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Buy - Sutton missing multiple games - physical runner who will get dinged up throughout the season. Sell - UND over .500 - I think .500 is about right. Think about the FCS QBs they play against this year. PSU - junior college transfer Collin Ramirez - a highly rated transfer. http://www.oregonliv...ly_establi.html Sacramento St. - Nevada Reno transfer Mason Magleby - he was the backup last year at Nevada - limited playing time. Cal Poly - Broadous - 3 year starter Eastern Washington - Kyle Padron - SMU transfer http://www.dallasnew...-washington.ece Northern Arizona - Gary Crossart - returning starter - 2700 yrds 16 td - 7 int Montana - Johnson - if he plays - very good. Montana St. - DeNarius McGhee Southern Utah - Brad Sorensen - BYU - transfer - 3 year starter Northern Colorado - Seth Lobato - returning starter- transfer from CU - big kid with a strong arm. UND will be playing some talented QBs with a young secondary.

You are correct, I thought that they moved him to a third down out of the backfield role - I spelled Jer Garman wrong also.

He was talking about basketball and the Summit League not sure why you jumped over to football ahhh ButFootball got it.

Sell - the greatest needs are in the secondary and only two scholarship recruits. I like the recruiting class, but four JUCO/FBS transfers were brought in with this class to fill the needs (DL, LB, QB, S). Miller - 1,000 - Sell - Backfield is deep, they are going with a committee this year. Miller, Sutton and Jar all had injuries last year with a lighter schedule. You will see those three plus - Bridges and Sparks this year. Buy or sell - avg attendance over 10,000

Hey what are the viewing options for UND this year: I know of ROOT for Big Sky games (UND has 1 game vs Montana St.), anyone know about the other games (football/b-ball and hockey) are they still FoxSports/Midco for other home games.

Thanks for the update - I really like your coach - he has a lot of energy and it appears that he relates well to his team. I am sure we will hear more from you as the season approaches post anytime. I am not sure what to think of the UND team this year. Football always starts in the trenches and I really like the O-line and def front 7. The defensive secondary is unproven which can be troubling given the reputation of the Sky. Thanks for the warm welcome to the Sky - man I cannot believe we are in this conference. I got my season tickets and I am ready to go... If you head east for the game make sure to stop by the tailgating area. You will receive a warm welcome.

The Vikings game should be fun. I am getting up to speed on the Sky teams. It appears that PSU is starting to rebuild the football program - nice stadium upgrade, plus third largest football budget in the Sky. Great weekly football TV program - it really looks like thing are starting pick up. How do you feel about the QB position PSU lost a great dual threat QB from last years team? Has PSU played well on the road historically? Is the FBS transfer running back the real deal?

as we say in the cities you just got Common'd

Football season ended? - I am always ready for football..

I am thankful for the Big Sky. I am not sure MVFC/Summit is ever going to be an option. Scheduling the other Dakota schools nonconference is the best that we can do right now.

Let me get this straight the NCAA works with various NA groups/tribes/councils for several years developing the original policy - which was to eliminate all NA names used by NCAA schools. Then in less than a month, the NCAA caves and turns itself into a clearing house for perpetuating and validating the continued use of NA names. They have done nothing to minimize the national media exposure of NA names because the names most associated with the NCAA NA names are still in use. To the general public nothing has changed and things are actually worse because the names have been rationalized. Your minor adjustment and sense of accomplishment sounds like a mess to me and on a national scale it accomplished nothing.

Yep, they followed through for all of 20 days with the original policy - no NA names. Is that proof enough?

Here is the information that was provided in the original lawsuit by UND.. In its January 18, 2006 response to UND, the NCAA Staff Committee did not even mention, let alone address, these facts. The Staff Committee nonetheless described the resolution of the Spirit Lake Tribal Council as one “of questionable continuing efficacy” and admitted that “NCAA efforts to speak with representatives of the Spirit Lake Nation have been unsuccessful.” Ex. T, Jan. 18, 2006 Staff Comm. Memo at 13. Apparently, the NCAA has tried, but failed, to persuade the Spirit Lake Tribal Council to formally rescind its prior approval of UND’s use of the “Fighting Sioux” nickname and logo. Unable to secure a formal withdrawal of the Spirit Lake Tribal Council’s approval, the NCAA has instead attempted to cast doubt on the viability of an unambiguous resolution of the legitimate governing body of the Spirit Lake Nation. In the same breath, the NCAA insists that the essence of the Namesake Exception is a respect for tribal sovereignty. Such duplicity is inherently arbitrary and indicative of bad faith. http://www.ag.state....n-state-crt.pdf

If Spirit Lake did not give permission to use the name why did the NCAA contact the tribe several times asking them to changes its position. I believe that this was reported in the GFH ealier this spring.

As I read the following link http://www.ag.nd.gov...r. Franklin.pdf which is the formal letter from the NCAA on why UND's appeal was denied. It is clear that a single namesake exemption was not applied to UND. Page 26 "One intention of the Executive Committee policy is to listen to local Native Americans. Here, opposition by Sioux tribes near North Dakota is well documented, barring North Dakota's argument that it enjoys namesake approval." Page 25 - lists the tribal resolutions: Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Rosebud Sioux Tribe Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Sisstan - Wahpeton Sioux Tribe Yaukton Sioux Tribe Board of Directors of the United Tribes of North Dakota - which include Spirit Lake Tribe

http://www.gogriz.com/blog/2012/05/news-and-notes-from-the-big-sky-conference.html It looks like college football has a couple of rule changes for this year. It should make kickoff returns interesting. Two other football-related changes: 1) Kickoffs will be from the 35 yard line, and players on the coverage team need to start within five yards of the ball. 2) Touchbacks will be brought out to the 25 yard line.

Not sure that I agree with that statement..do you have a link?

I believe that they talked about the long term impacts to UND if the name was retained.

Why does playing NDSU elevate UND's status - UND is in a conference with Montana, Montana St, Poly, Davis, etc...

Thoughts and prayers to the families impacted very sad news.

Not sure where to put this thread but I thought that it is interesting to see PSU looking at a major upgrade. Sounds like 2014 at the earliest. This will definitely help the program and bring more depth to Big Sky in basketball. http://www.oregonliv...ls_plans_f.html

Aren't corruption investigations on going.... nice run the last several years for the MSP City Council. In July 2001, Brian Herron (DFL) pleaded guilty to one count of felony extortion. He admitted to accepting a $10,000 bribe from a business owner who faced numerous health and safety inspections violations. Herron served a one year sentence in federal prison. On November 21, 2002 10 year Council Member Joe Biernat (DFL) was convicted of five federal felony charges, one count of embezzlement, three counts of mail fraud, and one count of making a false statement. Biernat was found not guilty on extortion and conspiracy to extort charges. In September 2005 Green Party Council Member Dean Zimmermann was served with a federal search warrant to his home by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The affidavit attached to the warrant revealed that the FBI has Zimmermann on video and audiotape accepting bribes for a zoning change. Zimmermann subsequently lost his re-election campaign, and was convicted in federal court on three counts of accepting cash from a developer and found not guilty of soliciting property from people with business with the city. Zimmermann was released from prison in July 2008. In 2009, council president Barbara Johnson was accused of misusing campaign funds for personal spending. An administrative hearing was held January 26, 2010, which could have charged her with a civil violation or recommend criminal charges. The administrative judges at the hearing dismissed 6 of the 8 charges against her, and upheld 2 (AAA services were paid for both her & her husband's vehicle, and not all charges for hairstyling & dry cleaning were reasonably related to the campaign). She paid a $200 fine for these violations.

I believe the battle for the nickname is being driven by the Spirit Lake Tribe. Please contact frankbc@spiritlakenation.com and thank you for your interest in UND sports.

I have not seen much said about Denver or Seattle for membership into the Big Sky - they could give the basketball side of the Big Sky a major bump. Plus they fit the foot print and could be the site for a conference tournament. Not sure if the Big Sky is interested.. plus UND could build on the Denver rivalry.

It looks like IPFW does not want to be left out on the Horizon discussion IPFW sits squarely in the middle of the Horizon League and could conceivably team with Oakland and IUPUI into making the Horizon a 12-team league. Without trips to North Dakota, North Dakota State, South Dakota and the newest member, Nebraska Omaha, the travel savings alone would make the jump from the Summit into the Horizon a sound one. http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20120510/SPORTS0305/305109987/1085/SPORTS03