NDSU grad

Liberally apply a combination of fire-breathing ants and maxi-pads to the area in question.

This is really some good stuff. This thread should be pinned to the top and receive legendary thread status.

I guess whether the numbers are accurate or not is not really the crux of my argument. I'm just bothered by people arguing for a position based on an op-ed piece of a newspaper and anonymous posts on message boards. For the record, I am not bothered at all at UND's position of using tuition waivers to support athletes. I am likewise not bothered by NDSU using them to support graduate students. It is very common for tuition to be waived for graduate students as part of their stipend. I do think this information should be in the public domain, however.

So now you're using what basically amounts to message board comments to back up your points? It should also be noted that the extremely poorly written article in the Bismarck Tribune was an op-ed piece and not a news story. I'd be interested to see how all the universities in the NDUS define tuition waivers.

OK, after perusing the NCAA manual (who knows, the one online is probably outdated anyway) I think I am like 5% positive UND will be counted as a DII opponent in 2008, regardless of how many I-AA opponents they schedule. After looking back at NDSU's 2004 schedule, we played 6 DI opponents and were still counted as DII opponent and were part of the DII record book. So, based on this, I don't think UND will be invited to the Great West until 2009, and if I were Gene Taylor I would not schedule the Sioux until that same year. If the Bison don't have any DII's on the schedule, I might consider scheduling the Sioux in 2008 depending on what the rest of the schedule looke like. I have reached this conclusion by looking at section 20.9.8.2.1.1 EDIT: The section is on page 366 of the manual.

Does anybody remember when UND-Ellendale was closed. Was there strong sentiment for keeping it open? A couple of years before my time so I was just wondering what the political climate was then.

Wow, that link is really an eye-opener.

Especially after tonight. Sorry, I couldn't resist.

When I lived in Iowa, the audio was free and absolutely terrible. Sounds very similar to what UND is experiencing right now. They then went to the fee-based system and it would maybe buffer once or twice per game. Absolutely worth the money. Last year I watched the SDSU and Southern Illinois game on the webcast and I thought it was worth the money. Video quality wasn't great, but much better than Montana's was in 2003. I've never watched anything on dataflix so I really can't make any comparisons to that.

The latest I've ever seen snow is June 2nd, about an inch accumulation, gone by about noon of the same day. The earliest I've seen snow is probably late September.

Wow, you guys really have to win this lawsuit.

I'm glad to see somebody over here has a sense of humor. I probably should have used a smiley face rather than a smarmy, pretentious face. I can only remember the dome flooding once (2000) and that was in fact for a NCIKL sanctioned event. Unfortunately, NCIKL officials were unhappy with the high sulfate levels in the water and the event was cancelled, which explains why you never heard of it.

Only if nd1sufan had speculated Western Kentucky was leaving the Gateway to join the North Carribean Indoor Kayak League.

That's good stuff. I never even mentioned the Chapman/Potts fiasco; I was just commenting on your apparent superhuman powers to bash the Forum anytime they take a side you oppose, while remaining quiet on some of the Herald's ridiculous commentaries over the past few years. The article in the Forum yesterday got it right. This whole mess is about inequity.

It's actually pretty simple. Any time the Forum publishes an article or opinion praising NDSU/Fargo or criticizing UND/Grand Forks it's "pushing the ethical limits."

No way would the Big Sky have a championship game. You could only play 10 regular season games, thus missing out one home gate every year. It just doesn't make financial sense in I-AA to have a conference championship game.

It's bad enough you'd hijack a thread; it's even worse you'd come on a rival's message board and do it.

I think the fact that Potts continuously goes to the media to air his grievances while Chapman refuses to partake in these grade school antics says alot about the leadership qualities of these two men.

What I find interesting is how two people with a fairly modest earning potential (a teacher and an engineer) can amass that much money. People from that generation were just unbelievable when it came to managing money. I suppose it also helped they didn't have any blood-sucking leeches (i.e. kids).

I'm pretty sure IowaBison was being serious. Anybody who's spent any time at Iowa State could tell you how much a garden can add to a university environment.

I could be wrong about this (it would only be about the eigth time today ) but I think the SU's will be considered active DI institutions in 06-07. That's why wrestling and volleyball will be tourney eligible this year. Basically, the old rules stated there was a two-year waiting period to be playoff-eligible. Well, institutions that move up still have to go through that two-year period; the NCAA tacked on three years where a school is in limbo (not really DI, not really DII). At least this is the way I interpreted the NCAA manual.

Hmmm, I would guess that would pretty much hand-deliver NDSU and SDSU to the Mid-Con, if we get invited. I don't think the NDSU administration is going to wait until October for a "maybe" if they get a definite "yes" in June.

Yes it had been whopping two years since we'd seen the post-season in football, so your scenario makes perfect sense.

Press conference is at 1:30, Kolpack reported he turned the job down on his blog at about 11, and then of course there is this