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  1. Title IX has a lot to do with why hockey is not offered. The other factor is start up cost because you need an arena. It is a huge money maker at UND and a number of other schools. Don't kid yourself as to what stirs the drink and funds the other programs at UND. It is the only reason that Omaha had football as long as it did because it always operated in the red, but the hockey program was so far in the black  that it funded the other sporfts. As profitable as men's hockey is and can be, women's hockey is not at this point. If you start men's hockey, you have to start an equivalent women's program. If hockey was not attractive or popular, I don't think you would have had Penn State and Arizona State recently starting D1 hockey, and there have been discussions at a number of other schools, including USC and Iowa.  Football might be going the other way with all of the concussions.

    Much of this is just silly.   College hockey existed long before Title IX and college teams didn't add hockey at that time.  

    If  you are worried about a sport impacting Title IX - FBS and FCS football has many more scholarships than hockey so they would be the first to go if that was the main driver.  

    I know a lot of hockey fans think the whole world is watching and enthralled with the sport but most of the country doesn't follow it and FCS football has an equivalent following.   Most of Canada doesn't give a rip about US college hockey either which is saying something since they are the biggest hockey fans in the world.

  2. Both are similar.  The number of schools that play college hockey is not that large.  It is the top tier of college hockey but most of the US doesn't care about hockey.   FCS football is not the top tier of college football but there are a lot more people in the US that follow college football so it is a wash in my opinion. 

    Not many people in the US could name the FCS national champion or the college hockey national champion.   Most don't even know Union College exists.  Hell - I even had to look up their nickname (Dutchman) and I was at the Frozen Four when they won it.

  3. Well, seeing how some of the members here don't think that an FCS championship is a very big deal, I just made the obvious comment.

    Most on here agree that FCS championships are a big deal.

  4. The "field" in SDSU's facility is shorter than UND'S.  SDSU's has an 80 yard field with an end zone on each end for a total of 100 yards. SDSU has jump- and field events areas outside the turf but inside the track (much like many 400-meter outdoor tracks). I understand UND'S facility has a total of 120 yards--100 yard field with an end zone on each end; and UND'S facility is so large that all field events areas are outside the track.  That's a unique and very nice feature for an indoor facility. 

    The endzone corners at each facility are rounded because of the track.   The corners are clipped just a little at the SDSU facility (but, again, it has a total 100 yard field surface compared to UND'S 120 yard surface). I haven't figured out how the tracks are configured but there may be some slight differences on turn radii etc to fit the UND track around 120 yards while the SDSU track is wrapped around 100 yards. I think one would need a photo from the ceiling of each facility to see how they each fit.

    If I am recalling correctly, the UND facility is considerably larger than the SDSU facility -- maybe as much as like 30,000 square feet?  I think SDSU's is about 150,000 sq ft while UND'S is 180,000.  Those are big buildings! (Our old west-side grandstands at the football stadium, including the press box on top, would easily fit within the SDSU building.

    Another poster asked when the SDSU facility would be finished. I detected a little snark in the question but I'll respond as though the question was serious.  The facility is essentially finished and was opened for use a year ago. The facility has a lot of natural lighting because of the ribbon of structural light-permitting panels that can be seen in the pictures. If you are inside the facility during daylight hours you will appreciate the natural lighting.  We have a nice Daktonics board installed which gives near-instant results for the track and field events. 

    SDSU's facility is extremely impressive.  UND's is as well.

    No reason for anyone to be snarky.

  5. I asked this earlier but didn't get any response.  Does anyone know if Dale was asked if he had any interest in returning before Bubba was hired?

  6. The more I read and watch about this situation the madder I get.  Purely amateur hour.

    http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-football/3890049-college-football-selection-chair-explains-playoff-process 

    http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-football/3889465-und-football-big-sky-dumbfounded-fcs-playoff-picks 

    Quote from @UNIPantherAD:  "Some things will remain consistent, we need to win 7 D1 games".  A constant from committee to committee.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCotwOXYY44 

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  7. I dont expect anyone to take what I say as gospel, just sharing what I was told.

    I'm interested to see which type of tough questions will be asked to Wilson on 740 here shortly.  Do they ask about the bracket being decided before UND kicked off?  If so, what is his response?  It's not like there weren't 10 other people there.  The question I have is if anyone would call him out for any untruths?  Too taboo for a committee member to step up?

    I would love to be a fly on the wall in the Fullerton/Idaho St AD convo that followed the selection process.

    Grab your popcorn...will be interesting to see what transpires, if anything.

    I'm afraid they will spend most of their time talking about NDSU's bracket complaints.

  8. And UND with their 61 total yards was competive against NDSU? You are dumb and dumber and dumbest if you think the Fighting Hawks were competive against NDSU. 

    you are right. we weren't competitive against NDSU at that time of the year.  

    Do you feel WIU was competitive when they gave up a mere 59 in their 59-7 loss to NDSU? 

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  9. How about a 9-2 NC A&T or an 8-3 North Carolina Central? Or a 9-2 San Diego or Jacksonville if it all about the number of wins. Have you ever seen an 18-12 major ACC school gat an at large bid over a 26-4 mid major? WIU over UND is the same thing. WIU plays in the toughest FCS conference in the country and was 5-3 in it. They deserve to be in. You may have a case over EIU, but not WIU. They put all 5 MVFC teams on the same side of the bracket because they knew that was the only way to avoid another all MVFC final. They don't want that to happen again.

    WIU is first team to make playoffs without 7 wins since forever.  Definitely a case to be made that they didn't deserve to be in.

     

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  10. I remember back in 1991 we got snubbed in favor of Mankato State and people were just livid. Well, we made the playoffs the next year and we turned the corner as a program in 1993. So that is where I am coming from on this. Were we screwed? Yes. Is it the end of the world? No.

    I remember 1991 and I was pissed then too.   Thanks for having the year for that one.  I was going to look it up but was too lazy.

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  11. I think everyone is up in arms about little or nothing. This team and program are headed in the right direction and it is clear that Bubba's efforts to change the culture are working. Two years ago, we were staring into the abyss of a 3-8 season with a head coaching vacancy and a lot of anxiety and uncertainty on this forum and elsewhere about where the program was headed and how long it would take to put the pieces back together. Now we are knocking on the door of the FCS playoffs and will have an excellent chance to break down that door next season. Bubba and his staff will use this as a motivational tool to get the team fired up and determined to have a true breakout season.

    Forget about 2015. Focus on 2016, the Big Sky conference title and being a seeded team in the FCS playoffs with that all-important first round bye. That would be more productive than bellyaching about being screwed by the playoff committee. If this program improves like I think it will, the committee won't have a chance to screw us out of anything.

     

    I agree with how far we've come in 2 years.

    That said - this snub is more than 'little or nothing'.  We wold be a lot better off with recruiting and development if we were headed to the playoffs.  Also - you never know how many chances you will get and when the next one will come. 

  12. From GF Herald Article:

    UND was passed over in favor of Eastern Illinois of the Ohio Valley Conference, as well as 6-5 Western Illinois of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.  EIU, which was 7-4 overall, didn’t beat a playoff team and didn’t boast an FBS victory.

    Committees end up with a lot of group think.  I would guess that many of those on the selection committee would realize they screwed up after getting away from the meeting and looking at it from a distance.  It's hard to make a case for a 6 win team making it since they have never had a 6 win team get in.   EIU has no leg to stand on vs. UND either.

  13. don't be so salty, I've had a busy fall. Had nothing to do with wins or losses. In my mind UND should have gotten in, but the people who get paid to make these decisions didn't and theirs is the only opinion that matters. They thought WIU's win over  SDSU(as well as the rest of their resume)was more impressive than what UND showed on the field. So argue all you want about your PSU win being more impressive than theirs over SDSU but the people who matter in this scenario agree with me

    Not arguing who's individual win was more impressive.  What I am saying is that only having 6 DI wins is supposed to be a deal breaker.  Period.

    Per Daniel "Pinto" Gunderson of KFAN 740 in Fargo - 

    They (WIU) won six games all year. You know how many six win teams have made the playoffs with an at-large bid since they expanded the field from 16 to 20 teams? Never.

    Here is a link to his blog post.

    http://kfgo.com/blogs/ndsu-bison/983/you-have-to-do-better/ 

     

  14. I've never once trolled on this board. Try again.

    My posting theme in this thread revolves around the original poster saying UND's win over PSU trumps WIU's win over SDSU. I disagreed. If that sort of discussion is trolling than you need thicker skin my friend.

     

     

    I don't think we are friends, are we?  Doesn't really matter what you are saying.  The fact is you saw no reason to post here while UND was winning late in their schedule.  You show up again when things go bad for us.

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