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Touchdown Santiago! There were at least two Sac St defenders who had their backs to John as he ran past them. XP is good. 20-0

Likely will only drop to #15 in the polls.

Every college hockey conference to host a postseason tournament at the X has been forced to go to home sites due to lack of attendance.

Those empty seats to the non-UND games have already been sold. The NCHC still makes money if UND fans only go to their games. Concessions may be less but they've still got the money from selling those seats. UND not making it one year is why the NCHC won't buy out their contract with the Target Center. The conference is well-prepared for UND to not make it a couple years. It won't be pretty but it is a reality. It also costs a lot less to fly (or bus) four teams to the cities on 4-day notice instead of trying to find flights for four teams into places like Grand Forks and Oxford. The first weekend of playoff travel already costs enough headaches and money. The return on tickets would be a lot less at home venues compared to the Frozen Faceoff as well.

Correct. $$$ And overall, the feedback from the 2016 FF was much better than previous years.

That success hasn't transferred to significant attendance boost, although that is most likely because they were playing off-campus. The bandwagon fans that joined up when football started doing well haven't really transitioned over to any other sports.

Nearly bankrupt a conference to move to a different arena? I'd definitely prefer a move to the X as its facilities will benefit me personally during the Frozen Faceoff week. But we've seen that a vocal part of SiouxSports does not speak for the general UND fan. There were a lot of people who said after year 1 at TC that they'd never go back. Yet, attendance went up nearly 6,000 people in year two. There were more people who said they'd never go back after year 2 and attendance only dropped 500 people from year 2 to year 3. Remember, Fenton didn't sign the deal with the Target Center. That happened before he arrived. However, realize that the NCHC is a business and the Target Center is/will offer significantly more in return compared to the X. And please don't get me started on the quote below. UND fans do support it, that's why there's been more than 22,000 people there the last two years. That's not going to change despite you and your "lots of folks."

The bolded part is the key reason. How long would the bump in attendance last for UND if they opened a new stadium?

I only got to watch highlights but it seemed like the new Midco announcer did well.

I think green pants and helmet with the grey jersey would look nice.

For those who love the interlocking Notre Da... sorry, North Dakota logo, check out PowerDecals. They're pretty cool and they have lots of teams. I inquired about an F'n Hawks logo and they said they're working on it. Would be a good chance to get the ND logo so many were excited to have in 2012

2 fumble recoveries, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble, 7 tackles and a safety for Reyes.

Safety!

He was down

Good job moving the ball this drive

Great first post. Calling for a QB change after the first half of the season in a 7-7 game.

Especially in Grand Forks in November. Although most people would use the word cold.

Yes they will provide all of the production stuff. They also will produce a weekly NDSU sports show. I don't believe it will be a basketball specific show as that's only four games worth of content each week at the most. They'll pull in football highlights and some other winter sports once the football team is done playing for the year on November 19th

The increased costs associated with adding the AppleTV and Roku apps that many people requested.

Cue Darrel's "I'm just moving coach discussions into one spot" Fire Pryor thread.

I'll preface this... I in no way want football cut. I don't think women's hockey should be cut, but I won't be surprised if it is. However, if we're looking at financials, Women's hockey isn't the worst program to keep around. When was the last time football was in the black? Are another 3,000 people a game going to cover the 2.5 million dollar deficit each year? And since none of these sports are in a vacuum thanks to Title 9, you also have to add in the women's sports that must counter-act the 63 scholarships football gives out. That's 126 (Great math, right?) total scholarships just because of football. Cut football and you save at least three times the amount cutting women's hockey would.

But UND football is allowed to lose even more until they bring in more than 10,000 fans a game? Maybe at that point, season tickets will sell for more than $90.

I don't really see any bias in the article. Yes, he supports hockey as that's what he covers the most. However, are any of his statements untrue? The big paragraph is actually pretty factual. There's no doubt some of this will happen if it isn't already: There already are people saying WHockey holds basketball and volleyball back. There's probably more saying it's still holding football back too.

Think how good men's basketball would be if we cut both.

Where does Air Force stick their sports now that they're going to be a finalist for a FB-only spot in the Big12? After turning the B12 down five years ago, it's looking like they'll be headed there. Does that open the door for AF to the BigSky as a travel partner for UNC? Summit with Denver as a travel partner? Where does that leave UND?