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No problem, green team, it was my pleasure. About the announcers, and not to harp on it, but they called Mo "Michelle" a few more times in the game. But on the bright side, we were called "Notre Dame" only once. Now that's progress, right?

www.goterriers.com I had to pay $10 for the monthly subscription. Oh well, I figure it's like $5 for a ticket for each game. Not bad.

BU wins 1-4. Sioux D gets gobbled up at the point by Wakefield while Sioux were on a PP. Got to make those basic plays at the point. It was a soft pass to the point and the D (don't know which one, might have been Furia) lost the puck at the blue line and Wakefield jumped on it and took it all the way. Shot trickled in on Ney. That was the only tally of the third. Sioux played strong the rest of the game after that. I hope they can build on that momentum tomorrow. The game was closer than score indicates. Lamoureauxs were shutdown, Karvinen is getting used to the college game and the other Euros passing was off. BU goalie was hot as hell after letting in first goal of the game 50 seconds in. On the bright side, I think UND outshot BU 32-30. I predict tomorrow's game to be closer, grittier and a Sioux victory.

Yeah, you're right. I just thought the East Coast elite could do a little better. OK. Score is now 1-3 BU. Sioux speed was dominant in second but penalties killed them. They are up to 8 now. BU is 2-8 on the PP. Ney had no chance of first goal. It was by her before she turned her head toward the shooter. Really no soft goals by her to speak of. Wakefield has a rocket for a wrister. BU passes seem crisper than the Sioux outside of the Twins. So BU appears slower but better passing is making up for it. Our D seems shaky especially on the few PP we've been fortunate enough to get. I don't think Idalski minds the penalties, though. I think he'd say something like he'd rather see his girls be aggressive and take the play to them.

1-0 Sioux after 1 period at BU. BU is carrying the play after the Sioux go 5 for 5 on the penalty kill. Wiebe scored on a early break away 50 seconds in to open the scoring. Ney has been solid in net. BU announcers are brutal, referring to "Michelle Lamoureaux" and they act like they no nothing about Mary Loken, Michelle Karvinen and the other Euros, as they talked about UND's only big threats being the Twins and Wiebe.

In the spirit of full disclosure, I stand corrected after doing my own number crunching. UND's on-campus enrollment is 12,032 compared to South Dakota State's overall enrollment of 12,725.

Just so we are all working with factual numbers, the UND Office of Institutional Research reports, as of the fourth week of classes, Fall Semester 2011: Traditional face-to-face undupl. headcount: 10,544 Combo (combination of online and traditional): 1,488 Total UND students who take at least one class on campus: 12,032 Total UND Distance education headcount: 2,665 Total enrollment: 14,697

I know Johnny's just ribbing us, but all that aside, I too find this whole "online enrollment" thing to be a bit perplexing. There's a guy on the IN-FORUM Web site's comments section that chimes in with the whole "UND has a lot of online students" argument every time there's a topic even remotely addressing NDUS enrollment. I think he/she goes by screen name "Tony," and I can only surmise that it is the one and only "Tony" from "Cow-ville," er, I mean, "Bisonville" fame. Anyway, when you listen to this nonsense, it's like no other school in the university system has online students -- just UND, and you'd think that it doesn't take any money or resources to provide an accredited education for these students. They're just souless figments of our imagination that sit on our enrollment sheets to bolster numbers. B.S., I'm here to say that an online education does mean something and that it does take resources and expenses to grow it and make it as successful a part of UND's Graduate School program as it has become, especially an accredited one like UND has. It shows that a UND education is in demand from people all over the world. I don't think anyone should be poo pooing online students, especially, friends, supporters and alumni of a school that does the exact same thing, just to a lesser degree. It's just that UND does it better and thus attracts more of those kinds of students. All that said, UND's on-campus enrollment (excluding all distance learners) is growing too. UND Housing officials have been quoted as saying there have never been more students living on campus in residence halls than the fall semester of 2011. Lastly, and not that it matters one iota, but UND's on-campus face-to-face headcount is still more than the two South Dakota members of the so-called big-time"Dakota 3" schools. And the third one of those three (NDSU), is now losing population (though, they'll use PR speak and say "holding steady), due to overspending and poor administrative decisions made by its previous regime, to the point that if it doesn't get its act together, it might one day find itself playing second fiddle when it comes to face-to-face enrollment, too. Again, for accentuation sake, not that it REALLY matters. But the whole thing just keeps getting brought up. Whew! I'm done. Go Sioux!

Mario!

Sioux women beat a record-weak Delaware State (0-11-1) club last night 2-1 in double overtime in Dover to bring their own record to 4-5-2. The Sioux are now 1-0 in the conference. Rachael Loomis continues to be on a tear in her senior year, scoring both Sioux goals. By comparison, last year at this time, the Sioux record was 0-9-1. They didn't notch their fourth win of the season last year until almost November just before the Great West tournament. They are showing steady improvement! Go Sioux; beat South Carolina St. on Saturday!

I'll be there tonight with my family!!!! Also, don't forget it is Youth Night tonight...all kids 8th grade and under get in for free. See details below. Youth Day Tuesday, Sept. 27 vs. South Dakota State (7 p.m.) - Fans 8th grade and under receive FREE admission. - 100 FREE youth t-shirts to be given away. - Postgame autograph session with the 2011 Fighting Sioux volleyball team.

That's my gut feeling, too (if he commits). Red shirt him and let him understudy Bradley, who could be a really solid QB with one year of D1 under his belt by that time, then in year 2, if Mollberg legitimately proves he is the No. 1 through spring and summer workouts, give him the keys to the offense. We might find ourselves with a very talented home-grown FBS-sought QB, protected by a massive O line, and a competent veteran to back him up for a year in case of injury. That'll be a nice position to be in early in our full implementation of D1.

In honor of Michelle Karvinen clearing herself for NCAA eligibility. Here is a video that is supposedly her making an absolutely "sick" move Pavel Bure-style on a Swedish goalie. I don't speak Finnish, so I don't know the exact details of the game. I hope to see Michelle and the Twins making a lot of magic this season and next! Sick move

That's funny stuff! I know Tu personally and sometimes he's got a tendency to write things as if he were telling you the story from the bar stool at The Hub or Judy's.

It's a fun thing to joke back and forth about, this arms race for students between the two big research universities in the state, but in the end, I think we should value quality over quantity. I think both schools are pretty good quality institutions, which is a testament ot the state of North Dakota. It will probably continue to go back and forth as far as who enrolls more students for a long time. But sure is fun to be on top for a while again.

UND just posted another all-time record enrollment at 14,697, up about 3.5 percent or 503 students from the same time last year, which also was a record. The University also is reporting that there is a record number of students living in residence halls on campus, indicating that "on campus" enrollment is strong, and that the numbers aren't just smoke and mirrors with online students. (though, I would imagine that online education still is a strong initiative at UND... and there is nothing wrong with that!).

Not that it matters. But it clearly irked Chapman to be little brother to UND to the degree that he made drastic changes that ultimately would come back to bite NDSU. I will take it point by point: 1) Point: You are aware that for an extremely long time, UND was clearly a bigger school.....so apparently....based on history... I should hope that UND has AT LEAST 20-40% more students than NDSU because for years UND had that kind of numbers advantage. Counterpoint: Yes, I am aware, and so was NDSU's former president. And he resented that fact. I used to joke with him about it when he would come up to our campus to visit Kupchella. I meant it as good natured ribbing and he took as well as he gave, but you could tell it was a sore spot. It was worse when I used to give Craig Schnell, the old provost, the same treatment. Wow! he was a nice guy but she sure wore green and gold colored glasses a little too tightly. Anywho, so the plan was launched to achieve higher awareness regionally for NDSU on the backs of athletics and at the expense of academics. More regional exposure in tangent with partial and full tuition waivers, which have been much publicized in the news and in the blogosphere of late, drove enrollment past UND's with a bullet. So, it really does not matter so much to UND as much as it did to NDSU's old boss and now the current school officials are left holding the bag that was caused by his empire building. 2) Point: Does that mean Nebraska-Omaha should be bigger than Nebraska. I mean...come on! Omaha is a bigger city! Counterpoint: Well, if you want to use a strawman to prove a point, so be it. All that aside, you do realize that the distance between Omaha and Lincoln is 59 miles.... a long commute in most cities. They are basically one combined statistical metropolitan area competing for the same students. 3) Point: NDSU has lower tuition but it is roughly the same amount to go to NDSU as it is to UND. The difference in tuition won't stop anyone from going to UND if they want to. Counterpoint: Hey genius, I wasn't comparing NDSU and UND's tuition at all (they are basically relatively the same, despite the NDSU's end-around to get it jacked up another 8 percent). I was comparing the tuitions of the three F-M metro colleges. I said that NDSU should have no problem capturing the vast majority of local students based on its lower tuition alone. 4) Point: If you want to be an online school, maybe you guys and University of Phoenix can have an annual online National Championship of some sorts. Counterpoint: I think UND just wants to deliver the best education that it can whether it's on campus or through online courses, and clearly, the school is doing both, as evidenced by the strong enrollment in both cases. 5) Point:Why you guys are so anal about student numbers is beyond me. Counterpoint: We are not. Chapman clearly was. 6) Point: It has very little to do with athletics. Counterpoint: It has everything to do with athletics as Chapman built his empire on the backs of athletics and the exposure it would provide him in the prime student recruiting grounds. This was all done at the expense of academics, which has suffered mightly since the Chapman initiative to take it to the "Next Level" was launched.

I should hope that NDSU has AT LEAST 1,500 more students actually on campus than a college town that has a population that is three times smaller and that is 80 miles farther northwest of the prime student recruiting ground that is the Twin Cities Metro area. Not to mention the fact that NDSU has lower tutition (not even counting NDSU's crapload of free tuition waivers) than Minnesota State Moorhead, and definitely, Concordia. With those advantages, you'd think that the on-campus enrollment disparity would be so much greater. It amazes me that UND has as the on-campus enrollment that it does given those odds and that kind of competition. It speaks well of the institution and the quality academics that it provides. And also, the fact that the number of online students from outside the tri-state area keeps growing speaks well to UND's reputation nationally, which is never a bad thing.

Evidently it mattered to Chapman.

'Cause Joe Chappy A$$ wasn't around yet to throw his egotistical weight around to take N.D. A.C. to the "next level" and make an "impact." You can build quite a progam when you funnel resources away from academics and into athletics and you can build quite an "on campus" student enrollment when you waive tuition 100 percent to the tune of $15 million a year. Problem is you eventually have to pay the piper as we are seeing after this past legislative session and all the problems bordering on scandals that have eminated from the ol' A.C.

Who in the hell is "thedy" ?

Or St. Francis. St. who?

You'll never understand until something like it happens to your favorite team. Just because the nickname goes does not mean the memories and pride we have for it will die with it. There will still be more Fighting Sioux apparrell being worn around this state and country than any other N.D. college team long after the nickname is changed. Fighting Sioux pride never dies... just like, I am sure, you would never quit wearing Bison gear if PETA somehow ruled the college sports world and deemed it hostile and abusive and made your school change it. I know it's a bit of a strawman argument, but, hey, it works on a certain level, and it's the closest analogy I could find, given the circumstances.

According to "live stats" on the FightingSioux.com, UND VB ladies just took down UC Santa Barbara in three straight (25-12, 25-12, 25-21)! Last year, UCSB was ranked 63rd in the country... while the Sioux were something like 89th, two ranks behind NDSU. I have not seen any real recent ranking. Another big win for Fighting Sioux VB in the Golden State! This team is something special! We still play San Jose State and Santa Clara before the tourney concludes. Those teams were ranked behind the Sioux last year, according to NCAA.com.

He's moving up in the world from his days at USCHO! Way to go Patrick!!!