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2 hours ago, siouxfan512 said:
I've been tempted every year, but there is a way around the paywall.
Anyone know when the 360 guys will start putting more material out? I'm getting anxious!
Great to know that you're willing to steal from the local newspaper, thus driving down the amount of coverage they can provide of the university.
UND had three hockey players/commits go in the first round of the NHL draft for only the second time ever and the Herald couldn't afford to send Brad to the draft for the first time since he's been covering the team. It also affects football coverage.
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19 hours ago, Fratt Mattin said:
I know there were rumblings that Thompson might commit next week, but Schlossman said on his podcast today not to expect an announcement any time soon
On 7/27/2026 at 10:09 PM, southpaw said:Hearing it won't happen for at least 3 weeks and even committing before Christmas is unlikely
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55 minutes ago, RhettRingers said:
Sounding like RJ Thompson will be committing next week.
Hearing it won't happen for at least 3 weeks and even committing before Christmas is unlikely
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7 minutes ago, UND69er said:
Reasonable comment, but I think the talent they face in practice is probably better than 90% of the kids on LIU and Valpo. Traveling to Long Island can be difficult.
Practice is not a game and you can't replicate the experience you get in a game
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2 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:
The AHL is treated like AAA baseball; the ECHL is AA.
Not really. Drafted mlb players usually make their way from rookie ball to single a, then double a, AAA, then the majors - nearly universally regardless of their draft position.
You don't send a highly drafted nhl player to the echl unless they're a goalie and that's solely so they can play, not because of skill level.
Mlb doesn't have the CHL or NCAA where they can develop a draft pick so they can jump to the nhl or ahl at a minimum.
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You don't get to see what your backups can do - and give them real game experience- when you're only playing fully competitive games.
It's a long season, you need to get those young players and backups experience early so they can be ready for the hard games.
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Everyone thought Tim was walking away end of 24-25 season. He didn't win an NCHC award because of his performance that year. It was an end-of-career award.
Then, he decided to stick around and put the school in a difficult position by letting them know the day before or day of that he couldn't do a game.
Midco also cut several full time staff but brought them back as freelancers. UND is doing the same.
North Dakota law allows them to do so and if those freelancers want to do the games then it's their choice. But that also means those freelancers don't get benefits.
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16 hours ago, SIOUXFAN97 said:
if titan machinery sat down with und and said we'll do a patch on your men's bball team and we'll give you 1 Milly for it.....you ask if they are "sponsering" any other schools and how much are you paying them and they say we're giving ndac 5 milly for their men's ball team....
what you say to them?
I know what i'd say
You'd see what other offers you could find and if the best offer you could get was 1mil for the patch after negotiating, then you crunch the numbers to see if that will move the needle or if it's selling out.
But, apparently if making sound business decisions isn't tenable then I guess telling titan machinery to f off and that you don't want any of their money is one way to go. However, you won't have many advertisers left.Believe it or not, businesses aren't in the business of making random donations just because of passion or fun. They want a return on their investment. For some businesses, that's actually more important than which team they support.
Having your logo on a basketball jersey that makes the NCAA tournament is a lot more valuable than a logo on a football jersey of a team with two D1 playoff wins.-
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5 hours ago, brianvf said:
Reworked contracts for the coaching staff:
Pretty disappointed in this. Berry also won a few random things in his first year and then underperformed through the rest of his contract and extension.
I'd like to see a bigger body of work before throwing a ton of money at the staff. They couldn't even win the ncaa tittle in their first year. Very underwhelming.
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On 7/3/2026 at 4:14 PM, The Sicatoka said:
He knows that; he’ll go gracefully.
If he was going gracefully, as some in the athletic department expected, he would have finished out in 2025 after receiving the NCHC Media Excellence Award. It was well known that he was "gracefully" going to leave after the 24-25 season... until he decided he wasn't. That put a lot of strain on the athletic department when multiple times - at the last minute - he couldn't do games and they had to scramble for replacements this season.
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On 7/1/2026 at 9:57 PM, KEH said:
Paul and Tim work for UND nothing will change from a PxP standpoint. They were part-time employees of iHeart.
Nothing will change... unless Tim isn't retained
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Or..... they're trolling and people are taking the bait
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Unlike other CHL guys leaving for NCAA, their team knows they're gone after next season so they'll be able to announce earlier.
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10 hours ago, brianvf said:
Here’s hoping that DuPont stays at Everett one more year to go for another chance at the MemCup and we can get him, England, Fitzy, and the Rucks in one super recruiting class.
<wakes up from dream>
Medicine Hat coach is 69 year old Willie Desjardins who has been heavily responsible for the Rucks' development. It would be very interesting if he was planning on retiring after next season and the Ruck twins wanted to return for one more go-round.
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$5mil to start a dept of dermatology
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6 hours ago, AJS said:
Following the House Settlement, yes (within roster limits of course).
With UND cutting both its M / W Tennis programs, the slim odds of adding scholarships to FB just went down even further.
I think they cut tennis to fund hockey, football, mbb, and wbb in that order.
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UND football has a number of players from lower conferences and divisions who excelled but did nothing in a higher level.
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35 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:
So, please, go where they allow politics if that's your jam right now. Better for everyone.
That's a weird response, but when you're a mindreader I suppose you can assume whatever you want.
I posted about gas prices in north Fargo and the factual reason they're higher.
Others felt it was political.
If rising gas prices affecting the GF economy is political, then you must believe it's because of politicians that the gas prices are high.
But, literally everything about the GF economy boils down to political decisions.
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10 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:
Isn't that SEC football today?
One sport in a few conferences vs all sports at every university.
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I see this as the start of a shift towards club teams not affiliated with universities, much like the rest of the world does it.
There are multiple downsides, including the ability to attract students who normally wouldn't attend UND, attracting international students who bring their experience to the classroom, universities now become a sports minor league that also offers education.
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Clearly, it's a very fine line.
Actions by the US government has led to skyrocketing gas prices affecting the theme of this thread.
Actions by the US government has caused confusion amongst universities affecting the theme of other threads.
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2 hours ago, Long Snapper 92 said:
No politics on this site buddy. You’re walking a thin line. Watch it.
I'm not your buddy, pal.
Is it politics that gas prices are high and there are ships not bringing oil to the rest of the world?
If so, then everything is politics. Tennis getting cut is politics, UAV projects with UND are politics, UND funding is politics.
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UND men's basketball has around a $100,000 a year budget for paying players, 10% of ORU and STU.
With UND opting in, they can directly use part of the savings to get and retain players in revenue sports.
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That's an awful lot of text to justify theft.
When you go to a flower shop, you can look at and smell all the flowers you want. Does that make it right to take a few flowers from the store?
You weren't going to buy a whole bouquet anyway and you can find flowers in nature for free. So, there's no harm in just taking a few here and there from the florist.