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I hope you are writing checks every year to help address the primary issue - lack of $!!!

Where is this $ suppose to come from?

In explaining what happened when the Betty was built, I didn't say anything about the 3,100 capacity being an issue today (hopefully, it is an issue again someday soon). But it was a big issue back then... Year Attendance Rank in DII 2001-2 2,987 4th 2002-3 3,857 2nd 2003-4 3,423 3rd 2004-5* 2,550 11th * First year playing in The Betty. You can see why Rich Glas (and many others) were blindsided by the lack of planning and communication that took place when The Betty was built! A friend and I funded the weightroom! I could tell you more stories but you get the drift!!

The Ralph was built with little planning and forethought. They wanted to make sure it was complete prior to The Ralph hosting the World Junior hockey tourney in 2004 and they didn't want to spend any more than necessary. In fact, it was Coach Glas' understanding that that the capacity of the arena would be 4,000. It wasn't until the construction was well underway that he learned that it would hold only 3,100. You are correct that meeting rooms and a weight room were not included in the original plans.

Lack of respect from team, team coaches and other coaches around the league. If a had a dollar for every time Jones looked an opposing player or coach in the eye when shaking hands after a game, I would have very few dollars in my pocket. Jones would have been fired by Ed Schafer (and then Kennedy) if there had not been such a budget challenge during their time at UND.

I am quite sure they do not attend BB games.

For those of you who didn’t see Gunhus play, he often wasn’t the most talented player on the floor but he was one of the hardest working and smartest players in the league. Plus, he was a great guy!

There have been a lot of comments about the NCAA being overly greedy and I fully agree. However, they aren't going to make much $ on the FCS FB playoffs. The NCAA picks up the following expenses of the visiting team (a total of 130 in the travel party with a maximum of 64 players. 145 & 70 for the semis and finals): Transportation costs for 130 people. Interestingly, the NCAA forces schools to use a specific travel agency - probably a good idea. Hotel costs for all in the traveling party. They do want one hotel with at least 60 double-double rooms along with adequate meeting rooms, etc. Per diem of $150 per person. If the travel requires air travel and a night or two in a hotel, this adds up to a ton of $. You can see why they want to match up teams in fairly close proximity when they can. Below are couple of paragraphs from the FCS Championship Manual. See my comments in bold. ****** 2. Prospective host institutions must submit the following minimum financial guarantees, which shall be 75% of the estimated net receipts as submitted on the proposed budget: First round – $30,000 Second round – $40,000 Quarterfinals – $50,000 Semifinals – $60,000 3. If the minimum financial guarantees are met, the committee will award the playoff sites to the higher-seeded teams. This reads odd to me. For example: a third-round game and Team X is a higher seed than their opponent. If Team X bids $50,000 and their opponent's bid is $62,000 with both schools meeting the criteria in No. 4 below, Team X would win the bid as they met the "minimum financial guarantee". That isn't how it works but that is how it reads to me! 4. When determining host institutions for playoff games when both teams are unseeded, criteria shall apply as follows: (1) quality of facility (2) revenue potential plus estimated net receipts (3) attendance history and potential (4) team’s performance (i.e., conference place finish, head-to-head results and number of Division I opponents) (5) student-athlete well-being (e.g., travel and missed class time) No's. 1-3 are certainly important, but I am surprised that the team's performance is the 4th most important criteria!

Let's help Jerry Kaminiski and Ben Buxa win outstanding FB seniors at their respective positions. Right now, Kaminiski is 3rd among six QBs and Buxa is 4th our seven OLs. You can (and should) vote often for our guys! https://t.co/hB505HyKgk

This may be true but your statement above regarding the bid amounts, etc. was not fact!

Not true!

I sure hope I am wrong but it may be a long season for the ladies. Without having anyone over 6' in the lineup, it will be tough to compete against the many physical teams in the Summit!

Just lost in 5 sets. If anyone was there, your thoughts?

My statement above was incorrect. Bubba was named head coach between Christmas and New Years of 2013. In January, 2014, prior to Bubba completing his staff, Schleusner made the deal to move to SDSU (announced in early February). So.... he left due to the coaching change and (probably) not knowing if he would be retained at UND. Either way, he did make considerably more at SDSU.

Don't think he got a raw deal other than we were unable to pay him what he received to move to SDSU!

Mathew's first "healthy" action as a Hawk - still getting his feet under him BUT 12 pts and 10 boards in 20 minutes - not too bad!!

Must have been a little lesson for Trent not playing in the first half.

Another offer to a PG from Ohio. She averaged just under 4 pts/game as a freshman for the Ohio Division I State Champions. The team finished 28-2 for the season. PG Sa'Mahn Johnson, 5'6", Reynoldsburg (Reynoldsburg), OH ***** @samahnj_ After a great conversation with @coach_bernhard & @coach_mo, I am extremely blessed to receive my first Division 1 offer from @UNDwbasketball

Tied two sets each. All four sets very close!

That has to be the plan plus our limited size is very inexperienced. The many guards are going to have to carry the load. I really think Mallory knows what she is doing but I am surprised that none of the three committed kids for next year are 6'!

They were hoping that Abdur-Razeeq would commit during his visit a few weeks ago. I have no idea who commited!

I think so. She is a 5'8" PG who averaged 20.2/game last year. She was her conference's MVP and Metro Player of the Year as a junior. Garfield Heights is a suburb of Cleveland so I suppose that was the metro area.

Upper levels within UND and the Foundation will be reading these comments about the CC later today. If anyone has other specific examples, please post them. Obviously, they won't know who wrote them. Some day I will post a couple of my personal examples - amazing!!

How was the crowd?

This will prove that I am an old fart but I remember when the Big Green Club annually raised twice as much as the Team Makers!