Shawn-O

This surprised me: This is a good piece of information:

Definitely. If someone could post that to YouTube, that would be golden.

What about the out-of-towners that want to tailgate? I'm cool with the 10 bucks, but it sounds like there might not be passes left by gameday? Can we call it with a credit card and pick up the pass on gameday for the $7.50? Dropping by the Alerus offices ain't an option.

UN-Omaha is the only team out there that would fit your criteria....and I do think they'd be a great addition.

Look for them to win the Director's Cup in Divsion II for about the next 10 years in a row (after 07-08 that is...UND's winning it this year ). Isn't their enrollment about 23,000? Gigantic compared to the rest of D-2.

The NCAA freeze on D-I move-ups had me thinkin' (and I've been drinkin') about the future of college hockey. The CHA needs to be toast. Four 12 team leagues and one 11 team league, assuming no drops or adds, is what needs to happen (60 would be nirvana, 58 would be fine, too). Speculate on the reshuffle however you like, but here's one scenario. How about the two Alaska schools together in our league...(which they say can't be done). It would require six trips to Alaska every five years, but I think it's doable. Nothing earth shattering here, just the CCHA cluster system with the rivalries built in. Marquee teams at the REA 3 out of 5 years instead of 3 out of 4, but I'd take it. Discuss. P.S Bemidji gets in too.

Have ya' heard about the Lindbergh baby?

Eaves is at about $200,000/year base, plus a deferred annuity making it about a quarter mil a year. What does Johnson make in Lincoln? What's Lucia making? What's Gwozdecky making? The data's out there, it's not that complicated of a negotiation. Get it done, Mr. Buning!

Another good reason to kick their azz.

I didn't say it would work.

If I were recruiting against Hak, I'd find a way to lob this subject into the conversation with the kid's parents, I'll tell you that.

Laura Halldorson has stepped down at Minnesota. Link Edit: Did Monique and Jocelyn sign LOI's, or was it still only verbal?

See, it really is all relative.

Who?

From the outside looking in, this has been handled very poorly, I agree.

Not so fast. We don't even know who the President will be a year from now. Who will be the interim AD? Ralston? Who will lead the search? Harmeson?

This needs to get done. There are PLENTY of other options for Coach Hak outside of NCAA hockey. Get it done, Mr. Buning.

Gradually, more seats will require a Fighting Sioux Club membership, which is both good and bad.

You're not gonna like Division I very much, then.

Let's dust off the Sitting Bull trophy and put it on the line again!! At least we don't need to gin up some phony mile marker. Should be a great game in Vermillion again, with a lot on the line. Would love to be there, but will be in Madison/Green Bay following the hockey/football.

Sounds like a definite factor in this: Division II presidents endorse regionalization model

The hockey-football-hockey triple headers are a blast. 2003 hockey v. BC and football v. NDSU was probably the most fun sports weekend I can remember up there. The weather probably had something to do with that, too. Good times. We definitely plan on being up there for the Oct 13 and Nov 3 weekends. And Thanksgiving, Christmas break, and the Gopher series, come to think of it.

I read it the same way as S2C, no movement between subdivisions means no moving between FCS and FBS. I'm not sure what affect this has on UND's conference aspirations, if any. I still tend to think the picture will be driven from the top down, i.e. the expansion of the Big Ten or Pac-10 sets the dominos in motion.

Any progress on a new prez?? Edit: Interesting article from about a month ago, regarding the search firm. Link

I would think this will be in a holding pattern until a new President takes over.