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In regards to FCOA, an athlete who competes in multiple sports wouldn't get it for both sports so the 31.4% number would have to be used. That makes the following quote from Larsen in a recent FU Illustrated article pretty interesting. So is he saying they will only offer FCOA to 31.4% of male scholorships? That will of course be spread out equally among the football, basketball, baseball, golf, CC and track and field athletes.

Also, only one more FBS game on the schedule. That is $300,00+ that will be coming out of FUs athletic budget yearly and has to be made up. Not saying they can't pull it off but I question if its so easy why the sudden change we will wait and see approach.

If it's that easy what's the holdup. Why the wait and see from the AD? The raise in ticket prices may be needed to make up for no FBS games in the future.

UND is offering FCOA in the sport it needs to I order to stay competitive at the level of the conference. FU and Larsen need to be thinking about wrestling and what the other schools in the BIg12 are going to do. Are FU fans going to accept any sport other than wrestling and a women's sport getting $$$ for this? We all know the answer except you. Also Dan, schools with athletic budgets much bigger than UND and FU are going to have a hard time paying for this in all sports. To think schools shouldn't be prioritizing sports is a funny. Tell me the plan for how FU covers this for all sports. I'll hang up and listen.

Recruiting class get national recognition. Now that is impressive. http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=210127802

I wouldn't write off a return trip to Fargo cause it looks good on TV and the city treats the Gameday crew really good. One thing I'll give FU fans credit for is they find something on the internet and run with it as gospel. My prediction for that week is Fort Worth, TX for Kansas St. vs. TCU. only because I'm predicting they will be in SEC country the week before at the Alabama vs. Georgia game. This guy should have wrote that the PAC12 has off that week, there are some good college football games Week 6.

How will the report of Conference USA dropping UAB if they don't support football change things? http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/report--c-usa-likely-to-drop-uab-if-football-isn-t-reinstated-174839060.html;_ylt=A0LEV1fDsGlVyAwAlfFXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--

Jamestown, Valley City, Dickinson St., and Mayville of the old DAC along with Presentation College and Dakota St. make up the North Star Conference. There are a few future colleges joining from Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin for basketball and a few other sports.

But would FU still put the price increase in place for whatever other game might have been on the schedule and would the fans pay it? FU football right now is similar to UND hockey that on gameday, I can ask around work and find a ticket if I want to go. RIght now, I ask around work for ticket to the UND game and my coworkers laugh at me. Nobody is giving that ticket or any season ticket up and are not missing that game.

Someone needs to explain to Adrian that his contract is two sided, he's getting paid what he agreed on when he signed the contract. His agent is making him look like a fool.

Call his bluff and let him retire with his legacy as a child beater. No way he is walking away.

Thoughts and prayers to you and your family along with all others affected by this tragedy. Don't understand what goes through these peoples heads and their need to hurt others.

Last year they likely get swept in 3 of those 5 series and win one game in each of the other two. If you predicted they would be where they are at right now, you are a smarter man than everyone out there.

They all coaches a team that appeared in a nation title game?

Its not incredible but if you one were to go back and compare WBB this past season for example, NDSU likely finishes in the bottom third of the Big Sky instead of middle of the pack in the Summit. UND football would have been likely been in the same situation this past season when comparing the BSC to the MVC. Hard to compare seperate conferences but the closest one could get is looking at the RPI ratings that NDSU fans love to look at and even those can be skewed with the ability to schedule more non conference games. Either way- UND has a lot of work to do but I feel pretty confident they are/can right a few of these programs and become competitive consistently in the conference.

Good chart Hammer. Color coding makes it good to the eye but is misleading if you don't attempt to dig into results. Still tells a decent story. End of the day UND really struggled in a few of the non revenue sports. I see improvements down the road in track and field but the Big Sky is a stronger conference in track and field and in order to get any boxes shaded green would need significant improvement. Baseball, softball and soccer should also benefit from the IPF but only time will tell how much. I still think Faison needs to look at some of the sports and determine if they are neccessary and improvement needs to continue/begin. MBB performance last season is still inexcusable.

This year? Last couple years? It would be interesting to compare in the sports that both offer. Conference standings, conference rankings, etc.

Hopefully we are able to turn the tide this week. Bakersfield swept us in a three game series in early April at Kraft field and they weren't really that close.

Boys are playing well so far. Fun to watch.

No longer on the team. Doesn't want to sit a year.

I was just typing this same thing. Hak had to give a recommendation, Berry would be an easy transition for the program.

Setting it up for the "told you so".

I bet Faison doesn't take 45+ days to hire this replacement.

Best of luck to Hak.

They have had a number of them. Next time we will have to type slower for the FU guests.