NDSU grad

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't think state universities in North Dakota had any voice when it came to appropriating state money. In other words, if the state appropriated 500,000 for athletics, that money had to be used to fund athletics.

When they say they included the energy used in producing the crops, I wonder if they include photosynthetic reactions. I've never seen a study on the sustainability of ethanol that did not take into account fossil fuel use for crop production. Most even go so far as to include energy needed for production of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, yet the numbers from this study are quite different from recent investigations on ethanol sustainability.

Those games ( I use the word loosely) were the work of Entzion.

You guys are right, western ND was fairly dry unitl June, and I don't know many people west of the river. I was just browsing NDAWN and randomly picked a few spots around the state and of the few I picked all reported above average precipitation in June. I haven't driven across Lake Sakakawea in a long time but had heard it is far below normal, but I think that can be attributed to very low snowfall totals in the Northern Rocky Mountains for quite a few years in a row.

I don't know if Western Ward County is technically considered Western North Dakota but that part of the state is definitely not in a drought. Record wheat yields last year and part of Highway 52 got washed out in a torrential rain storm just the other night. In fact, I think it's safe to say pretty much the whole state is in an extemely wet cycle.

Close. Soil Scientist You seem to know quite a bit about hydrology. Do you have any journal articles to back up your opinions. I'm not trying to call you out or anything; I'd seriously like to read them. Like all of North Dakota, the Devils Lake region is a very immature landform, with a throughflow type drainage system. The leading expert in the country in wetland hydrology resides at NDSU, and I know he's stated the hydrology regarding the Devils Lake region is complex enough that he puts little faith in predictive models regarding the lake's levels. We can argue until we're both blue in the face, but I would take some substantial data to get me to believe that conservation tillage and a return of the region's ephemeral wetlands would even make a dent in the current lake levels. I tend to believe it's a natural cycle and we could have done little to prevent it.

That's similar to the University of Iowa's policy. They cancelled a baseball game with Bradley (Braves) last spring, but of course have no trouble playing Illinois. So bascially, "we're against exploiting Native American culture, unless of course there's a bunch of money involved". The quotes are mine.

One of the very articles about Cityscapes mentioned the gentlemen involved. If my feeble mind serves me correctly, I believe the president (or CEO or whatever) is a UND alum, while the second-in-command is an NDSU alum.

Did she sign a National Letter of Intent. Remember USD's 2004 football recruiting class; I think they "signed" 36 kids. Alot of those were walk-on's who apparently signed institutional letters of intent. Maybe UND has something similar?

I never really expected much of Dobmeier. He's only about 6'0 and not very quick. I alway figured he'd be like a Scott Mzrjkak (sp), who will hit an occasional 3 now and then. I think Jacobsen has been the biggest disappointment. For a guy who started a handful of games for UNI as a redshirt freshman I figured he'd be an all-conference caliber player for the Sioux by his junior year.

You're correct, Adam Dobmeier won Mr. Basketball that year.

I'm definitely no lawyer, but I just can't see where the students would have a leg to stand on. Even though the original intent of Title IX has been bastardized by liberal activist judges (end of political rant), it would be a huge stretch to interpret it as giving precedence to local interests.

I think I can kind of see your point, but I think you're opening up a can of worms if you approach the subject in that manner. According to the NCAA website there's about 10,000 people nationwide that compete at equestrian at the high school level, while there's only a handful of schools that sponsor the "sport". So I think providing opportunities for girls to compete is the important thing, regardless of sport. If feminists are going to go after equestrian, they'll also have to go after all the universities that recently started offerring women's crew.

Equestrian is recognized by the NCAA as an emerging sport, and they state... "An emerging sport is a sport recognized by the NCAA that is intended to provide additional athletics opportunities to female student-athletes. Institutions are allowed to use emerging sports to help meet the NCAA minimum sports-sponsorship requirements and also to meet the NCAA's minimum financial aid awards." ...so I don't think there would ever be a push for some kind of Title IX lawsuit. Equestrian is cheap with a high number of participants, which I don't think the other sports you mentioned can claim. Emerging sports

That's impossible, I've never been wrong on an internet message board before.

That's a good question. Supposedly we only played DI teams this year that promised a return trip, minus K-State which was a 2-for-1 deal, and of course the UW-GB tournament. So if that's the case that would mean Manhattan, Denver, UMKC, Eastern Michigan, and Oakland. I would expect to see more however. I honestly can't say if those teams will bring the fans out in droves but I do think initially there will be a lot curiosity in seeing DI teams in Fargo and I think alot of bball fans are interested in seeing our redshirt freshmen play. So in my fantasy world there will be good attendance early, the Bison men will win/be competitive thus maintaining interest and therefore fan attendance. Time will tell.

Moeller's situation may be true. Justin Monson was denied a sixth year of eligibility for next year, although he would have been eligible under DII rules. As for NDSU's attendance, it's not great but probably around where I though it would be. Next year I'd like to see an average of ~3000, but that's probably being unrealistic. Edit: Corella, have you heard anything about Lott from NDSCS. Supposedly, he's getting interest from some high majors, but of course you have to take that with a grain of salt. Does NDSU have a snowball's chance in hell of landing him?

Probably not this year. Seriously though, I dont' think Playmakers is that great, but I've never been there on a gameday. I was at Joe Senser's a long time ago when there was a Nebraska game on, and the atmosphere was awesome. It's probably hard to compare different sports bars if you're not there during main events.

I grew up about 2 hours away from Bismarck but never spent a lot of time there. It seems everybody who has ever lived there absolutely loved it. Why? I'm pretty interested because I have a decent shot of landing a job when I'm done with graduate school. By the way, I grew up a 1/2 hour away from Minot and don't think I would ever consider moving back there. IMO, the worst "city" in ND.

I would think Fargo would be able to aborb the loss of the Air National Guard unit better than Grand Forks would if the GFAB were to close. I don't have any numbers, but just based on the relative sizes of the two communities and the effect those respective units have on each communitie's economy.

I only saw him play once last year (against Iowa) and it looked he was playing on the wing a lot. I don't know how he would play as a 4, but he seems to have the perfect body. How is UW-GB utilizing him this year?

It seems to me there are two different discussions going on. One is the removal of the current I-A and I-AA designations. This would result in a Bowl Championship Series and Playoff Championship Series. The BCS would of course consist of the current BCS conferences and maybe a few other teams. The PCS would consist of most of the current I-AA teams and a handful of teams that currently play I-A. I don't think this would affect DII at all. The second discussion centers on allowing DII teams to play football at the I-AA level. From my understanding, those would be the only divisions involved in the restructuring. I think the first proposal has a better chance of passing than the second.