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The local and state leaders need to start pushing for funds to build overpasses on some of the major intersections along US 2. Unfortunately, I have a feeling you are right and we will see nothing but stop lights continue to go up.
It seems like there's a traffic fatality/day in northwestern ND. I wouldn't let my wife drive on highway 2 between Minot and Williston right now.
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In another 10 years, Highway 2 between Minot and Williston may be the key economic and political corridor in the state. Not just Williston and Minot will see growth, but a number of smaller towns like Stanley, Tioga, Berthold may become the size of Wahpeton. Hard to imagine that just five or six years ago, NW ND was practically an economic basket case.
The reign of Imperial Cass may be over after the 2020 redistricting.
Kalispell: Oil's booms ripples reach Flathead Valley
http://www.dailyinte...1871e3ce6c.html
I'm just hoping local and state leaders have a plan to handle the increased traffic and population. And putting stoplights up and down Highway 2 does not constitute a plan.
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There's speculation that Berthold (population ~500) may see up to 2300 new homes in the next five years or so. It sounds like there's a developer proposing 900 homes very soon in what people are calling "phase 1".
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The Montana game reminded me a lot of the NDSU/Montana State playoff game, Griz pushed both their lines around all day and McGhee looked rattled. It was a good day to be a Griz fan.
Road is going to be pretty tough for MSU now, if they win their first game they would have to play at Sam Houston State and then probably at Missoula...not quite the #1 schedule they were looking at last week.
NDSU looked to have a pretty decent draw, they should cruise to the semis.
Sounds like the kiss of death.
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If the playoffs would have started after the UNI game, I would have really liked NDSU's chances, but we just haven't played well the last two weeks. That being said, maybe the bye week is what the Bison need and we can get on a roll.
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The gasification plant at Beulah produces ammonia, not sure about urea though. It would seemingly be an opportunity for some company to step up.
If nothing else, portable gas turbines that can provide local electricity needs or plug into the grid would seem possible. The Bakken region has to import massive amounts of electricity as it is now.
This London newspaper had a more in-depth story:
London Mail: Mystery American 'city' caught on stunning time-lapse video from space revealed to be massive Midwest oil field
http://www.dailymail...ideo-space.html
No urea at Beulah, just anhydrous and ammonium sulfate. The negative about Beulah is that the fertilizers they produce are byproducts, so they don't/won't ramp up production. A dedicated facility just to produce nitrogen fertilizer in the Northern Great Plains would be a great opportunity for somebody, IMO.
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So what are the trickle-down impacts of this going to be?
So I guess C-USA and the MWC make the next moves?
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As long as the check clears ...
Sandusky's attorney is giving interviews in other media outlets, and making his client sound like a mildly retarded simpleton ("child like" is his term), rather than a predator.
And yet he was able to coordinate one of the best defenses in college football for 23 years. Surrrrrrre.
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Interesting photo from space, showing the lights (rigs and nat gas burning) in the Bakken. It's lit up like Chicagoland.
http://minnesota.pub...rom_space.shtml
Hopefully, the gas will be put to real use soon. Five natural gas processing plants are being built or expanded (each hundreds of millions of $) near Williston, Watford City, and Tioga. The additional problem is that raw gas lines have to be built to the processing plants, and more pipeline infrastructure has to be built to move the gas and nat gas liguids out of state. Hess is building an ethane pipeline from Tioga to Alberta, and ONEOK is building a nat gas liquids pipeline from Williston to connect with it's processing plant in Kansas. Basin Electric also announced that they will be building a nat gas burning electric plant near Williston. There's also a diesel refinery that's on track to be built near Willston.
Just to deal with the natural gas, there will be over $2 billion in projects in the Williston area.
With the nitrogen shortages that are plaguing U.S. agriculture right now I've always thought it was a shame that natural gas wasn't being converted to anhydrous ammonia and urea. I think there would be some real opportunity there.
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The more I look at the RPI rankings, the less sense they make (not a slam toward you Darrell, just an observation). They have NJIT as having an SOS of 20, yet they play the likes of Chicago St. twice (RPI of 15), CSU-Bakersfield twice (RPI of 27), Longwood twice (RPI of 37), and Colgate (RPI of 17). Now, more than likely, all of those teams mentioned will probably finish with RPI's in the 200-300 range.
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LakotaNolonger says darrell has issues, the rpi if you look at it ranks all the 0-0 teams in no actual order.
Chicago State is #15 , NJIT is #21 and Minnesota is #22?
Not only do you make native americans like myself look stupid with your pandering to our logo, you make yourself look stupid with this stuff.
It's actually taking all the 0-0 and just ranking them in order of their SOS.
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Gary Burgum is worth twice as much as his brother rick.
Rick does not have any siblings. You may be thinking of either Doug or Brad, who are Rick's cousins.
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Honestly, I think that throughout the media these days, any school regardless of the sport, that is not a member of a BCS Football AQ conference is considered a "mid-major".
"Mid-Major" seems to be a term thrown around to any basketball team that represents a school that would absolutely never have a chance of playing for a national championship in the sport of FBS football.
Personally I think there is far more parody in the world of "big-time" college basketball than there is in "big-time" college football.
Here's how I break it down as far as basketball goes in no particular order..............
High-Major
Big East
Big 12
Big 10
SEC
PAC 12
ACC
Mountain West
Missouri Valley
C-USA
Mid-Major
Horizon
WAC
WCC
Atlantic-10
Ivy League
Low-Major
Metro Atlantic
SoCon
MAC
NEC
Atlantic Sun
Big Sky
Summit
Big South
Sun Belt
Patriot
Big West
OVC
Southland
MEAC
SWAC
America East
That's pretty good. I think the only changes I would make is drop the MVC to mid-major, and Ivy league to low-major.
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They can't go to the WAC since that league sponsors FBS football. Air Force and Boise would have to put their other sports in a league that does not offer FBS football. Only real options are the WCC, Big Sky, and Big West.
Way back when when (like 16 months ago) wasn't the WAC going to let BYU play their other sports in that league while their football team went independent?
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In FCS football I believe the scholarships can be divided so that a maximum of 85 players can be on some form of scholarship. With regard to basketball, I believe you are correct. Or maybe you were just referring to FBS football?
Yes, my bad. I was referring to FBS only. In FCS you can split the 63 scholarships among 85 players.
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How can we offer him a scholarship when none are available for next year? The only scholarship for next year was Pat Mitchell's and I thought that one was going to Shane Benton. Is possibly one of the red-shirt juniors not returning next year. Something has to give for this offer to be made. Go Sioux
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As noted below, a total of 13 scholarships are allowed but they do not need to be full rides. I would guess that only 9-10 of the kids who might be back next year have full rides so there is money available.
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Number of Scholarships
Men's Division-I teams are allowed 13 full-ride scholarships that can be broken up any way the university sees fit. You could see 26 players with half scholarships on a given team, however, it would be highly unusual
This was true in DII, but not in DI. You are allowed a maximum of 13 counters, and even an athlete on a half-ride is considered a counter. There are sports you can split up scholarships, but basketball and football are not among them.
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And unfortunately the political leadership (I use that term loosely) in Minot and Ward County is not prepared to handle this growth.
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Ohhh....it was one hundred percent glee. And while my brother tried to explain why it wasn't a fumble I supported the NCAA ruling of the call like a blind Eastern Washington fan....
I was thinking of the last Nickel Trophy game played between the schools....WHAT A GAME!!!!!
A little trivia for you: Cheat if you want, but see how you do without a crutch.
A) Who won the game? (This is easy for you Bison Fans)
B) Who scored the first touchdown of the game? Team, and player please.
C) Who were the starting QB's for both teams?
D) What was the score of the game?
E) What player scored the game winning TD in overtime?
F) What player broke his leg before the last play of the game.
G) Who was the last player to touch the football in the Bison-Sioux Rivalry?
H) Who was the last player to make a tackle in the Bison-Sioux Rivalry?
Pretty easy....but wow....what a great game that day....Someone should post it on youtube if you have the highlights....
A) Not the Bison. LOL
B) No idea
C) Tony Stauss and John? Bowenkamp
D) 28-21
E)Can't remember his name. A tall wr for you guys who of course Bobby Babich couldn't cover
F)Kyle Steffes, but I don't think it was the pentultimate play of the game
G)Rod Malone
H)Digger Anderson
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I have to wonder who makes these decisions about so many multiple uniform combinations (ala Oregon). It's pretty sad when you can't recognize a team by uniform at first glance.
And nearly as bad to me is not using an obvious option when you have it. Case in point: Minnesota has pee-yellow helmets. Why didn't they wear them at USC to help out their first-ever start at QB guy? Instead, every hat on the field (UM and USC) was that bloody stool brown color.*
*Yes, I just called the colors used by UM and USC "pee-yellow" and "bloody stool brown".
Obviously Nike has a big hand in determining Oregon's uniform choices. I kind of looked NDSU's yellow jerseys, (they're definitely not gold) even though I'm in the minority on that one. My pick for worst of the week is definitely Maryland.
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You don't think it's odd that a non-UND guy who lives out of the region is constantly posting about this when it shouldn't concern him? It's obvious from what I've seen that it's not the name issue that has him worked up, it's a personal thing with Al Carlson.
Maybe WYOBISON would like to join us in our support of the new hockey conference since he's so concerned about what happens here?
I think the reason myself and other people not associated with UND are following this issue so closely is because we know this is about Al Carlson's charge to have the legislature take over higher education in North Dakota. He is simply using the Sioux name as a backdrop because of the emotions and publicity that go along with it.
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I believe it is Al Carlson's and Bob Skarphol's wish to have all of the NDUS turned into vo-tech schools.
Yes, because there is a shortage of welders in the oilfield.
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Were you using Bowbells as the comparison town?
The population decline of Burke County is absolutely incredible: 10,000 people in 1930 and less than 2000 in 2010. Burke County had 1/3rd of the population of Cass County in 1930 and now it has 1/75th the population.
Burke County is now mostly Senior Citizens (average age of Columbus was 57 by census data), so another decade without development of some kind, and Burke County would have been just one huge bonanza farm with a nursing home.
Not really using Bowbells as a comparison, I just know that's where they played the Class C District Tournament for Northwest ND back in the day, and it was sort of a regional center just because of all the coal activity. You're right, the situation in Burke County is dire. The school in Bowbells can't possibly hold on for much longer, and the numbers for Burke Central in Lignite are in the 10-14 kids/class range. The Annabelle Homes project looks impressive, but even if there's jobs in the area I would expect most people to commute from Kenmare and Crosby, even in this day of high gas prices.
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The development that Annabelle Homes has planned for Columbus (population 600 + in 1960 to 119 now ) was unfathomable just a few short years ago, when Columbus was consigned to being a ghost town in another generation.
Columbus development - 150 homes
Columbus is the epicenter of where Sirius Mining/Dakota Salts wants to begin deep well potash mining: Dakota Salts project
Wow. That's impressive. When my dad was growing up, Columbus was considered a bigger town. It will be interesting to see if the potash mining comes to fruition. It could be a boom for Bowbells, Lignite, and Columbus.
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Towns that have been declining in population for 80 years may double in population soon:
Major developments planned for small towns in NW ND
Annabelle Homes does seem to do things the "right way". They seem to be interested in actually developing a community rather than just putting up cheap housing. I don't have very high hopes for towns like Columbus and Plaza, but this boom could be revitalizing for towns like Stanley, Tioga, and Watford City.
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Did you take the over or under, and does this post count? Maybe we could talk about splitting the winnings?