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Exactly. So beyond the Altru donation they only have 1 or 2 million for the project that has been public for 3 or 4 years? I thought part of the Spirit Fund was supposed to go to the IPF. I'm assuming there are some funds that they are waiting to come in to at least get the project started. Kind of a "Build part of it and they will come" philosophy.

See Zach Werenski was one of the guys congratulating him. Sure would like to see that guy sign in the next year or so as well. Wonder if he is any relation to the Werenski that used to play at Northern Michigan long time ago.

Being he is the nephew of a former coach in Major Junior, it seems strange that he would commit. Did he get fired or leave on a bad note from Windsor? Wonder if Brad Berry had a hand in this commitment. I would think that Berry either played with Moe Mantha in Winnipeg, or knew him somehow from his experiences in Winnipeg, so that may have helped having an in with the kid.

What do you mean by how he was "treated"? I don't think anyone has an assurance of playing time. I think Eidsness himself would say that he didn't live up to expectations his Junior season and probably had confidence issues. When Dell wasn't performing up to par last year Eidness got his chance to shine again, and then Dell really took over down the stretch again.

That's the point, what is good to you isn't necessarily good for somebody else. It is called taste, and just because you like something else, doesn't make your tastes better.

I think food is basically a matter of preference much like buying a car. Some people are Ford people, some are Chevy, some Dodge, and so on. Everybody can talk about their bad experiences with each of those brands and why they will never buy that again. The same is with food. You get a bad experience, it sticks in your mind, even though others might have good experiences with the same restaurant. I think there are some places that are just plain bad with service and food, and they are easy to weed out. Other places are just a matter of preference, and either having a good or bad experience with either food or service or both.

Yeah, I'd say that if Brad is that plugged in to give it 1%, then the coaches probably have even more information. Hey, if Dell still needs a little leverage for negotiations, why not give him that edge when he has performed so admirably here. Not saying that is going on, but I am sure the coaches aren't in the dark for this upcoming season, and ultimately that is the key factor.

Wonder what the NCAA thinks about the logo beside our ranking!

When touting yourself so highly, you would think you would spell correctly.

We could just be the "Fighting 7th". Hey, George Costanza was going to name his kid "Seven", why can't we just be the 7th. Seriously, some people would be offended by the Cavalry. We can't be proud of Sioux heritage, and I would think some would find fault if we took pride in our own heritage with Cavalry as well. That is how it is with the politically correct crowd, no rhyme nor reason.

This previous quote would suggest that they are indeed taking a look when they can combine recruiting for other players and seeing the North Dakota girls against a higher level of competition as 82Sioux Guy suggests.

Maybe he was thinking the street sign "Water Street" was instructing him to do so.

Hopefully, UND will be a team to beat in the Big Sky at some point. But I tend to agree with others to temper the enthusiasm until we at least see what we are in for week in and week out. Can't have off weeks anymore and expect to win. We just slipped by Northern Colorado last year who I believe is picked to finish in the cellar, so I am interested to see if the Sioux can keep their focus every week to be a contender for the upper echelon of the league this year.

If this whole WAC scenario actually did play out, what kind of a timeframe would it have to be if UND were involved? NDSU seems more readily prepared for a move to the next level in football because of the seating in the FargoDome than UND is with the Alerus. If UND is seriously contemplating making that kind of leap, it would behoove them to get going on the 15,000+ stadium soon. Better yet, let's get that Practice Facility done first. With NDSU winning the championship last year, we would certainly get accused of the same thing some accused NDSU of after leaving DII, moving to the next level because they became the undercard in their home state.

True they lose the scholarships, but let's face it, NDSU outclassed Minnesota with less scholarships than Penn State will have. If they have a mass exodus to begin with it will be a long haul, but if they can sell the Bowl-type atmosphere for every home game, they may lessen the damage like USC has done.

The Blues Brothers were on a mission, and they weren't mormon!

At least that's a name. Haven't heard any names from the naysayers. And if Pat Sweeney or Dan Hammer aren't good enough for the Big Sky, how is it that Anthony LaPanta and Frank Mazzocco were good enough for a Big Ten team, and one of them for a professional sports team!

Let me guess, you like the Steven A. Smith, in your face type of guy or a guy that puts phony emotion into a game! I guess I would ask you the same question, who would you propose that would want the job? I bet whomever you would say, would be met with derision by some, because people have different tastes.

I guess I would like to know who you think they should get. Hammer has worked with Tim O'Keefe, and has done a good job with UND football. Maybe nobody else applied, or maybe being the voice of Sioux hockey isn't the dream of everyone that is a hockey broadcaster. It says something that this is a dream job for Dan Hammer, and I have no doubt that he will put that passion into the job. Not sure you can say that about other people. I guess what it comes down to, is that different people have different tastes, because how else do you account for Frank Mazzocco.

It looked to me like they were putting in a ramp to access it more directly if you are coming from Minneapolis. I always thought it was odd that you had to drive through town a bit to get to the outlets instead of a direct exit.

That's kind of what I was getting at. I know there are a lot of hoops to go through for the interchanges and such, but it just sounded like they were saying everything would be way down the line until they figure all that out. By that time, Fargo finds a spot that already has an interchange, and then you aren't going to have two outlet malls that are successful that close to one another. Why not get a frontage road directly from the 32nd avenue interchange going and then do the best you can to fast track the interchange. If the traffic is there on the frontage road, I'm sure the need will be shown to speed things up a bit at all levels.

Yeah, the Canadian traffic is probably the impetus for the recent talk by a developer of an outlet mall by 47th ave. south. The problem with that is that they are looking for an interstate interchange there, and we know how likely that is to happen in a timely manner. As usual, Grand Forks will twiddle their thumbs and Fargo will beat them to it and garner more Canadian traffic down there. If Grand Forks would be proactive, they could keep even more Canadians from driving another hour south. Hopefully they move on that as well as the Walmart.

Apparently UND is the gold standard for NDSU since many are preoccupied by everything UND.

Only, we don't have quite as much room for improvement, after all Cary Eades is no John Hill. Out of respect for Cary, mentioning them in the same sentence seems very odd.

I think it started when some goofy administrator or something decided we had to copy the end of the Minnesota rouser because they obviously thought it was cool to improve spelling during a game setting. Total fail in my eyes. Come up with something original.