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Article is below, the man is an alum, letter winner and is as passionate about UND as anyone. He also has some outside knowledge of the recruiting game. For me the biggest question is if no nickname satisfies the agreement signed by the NCAA and state of North Dakota. http://www.grandforksherald.com/content/former-sioux-football-coach-dale-lennon-says-und-losing-recruits-already

Has the NCAA or anyone stated that no nickname moves UND away from the Fighting Sioux name? I must have missed that

There is a non UND coach on record stating the nickname was being used against UND. He had no reason to toe any line as he was not a UND employee. That was when there were sanctions. Again, I am waiting from someone to come out and answer the question of what meets the NCAA requirements per the signed agreement.

The answer continues to be that either Kelly or someone on the committee needs to come out with a black and white answer from the NCAA ragarding their stance with remaining Notth Dakota. That has not been answered and even you cannot for certain give their position. It has been documented, pretty well actually, in the past that any NCAA sanctions vs UND were hurting sports in recruiting.

Playing in one of the top hockey facilities in the world will never hurt recruiting. Having the ability to have one of the best payed coaching staffs in the country doesn't hurt. Only competing against 60 other programs wiyh the other two mentioned above in your back pocket definitely helps.

Really lacked with the past coaching staff. The new coaching staff really developed guys with only a spring and fall last year. They say they had a good spring and had great participation this summer including getting nearly all freshmen on campus early. Time will tell but I've liked the change in player development so far.

Nobody knows for certain on recruiting. I couldn't tell you for sure about other offers, honestly I don't care. Maybe if UND had two fans who were constantly tweeting potential recruits like another school we would have some answers. I also don't mind your questioning of high school athletes college potential but after a quick scan of your own teams board did not notice any of the same towards your own fanbase. Weird.

In multiple posts you have mentioned rebranding North Dakota. Give me some ideas and explain how that can't be done with a new nickname in place. We will use the Notth Dakota moniker with or without a nickname behind it. I personally don't see a lot of it selling with or without a nickname. How would you rebrand the name you share with a state?

Not forming multiple committees only to possibly disregard the final committees output. Get an opinion from the NCAA on what will be acceptable and make it public knowledge. Release the statement made today about a year ago when the process started. If you truely are the final decision maker, your desired outcome and reasons why should be layed out from the beginning.

It maybe moves the protest from Grand Forks to Indianapolis.

What was the point of the time and effort of the committee if he wasn't going to follow through with their recommendations. Someone got his ear and he went against the process that was set up by another committee he was part of appointing. Ultimately, he went against the process he was responsible for setting up. Maybe he should have just got all his big donors in a room and they could have put their list together. Personally, the statement President Kelly made today, should have been made when the process began. The only thing I would have added is the NCAA's stance on if North Dakota is acceptable. One can assume it is or isn't but no one has addressed that on record. There can be no grey area on this and finding out one way or the other after the fact is too late.

Depth a concern?

I'd say he is putting his big boy pants on and sharing his experiences. He is also putting this out there for everyone to see and read and putting his name to it.

The no nickname option did go to the vote of the committee and lost.

Lets see how many people we can get together this afternoon and go have a picnic on a sidewalk around campus. Doesn't seem to take much to get the president to change his mind.

Good write up by Miller. OL is still such a question mark for this season. LT is a very important position and either of our top two options there right now have not taken snaps at the spot or have very limited snaps there.

You really need someone to explain it to you?

You should go read your quote again. You said they could charge the $60 premium for every game and sell out.

This is my thought when I read these tweets. Would 5 years make it any better?

Great story. Thank you for sharing. Welcome to Jahmere. This kid has been through a lot. He is a very well spoken individual.

I don't buy it. I live in Fargo. Tickets can be had if you ask around. Very similar to UND hockey. Ask around in Gameday, you'll find something.

You really believe they could sell out at $60 a ticket every game?

So why would UND or UNI for that matter play NDSU there for an unequal gate or allow it to be a home game for NDSU? Doesn't make much sense.

There would be plenty of UND fans at a UND/NDSU game in the cities. NDSU has already proven that a ticket for a UND game is a premium seat compared to anyone else in their conference by far. Why agree to pad their pocket book? The current contract is for the games in Fargo. If that location is changed, the dollar figure changes with it. Question- do you think NDSU would play UNI in Minneapolis if it is a UNI home game and they get the gate?

Split the gate and I'm onboard.