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When USD bolted at the last minute - it was said when UND joined the Big Sky - that the exit fee could be waved if UND was up front and worked with the conference

How about we dump SCSU and added ASU. Then UNLV and UA come as a package deal later.

Hell yes

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - Thank you Notre Dame - I agree UND has a great symbol with the interlocking ND. Oppps we can't go UND either because to many people will be confused - what shall we do? NDU

I have to disagree with this statement... all they had to do was listen to input from fans. The nickname process was a mess, I still don't know anyone who will admit that they voted for the Fighting Hawks and how a Hawks represents any of the symbols they identified. Then we get some power hungry short term President who thinks that he has all the answers who picks a logo and then takes away the interlocking ND. You can make it up from one extreme to the other.

But, what does designing a logo have to do with retiring the interlocking ND? Who in the hell said anything about that?

Actually - that was me and I nailed. Who said anything about screwing up the interlocking N and D. What a complete failure!

I believe that they took Nokota off the list also - advising against it....

My oh my - good morning - Danny Boy... I think you can refer back to any number of my replies to you in the past several years about this topic and difference between conferences in the All Sport topic you love to discuss. But, it was nice to hear from you again.

Centenary, UMKC, UIPUI, UIPUFW or Missouri St.

I have always heard that the Slummit League and its schools are always a good backup plan.

First question I would ask: Quality Losses - your thoughts

I downloaded the data from a different site, but the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States appears to be fairly recent and correct. R1, R2 and R3 are Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education classifications. Doctoral Universities Includes institutions that awarded at least 20 research/scholarship doctoral degrees during the update year (this does not include professional practice doctoral-level degrees, such as the JD, MD, PharmD, DPT, etc.). Excludes Special Focus Institutions and Tribal Colleges. R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest research activity R2: Doctoral Universities – Higher research activity R3: Doctoral Universities – Moderate research activity As far as conferences and Research Universities moving to the BSC was a step up in class for Idaho. I was surprised to see Ga St as a R-1 school. The BSC numbers include Idaho. If NMSU moves to the BSC it would be 8 R2 schools. Idaho St. is a R3. I threw in the MW, MVFC and Sun Belt for comparison. The 3 Dakota schools really carry the MVFC in terms of research schools. The other two are SIU and ISU-Red (ISU-Blue is a R3). R1 R2 R3 NR Non Research Schools Mountain West 2-CSU, NM 5 2 2 SJ USAF Big Sky 1-UCD 7 1 - ISU 5 Sac Weber SUU Poly EWU MVFC 0 5 1 -Ind St. 3 UNI YSU MSU Sun Belt 1-Ga St. 3 2 3 App St. Ark St. Troy

Research R2 vs Other (R3, unclassified and affiliate schools) Research R2: Montana State University Northern Arizona University Portland State University University of Montana University of Idaho University of North Dakota University of Northern Colorado Other: University of California-Davis Idaho State University Weber St Southern Utah Cal Poly EWU Sac St.

I wonder if he was part of the NDSU crew that was on the UND campus a couple of years ago.

Wow.... my oh my... let's see if we can answer a few questions: 1) What happened 5 years ago that made getting to the NCAA tournament much easier for xDSU? 2) Why is a conference ranked so high - still a one bid league? 3) Did it hurt when SDSU lost to a lowly Weber St team this year? 4) UND women did play the Summit League champ this year it was a good game ultimately USD won 73-70. I don't see a significant difference between USD/SDSU and UND. But, SDSU has been very successful. 5) Does it hurt to pimp your rival school for football? And do you even know what the marker looks like? - it's been a while.

What is the under/over on the number of minutes that Shanks plays.... before he has two fouls against that beast of a center UC-I has ....

I don't understand why it is not in Boise Idaho. It is centrally located between, PSU, ISU, MSU, UM, UI and Weber St. All are 6/7 hour drives or less, which is saying something for the Big Sky.

What a weekend for UND sports: Baseball with two wins over #12 USC on the road - Great job guys BB mens and womens teams win today Mens hockey sweeps UMD.. Softball beat Virginia today also.. I think that they lost earlier in the day though.

Everyone is missing the issue here... the issue is that these items are not available online. So, only locals have a chance at getting this merchandise. THAT IS JUST WRONG AND IT MUST STOPPED.

Brian - I like the service many times I am busy with kids activities and I watch the games later or the next day. It works well for me. Games at the Ralph have the best quality. It is kind of fun listening to the other teams homers... CC's has the worst quality. SCSU, WM and Duluth are all OK - picture standard def.

What?? SCSU just makes !@#$ up - NO that can't be..

Even more entertaining was listening to them when they were not included in the NCHC and UND was still named the Sioux. For the record, I don't hate SCSU - I just don't want to be associated with them. I think the NCHC should have taken Mankota and dumped SCSU. Still wish they would.

Something Lewis and Clark - I love the idea of a travelling trophy... between the two schools...

I think you are the one making stuff up right now.. travel budgets are always reviewed. This has been consistent with every company I have been with.... only the sales groups take the $300 and $40 for client contacts.