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Strange that you didn't mention this began happening during Chapman's reign. Many legislator believe that Chapman winked at such conduct, especially by head of departments that were growing fast. However you spin it, it doesn't help NDSU's perception with lawmakers that NDSU leaders have been dipping into the til.

Boston.com: Big East's fate depends on Missouri http://www.boston.co...easts_fate.html Big East basketball schools aren't happy with the Big East football choices. May force a split. USF, Louisville, and Cincy don't want Boise, even though adding Boise would almost assure an AQ . Villanova is attempting to block Temple. Clemson may be the backup SEC choice if Mizzou stays. ACC positioning for Notre Dame If Mizzou leaves, the Big 12 adds WVU and Louisville in part to position for Notre Dame. Big East wants to raise the exit fee from $5 mill to $10 mill or more, but most of the football schools are opposed. CUSA has a $7 mill exit fee - but if UCF or Houston, for example, left, would the Big East still be there?

So what you are saying is that UND shouldn't associate with Denver, CC, W Mich, or Miami, either. All four of those are in other time zones and require flights. UND has almost no history with W Mich and only recent history with Miami. OTOH, Montana and Montana State were staples of UND's football schedule except for the past 20 years. NDSU fans always like to quote Chapman about "athletics being the front porch" of a university. Yet, by staying in the neighborhood with old teams, you and NDSU fans seem to be spouting a "back porch" philosophy: only associate with your backyard neighbors. NDSU fans are perfectly fine to associate themselves with "old" NCC pals - because they seem so mesmerized by the "Division I" label, the actual teams don't mean a da**. UND fans don't get enthralled by the "DI" label - they've been wearing it for 50 years in part - but rather by success. For many UND fans, DI means actually leaving the neighborhood.

If Boise State started hockey, their first stop would be the WCHA. Simon Fraser has already stated it wants to move to the NCAA, and Eastern Washington has realigned its program (out of the ACHA) to be with Simon Fraser. A Pacific Northwest Division of the WCHA could end up limiting travel to Alaska for Midwest teams. Eventually, a Pacific Northwest Conference could split off if it gets enough teams. Air Force might even head to that type division.

Bowling Green plays @ Virginia Tech and @ Florida next year. Those two games alone will probably pay $1.5 mill. http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/future_schedules/bowlinggreen_future.htm

http://articles.bost...ollege-hockey/2 UConn's AD doesn't squelch the idea of moving to Hockey East Even with the Atlantic Hockey commish inferring that Navy would join, the Navy AD denies that. But the Navy AD has also denies that Navy is moving to the Big East in football, when many media sources report that Navy is close to moving.

We just need to follow Montana and Montana State where ever they go. Denver, Seattle, Air Force, Boise St, UT-Arlington - rather decent company to be in. There's actually a rumor among Boise St fans that their administration wants to start hockey. Boise has an arena and a hockey fan base, so its not that far fetched. If CUSA loses four or more teams, and if the MWC loses AFA and Boise St, four conferences were become a jumbled mess: CUSA, MWC, WAC, and Sunbelt. There's already war between the Atlantic 10 and CAA ongoing. The A10 wants to take George Mason and VCU from the CAA, while the CAA is trying to poach Charlotte, Richmond, and George Washington from the A10.

Boston College blackballed UConn, forced the ACC to select Pitt instead http://articles.bost...expansion-bcs/3

Talks between the Big 12 and BYU have supposedly broken down because of certain stands within the LDS Church. (Wanted to keep BYU sports as part of the BYU channel as well as not playing on Sunday.) If the Big 12 goes back to 12 (or goes to 10 if it loses Missouri), the backfill sequence would supposedly be Louisville first, then West Virginia, then Cincinnati. The SEC is reportedly also considering SMU as it 14th team rather than Missouri. The SEC wants the Dallas market in its own footprint, for multiple reasons: (a) every SEC west school would get to play in Texas once a year for recruiting purposes, (b) puts Dallas and Atlanta in play for the championship (huge bidding war), © makes Dallas partially an SEC city - effectively stabbing the Big 12, Texas, and Oklahoma in the heart of their recruiting zone, (d) Houston is covered with Texas A&M, but Dallas not nearly as much, and Dallas is a more important media center, (e) St Louis and KC matter less relative to gaining more Texas media and recruits. Missouri is the much larger school and has AAU status, so the money really has to sway the SEC for it to change direction. SMU and Houston are also in consideration for the Big East, especially if the Big East loses Louisville/WVU to the Big 12. http://www.chron.com...mix-2212241.php

Boston.com: Big East looking at Boise State, Air Force, Navy, UCF, Temple (and maybe Villanova) http://www.boston.co...de_boise_state/ Boise State, Air Force, and Navy would be for football only. Some believe that the Big East has to add Boise State in order to keep their BCS ratings high enough and keep their AQ. Boise State, as well as AFA and Navy would also be be ratings boosters and ensure the Big East football contract remains substantial. Karl Benson of the WAC has stated in papers that the WAC would be very open to finding sports for Boise State and Air Force in all sports. The WAC would then have 5 non-football members + 7 football members. If both BSU and AFA left the MWC, Nevada and Fresno State may back out of moving to the MWC, as the MWC no longer would have any hope of an AQ. But most likely, the WAC would lose Utah State and maybe San Jose State. But with BSU and AFA in the WAC in other sports, schools like Montana, Montana State, and Sac State might actually move up.

SIU also doubled his salary and gave him the ability the hire / pay, so he could assemble his dream staff.

Things that make you go hmmmm ..... Significant Drop in Ocean Levels in past year: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/weather-cycles-cause-a-drop-in-global-sea-level-scientists-find/2011/08/25/gIQA6IeaeJ_story.html?hpid=z4

We pay Montana Western good money for an easy Sioux win !

Imagine players from Phoenix, LA, Bay Area, Baltimore and St Louis coming to UND without the Ralph? http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/event/article/id/51864/group/Sports/

Aren't those statements missing the concept of grace? Rocco would be the first person to say that he is "bad" by nature, and that only grace is saving him. He's not judging anyone. Where did he ever state that? It's obvious that his words have touched off an internal firestorm of indignation with some people. Why? Have they convicted themselves? And if so, his message is only supposed to offer hope. All types of poor behavior lead to destructive ends: poor spending habits, poor saving habits, poor work ethic, not pursuing dreams, poor relational decisions, lack of self-love, not listening when truth is being spoken through others. I'm old enough to see the rotten fruits of all of those manifest in different friends lives, and my own. Good pastors talk about those type issues as well as all life issues, more than theology. Rocco wants to be a pastor. The world needs good Pastors. If people don't like what Rocco says, reject it. Don't read his twitters.

Agree. Moderate feminism and Christianity both say that every adult has a right to self determination. What is totally missing from runningwiththedogs portrayal of Rocco is the concept of sacrifice and suffering that comes with position. Instead, society is inverted: position (regardless of male or female) seems to mandate the infliction of suffering on those below them..

How about we put you in the androgynous category, just as you have categorized Rocco? Feminism is an androgynous movement that believes, at its core, that every person, regardless of sex, is androgynous. Seems like most of the unmarried highly educated women running around Midwestern cities like Minneapolis-St Paul hold that view so popularized by campus intellectuals. And then the women wonder why they aren't married? They've bought into the "Sex and the City" culture, where lust is good, but yet wonder why men treat them so poorly. The Bible teaches that sex in a covenant relationship is a very very good thing, but that pursuing lust just leads to emptiness, bitterness and all kinds of unhealthy emotions. Rocco has an unusual spiritual maturity for his age - its no surprise that he would be criticized for it. BTW, evolutionary scientists do not understand why "sex" came into being. Sex remains a mystery to the evolutionary world, as the most efficient method of pro-creation is asexual reproduction.

Q&A with Bowling Green AD, Greg Christopher http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2011/10/04_qa_with__bowling_green.php Sounds as if Bowling Green would have been a part of the NCHC if Notre Dame had said "yes", giving the NCHC an even number of teams for playoff purposes. Maybe there is a chance a new league can still form:

Never said Minnesota had absolute control over McLeod, just that McLeod's seemingly disinterest in gaining a WCHA TV contract very much pleased Minnesota. Any other commissioner worth half his salt would have been fighting for a WCHA TV contract that would have benefited the entire league, but McLeod chose not to pursue that, as it would have meant that McLeod would have to do battle with Goldie. What's really sad out of all this realignment is that the east will likely have three 12-team leagues, so all of them would be "full". It might still be possible that some of the AHA teams would move to the WCHA, which might allow UAH to move into that league. Another possibility is if RPI move to Hockey East, then RIT probably moves to the ECAC, so someone - like UAH - needs to backfill into the AHA. But if Buffalo really is pursuing a new program, Buffalo likely gets the AHA spot, not UAH.

Read this to get a clue on the importance of TV rights: http://espn.go.com/d...onal-tv-revenue The WCHA didn't have Tier I or Tier II TV contracts (except for the Final Five) - only Tier III, which are owned by schools. Maturi didn't want the WCHA to have Tier I or Tier II TV contracts, as that allowed Goldie to have a bigger Tier III contract, which Goldie didn't have to share with anyone. It takes a supermajority to make significant changes in a league - like firing McLeod. Maturi could always protect McLeod by pressuring the four Minnesota minnies to follow his line. Same kind of crap happened in the Big 12 as in the WCHA: Texas got what it wanted in the past. But, finally, to keep the Big 12 conference together (as Texas had no other options ), Oklahoma and the other schools finally got what they wanted: Beebe was fired as Big 12 Commissioner (he was seen as being in Texas' pocket), and all TV revenue (except Tier III) will be shared equally. Minnesota wielded even more power in the WCHA compared to Texas in the Big 12. Minnesota hates the idea of the B1G hockey, because Minnesota is mostly viewed as a parasite in that conference (except in hockey), so it can't wield any real influence anymore like it did in the WCHA.

For Minnesota, it wasn't any conspiracy. Just "normal" business to employ incompetent people, and still make a weekly run to the bank. Minnesota didn't want the B1G for hockey.Still doesn't. But the BTN forced in on them, over Maturi's crying. Minnesota has all the capabilities that Wisconsin has athletically - yet Minnesota is such a joke compared to them in everything. Why? Alvarez demands excellence in everything. Minnesota doesn't, and the results show. If Maturi had wanted McLeod gone, Maturi would have called up the other four regional Minnie schools and joined UND, DU, and CC (which wanted McLeod gone long ago) in voting him out. Why didn't Minnesota get rid of McLeod long ago? Simple answer: McLeod's lack of any vision and lack of administrative ability for the WCHA served Minnesota perfectly.

In most respects, Minnesota wanted weak central leadership in the WCHA. By keeping the leadership weak and archaic (no real business plan for TV, limited social media, archaic website), Minnesota was the school that benefited almost exclusively from its own television contract with no sharing required. McLeod's banana republic leadership of the WCHA served Minnesota well - Minnesota didn't have to share or hand over any of their home games to a conference contract. The four regional Minnesota schools were too fearful of Minnesota's political power to seriously question things. Anchorage and Tech were just happy to be in. Wisconsin even threatened to leave for the CCHA out of disgust. Alvarez at Wisconsin, say what you want about him, had a low tolerance for incompetence and conference cronyism - which is one reason he wanted to get the h*** out of the WCHA. Maturi at Minnesota, on the other hand, as long as the $'s are coming in, he doesn't care about excellence. See Goldie hockey, football, basketball. If the WCHA had installed leadership that would have brought the WCHA into the 21st century with actual regular season TV contracts, Minnesota would have lost power and money. Minnesota needed to keep McLeod around to keep the conference weak - to keep the conference more like a 1970's scheduling association than a modern conference. McLeod's incompetence served Minnesota's purposes very well. It's too bad that Minnesota, by endorsing McLeod over all these years, has now effectively forced McLeod on Bemidji and Mankato at a time when those two schools deserve so much better. The NCHC will be a real conference, with strong competent central leadership (hopefully), with a real business plan, with a real TV contract, run by business professionals with a passion for hockey.

Probably the worst consequence of Notre Dame's decision is how it affects Bowling Green. With ND going to Hockey East, RPI likely goes with them, so in turn the ECAC adds RIT to replace RPI. If ND had gone to the NCHC, the NCHC probably would have stopped at seven schools. In that case, the CCHA could have easily relaunched with WMU, BGSU + AHA 4 + RIT + UAH for a total of eight schools (+ nine if Buffalo joins). Now, the CCHA has at most six schools, and really depends on Buffalo starting in 2013. BGSU and UAH may both be badly harmed by ND's decision.

It was known that Notre Dame had already signed a regional TV deal for Notre Dame's sole benefit. The NCHC was certainly willing to live with that, if the contract was modified to allow the conference to "own" a couple of those games for the benefit of the conference. Notre Dame must have said no, and the NCHC must have walked away and felt they couldn't deal with a school that is all about itself and no one else. The WCHA was a league run for and by Minnesota, the CCHA was a league run for and by the Michigan Big Ten schools. What schools from either league would go back into a poor relationship with a league run for Notre Dame's interests? They all learned their lessons. In this case, ND won't even provide the fans for a conference tournament.

This could be a very very bad day for Notre Dame athletics if the Big East breaks up as some press members have suggested may happen today. Highly unusual for a conference to issue a press release about staying at eight members. Notre Dame must have really pissed off the NCHC ADs with unusual demands for the NCHC to do that.