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  1. southpaw
    I like it. The U definitely adds more to the logo, as does text below.
  2. southpaw
    I set it when I was playing around with the different colors, hoping the bird was negative space. I think the current logo is fine but I wish they had implemented some of the changes we have seen here. I know they would never take message board examples to come up with something new but I wish they had made it a little more detailed off the bat. Who knows, if they update it in 3-5 years, they could do some of the adjustments we have seen here.
  3. southpaw
    Duluth's metro market is smaller than Bismarck's. Initially, the NCHC was supposed to be 7 teams, CC, DU, UNO, UND, UMD, Miami and Notre Dame. When ND demanded too much TV independence among other things, the NCHC said no thanks. Both WMU and SCSU were added to make it 8. WMU and SCSU showed the NCHC they were serious about hockey by increasing funding for the sport. While Mankato has applied, it only became public due to Brad's request. The NCHC has contacted BGSU to guage interest. They haven't applied but if they do, the choice between Mankato and BG gets tough. The conference won't take BG and Mankato just to take them. ASU still needs to figure their arena situation out to get support from Presidents.
  4. southpaw
    What final stages? The logo is done.
  5. southpaw
    Then how did CC, Duluth, Omaha, SCSU, Miami and Western get in this TV-specific conference?
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  7. southpaw
    So you've got one Alaska team (assume they'll fold the other in the next couple years), Huntsville, Tech, LSSU, and Ferris State on an island. AHA would then be AFA, Army, AIC, Bentley, Canisius, Holy Cross, and Sacred Heart. 5 and 7 teams respectively. I know AHA teams already dislike their flights to Colorado Springs but I think they'll have to add someone. That might be Huntsville but they balked at it last time. I don't know the answer to that. We're seeing Mankato want to join the NCHC despite being pretty successful in the current WCHA. Would WMU and Miami leave the top college hockey conference to form a new one just to be with BG and some scrubs from AHA? Outside of Bowling Green, none of those teams bring more fans into Lawson or Goggin Arenas. It seems like a great idea to leave because you're allegedly upset that the conference is going more west, but it's another thing to actually leave for a conference that is significantly weaker and would be the 4th or 5th best conference in the country. This new conference won't have the strength of schedule to get multiple teams in the tournament on a regular basis.
  8. southpaw
    Where does Huntsville go in this? If the AHA gets plucked by losing RIT, RMU, Niagara and Mercyhurst they'll have to do some adding of teams as well. I can't see Bemidji or Tech going to the NCHC. The conference was formed to get away from those two teams. If WMU and Miami do leave, the conference will sit at 10 until some quality schools come around.
  9. southpaw
    As of right now. It goes up and down depending on how much money the NCHC spends in a year. It will be a bit lower for this coming year.
  10. southpaw
    WMU and Miami are not leaving. This isn't a trade, it's adding two more teams to make the conference 10.
  11. southpaw
    Yes, Mankato will be added but it's not a done deal. If it was, Brad would still see that info in the released documents he requested.
  12. southpaw
    Honestly, who would people rather have in their conference... ASU, Western and Miami or Alaska, Tech and Bemidji?
  13. southpaw
    Plan on scenario 1 happening but if WMU and Miami are going to leave... that would be the end of the WCHA unless they join that conference. They have to go with other teams, so it would be creating a new conference. By the time they leave (it's not happening soon) there will be other teams in the west that the NCHC can pick up to replace them. The NCHC won't add any of the other WCHA teams and Air Force won't leave AFA.
  14. southpaw
    UNLV is not going D1 anytime soon. This "delay" in announcement is because the athletic directors don't get together until August and the presidents don't get together until early September. The NCHC, just like all of the other conferences can't unilaterally make decisions to add. The membership gets together and discusses those options. They talked about it in Florida but had made no decisions at the time.
  15. southpaw
    Hockey Priority: UND, DU, CC, UNO, Duluth Cost Cutting: Anchorage, Bemidji, Mankato, Tech, SCSU (at the time) If the WCHA was going to add two more teams to replace Minnesota and Wisconsin, they both would have had to be hockey priority schools, or the best case scenario would have been a 6-6 split. That's why the NCHC was formed. They wanted a majority of schools that were making hockey a priority and they got that. Does it mean there won't be some teams that can't spend like the other schools? Absolutely and I think Western and SCSU were examples of that. But you don't want to start a new conference with 6 schools because if one leaves for greener pastures then you're left scrambing.
  16. southpaw
    You literally know nothing about any NCHC conversations. You've thrown a lot of crap at the wall and none of it sticks. WMU was a late add after the NCHC said no to Notre Dame.
  17. southpaw
    Wrong. Western was not an original team. They were added with SCSU.
  18. southpaw
    Where do you get that BG was invited? I've never heard that.
  19. southpaw
    In Mankato's defense, they do have the benefit of being a bus drive from four current schools.
  20. southpaw
    Keep your eyes peeled for a report in September about two new members...
  21. southpaw
    After taking the interlocking ND logo off the ice once... I don't think they'll ever put it back on.
  22. southpaw
    Considering you don't cheer for UND's teams anymore, I doubt there is much of a reason for you to go to GF. But you'd also think there wouldn't be much of a reason for you to post here anymore...
  23. southpaw
    Unofficial, but I'm guessing a lot of shirts and gear for fans will include both the logo and the wordmark.
  24. southpaw
    This is an awesome idea. If I lived in Minnesota, I'd definitely make a trip to a night of games for a good cause: http://m.startribune.com/beautiful-minnesota-based-nhlers-start-4-on-4-league/386364871/ Several former UND players involved, plus Boeser.
  25. southpaw
    Just getting around to this... to be the champion of something, shouldn't you have to beat a team in your same division? That's like saying the Iowa Wild are the AHL champions because they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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