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Also, another IAA Southland team Sam Houston St barely beat DII also-ran Angelo State, 17-13. To be fair, the Southland Conference did have some good victories: Nicholls St 16, Rice 14 Texas St 38, Cal Poly 35 McNeese St 35 Portland St 12

Auburn's defense was a big reason for K State's offensive problems. Considering K State's offense has fewer weapons than Auburn, K State shined defensively. Although ESPN had their facts wrong, the original reporters did, in fact, have it correct. Here's a blurb on Tibesar and the Fighting Sioux from the Montgomery Advertiser's College Football Notebook:

Hammersmith, never thought you too would go all whiney on this board. It's really rather amazing that Bison fans come on a Sioux board, breach all message board etiquette by slamming UND, yet demand equal say in all that is posted so the "Bison" point of view can be expressed. Yet on their board, it is 24 x 7 non-stop slanderama against UND, yet that somehow is fair and equitable. It says a lot for the maturity and the character of moderators here that opposing views are presented here, because there sure can't be expressed by a Sioux fan on "that" board. The point was that NDSU's $5 children's tickets compares to $12 tickets at the Alerus. FYI, the Forum had editorialized against UND football ticket prices in the past, now we get slammed for a sale that few fans were even aware of. Couldn't resist slamming us again.

The cheapest UND ticket prices are $10 (Tuesday only), but add $4 ticketmaster charges to each ticket = $14. Paying as low as $5 without any sale will allow entry into an NDSU football game, and $14 will get you a decent seat at the FargoDome.. Yet, NDSU fans are complaining about UND "giving" away tickets. Unbelievable.

If anyone knows of any relief fund to help residents of Northwood, please post it here. Being out of state, it would one of the few ways I could help. Edit: Here's one Salvation Army (write Northwood Tornado in memo field) 1600 University Ave. Grand Forks, ND 58203

Jones seems to be viewing Iowa and Illinois as his prime recruiting grounds, based in part on recent signing activity and this: CCHS's Garriott commits to SIU-E

My point is that Kupchella's true legacy hasn't been written yet. I don't expect the enrollment figures to increase at all over the next six months, but I do have expectations (maybe I am too optimistic) that some announcements are forthcoming before Kupchella retires that will change perceptions.

Give it six months, and then see if you are still complaining.

Whenever the Old REA gets demolished, North 25th Street will supposedly be extended south. Property east of 25th becomes part of EERC, while west of 25 will be athletic department property.

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Looks like Weisenstein will be staying at UND: FGCU Board of Trustees Names Bradshaw Third President

They'll practice on the grass field south of Memorial for SUU, as Eccles field at SUU is grass based on the photos: Sprinturf helps reduce injury potential relative to other surfaces, so just based on that, it's probably a very good move.

There's probably more talk about UND on Bisonville than there is here, as they seem to study Lennon's every breath. The large margin of victory brings out deep insecurities in many bison fans (with many exceptions of course, like westsidebison): why else did so many of them trash UNI last year but never admit UND was a good team? Somehow, SDSU, Youngstown St, and Illinois State, which all lost to UNI, were all good teams in their narrow minded IAA vision, yet UNI sucked.

FGCU will be chosing their new president today from three finalists, including UND's Weisenstein and a former president of Ohio State (who is probably the favorite). Weisenstein has made it know previously that he is interested in UND's presidency. Greg Weisenstein a finalist at FGCU Weisenstein from UND

Anyone know if sprinturf at Memorial one of the carrots that kept Lennon from moving to MSU? It would make sense for the soccer team to play there, considering that their field is earmarked for a future Med School expansion.

Anyone know the extent of the injuries to Robbie Meek and Donovan Alexander?

Weisenstein notices similarities between FGCU, U. of N. Dakota

Lumberjacks thumped by UND in opener Attendance was rather good: 10178. More night games? From an earlier link, the Lumberjacks are going to have a long time to think about this game:

North Dakota impressive in 59-0 win over Humboldt St.

Oregon Live: Forget McArthur Court. Is Knight Pavilion next?

IMHO, a definition of what is "big-time" is more relative to the level of play, rather than the amount of attention (which can often coincide) or the number of people watching. For example, when Chad Mustard made his sideline reception, or when Jim Kleinsasser outran the Bison secondary, or when Chris Kuper took out the defensive line, those were representative of big-time football. History has proven that none of those performances were flukes: historic events still occur whether 90,000,000, 90,000 or only 9000 people watch.

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Not necessarily, as a game in 2009 wouldn't hurt NDSU when UND is a playoff counter. What I would have an issue with is if our fans get all whiney on the message boards or if Buning is moaning often to the media because "NDSU won't play us." I can also understand NDSU not wanting to play a game until 2013 because of the recruiting / scheduling advantages they have generated with their early move up. I also want UND to have a few more years of being capable of offering full scholarships to a good portion of the recruits to level the playing field some. If a game isn't going by 2013, that would be a major issue, IMHO.

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Your reference to UND as a "supplier" is very revealing. UND is not now, ever, nor will be a "supplier" for NDSU games: Concordia (StPaul) and Montana Tech were suppliers, but UND will not take on that role. When NDSU and SDSU announced that they were leaving the NCC, they left a business partnership with the NCC and decided to go off on a competing venture that would have ramifications for all the former NCC schools. The onus was on NDSU and SDSU to provide terms that would be amenable, as they were the ones that walked away from an existing business (NCC) contract. If a partner in a firm walks away and decides to start a competing business, how many existing firms would take kindly to it? Almost all NCC schools did not schedule NDSU, SDSU, and UNC, not out of spite, but because they needed to protect their own recruitment capability as well as the attractiveness of the NCC as a "going concern". When UNC left the NCC, NDSU didn't schedule them in their first year of transition when UNC desparately needed games. NDSU didn't schedule the game because it would have hurt their chances of DII playoffs. Under the same terms, why would UND schedule NDSU when even a win could have damaged our playoff chances? As far as RT, how do you know he was not attempting to get DII rule changes passed so UND wouldn't be penalized when he made some of those statements? Furthermore, how do you know that he if was not attempting to keep the games going beyond four years, even if UND transitioned to DI? NDSU always had a four year contract on the table and played that up in the media, but refused to offer anything beyond that. You can bet NDSU never had any intention of extending the contract beyond four years or with scheduling UND through a DI transition, if it ever occurred. Reasonable people can see that NDSU was just attempting to use UND as it's b**ch to get through a four-year transition.