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My question is...what's the point of the light-up backboard if it doesn't match the game clock??? Do you really think a ref shoud be watching the score board instead of the game??? They screw up enough without that
Seriously...Gophers need to get a grip...they have by far more to worry about than losing a buzzer beater to SDSU...thay lost to NDSU legitamately for *&!* sakes!!!I think the backboard light would match the buzzer, though, in which case it would make sense to use it. Like I said in another thread, there is 0.09 seconds left on the clock when a clock reading in tenths reads 00.0.
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The only problem with reversing the call is what about all the other clock screw-ups that happen during the course of any game. I think SDSU should actually have had more than 2.4 seconds left on the clock at the end of the game due to the poor clock operator.
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I think the officials should go by the backboard light in all situations. As an aside, why do announcers have such a difficult time realizing there .09 seconds left on the clock when it reads 00.0? It seems they can never explain why there is a delay between 00.0 and the backboard light.
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You'd think, being a city commissioner and all, that Mike Williams would know what he is proposing is against city bylaws.
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I agree that Ruley doesn't have the horses. But the reasons for that aren't clear to me. Some ignorant people cling to the notion that NDSU's downturn in fortunes is somehow the result of UND swooping in and "stealing" all the good area recruits due to NDSU's impending period of post-season eligibility. However, if that were the case, then it would seem USD and Augie should have been doing the same to SDSU. But that hasn't happened, which seems to blow that theory out of the water. That theory also ignores the fact that UND has traditionally gotten a good chunk of the area talent well before division I was even on the radar for NDSU (Heisler, Kleinsasser, Richards, Boll, etc.). Maybe Ruley just doesn't have the desire to recruit as much anymore? Maybe her assistants aren't doing a good job recruiting? It's hard to say what the reasons are.
Yeah, I think the downturn in recruiting happened a few years before we announced going to DI. It's probably not PC to say this, but it's possible Amy's battle with breast cancer took some of the "fight" out of her; who knows.
While I'm definitely enjoying the success the men are having, I know it's extremely unrealistic to expect them to consistently make it out of the first round of the NCAA tourney. The same is not true for the women. Teams like Old Dominion are consistently a threat to go deep in the tournament; there is no reason a UND, NDSU, or SDSU could not have the same success. I hope the women's team gets things turned around.
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He tries to push buttons. But who cares? There are lots of writers/posters out there who I don't agree with, but instead of getting myself all worked up over them, I just don't bother reading their columns/posts. Bakken is getting exactly what he's after, and a group of NDSU fans is apparently more than happy to oblige him. It's not worth getting upset over
Oh, I agree. But it just seems a little unprofessional to keep goading idiot fans into incoherent "discussions".
With all that said, would you acknowledge that NDSU women's basketball definitely is well behind football and men's basketball in terms of having a successful transition into dI? And further, that they're clearly behind SDSU in women's basketball? The question is, why? I don't believe a win over a struggling Minnesota team at home erases the struggles in recruiting and in the on-court results of most of the past season and a half. I don't know what the problem(s) is/are, but I don't necessarily expect UND to experience similar struggles.My thoughts on the women's program are mixed. If you flipped the success the men's and women's teams are having, it would be how I thought it would play out. I thought the women's bball team started to slide the last few years of DII and IMO it is 100% attributable to a lack of talent. Add to that her recruiting classes the first year or two of DI were absolutely horrible and you begin to see what is going on. I believe Amy is getting all she can from her players, but just doesn't have the horses.
Obviously, Amy has earned a little time to get things turned around, and with the CSU transfers playing next year and better recruiting classes we'll see how things turn out.
I also don't expect UND to experience similar circumstances. They have some excellent young players and transition to DI should be better.
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As a side note, it's interesting how many NDSU fans seem to be faithful readers of Bakken's blog.
Maybe that's because it seems Bakken can't talk about anything else.
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Although a good plan, it is unlikely he would receive another year from the NCAA with the pending move to Division I. There are very, very, very few cases where an athlete receives a 6th year back from the NCAA in DI. If you'll remember, Taylor Murray was in a similar situation this past year and transferred to UND from SDSU because he had another semester to compete in D2, but not in DI.
But wouldn't he be applying for the medical redshirt under DII rules?
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If this passes in January, wouldn't that also make NDSU and SDSU eligible immediately for the 2007-08 year?
The Great West does not meet core and continuity-of-membership requirements. It should apply to the other sports though (I think).
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Corella nailed it. The Bison have received three verbals, and Bohl has stated this will be a small recruiting class; about 15 or 16. I'll be surprised if we know more than 5 or 6 before signing day.
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...needed to come back in the fourth quarter to beat William Penn, a bad NAIA school.
Umm, no they didn't. LINK
Furthermore, there are 15- 20 I-AA's and probably 10 D2's that would have done just as well or better against Minnesota and Ball State.I would love you to name the 10 D2's who would have had a chance to win on the last play of the game against Minnesota (a bowl team, btw) in the Metrodome.
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Over the years last couple months, with my insistance that the NDSU/SDSU combo was never going to get in the BSC, I was described as a "most hateful person" towards NDSU by numerous NDSU posters on a number of boards, even on ones that I did not frequent or ever post at. In the end, my logic was correct, even with all the board peer pressure and antagonism. UND to the BSC and USD/SIUE to the MidCOn will again prove the correct prediction (with 90-95% certainty).
Fixed your post.
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Should Bison fans who said UND would never move up with Kupchella at the helm be critiquing others' predictions?
Well, since I don't think I ever said that, I feel I may be critical of any poster I want.
Also, it could be argued that the SU's, or even UNC, started the domino effect.
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It's the same mushrooms that said NDSU would never be in the Big SKy, that predicted the Great West formation, and said a more than a month ago that NDSU/SDSU to the Gateway is inevitable. Not bad mushrooms.
And also the same mushrooms that predicted UNO to DI, UND would never go to a Western conference, a St. Thomas/UND combo to the Horizon, Denver to the BSC. The same mushrooms that said only a little over a year ago that there was a "strong probablity" that a combo of UND/SDSU/NDSU would be accepted into the BSC, UNO was in informal talks with the Gateway Conference, Minot St. and Dakota St. would be in the NSIC, the NCC would add a few NSIC schools, and UNO to the Mid-Con. So I think after tallying up all your "predictions" you're batting about .100. Even Minnie Mendoza wouldn't be proud of that.
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So Augie joins NSIC and why not have the rest of the NCC go D1 and invite back UNC and NDSU and the South dakota step kid
Good luck with that.
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Do you know............HockeyMom?
Well, I don't know. My wife is from Munich and she has numerous friends and cousins in Langdon. I know Justin Fetsch, and Jennifer and Nole Borgen, just to name a few.
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I'll take you up on two of those, NDSU grad.
Killdeer - Shannon Sivak, Sheldon Sivak, Brant Yantzer, Jan Hovden.
Mott - Sherry Clark (not sure on the last name - graduated in 1988). I just remember her showing up to English 101 class proudly wearing her "89" letterman jacket, compliments of her boyfriend. About two weeks after classes started, the afore-mentioned letterman jacket was suddenly back in Mott with her now ex-boyfriend.
Kildeer, I'll have to go with Paige and Hardin Burian, and since I invented the game I'll allow myself a Ryan Perhus (I know he's from Haliday but he did play football there).
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I could guarantee with about 90% confidence I would know everybody on this board who grew up in a small town (less than 2000) within about 2 degrees of separation. I could guarantee I could do it for the people who grew up in Mott, Kildeer, Burlington, and Langdon.
BTW, if you grew up in a small town in ND and don't mention it as your favorite you have no soul.
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Does anyone know how to keep armadillos from chewing up my yard?
Liberally apply a combination of fire-breathing ants and maxi-pads to the area in question.
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I take issue with Wyobison and others. The idea that I was posting in this thread to fish people into an argument is way off the wall. There are contrasting ideas that some of you cant handle. Obviously when you turn it into a personal argument you have lost. I expect the renwal will be a matter of fact at some point in the future, but the reasons to avoid it are sound. I hope none of you are offended because I take that side.
This is really some good stuff. This thread should be pinned to the top and receive legendary thread status.
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Poke around Bisonville and you'll find Bison supporters reporting this is based in truth. Roll in that the numbers of graduate students are fairly accurate ...
http://www.bisonville.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/Ya...150807216/12#12
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.
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NDSU has been 'buying' their growth in graduate programs. After adding 20 new PhD programs since 1999, they have also grown their graduate student enrollment through full and partial tuition waivers. NDSU has about 1600 graduate students, and about 900 have a tuition waiver. UND has 2100 graduate students with 740 (35%) with a full or partial tuition waiver. NDSU graduate program has 500 fewer graduate students, but 150 more students on tuition waivers. Perhaps this is NDSU talks so much about needing more funds.
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.
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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.
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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.
North Dakota considers allowing cohabitation
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I really hope this law gets repealed. I'm tired of living on the lam for my past transgressions.