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The NCAA is the only one that knows for certain what will be acceptable and what will not. They have made the rules and moved the goalposts where ever they have for the last 5+ years. Do you know for certain that not officially choosing a new nickname will be accepted by the NCAA?

Is the name officially retired if only North Dakota is selected as the replacement? Does it meet criteria set forth by the NCAA?

The menu got expanded outside what they are good at. They are not a specialty burger/sandwich joint. Fast food that is consistent from location to location is what McDonalds was set up to be. When the menu gets too big, service is the first thing that suffers. Margins also suffer as space to store more items increases.

More to do with past menu and franchise decisions than a make believe healthier America.

You said the only thing that matters is winning. So winning, tradition and identity are important. Really no different than a player.

Well, than it shouldn't matter to you what is chosen.

The kid from Dickinson was given an opportunity to start this season based on his height and was moved to JV as the year went a long with limited varsity minutes. While I won't argue about not developing players and missing on some local kids, I would say there has been a refocus on Minnesota and Iowa the last couple years.

Someone better call the Trojans at USC and fill them in on this. They might want to change their name quickly so they do not get continually laughed at.

Whats your suggestion for a new name? I think its easy to point at the list and say everything sucks, but whats your solution. Understand that your suggestion will be picked apart by the majority of people who think they get a say.

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It will be an interesting chess match this season. Other coaches/teams have had a chance to see the pressure defense we will be using and an entire off season to study film. What adjustments do they make? Coach Schweigert and Coach Schmidt have had an entire off season to stufy films on offenses and styles of offense they didn't see in the MVFC. What adjustments will they make? Will an offseason improve the talent level on our defense and allow us to show a few more wrinkles we didn't show last year?

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?