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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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We lost our house in Minot Monday night. Probably to the main level by now. Not looking forward to the messy cleanup, but I'm sure some folks on this board have been through it.
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Jack Michaels from Bismarck was hired today to take over Dan Hammers position at KFGO/KFAN as sports director. I think UND could work out the same agreement with him that we had with Hammer if Michaels wants to.
Wow, this is a bit of a surprise. I thought he went to Bismarck to be closer to his kids. If NDSU was smart, they'd insist on getting Michaels back to provide color commentary or be a sideline reporter. I think he's one of the best around.
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66,000 x 17% = 11,200
The base only lost 3,000 people in ten years.
Grand Forks County is still missing 9,000 people it could/should have when compared to other regional cities, especially Bismarck, that for whatever reason.
Bismarck was below GF in population not that long ago and now will be double the size of Grand Forks relatively soon.
It will be interesting to see the official census numbers when they come out. Ward County will probably be right on the heels of Grand Forks County, and if the oil activity keeps up, will probably surpass it by 2020.
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I'm weary of players like that. Take for instance "Big Mike" Mathison on our roster right now. Kid was our big recruit out of Walhalla a few years ago and he hasn't done anything. Kid is always hurt, and doesn't do a thing when he gets in.
Proves a kid can look like a "can't miss" in ND Class B but have no future in basketball at the D1 level. A good indicator, although a bit superficial, seems to be where else interest is garnered. If the NDSU, USD, SDSU, or Big Sky School's of the world have no interest should we just because he has UND ties?
Excuse me for butting in here, but Mathiason was never a big recruit. He never put up numbers for North Border and was a project for you guys from the get-go. I don't even think he's on scholarship, is he?
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UND had one major factor that was different than the other Dakota schools. UND lost a head coach as they entered the transition period. They promoted a coach from within rather than hiring an existing head coach. The change in coaches set back the recruiting process a year or 2. And it has probably taken Mussman some time to adjust to the head job, just as it takes most people time to get up to speed when they are promoted. In spite of this, they have managed to have a winning record every year.
As we have seen, on the field success can change quickly. NDSU had several good years, went down quickly, and is having more success this year. SDSU made the playoffs last year and things aren't going quite as well this year. South Dakota hasn't had a better record during transition until this year. Their big claim to fame is a single win over Minnesota. And even UND has had both good and bad. They looked bad in a couple of games last year and then came back to play several pretty good games at the end of the season. I think it's a little early to write off UND's program or it's coach. Adjustments need to be made. They may need to change some personnel. But you don't make wholesale changes based on part of one season.
Ummm, so did NDSU. Bohl's first year was our exploratory year. I really don't think replacing a coach is that big of a factor; obviously the important thing is to hire the right guy. I'm not invested in your program like you guys are, so I can't say if Mussman is that guy or not.
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Stay classy Ed.
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To only be up 2% with a 12% grad enrollment increase and a relatively small senior class, NDSU's freshman class must have dropped rather substantially. Without all the tuition waivers Chapman was granting, freshman are not as inclined to enroll there. Since the sophomore and junior classes at NDSU are huge, once those two classes begin graduating, NDSU enrollment will likely decline temporarily.
LOL. Most of the tuition waivers were granted to grad students.
Conference Realignments - Take 2
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So I guess C-USA and the MWC make the next moves?