hall rather than Alerus Financial, although I'm pretty sure that you would be wasting your time complaining to anyone since the contracts are all signed.

Wanting it is one thing. Complaining about it over and over again is another. Especially when you are complaining about people and organizations doing what is in their legal rights to do because the rights were negotiated by the parties with fiduciary interests. But, I guess the names and signage on the walls, hanging from the rafters, in the end zones and probably several other places just isn't enough.

Regular price for UND hockey season tickets is $390 plus a donation to the Champions Club. $390 is almost twice as much as $198. Not sure why you think that Denver's tickets are more expensive than UND's.

I agree, UND might sell the naming rights. My point is that if UND wanted to control the logos on the field, either they would need to own the stadium or they would have to make it financially worth while for the owner of the building.

All of this was negotiated and paid for. If UND didn't want the Altru logos, they shouldn't have accepted the check for $1,000,000 that Altru gave as a payment for advertising on the turf. If UND didn't want to have the Alerus Center logos on the turf, I'm sure that the Alerus would have accepted a bigger check from UND to pay more for the turf. This is all about business and dollars. Why should the Alerus Center voluntarily give up something that they legitimately and legally are entitled to have? Just because a few people don't like to see it? Do your neighbors have the right to tell you what color to paint your house? Of course not. If this issue was really that important to anyone other than the few on this board, I'm sure that the University would have made an effort to change things, but they didn't. Next people will start complaining about the shade of green for the new uniforms again. The turf that has been installed is the top of the line, the Cadillac of turf. The other turf would have been average quality. It is used on football fields all over the country. It is the Chevrolet of turf. Installing that turf would not have increased the Alerus Center's potential liability, that is a strawman argument. Do you think that the average quality turf would have been more dangerous than a frozen field that the 15 year old plays and practices on every day? Of course not. Do you think that the top of the line turf will eliminate all concussions? Of course not. Just because the interlocking ND has been used for UND football in the past doesn't mean that it will continue being used forever. UND hasn't changed it's nickname since 1930, no one knows what the new name or nickname will be. And no one knows how individual teams like the football program will react to a change in nickname and logo. So don't assume that the football team will always use the interlocking ND. It really must be the off-season if this actually bothers people.

The Alerus Center name is going to be on the turf because UND doesn't own the building. Get over it or pay for a new stadium. And they would have new turf whether UND helped pay for it or not, they just wouldn't have the same quality new turf. The Alerus Center had enough money to pay for new turf, they just weren't willing to pay for the same grade of new turf as UND wanted. The building is owned by the city of Grand Forks and is used for plenty of others. They have every right (including a legal right in the contract) to put their name on the field, why would they do something different. I would be willing to bet that at least part of the reason that the interlocking ND isn't on the turf is because UND will have a new nickname and logo within a couple of years. No one knows whether anything will change for the football program as far as which logo they may use. But why would they put the ND logo on the field when there is at least a decent chance that they may have to change it again in a couple of years. The really funny thing is that only a very select few could even tell you what is on the field, much less care about it, yet a few people on here get so upset about what is painted on a football field that will be seen 5-8 times per year. '

Kansas is a big wheat state. Wheat used to be put in shocks or bundles before the invention of the combine. The shocks were then put into a threshing machine. People that bundled or shocked the wheat were shockers. I'm pretty sure that's where the name came from.

Herd, are you having a little trouble with the copy and paste feature? Sic even typed it twice for you.

It means that he will be paid the full NHL salary even if he's sent down, which means it is less likely that he gets sent down. A two way deal sets a certain salary at the NHL level and a much lower salary if he is playing in the minors.