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If Greg Stennes said that, then I believe it, but it just seems strange that with all the restaurants on the boardwalk, Whitey's would be the one to go under. It has certain advantages that the others will never have in terms of name recognition and history. What disadvantages does/did it have relative to the others, other than the way it was run in recent months?

I miss those days also, but in some ways downtown EGF is more popular than ever. Finding a parking spot on a Friday or Saturday night is tough. The movie theaters have been a huge hit, which I believe has really helped the many restaurants in close proximity. Other than Whitey's under its most recent management/ownership, I guess.

Agreed. Reading the Herald article ( http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/192874 ), Norman seems to have plenty of not-particularly-convincing excuses, but as others have pointed out there are several restaurants on the boardwalk in EGF that seem to be doing just fine, and none has the iconic name and tradition of Whitey's. If you're starting up a new restaurant, I may be able to buy the "competitive marketplace" excuse for why it failed. But when you have an established business that fails under your watch, it's probably not all that difficult to speculate where the blame should be placed. If the right person took over, I have no doubt Whitey's could still thrive in this day and age.

I think "looking" is the operative word. Minnesota has already offered a quarterback from Mankato, which likely means Mollberg is at best second on their list among Minnesota high school quarterbacks (to say nothing of players from other states). Mollberg certainly may end up going to an FBS program, but I suspect there's a pretty good chance he'll end up going FCS.

While I would like to see the last scholarship go to a "big", it appears UND is in the market for another point guard, since as mentioned earlier in this thread there's apparently still an offer outstanding to Wesley Washpun of Cedar Rapids, IA: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Wesley-Washpun-120751 My guess is that if Washpun decides to go elsewhere, perhaps Lipkins is offered?

Here's Mollberg's rivals profile: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Joe-Mollberg-121372

UND is showing interest in Northland CC guard Terrell Lipkins: http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/192777/group/Sports/

Josh Gentry and Shane Benton, both of whom I'm kind of assuming play the 2 or 3 position. Since there's also one more scholarship available, possibly a juco 4 may be brought in? I think the most significant addition may be the return of Wilmer, if he can show more of the promise he showed in the NDSU game.

It comes down to winning, and having reason to have optimism for the future. This is the first year in a long time that there has been legitimate reason to be optimistic about the future of UND men's basketball. I have been watching UND basketball since I was a little kid in the late 1970's, so I've seen plenty of up's and down's.

If everybody else returns, seniors on offense will be: Goska Solum Quesenberry McKendry Daggett Anderson On defense: Watkins Belotti Kudrna Hawkins D. Hendrickson Goertz Bellmore Daniels

Breon Butler and Adam Shaugabay both red-shirted. I suspect both will be strong candidates to see time next year, particularly if Sutton has further injury problems.

Plus Stroup, who likely would have been our top defensive player in 2008 and 2009.

I asked Coach Mussman in the live chat yesterday about the possibility of red-shirting Jake Miller in 2011. Guessing that option is no longer realistic.

http://www.fightingsioux.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=205089248 I'm growing tired of key players not fulfilling their obligations and leaving the team short-handed.

Thanks. I can't blame him for doing that.

Prior to the live chat this morning with Mussman, I hadn't realized Jace Schillinger was no longer at UND. Anybody know where he went?

Not sure who this guy is, but he evidently doesn't think too highly of the Summit League: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/592659-summit-league-should-the-conference-flag-be-lowered

Just heard that Brooks will be the head football coach at Hill-Murray High School.

Just read an interesting tweet--UND gets 64.7% of its scoring from the freshman class, the highest % in dI.

26 HBU 18 UND 7:40 left in first half Sioux playing very poorly against the lowest-ranked dI team in the country.

I fully realize that we're not in a position to be overly critical about a game we won, but...UTPA is 3-18, has an RPI of 340, and was missing their leading scorer, and yet still managed to keep the game close throughout, and scored well over their season average. The UND defense has got to play better than that, and we can't afford Brekke getting in foul trouble if we're going to win many more games this year. On paper, the only game left on the schedule which should be easier than last night is Saturday against Houston Baptist--currently last in the RPI ratings.

33 UTPA 43 UND half

Brekke continues to show that he's going to be a good player.

63 UTPA 76 UND final Youngblut and Wall had big games.

Steve Brekke would be better than Johnson.