UND92,96

New flood forecast: http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/193840/

For what it's worth, La. Tech had a better RPI than NDSU coming into last night's game. Obviously it's extremely premature to do much speculating about a game next year, but from what we know right now, UND should be returning its top seven players, plus get Wilmer back. NDSU will be losing its leading scorer in Tveidt, plus Coleman who is their fourth-leading scorer. Unless UND suffers some unexpected early departures from any of the top seven players, I think UND will have a very good chance of winning that matchup next season. But again, a lot can change between now and 2011-12, and there's no way of knowing how newcomers for either team may impact things.

From what I can tell by watching Gentry's highlight video, I think he can contribute immediately. Other than Huff, we're perhaps a bit limited athletically at the wing positions, and Gentry seems to be quite athletic.

From what I can tell, this is by far the best win UND has had in the dI era in terms of RPI. La Tech was at 235 heading into the game. I don't think UND had a win over a team with an RPI better than the low 300's prior to last night.

73 Terry Bradshaw U 76 UND final

Sioux not closing well. Up just 4 now, with Tech at the line with 19 seconds to go.

59 P.J. Brown's alma mater 68 UND 1:37 to go

54 La. Tech 61 UND 4:33 to go

33 Fighting Mailmen 48 UND 11:20 to go

Thankfully the master negotiator responsible for that one is no longer around...

That's got to be a bitter pill to swallow--getting bought out by a second-year program. I'm surprised USD even agreed to a home-and-home with them in the first place.

Grand Forks receives some more good publicity nationally--this time for the housing market: http://economicdevelopmentnews.areavoices.com/2011/02/16/gf-ranked-in-top-10-rising-housing-markets-in-us/

I go way back with Matt. He was a neighbor, and I had him as a coach in four different sports while growing up--park board hockey and baseball, and he was an assistant football and track coach at Central. He was really a good guy, and he will be missed.

I'm looking for big things from Cummings. The backup DE positions appear pretty wide open, and he's supposed to be quite talented. I believe Jablonski was defensive scout player of the week a couple of times. He could see some playing time. Also, while he won't be a freshman, Townsend could really help the receiving corps. I suspect he'd have been a big contributor this past season had he not gotten hurt in pre-fall.

In addition to the Toasted Frog, another recent success story for a locally-owned restaurant in GF is Rhombus Guys: http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/193398

I suspect the disappointing crowd for that game was due in large part to the fallout from the Sioux Falls debacle. A 4 p.m. game on Halloween also didn't help matters.

Fouls.

According to Terry Vandrovec, the Cal Poly-SDSU contract is a 2-for-1, with Cal Poly agreeing to travel to Brookings twice. Apparently Cal Poly is pretty desperate for a home game.

Tom Dennis editorial on Whitey's: http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/192993/group/Opinion/

I think he works for a radio station in Thief River Falls? Not sure.

Anybody know whether NDSU basketball is available on any non-Fargo stations?

Yes, he took over for Scott Hennen a few years ago.

He's the hockey PA announcer. I believe he also calls women's hockey games on the radio once in awhile.

The Toasted Frog is a good example of what can be done when people know what they're doing. When they opened I thought it would be an uphill battle, but by all accounts they've done quite well.

I think 3-2 would be a success. 4-1 would not be out of the question, but then again 1-4 is also conceivable.