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I may be wrong but I believe SDSU's contracts are one year deals that are renewed yearly so as I said above, your comparing the yearly salary of a coach who just made it through transition to a coach who led his team to NCAA tournament.

I wouldn't say on the bubble but a I mentioned above, both coaches have already noted that they have to prove themselves. They have had the opportunity to build their programs for this year and next. That has also been stated many times on this board. Really not a secret Danno. Also, I didn't note that Jones was 2-1 last year against those other higher paid coaches in the article.

Is Terry V. really that shocked that a coach that has made the FCS playoffs (Stig), along with a coach who is very well known in the FCS world by having a Nat'l title on his resume and has BCS experience (Glenn)or a coach who has obviously been successful (Bohl) and a basketball a coach that has lead his team to the NCAA tourney (Nagy) are making that much more than coaches who's teams are just getting through transition? Both Mussman and Jone have themselves made it known that they are grateful for the raise but understand they need to continue to develop and prove themselves. I was fairly shocked that USD was paying Boots that much but I guess he has been there for 25 years and is the assistant athletic director. I guess Terry V forgot to mention that. The guy is in the same boat as Kolpack where he lets his hate and envy for UND get in the way of facts when he writes articles.

No one is delusional, I would expect the same response from any bison fan if I just started throwing out claims without any numbers to back it.

I'll just wait until they give tickets away at Stop N Go when I fill my car.

Were you at that one Danno? You seem to know a lot about UND gameday.

Well said Sic. I agree with everything you said. Mussman and the staff have come a long way and I think finally understood the last couple years that they needed to improve as much as the team did. Mussman has admitted as much and that says a lot about him as a coach and his players have responded to that. I have heard as well that the players like him because of the fact he is always straight forward with them and they know exactly what position they are in. No sugarcoating.

Buy- I'm hoping this year he performs as well on the field as he has done recruiting off it. This should be a good year for recruiting with being playoff elgible, being in an well known conference with some great venues to pitch to recruits, the nickname being gone and not used against the program, and extension to let recruits know that the coach will be around awhile if he performs and the all black uniforms this year with replacements for others in the works. Get that IPF done and UND football is in a good spot. The staff has done very good recruiting with every year being better than the last on paper and kids producing on the field. The above should help that tremendously.

I'm betting Kolpack and Coach Bohl are on it. There is no way UND could be ranked that high.

Are you calling Portland St. a lower Big Sky team or are you making reference to SDSoM?

But kind of an important one when it comes to college athletics. What are the others? TV contract- Check Solid conference- Check Program tradition- Check Getting through transition and nickname figured out- Check Facilities- With the addition of the IPC (Check) Coaching- The staff has been improving on the field, has done well recruiting off the field Competitive schedule- Check (minus the SDSoM game, its tough to not look at the home games the next 3 years and not be excited)

Don't worry the Summit will be stable when its NCC 2.0 and when the MVC gets ready to expand, SDSU and USD will make great partners with one another for the jump. NDSU is no longer joined with anyone at the hip and has no travel partner either.

I don't know what type of relationship they have but Bresciani has always come across as a first rate guy. He has stood up for what he feels is best for ndsu and has done a good job there. He has been a good president and I don't see any reason not to believe him. The only people who believed Douple when everything came out were the few bison fans on this site and Star. Everyone else was in the same belief as bin's quote a couple above this one.

But don't forget that it can't be difficult to get the AQ. If its too difficult and the competition is to much, that is seen as a negative by a few of their fans as well.

The fun part is that we get to find out for sure in a couple months. I do know that the UND team you will be seeing this year is much better than the team that visited Missoula a couple years ago. I'm sure it all depends on how much the feds decide to get involved with all the rape incidents your team has been involved with if you can confidently say the same.

I didn't. Just focusing on the fall sports first.

Single digits. Things are picking up around here. I can't wait until fall for football and volleyball to start. I think both sports will have success this season in the Big Sky.

The bolded portion is pretty funny. That is what universities do, including your own. If the opportunity is there to plan ahead why wouldn't you do it. And yes, he is a current donor who has shown interest in donating a large sum for a specifc purpose.

Yourself, Kolpack, Bohl and all the other fans should take that arguement to the people who vote in the polls. I've yet to see them point out any voter who has agreed with their (your) arguement. All they/you have done is take it to the radio and message boards and whine about it. The truth hurts that UND was ranked and your media, coaches and fan base is looking pretty silly trying to come up with every excuse why 10 months later.

Serious question cause I don't know the answer- When is the last time the representative from the Summit league was seeded 4th or lower entering the tourney? How about 6th or lower?

Was it likely thats why they got in or was that why they got in? I've heard nothing that says otherwise. Who's trying to deceive others?

So are you basing your opinion on what your eyes saw or UND's record? I think Tennessee Tech, Stoney Brook, Harvard and Jackson St.'s record were vastly inflated due to the strength of their conferences. Each of those conferences has 5-6 poor teams in them. A team with weaknesses could still win 5-6 games in those conferences.

I'm glad I didn't have to point that out.

They are there. 16 and 25 respectively. Again, key to the playoffs is 7 wins. A average team can be in a poor conference and play two easy nonconference and get to 7 wins.

Obviously UND or Cal Poly did not have enough wins to get into the playoffs last year. If UND, Cal Poly or even SUU were in the Ohio Valley, the Southwestern confernece or the MEAC I don't know how any wins they would have had. There are some pretty poor teams in those conferences and some easy victories. The key to the playoffs is 7 wins, thats it. And yes, those 3 teams teams you named are ranked between 16-25. So were Harvard, Jackson St and Liberty so whats your point.