jbuck

Seems USD's budget is nearly $3M less than SDSU and getting larger every year. Maybe that is why SDSU fans don't think you have a real budget. UND going DI is one thing. USD is a joke with no hope.

Yes, CU and CSU BB are both after thoughts in Colorado as is DU hockey and all other DU sports. That wasn't the point. The point was that no one cares about UND in Colorado and to make a statement that the Big Sky wants UND based on a perceived big hockey rivalry is silly speculation. Again, the Big Sky could care less about UND hockey and will not be expanding east and until Montana decides to move up. When Montana moves up the Big Sky will look to expand out west based on the needs of the Western schools and they won't be looking to either North or South Dakota.

Not to be too harsh, but Denver hockey (and DU sports in general) is nothing more than an after thought along the Front Range. I would gauge the interest somewhere above Wyoming athletics (football excluded) and below John Elway's son starting at Cherry Creek. The idea that a DU, UND hockey rivalry will get UND into the Big Sky and that this rivalry will increase BB crowds is laughable. The only way DU gets their BB crowds above the high school attendance level is by somehow getting into the West Coast or even better the MWC with AF, CSU and Wyoming. UND needs to hope and pray they can get in the Mid Con for all sports but FB which they can play in the Great West.