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Not really. The only gray area is what the NCAA determines to be a season ending injury, and like I stated before, they seem to be pretty lax on that qualification.

This statement is beyond ridiculous.

I think the NCAA is fairly lax on how they determine if an injury is keeping you from playing. Case Keenum separated his shoulder the summer before his redshirt year and even though it probably really didn't keep him from playing it was enough for the school to claim that's why he took the redshirt. In order to be granted a sixth year, you must miss two complete years (it's pretty clear how the NCAA defines a complete year) because of injury.

The medical hardship are not as ambiguous as everybody seems to think they are. Unless Clives George can prove his redshirt year at UA was because of injury, he won't be getting a medical hardship either.

There has to be an injury. In Clive Georges case he will not be granted a 6th year unless during his "regular" redshirt year it was deemed he had an injury that left him unable to play.

This is correct. Iowa was the third game of the year and the game he decided he would still play even though he was having the surgery. Conincidentally, Izzo just tweeted his hardship was granted.

Deluca never took a redshirt and played in less than the maximum number of games to qualify. There's no gray area there.

hese might be some names to watch in ND. Tyrell Harris - Dickinson Chase Teiken, Brandon Metz, Zac Willis - West Fargo Colton Cook - Minot Hayden Reynolds- WF Shey Dillan Jepson - Killdeer Jackson Hankey - Park River Wyatt Carr - Hazen Calen Schwabe - Thompson Jake Ihland - Richland Cody Mauch - Hankinson Hofer Twins - Larimore I can't comment on a lot of the names, but Metz and Willis are NDSU commits, and I believe Colton Cook is walking on at SDSU. The lineman to watch for in the class of 18 is Logan Krueger out of Minot.

Just took a quick peek at the Pepsi Rink. I was very pleasantly surprised. Much nicer than the the original renditions they had. That said it seats a it 1800, which is perfect for Minot, but wouldn't be enough to sustain a D1 hockey program.

Interesting. My son has hockey Saturday morning. I should try to check it out.

LOL. No. MSU used to play in the All Seasons. The hockey people in Minot will insist MSU plays in the MAYSA. It just goes with the backwards thinking mentality that's pervasive in this town.

They haven't played at the All Seasons Arena due to the idiocy of the State Fair Board. They would play at the Maysa. I haven't been in the new rink yet but I think it holds about 1500.

Minot doesn't have an arena that could generate anywhere close to $3 Million in revenue annually.

Hedberg, when he was still AD, is on record stating it would take $3-$4 million annually to run a hockey program. That would be a heck of a lot more than a $6 million endowment.

U Mary and Dakota State left before Minot State. The conference was on shaky ground with or without Minot State. But back to the topic at hand, they have arena issues and would need an endowment similar to what MSU-M was proposing to even stand a chance to start a hockey program.

They had little choice. The DAC was imploding and they were looking at life as an NAIA independent. i think they thought going DII and being in a stable conference such as the NSIC would be a better alternative than what they were facing in terms of cost and perception.

MSU club hockey plays in the MAYSA, which is a terrible facility to watch hockey. I've heard the new addition is a little better, but still not great.

I'm an ISFJ, which apparently means I get to chill with Beyonce. Cool.

The MAC does not impose football scholarship limits.

I explained it poorly in my first post. Case Keenum lost two years of eligibility for reasons out of his control. That's how the NCAA defines it. If Clive can prove his initial redshirt year at UA was because of medical reasons then there's a chance he could get a 6th year, but like I said the NCAA granting 6th years is rare.

DII yes. DI you 5 years to play 4. There's some exceptions, but that's basically the rule. Zach Vraa was granted a 6th year because the same injury kept him out for two years, but like I said 6th years are very rare.

Looking at his bio it looks like he redshirted at Arizona, so unfortunately his career would be over if he is out for the year.

Just my .02 but I think he did to try to illustrate the parochialism that exists in this state, and because of this parochialism the current system will never truly work.

I don't think this is out of the realm of possibility, but I think where the problem comes in is 1) finding two other western schools interested in FBS, and 2) getting the XDSU's (and possibly USD) to go along.

They're not expanding the stadium, they just sold the naming rights for a renovation. All the mayor of Edinburgh said if UTRGV decides to add football they would love to accomodate them and expand to 24k. This link is a couple of weeks old but I couldn't find anything more up to date. http://riograndeguardian.com/edinburg-leaders-we-are-ready-to-house-utrgv-football-program/