THE NEXT DAY? He might have signed the contract before finishing the handshake line with the national champion Boston, er, excuse me, Providence College Terriers.
You sure didn't think I was such a prick when I was handing out free Sioux-colored Hoggsbreath t-shirts a couple of years ago at the annual brunch...next time, you'll have to remind me so you don't feel guilted into accepting something from a snarky jerk like me.
Getting the team into the playoffs is one thing - being seeded high enough to host a game is another. Besides, you completely missed my point. The NCAA will find a way to send UND on a football road trip - unless the team is undefeated and ranked #1 in the country when the playoffs start.
Groan...so when UND hosts one home football playoff game in 2022, all the change-the-name folks can point at the rest of us and say "See? Told ya!"
UND gets the shaft in hockey come NCAA time (Marco Hunt)...the folks in Indianapolis will make damn sure the school doesn't host a home playoff game anytime soon too.