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his choice - you really believe that..

Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere - I can respect that.. Now it's - no Oklahoma, no UND, and only cupcakes like Priarie View A&M (one of the lowest funding programs in FCS football) or Robert Morris (are they even fully schollie?) in Fargo.. App St didn't duck Michigan... Please do what is best for NDSU but quit the excuses..

I am going with no injuries... because we have had two years of the QB hex..

Agree - Champions Club and Season Tickets best way to support the cause. The growth of the Champions Club from 2000 to 2010 is impressive: 2000 1,156 members raised $860,000 2010 2,334 members raised $2,200,000

I agree - then if you think about the mix of size and speed at receiver it gets really interesting. I can see Miller and Garman being mixed with Townsend and Jackson to create mismatches on the edge as large receivers on small corners and Miller and Garman matched with LBs. Plus, Townsend and Jackson raising hell in the secondary with some devestating blocks. WR can get some serious angles on LBs and safeties. I am really looking forward to seeing the formation and personal package combinations this year.

I have got season tickets section 215 and I am ready to go,,, I just need the tickets. I know, I know they should be sent soon.

I am disappointed if it is true that UND has ended the relationship with FCS this year. I could have dumped my extended sports package in May. I didn't because I am waiting to hear what is going on the TV contracts and I understand the need to be supportive of the new hockey conference. But, FCS was nice because I had one place to go to watch all UND sports. Now, it is all over the place and I don't live in the ROOT sports or Midco coverage areas. The only choice that I have is with SiouxInsider... big step back.

I wonder how much of this is going to impact recruiting non qualifying student athletes.

I see that single game tickets go on sale Wednesday. Does anyone know when they sending out season tickets?

The City of Grand Forks sold the naming rights to Alerus Financial. It is up to Alerus Financial to allow the logo. Sorry I was not clear about that in my previous post. NOTE: I added some detail to my previous post to make it more clear.

I know that many people have been on Alerus Center for not allowing the UND logo. But, Grand Forks got a nice deal with the Alerus Center naming rights. The new arena in Lincoln, NE just signed Pinnacle Bank's to a $11.25 million, 25-year naming rights deal. I believe that they will be hosting Husker basketball. The Alerus Center deal with Grand Forks is $7.2 million for 20 years. I would like to see the logo, but that is strictly a decision for Alerus Financial. I believe that Alerus Center naming rights runs through 2021. Here is a list of other deals per http://journalstar.c...720f1535aa.html: 1.35 m/y - KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky.: $13.5 million for 10 years 1.25 m/y - Comcast Center, Maryland, $25 million for 20 years 1.00 m/y - Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates, Ill.: $10 million for 10 years 0.93 m/y - CenturyLink Center, Omaha: $14 million for 15 years 0.76 m/y - Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, N.H.: $11.4 million for 15 years 0.56 m/y - Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa: $11.5 million for 20 years 0.50 m/y - United Spirit Arena, Texas Tech, $10 million for 20 years 0.50 m/y - Cox Pavilion, UNLV, $6 million for 12 years 0.46 m/y - Colonial Life Arena, South Carolina, $5.5 million for 12 years 0.45 m/y - Pinnacle Bank's, Lincoln, NE, $11.25 million for 25-year 0.36 m/y - Alerus Center, Grand Forks, N.D.: $7.2 million for 20 years 0.35 m/y - Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita, Kan.: $8.75 million for 25 years 0.31 m/y - Werner Park, Omaha, NE, $1.525 million for 5 years 0.30 m/y - Sovereign Center, Reading, Pa.: $9 million for 30 year NOTE: The City of Fargo/Gate City deal is field naming rights for $1m. As part of that agreement, it must have allowed the NDSU logo. I am sure that the deal with Alerus Center included field naming rights and I don't believe that the UND logo has ever been at midfield in the Alerus Center. I believe that they allowed the Sioux name in the end zones and I believe that are allowing North Dakota in the end zones with the new field. But, adding the NDSU logo at midfield is new this year for the Fargo Dome. Naming rights can get very interesting here are a series of articles about the recent Lincoln, NE naming agreement (NOTE: Pinnacle deal does not include Court naming rights): http://journalstar.c...c7550fa3b5.html http://journalstar.c...7eb83e8006.html

Thanks for the information - so the WAC would need to keep baseball and add soccer, hockey or lacrosse. Not sure how the WAC makes it...

Not sure the Big Sky is driving this - all the talk is coming from Idaho and WAC... I think the Big Sky is waiting for Idaho to drop down and simply listening at this point.

A conference must have seven active Division I members that sponsor men’s and women’s basketball and the conference sponsor a minimum of six men’s sports and six women’s sports. NOTE: A conference must have 6 teams to sponsor a sport (I think?). http://www.ncaa.com/...t-wac-auto-bids I believe that the limiting factor is going to be Men’s sports because most schools do not sponsor a wide variety of men’s sports. The WAC sponsors 7 men’s sports one more than required. They are: Baseball, Basketball, Cross-Country, Golf, Tennis, Indoor Track and Outdoor Track. The outliner men’s sports when comparing Big Sky and WAC are Golf and Baseball. So, the WAC would be looking for programs that offer Golf and Baseball. The Big Sky has three schools that offer those sports: UND, UNC and Sac St. If the WAC drops Baseball and just maintains the minimum number of sports. The Big Sky would have 5 programs that offer Golf: UND, UNC, Sac St., Weber St. and SUU. On the surface, it looks like UND, UNC and Sac St are the major pieces in play. Again, any school can add sports, but those are the schools that are in play without adding sports. Not sure how excited Sac St is about this because they would like to move all Olympic sports to Big West.

Here is the quote that I thought was interesting: The Big Sky currently has 11 all-sport members. The WAC has four, not including Boise State, which is trying to get into the Big West. The plan would be to create two eight-team leagues. Here are the schools Big Sky PSU Sac St Weber St EWU UM MSU ISU UNC NAU UND SUU WAC Denver Seattle NMSU UI Other BSU What are your eight for the WAC?

Great, go over to the NDSU board and let them know - I don't care.

Not a goph fan, but I have heard several people complain about ticket prices going up and many fans are not happy about Big 10 hockey. I am not saying that people will walk away from the Gopher program. But, fans are not happy for multiple reason and yes winning does take of most of it..

Sioux Hockey nothing more to be said.

I looked at the link and I was surprised to see Gyropolis rated on number 1. I live in Bloomington and it is my favorite place to each lunch. It is a great spot to pick up a quick lunch or dinner. Wally's used to be my favorite until they moved to the new location. Still good food just does not have the same feel.

Couple of comments: You are assuming that UND would not play NDSU. UND played against Bemidji St (BSU) and in fact travelled to BSU more than any other WCHA program when it first started D-1 hockey. UND was a very good partner with BSU and BSU acknowledged this when they asked UND to be the opponent on opening night in the new arena for mens hockey. I seriously question your no benefit to NDSU comment. I believe that numerous posters have stated the following (increased ticket pricing, corporate/marketing opportunities). If you don't think that it is true - look at what is going on with SDSU/USD: 1) Corporate Sponsorship of the Game - in progress... South Dakota Corn Growers 2) Sold Out - it has been mentioned that they might get over 20,000 in attendance, plus you have not even started talking about local TV. 3) $40.00 for SRO - I believe that NDSU charges $30/$20 reserved sideline and reserved/EndZone. Plus, overflowing the Fargo Dome for the game might help NDSU with calls for a larger stadium!?!? 4) Plus it will be a great game - most SDSU fans are looking forward to a win over the Yotes. Hope you enjoy the Prairie St. game I am fine if NDSU does not want to play UND, but - BOTH schools would benefit from the game.

Congrats on the opportunity and best of luck..

I just don't see this crippling the program... it will drop down for a period of 4/5 years, but it will quickly rebound. All the recruiting talent in the area Ohio/Penn they will be back very quickly.. everyone talks about SMU - one the major reason for the delay in SMU rebound is that they did not get invited to the Big 12. They ended up in a third tier conference after the dealth penalty.

If it was brought against UND yes - but PSU no! I don't think these are major sanctions - this is a bunch of nothing.. - So they can bring in 15 versus 20 guys annually - they are still playing at home in front of 100,000 fans who are still paying the same or higher prices for the ticket. They are still going to be on TV just no bowl game. They won't even be the worst team in the Big Ten - The Big Ten has some bad football (Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota). - They pay ~ $14 million annually for the next 5 years - total revenue last year $116 million total expense last year 101 million - total profit by the athletic program last year 15 million. Total student fees or school funds last year - $0. So, PSU or the students might have to chip in to the athletic program for 4/5 years - Big deal. UND students and school fund approxiamately 40% of the total budget or $9 million. So, PSU/students might match what UND students do to make up for the short fall. - They vacated wins big deal.. you still hear about the Fab 5 and those wins don't count. Penn St. deserved the dealth penalty+ and the NCAA did not come close to that.. simple Grand Standing by the NCAA.

NOTE: You could replace UND with UNA and give New Mexico St a travel partner. But, I think most of the Big Sky would rather see UND go to the WAC if possible.

I just listened to the interview with Fullerton and I am not sure that I like his comments about the Big Sky loaning teams to the WAC for Oly sports and I don't think he is going to give up the 5 schools noted above.. IMO he is thinking more like 2 schools (UND and UNC). If you look at what’s left of the WAC. You have 4 schools and 2 potential BE/WAC shared schools. If you add UND and UNC you have the following. Idaho New Mexico State Denver Seattle Boise St. BE/WAC AFA BE/WAC - I have read comments about AFA joining Navy in the Big East. UND UNC The only additional change would be Idaho, Denver or Boise St. adding baseball to meet the new conference requirements noted below. Boise St. would be the most likely candidate given the additional money they would get from joining the Big East. - I think that Denver/Seattle would be OK with adding UND and UNC given no other alternatives are available (WCC has said no several time to both). - AFA and Boise get a reasonable conference that is Denver centric to reduce travel costs. - Idaho and NMSU get additional time to determine if they are going to go Indy/FCS/Other. - UND/UNC get a reasonable conference that is Denver centric and if it fails they get to go back to the Big Sky. - Big Sky reduces travel costs for most of its schools. Again, not really excited by the interview but this is what I thought of when I listened to Fullerton's interview. **************************************************************************************************************** A conference must have seven active Division I members that sponsor men’s and women’s basketball and that the conference sponsor a minimum of six men’s sports and six women’s sports. NOTE: A conference must have 6 teams to sponsor a sport (I think?). http://www.ncaa.com/...t-wac-auto-bids