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Don't understand the game plan. Could have put this game away early by going inside, but kept chucking 3s. I miss the game of 20-25 years ago, i guess.

Would be nice if everyone could get together and parse out the remain schools. Southern Utah and Utah Tech to the Big Sky Texas schools to the Summit. You could then Have divisions in the Summit North - Dakotas plus Denver and St. Thomas South - Texas, ORU, Omaha and Kansas City At some point Denver probably gets their wish and goes to WCC, maybe Summit can convince Northern Iowa to join. Nice travel partner for St. Thomas and would get you to 7 football schools. Loyola credits are drying up and MVC isn't what it once was in hoops, so Summit could be enticing.

Bingo. Minnesota, Michigan etc are flush with TV money and even for them that will likely go to football, hoops and maybe a little to baseball and hockey. That isn't the case with Duluth, Mankato and St. Cloud. You can't spend money that isn't there.

To be fair, those schools actually have to have the revenue to fund this. Have no idea if they would or not. The three Minnesota schools would almost certainly also have to treat their women's teams the same. CC likewise with women's soccer. I guess Augie could be a wildcard, but I'm not sure how big a deal it is to give a ton of scholarships when you can still only dress 21 max a game. Feels like much ado about nothing.

UND should be focused on doing what is right for UND. Prospective student athletes won't be checking on whether a school has opted in or out, they will be focused on the individual offer that they can get. If opting in allows UND to offer the most compelling package great, if opting out does, then do that. Just following other schools is a loser mentality, and it's one of the things that has put the athletic department where it is now.

They are the closest to GF, so if anyone had opposed, that makes sense. I could see them partnering to make problems go away.

big difference is that Standing Rock, Fort Berthold and Spirit Lake all have casinos tied to legit recreational destinations with Devils Lake, Lake Sakakawea and Lake Oahe. And Three Affiliated makes way more on oil than on their casino. Turtle Mountain can make a claim that the GF area is in their ancestral lands, so I think it has a viable shot. It would definitely be a big benefit from Grand Forks, so I hope it becomes a reality.

This is exactly the kind of thing we need. Need to expand beyond raw materials and build more processing and industry where the money is.

This should happen and the winner should get an autobid. This would allows schools to join but not necessarily join a conference they don't fit in. It would also relieve some pressure from conferences to take teams as they would have an opportunity to make the tournament. I think Huntsville would restart in this scenario and that is good for college hockey.

Irish looked great in second half. Freeman is a great coach. Hope he stays there a while.

Listening to ESPN broadcast sure makes me long for Keith Jackson. McDonough is good on other sports, but Gregg mcelroy adds nothing. Not sure how he has this gig.

Someone's finally punching back, rather than laying down. That's refreshing.

The title was arguably decided when the 2 and 3 seeds were announced on the selection show.

Many were initially, hence the IRS crackdown.

Sounds a lot like MLB the past few years. Almost like momentum and avoiding rust means something. Just go to 16 teams. Any conference champs in top 16 are in. Those that aren't go into playin games the week of Army Navy game. If there is an odd number of Champs an at large team goes into the last play in. Seed 1 through 16 after the play ins but shift seeding as needed to avoid conference rematches in first round. No reseeding, straight bracket just like March Madness.

We'll see how NIL collectives hold up once the IRS cracks down and ends the tax exempt. The house of cards is getting ready to come down and we'll see if taxpayers want to pay for education or minor league sports.

It certainly needs to be disclosed to Uncle Sam.

Sad but whatever, they are the only remnant of college football tradition left, so I'm definitely pulling for them.

Notre Dame all the way. Hope they win it all can't in good conscience pull for SEC or Big 10.

I'd maybe agree on a ticky tack hold, but that was a blatant obvious hit on a defenseless receiver. You have to call that. There's no let them play argument to be made on that play. Officiating hasn't been very good in these playoffs. Minor league football not off to a good start. But maybe free agent period and next years salary floor help things out.

Gotta be a target on texas there. Wow, might as well not even have the rule. As bad as the obvious offensive interference call that was missed in the Penn St game. Officiating a big problem.

Texas had a very soft schedule, best win in retrospect was Michigan. Somehow the poor strength of schedule argument didn't seem to apply their like it did with Indiana or Boise.

Uh, no. Cable is frequently compressed versus an OTA signal. It absolutely matters. Watching a CBS or other network broadcast over an antenna bv a cable version it's very clear, even moreso in places with ATSC 3.0 broadcasts. That's a separate issue from lower quality broadcast like Miami or CCs prior to moving to the new arena. Those will be bad no matter what.

Yeaj but people are people and I wouldn't want to line up with someone who knifed me in the back. Going to an P4 school for an opportunity is one thing, going to a rival is another. It's indeed a cut throat business and I'd say enjoy Brookings unless you want to walk on. He had his chance at UND.

What a ridiculous take. You also recruit from the portal. If Arch Manning said he wants to take his talents to the Frozen tundra you wouldn't say yes. If there are current options on the roster, great. But it's clear the past decade we have recruited game manager low ceiling higher floor guys at QB, rather than looking for potential and trying to develop. That gets you 7 and 5, 8 and 4 type seasons. Excited to see what a more aggressive approach might bring.