mizzou/sioux

My sentiments exactly. I also agree pigs will fly before this is adopted. UND and NDSU are already part of the NDUS system. As for building a stadium midway in between Grand Forks and Fargo, I seriously question the rationale for this. Sounds like a pig in a poke to me. I believe implementing this would tear apart both institutions in one way or another. There is no way either UND or NDSU would at this late date want to be under the direction of the other in any way, shape or form. The alumni of the schools would simply not support it.

Makes a whole lot of sense to me.

I realize this is a long time ago, but UND and Northern Illinois do have a football history. In 1965, UND after narrowly losing to archrival NDSU 6-3 at Dacotah Field in Fargo, in a game more than likely played for what was then called the small college (or College Division) national championship, UND in the Mineral Bowl just outside Kansas City, Missouri, defeated Northern Illinois 37-20. Quite a few of those Sioux went on to play, however briefly, in the National Football League.

There is much food for thought here. Perhaps this is a viable option to the Summit or the Missouri Valley Football Conference. In many respects UND already fits in criteria-wise academically and otherwise with current WAC schools. AD Brian Faison would have a better handle on that, having served as athletic director at New Mexico State. I am fully aware UND hasn't really made an impact on FCS yet, so maybe this is premature. Nevertheless, it has been said by many others words to the effect that timing is everything, and sometimes it is. If the WAC is willing to help along FCS programs in transition and play somewhat of a waiting game as the FCS schools build up their programs, who knows? I'm not categorically rejecting the idea out of hand, although I am somewhat skeptical at this point. Nevertheless, providing other things fall into place, it may well prove to be a viable option.

Makes a lot of sense to me, although I will acknowledge this: I believe different courts/juries presented with the same information are just as likely to arrive at different conclusions and verdicts. When you take something to court, you never know. It does seem logical, however, that if an imagery is deemed "hostile and abusive" one place, logically a similar piece of imagery should also fit into the "hostile and abusive" category. The NCAA made a serious error in the first place in this instance and wants to have it both ways. Nevertheless, money talks. Part of me wants to say it would serve the NCAA right if the power conferences establish their own playoff system, much in the same way the BCS system is set up in football. Providing the money is there sometime in TV contracts, it just might happen.

For what it's worth (which may not be much), I have a nephew who graduated from Idaho in 2006 after attending community college up on the Iron Range. At the time he was in school at Moscow, the Vandals weren't much fun to watch, according to my nephew. Games at the dome there, he said, were for the most part attended by family, friends of the family and girlfriends. But that may have changed. Idaho's exciting comeback win over Bowling Green in a bowl game may have just set the stage for another fine season. In any event, Go Sioux.

Any chance the North Dakota ABC network stations would live telecast either the Idaho or Northern Illinois football games with the Sioux, or both?

According to Merriam-Webster online dictionary, one of the definitions of niche is a recess in the wall to make room for a statue (like a championship trophy perhaps). Meaning 16 niches are required. Another poster has also correctly pointed out that every sport can thus be construed as a niche sport. A niche is also where one fits in best with his or her given talents, i.e., finding one's niche in life. Thus, football and basketball can both be accurately identified as niche sports as well, sports where one's given talents are best adapted and suited for. In that regard let's fervently hope that everyone can find his or her niche. To answer the question, if you have the trophy, the championship counts. You've found your niche.

A national championship is a national championship. Sixteen national championships ought to be recognized somewhere and someplace. In all, nothing to sneeze at, but, of course, some will, some just out of sheer envy. Even coming close to a national championship--just being in the hunt--is something to be tremendously proud of. Sometimes there's not much of a difference between being first and second. I still like sportswriter Grantland Rice's comment about it's not that you won or lost, BUT HOW YOU PLAYED THE GAME. Sixteen national championships that can never be taken away from us. This has been quite a year for Sioux athletes and former Sioux athletes.

That should have been to the outstanding university that spawned them.

No question about it. This has been a tremendous year for former Sioux athletes. Kudos to them all and to the outstanding university than spawned them.

I am experiencing a certain amount of angst over this whole potential conference rearrangement. Having grown up in Minnesota while attending UND and later graduate school at Mizzou, I don't really want to see Minnesota and Missouri in the Big Ten together. That's my original feeling. Now, however, I'm open to Missouri as well as Nebraska joining the Big Ten rather than see the Big 12 break up with Mizzou and Nebraska possibly being left in the lurch. I see Texas is looking after itself. If true, I don't much appreciate Texas threatening Nebraska with whatever. It seems the Big 12 possibly stands to be picked apart. That's too bad. I remember the old Big Eight. Maybe we should let the Texas schools go and return to the Big Eight. Should Texas opt for the revised Pac-10, fine. I can live without Texas in the Big 12. The Longhorns in the Pace-Whatever is fine with me. As a Sioux fan---WCHA forever--with the exception if UND is invited as an affiliate to a possible hockey Big Ten.

Wow! Heretorefore I have been against either Missouri or Nebraska leaving what was formerly the Big Eight and is now the Big Twelve. Having grown up a Minnesota fan, I'd just as soon have Minnesota and Missouri in separate conferences instead of vying against each other. Nevertheless, money talks. I'd hate to see the old Big Eight (previously the Big Six and then the Big Seven before the addition of Colorado and Oklahoma State) virtually destroyed by slicing away a team here and a team there, but it's really not up to me. I'd rather have Missouri and Nebraska in the revised Big Ten instead of the Texas schools. It's going to be interesting, no doubt about that.

I'd also like to congratulate the Sioux ladies for capturing the 2010 Great West Conference tournament championship. Way to go.

Bucky adds another run to make the final 6-2 Badgers, but the Sioux women were in there scrapping all the way, leading 2-1 until the Badgers rallied to tie it at 2-2. Those four runs in the bottom of the sixth really hurt. Good showing against a Big Ten opponent at that. Congrats, Sioux ladies on what really is a fine outing.

Three-run four-bagger in the bottom of the sixth gives Bucky a 5-2 advantage.

After four complete innings in Madison, it's UND 2, Wisconsin 1.

Bucky comes back with a run of his own to knot it at 1-1 after one in Game 2 of the twinbill at Madison.

UND tallies a run in the top of the first to grab a 1-0 lead over Wisconsin.

Some glitch on Badger Gameday Blog. When on again learned that Wisconsin scored a run in bottom of the eighth to earn a hard-fought 4-3 victory in extra innings (eight innings). Way to go Sioux gals. Good showing against a Big Ten opponent.

In baseball, at Brookings, first game: South Dakota State 21, UND 10. Final.

Extra innings necessary, but UND goes out in the top of the eighth, stranding a runner on third base that could have been the go-ahead run. Let's hold Bucky.

Should add that this is the first game of a twinbill at Madison.