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Yes. Was right in front of us. Underthrown

UNI OL and DL not the physical specimens they had in past.

Pass could have been better on TD attempt

You are correct on the school guesses. As much as it pains me I’d add Eden Prairie into that mix too. 😀 on a more serious note. Just arrived in Cedar Falls. Grabbing a beer and food before the game. Go Hawks

Heading out for Cedar Falls soon. Hoping to see lots of green in the stands

Sorry for the long post. I can’t sleep for some reason. Most of it falls to family involvement with their kids and their economic status. My experience is with well funded suburban schools both as a parent, coach and part time worker at sporting events. Now also the parent of 3 teachers so I’m a little biased. For sure the inner city schools are a different story. Just saying there are great opportunities in many TC schools. I grew up in NW MN and got a very good education. My kids went to SW suburban public schools and their education way outpaced mine. The downside is lack of opportunities to be in sports and other extracurriculars at the varsity level. Just too many kids for very few spots. My 3 kids all went to UND with multiple college credits already in hand through AP or IB classes and were already at sophomore level when they enrolled. (Was great for hockey ticket priority). All three were done with a year of calculus when they came to UND. None of that was even offered at my high school but probably more common today. My kids were honor students in hs but not valedictorians or anything. My daughter was told she scored the highest in Spanish placement test ever at UND and that was before our HS even offered Spanish immersion. The UND professors were sure that she had lived abroad for at least a year or two. In her 9-12 hs Spanish class nobody was allowed to speak English once they entered the room. She was blown away at UND when the prof spoke to them quite often in English cuz most of the kids needed it. At the better suburban schools it’s a race to attract and retain students and high quality teachers. More students = more funding so they are highly motivated. They continue to offer more of both high level STEM and vocational type courses. Our hs now offers an Aviation program with state of the art flight simulators and air traffic control classes. Small school kids are great but we didn’t get the opportunities offered in the big suburban schools because of the money involved. Teachers wash out quickly at our schools if they’re not good enough. My sister teaches in NW MN and they have a math job openings that’s gone unfilled for a couple of years cuz no applicants. No way they would get rid of a barely adequate teacher. Our hs puts out an annual report type booklet every couple of years comparing their students performance to the area private schools achievement and on national testing. When looking at top 200-300 in each grade they out perform the area private schools. They also show overall scores but make that distinction cuz they educate the special needs and behavior issue kids that the private schools turn away.

we talkin' politics again? Thanks for validating my post regardlng the point of this thread

Discussions of the claims of the report where all roads lead to politics, like you knew it would. It is antithetical to what you claim this site is about and you'll eventually issue warnings when it gets too bad. You say no politics - but then bait the group into political discussions based on a TV 'documentary' that clearly had an agenda to sell, bought time on TV and whose producers won't say who paid for any of it. The TV show preaches the need for transparency but .........

interesting. Assuming the numbers you quoted are from the TV show. Not knowing what the truth is but everything I can find online shows positive MN population growth every year going back to 2001 and project into the next 10 years. Anecdotally - look at house prices and rental costs in TC. Some people must want to live down here because it is pretty expensive to find a home. Minneapolis is a mess and not sure how to fix that but the TC metro area is much more than Minneapolis.

Serious question. How do MN and ND compare in AGI? And how does MSP metro compare to ND larger cities in AGI?

Wondering how you thought that starting this thread wouldn't lead to more political talk and division on this site which you profess to be trying to limit or eliminate?

Painful memory

Tickets bought. Let's Go Hawks.

I have always said this and wouldn't have lasted much more than a month with a coach like him. I'm surprised that his schtick hasn't worn thin but I guess cycling players out every 4-5 years is an advantage.

Anybody going? I think we’ll make the drive. Per the Google the visitors section is T. Not many tickets sold there

anybody going to UNI? Just over 3 hours from Twin Cities. Looks like T is visitors section. Is that correct?

They tried this year but are missing 3 OL starters and Darrisaw was out for the first 2 games as well. Not sure they are elite but getting into the backups really takes a step backwards.

OL is a mess but he's made some really bad decisions too. Last offensive play of game he throws down the middle with 8 seconds left and no timeouts. Even if completed the time runs out. A few chances to throw the ball away today but ate it instead. He isn't the answer long term.

I thought about going with my dog for this game but tickets to bring dog were $51 for the dog and same for the person with them. love my dog but not for $102 for the novelty to bring him to an MLB game.

And Leigh bounces it outside and takes it to the house. I’m all for him proving me wrong.

Leigh tries to bounce it outside and hasn’t been able to get there.

Ziebarth. 3 carries 27 yards. Too high ypc so can’t play?

I told my kids that the money we set aside for them for college could be used anywhere as long as it wasn't NDSU. I'm sure they knew I would cave if they decided to there but they didn't test it. All three of them ended up at UND.

Crookston's Tate Hamre commits to UND football https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/college/crookstons-tate-hamre-commits-to-und-football

Just saying it sounds like a decision by Schmidt.