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Yes!

Well, hopefull this leaks into the locker room

No clue, but I agree, at some point they have to release something.. let's go with baby steps: Is the roster current?

Preseason poll for the FCS is really difficult. You can pencil in the top 5 or so, but after that you don't have much to go on. SDSU and UIW are ranked based on the reputation of the schools.

Absolutely agree, you don't want to live in a community that ignores it....

Dang, I enjoyed CBS SN coverage. Best of luck to all parties, it will be interesting to see which direction the NCHC goes.

USD receives $20M donation for new indoor track facility I fixed my post. https://www.sdpb.org/sports-rec/2025-08-20/usd-receives-20m-donation-for-new-indoor-track-facility The goal is to open in 2028 or early 2029. Officials say the total cost estimate for the facility is between $45 and $50 million. The placement of the facility is a little odd.

UND plays SDSU, NDSU and Montana this year. They already have the opportunity to make people notice this year. Win all three games and you have changed the narrative. The question is .. when are they going to take advantage of the opportunity.

USD already has a USD-SiouxFalls campus (I think 3 buildings). They already have a portion of the Med school in Sioux Falls. After that my guess is follow the money, I am sure that Denny promised USD new facilities in Sioux Falls.

Ah, I thought that is what you were talking about but I wasn't sure.

what is PACA?

In related news, USD medical school moving to Sioux Falls in 2027. I think most people in South Dakota saw this coming. But, it still going to be a hit to the campus in Vermillion. How does USD handle this.. do they spin the Med School off into it's own entity? I don't know, interesting times. https://www.sdpb.org/education/2025-08-14/usd-medical-school-moving-to-sioux-falls-in-2027 In other South Dakota news, SDSU took a big hit on research funding: https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/sdsu-loses-86m-in-federal-research-funding/ BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State University lost an $86 million livestock research grant as part of recent federal spending cuts.

701 - lead them onto the field.

It has been way too long.

So, they are talking about adding 3 teams. They have to be announcing something soon for the '26-'27. This will be interesting to see what is going on.

https://x.com/WallingMedia/status/1949905886341976314 Loved hearing this..

Florida - a new recruiting area. Interesting.

Is this a TIF deal? or some other type of incentive program?

Is this the first hockey jersey with the Hawks logo on it?

I don't really care who is running the offense. I just want to see a functional offense that can leverage our running game for exposive plays and utilize the TE. With that said, it all about the running game. Have to get that established.

I think the SDSU QB is the real deal.

I think that it is more than that. The entire Gopher Hockey identity (history, alumni, fans) is anti-Canadian. They are all about Minnesota High School hockey. Are they going to risk that pipeline? Not saying it can't be done, but it's not going to be easy.

I assume the track and Field House should be completed within the next month with school starting. Has anyone heard when Surly is opening?

I think that is true for anything given to a single foundation. SF97 is asking about two separate foundations: 1) UND Aerospace Foundation and 2) UND Alumni Association and Foundation. Here are the latest 990. NOTE: I think the Wiki page has the 2024 data for the UND AAF. I don't think it includes the UND Aerospace Foundation totals. I used to have the same understandimg as you but I was corrected a couple of years ago.

Summit League 4 R1 schools - UNO (234%), DU (194%), UND (170%), StT (149%) and UMKC (87%) all saw above average growth and UNO, DU, UND and StT with significant growth over 150%. All four R1 schools have healthy research budgets over the $50m cut line. SDSU is currently in the middle of a campaign to increase doctoral program enrollment with a initiative called "R1 Our Way". Given that R1 status is clearly a goal for the school. I would expect SDSU to be fifth R1 school in the near future. The two other R2 schools (UNO, USD) in the conference are on two different courses. UNO has seen considerable growth over the last 10 years and they could be looking at R1 status within the next 10 if this growth is maintained. But, USD is a very different story. They have basically flatlined over the last 10 years. And I am not sure why, I know some of it is structural. South Dakota has 4 research universities (USD, SDSU, SDSMT and Dakota St) and the State has put considerable resources into SDSMT and Dakota St. recently and they are closing in on R2 status. Here are the numbers: By the way, quick plug for Neutrino Day. If you are in the Black Hills during the summer months. It is a one day festival and it is a great. I think UND should do somthing like this for the Aviation / Space Programs maybe a weekend event with an Air Show out at the Base or Airfield. Show off Cirrus aviation / General Dynamics, talk to Sanford he appears to support these types of community events. One of UND biggest problems has is that nobody knows about what is going on.. Get the kids from the region into the area and show them. I think it would be huge success. Sanford Lab also hosts public outreach events, including Deep Talks Science for Everyone series and a city-wide science festival, Neutrino Day, which draws 1,500 attendees annually. While public tours of the facility are not available, in 2015, Sanford Lab built the Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center Back to USD, I don't know what they are going to do. How much of the medical and law schools have gone to Sioux Falls I don't know. But, USD has some challenges if they want to move to R1 status. Maybe they are fine with R2 and they are concentrating on undergraduate growth. Maybe that is the opportunity. I know that we have some Yotes fans that post from time to time - any thoughts? The remaining schools, the Dakota Land Grant schools have very steady growth around 20% for both schools. The only school left is StT. Which direction do they go - Drake or Denver? Personally, I think StT is going to be very aggressive and move into the research area. What area are they going to specialize in will be interesting.