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I don't want to get too far off-topic, but the fact that RR is doing very well in most sports, and GFC is mostly struggling, is part, albeit a fairly small part, of the reason I hope the Grand Forks school board considers doing away with the north-south delineation for determining the boundary between the GFC and RR districts. It made sense in the 1960's. I don't believe it does now. And I suspect the chasm is only going to grow over time unless something is done to make things more equitable. Sorry for the thread drift.

I would say that high school football in Fargo this year, and really in the entire east region at the AAA level, was really down.

SFI blog on the Cain commitment: http://siouxfb.areavoices.com/ Note also in the comments section regarding a possible fourth WR commit.

If I'm not mistaken, Hanson's uncle is former UND and CFL NG Scott Schultz.

Somebody posted on the ND Preps board that Century's Conrad Schwarzkopf will be a preferred walk-on at UND.

It's unusual, but not unprecedented. In 2003 the top player in the state was a kid named Brian Dykema from Strasburg. He ended up signing with UMary, I believe because his girlfriend was a student there.

It's hard to believe UND only has one commitment from the Twin Cities metro area (Rich). I have to think there will be at least one or two more when all is said and done.

For the old-fashioned astro turf, I believe it's 5 to 10 years. For the newer field turf, I believe it's more like 10 to 15 years.

So I'm assuming at that point the boundary for residences east of Washington must have been 13th Avenue South. I believe it changed to 17th Avenue South fairly shortly thereafter, which is where it still is today. It's interesting to compare what was considered "south end" back then compared to today.

It sounds like school boundaries are once again being discussed: http://www.grandfork...icle/id/227388/ My wife attended this forum, and brought up the idea of shifting the GFC-RR boundary to more east-west rather than north-south, but while many seemed receptive to this, in the end it sounds like "tradition" will prevail, and little will actually change. My question is this: how much different is the boundary now compared to when RR first opened? The reason I ask is that it seems like virtually all of the new homes built in GF in the past 40-plus years have been in the RR district. If true, this is problematic IMO for a variety of reasons. Besides Congressional, which mostly just replaced the homes lost in the Lincoln Park/Central Park/Riverside Park areas, what other development has there really been in the GFC district since the early 1970's, at least within the city limits? I feel like it's in the best interests of the community if the boundary is re-worked so that both districts contain a better cross-section of the city. At present, RR has that. But I don't believe GFC necessarily does.

I just found this on espn: http://espn.go.com/c...3/david-fennell I'm assuming he's related to a certain "other" Dave Fennell?

There are definitely fewer houses on the market right now in Grand Forks than what we've seen the past several years. That is likely due to a combination of factors, but people moving east from western ND could certainly be a part of it.

Are a lot of the locals leaving, or at least seriously considering leaving?

Counting the jucos, I believe UND is up to 15 commitments. I would expect maybe five more--two or three of which would presumably be offensive lineman, plus perhaps a running back.

Per scout.com and SFI, WR Anthony Fletcher has committed to UND: http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=5434715

SFI blog entry on the Golladay commitment: http://siouxfb.areavoices.com/ I'm probably over-analyzing this, but it seems odd to me that Golladay and his high school teammate Charles Elmore both visited UND on the same weekend, and presumably the visit had to be decent in order for Golladay to commit, but we did not get Elmore, who committed to SDSU. Obviously Chicago to Grand Forks would be an adjustment for almost anybody, but you would think far less so than Chicago to Brookings. And yes, I realize other factors could be in play such as the fact that he'll be playing once or twice per year in the state of Illinois, and the fact that a certain major may be offered at SDSU but not UND.

OL Austin Farnlof has committed to NDSU. UND had reportedly offered.

ESPN is now reporting that Paterno died this morning.

Multiple sources are claiming Joe Paterno died tonight.

Idalski is suspended tonight: http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/227249/group/homepage/

Turnovers, poor shot selection and poor shooting. This game is brutal...

I haven't seen a lot of games this year, but based on this game it's not difficult to see why UND's shooting percentage is so low this season (37%).

Pretty ugly game so far. Lots of turnovers and not much offensive flow.

UND starting four guards 5'8" or shorter.

It's hard to overstate what Roebuck has accomplished at UND. For example, among the dI and dII women's basketball coaches with 600 or more wins, the only two with a higher career winning percentage than Roebuck are Summitt and Auriemma. That's extremely impressive.