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Minot would be the most likely to add another high school, but it won't happen within the next seven years. Watford City is going to struggle mightily in Class A, as their increased enrollment doesn't translate into greater participation numbers for sports. The population is just too transient, I seriously feel really bad for them.

You're thinking of Rick. That's Doug's cousin, not brother. And yes, his stake in Great Plains was larger than Doug's.

I believe Alexander and Center-Stanton are playing a 6-man schedule right now. Grenora plays with Westby, MT as Mon-Dak in Montana right now. May be one other team. I think if the NDHSAA sanctioned it a few more teams would have it.

Never seen a sports book in a reservation casino. But you’re right, I bet this gives them an in into establishing them.

Kennedy's talking about percentage of the total budget from state dollars. Even though UND receives more dollars from the state, their total budget (basically state money + tuition) is also greater than NDSU's, resulting in a smaller portion of that budget coming from state money.

If you're referring to what President Kennedy, you're absolutely correct. I was responding to Darrell, who claimed Bison fans whine about UND receiving more money from the state legislature, which they do in absolute dollar amounts. And I also agree about using old numbers; in my quick search I couldn't find appropriations for 17-19, although I presume numbers were adjusted down in a similar fashion for all NDUS institutions.

For the 15-17 biennium UND received about 13 million more dollars in state appropriations than NDSU. It's on pages 11-12 of the following report. LINK

He just forgot the '0' between the decimal and '7'.

Remaining AA in football. They’re going to have difficulty competing in the WDA in most sports right away. Hopefully they can become competitive as time goes on.

In Bismarck, the junior high that feeds into Legacy used to send most of their kids to Bismarck High.

I do know his wife is principal at an elementary school in Minot and his son plays qb for the Magicians, so his wife and kids are still in Minot. No idea what his living arrangements are.

Rick's his cousin, and it was Rick's dad Al that invested heavily in Great Plains in the 80's. When Microsoft bought Great Plains Rick was the majority shareholder. Doug and his two siblings were a close second though.

How is the opponent getting screwed over? They're getting a boatload of money. The only way they get screwed over is if the deal is for a home/home and NDSU doesn't honor the back end of the deal.

Yes. Sam Humann I think.

LOL. So the FBS wins don't count?

I don't believe so.

Yes, Augustiner seems to be the favorite of the locals. Ayinger's doppelbock (Celebrator) is my favorite beer of all time.

So the NDHSAA has put all their old yearbooks on-line, dating back to 1909. They have all the district, region, and state basketball scores for Classes A, B, and C. It's crazy to see how many schools their used to be in the state. Here's the link. https://ndhsaa.com/about/yearbook

Augustiner was my favorite beer. Honestly, all the tents were kind of a blur, I can't remember which one was the most fun.

Yes it would.

LOL. Pretty much every building west of Bolley Drive was once ag research land. NDSU has plenty of space out at Prosper for research. The only land they wouldn't be able to build on is the historic flax wilt plot, plot 30. You have no idea what you're talking about.

That statement has nothing to do with being land-locked.

Yep. Which is probably a good thing. I'm not anti-tuition waiver, but I think there should be some guidelines on how they're handled.

Land-locked? There's about 200 acres of agricultural land west of campus. That being said, there's no way NDSU (or UND) is going to grow much beyond 15,000 with the budget forecast the way it is.

I just browsed the 2015-2017 appropriations report from the NDUS. Do they transfer some salaries from the Department of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources into the extension budget? That's the only way I could see them doing that.