NDSU grad

According UNDBIZ, there is not a line item for athletics for appropriated funds. NDSU just chooses to allocate more of that state money to athletics than UND. UND already gets more state dollars than NDSU.

I don't give a crap. I won't be on the bus.

Administrative salaries and travel expenses. Cut back on team meals, find cheaper vendors for certain things. Find avenues to increase revenue. There's lots of ways to do this.

Yep.

What would you suggest Darrell? I'm on pins and needles waiting for your informed and well-educated response.

And that reason is?

Those numbers are completely irrelevant as far as Title IX is concerned. It was never meant to be a mandate that opportunities had to be a 1:1 men/women ratio. NDSU is not even close to being non-compliant regarding Title IX, no matter how much Hawk fans want them to be.

NDSU's Title IX compliance is awesome, at least as far as the feds are concerned.

I have no reason to doubt you, but I find it odd UND would get 60% of appropriated funds from the state compared to NDSU. When the state appropriates funds, do they mandate specific departments they go to based on a formula? And how much 'wiggle room' does each university's presidents have in regards to allocating appropriated funds?

Kolpack's my source. I probably have much too faith in him that he's right, but until I see something different it's all we have to go on. I tried to find the number on the NDUS site, but it's very difficult to find budget line item detail on that.

2.1 million

I love the enthusiasm!!

This is spot on for the most part. I think one thing NDSU needs to do better is push the hall down the field. Carson Wentz could do that with average-to-good receivers in Urzendowski, Shepard, and Vraa, but that's a once in a lifetime thing. James Madison played single high safety all day and dared us to beat them and we couldn't. I'm hopeful Messingham might tweak a few things there.

I think Polasek was a good oc, so that makes Messingham a grand slam hire imo.

Well, Messingham still has tons of experience compared to Polasek now. Polasek was only OC for one year, and only at one school.

I do as well. It's about finding the right kids when you go far out of your traditional recruiting area. Florida's been a goldmine for NDSU lately. Bruce Anderson, Tre Dempsey, Jaylaan Wimbush. I'd like to get back into Texas again. We had success there with Warren Holloway and D.J. McNorton.

I wasn't as down on Polasek as most, but it's not like he's some offensive genius. I really like Messingham's experience. The NDSU offense really needs to find someway to push the ball down the field with the passing game.

Polasek had 0 years experience coordinating at any level. Messingham has about 10, including for a quasi P5 team (it is Iowa State after all). I'm also excited about potentially recruiting Dallas/Ft. Worth, which is where he recruited for MSU. Like I said, at worse a wash, but I really think there's a better chance it's an upgrade.

Cain mainly recruited out of the tri-state area. I doubt the area Williams will be recruiting in are regions where you guys normally recruit. We will have to shift some responsibilities over for Wisconsin, since that was Polasek's main responsibility.

Messingham's a grand slam hire. He'll be a wash to a slight improvement over Polasek. I know less about Williams. He'll need to pull in the recruits like Cain could. That will take a few years to evaluate.

What was Rudolph's record at Minot State before he came to the Hawks?

Or it could be UND's overall athletic budget is running a deficit. Not saying they are, but that is a possible explanation

But the pot of money that Bismarck sends to NDSU athletics is the roughly 2 million that Kolpack alluded to. Unless they're making them cut money allocated from tuition dollars.

You're including tuition dollars, Kolpack's number is what is directly appropriated from the state. From what I understand, each university has flexibility in where they can appropriate their tuition dollars.

If my username was was UNDgrad you wouldn't be coming back at me at all, but that's ok. I get it.