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Concordia raised "$100,000,000" million in its fund drive, but how much of that is actually going to flow into it's endowment in the near term? Campaign drives include pledges that may be decades from actually being recognized as well as paying for building funds, one-time expenses, improvements, or revolving operating costs (athletics). Doubt much of NDSU's $92 million Momentum drive actually shows up in the endowment: there's too many other pressing needs at NDSU, namely paying for the downtown business school complex and funding a BSA.

Endowments at regional university and college foundations (in millions): Minnesota $2224 Macalester $577 Carleton $571 St Thomas $300 St Olaf $261 St John

Strange how no differentiation is ever made between FCS and FBS football. Nationally, men's hockey from an attendance standpoint, nearly approaches FCS football attendance.

Very diversified in its scope:

While Northfield and Big Lake maybe are not technically be within the Twin Cities metro, they are within a 30 minute drive. My point is that IA recruiters do not expend much effort in Outstate region: too much travel and effort when they can reach more than half the potential recruits in a metro area. Outstate athletes (as well as ND athletes) are also hurt by the perceived level of competition, so abilities don't translate well on film. Statistically, Outstate has to have diamonds in the rough (i.e. Craig Dahl types).

MapGameDay.com gives the hometown locations of all Division IA football recruits. There is no surprise that states like Florida, Texas, and California dominate the ranks of scholarship players. What is seemingly an anomoly is that outstate Minnesota (with a population of 2 million) did not produce a single DIA recruit, while the Twin City metro area (with three million people) generated 18 recruits. Either outstate Minnesota produces no football players capable of playing DIA football, or outstate Minnesota is totally ignored as a recruitment ground. http://www.mapgameday.com/recruit/state/MN/ The same effect is seen to a lesser extent in "Outstate" Wisconsin beyond Madison and Milwaukee: http://www.mapgameday.com/recruit/state/WI/ Both Outstate Minnesota and Outstate Wisconsin have a greater population than Nebraska, yet Nebraska produces many more DI recruits than either with approximately the same ethnic demographics: http://www.mapgameday.com/recruit/state/NE/ IMHO, clearly the caliber of athletes available in "Outstate" areas of Minnesota and Wisconsin are being underestimated by DIA teams. The ability of NDSU as well as hopefully UND to compete at the FCS level is fueled by the lack of competion from DIA teams for recruiting outstate Minnesota and outstate Wisconsin.

An example of lower-tier DI schools making waves and gaining national recognition in an NCAA sport: USA Today: IPFW drops National Volleyball Championship to UC-Irvine

NCAA Selections After having their season cancelled last year, Duke gets the #1 seed. Perenniel power Syracuse doesn't make the tournament. Notre Dame represents the Great Western Conference.

Within the year, the NCAA will have a final decision on if it will allow Canadian schools. If the answer is "yes" as expected, the two western Canadian schools that have publicly stated that they would pursue NCAA DI hockey, British Columbia and Alberta, would very likely be granted WCHA membership. With the academic reputation of those two schools, the potential fan base, their arenas, and the $'s the WCHA could make from including them, it would be very difficult for the league to say "no" to those schools. For the same reasons, it's easy for the WCHA to say "no" to Bemidji.

Five years ago, there were big plans in Fargo for facility upgrades. Nothing has happened, except Chapman's attempted play on Fargo taxpayer dollars in the Fargodome till. NDSU has not even raised enough money for the BSA upgrades. There have also been rumblings that NDSU athletics has to scrounge around with their bigger donors at the end of the fiscal years to keep their books balanced. Seems your nervousness should be directed inward. You can criticize Kupchella all you want, but he wanted assurances from the athletic department and alumni foundation that finances (i.e. athletic endowment) would be there for a DI move. I believe there are a number of reasons to believe that the finances (from multiple sources) will be there.

Hmm, seems a $500 million endowment and a donated UND outdoor stadium make Bison fans nervous. Perhaps you have more information than Kupchella and O'Keefe? A few years ago, conventional wisdom also said: -Grand Forks and UND would never recover from the 97 flood. -UND would never go DI.

Kamille follows in siblings' steps, creates own path

Chicago Tribune Editorial: (Grand Forks) Reveling in a Whine-Free Life

Vikings unveil stadium - no funding plan yet

CBC - Canad Inns prepares to launch 1st U.S. hotel complex Political Hurdles for Canad Stadium

During the last five years, the Horizon hasn't received one women's at-large bid, so there really isn't much a benefit conference wise. If he was going to move, thought it would have been to a conference that gets at-large bids. UWGB's program is top-notch (4 auto-bids) in last five years, and their athletic department seems to be placing a lot of emphasis on that program (and doesn't have to pay for a football program), so it is a good move. What is surprising is that Johnston actually accomplished a lot more than Miles, yet Miles' upward movement was greater. The real issue may be the glass ceiling in women's basketball for male coaches, as most BCS type programs want female coaches.

SDSU's Aaron Johnston Named UWGB's Women's Basketball Head Coach Not necessarily surprised that SDSU lost their coach after their success the past couple of years, but UWGB is hardly that big a step up. The low salaries that SDSU pays may have been a major factor, especially considering SDSU probably could have dominated WBB's in the MidCon and had a bid in two years.

USD Outdoor Track & Field Programs To Reclassify To NCAA Division I For Postseason Eligibility In 2009-10

With an architecural rendering of a new building for the College of Business and Public Administration already available on the internet (at JLG architects), this building needs to be matched with a major gift (not sure how much the CoBPA has already raised). Gamble Hall at far left, Chandler Hall demolished.

Help on the way tomorrow? UND Foundation to announce major gift

I see Imus as an entertainment source, much as Fighting Sioux athletics are. My point was that advertisers for NCAA events are not clamoring to quit advertising during NCAA championships because they are offended by Indian images. I see your point, but a better analogy to the NCAA / Indian nickname issue would have been if Imus was fired by CBS and the advertisers were clamoring to keep him.

If a business choses not to advertise on Imus' or any other show, that is its perogative, IMHO. By the same token, placing random declarations on what is abusive or offensive (NCAA's view toward the Fighting Sioux name) is an entirely different matter. No UND advertisers are threatening to remove their support because of the Sioux name. If that happens (doubt it ever would), then the free market and public opinion have spoken, which is the way the world should work.