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I think Hakstol will play the people that earn the right regardless of scholarship. I have lttle respect for players that bail on their teammates during the season. There is no way I can wish him well in his future as it has to do with hockey. I wish him no ill will but I could care less if he succeeds with his hockey career.

This "settlement" would also remove any responsibility for a name change from the state board and place it on the Sioux tribes. As the clock ticks down on the 3 years and no approval is given, I can imagine a lot of ugly scenarios developing. Whatever problems may exist now or that are perceived to exist, will seem very small with what may happen in a few years.

We would be complete idiots to agree to this type of compromise. What does "support from the areas Sioux tribes" mean ? One tribe only or all tribes ? I would assume this means that the tribal gov would have to give approval and there is no way that will happen. That's not a compromise, if we had that support today we would already be on the exempt list. If this is the settlement then I would rather see this go to court as I believe we stand a good chance of winning. Why did we even bother to file the lawsuit if we are willing to accept this. Additonally, in most sports we won't qualify for post-season for sometime during our transition to d1. The only sport that this would affect is hockey and we won't be hosting tourny games anyway. So the only thing we get out of the 3 years is that the hockey team can keep the current jerseys. If this is really the "compromise" then we lost big time. Just makes no sense at all.

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Is the pre-trial conference still scheduled for tomorrow ? Domuments should be unsealed tomorrow. Will be interesting to see what is in there.

Just got back to my hotel from the BC game. The rink is a joke, it was built without AC ! According to some BC fans this is the third straight year they have had to cancel a game. Pathetic for any DI school to have to play in a rink like this.

If Forney is set back due to injuries to the point where it will be tough to crack the lineup this year, then it might be best for him to play in the USHL for a year, then come back to UND. If he doesn't play this year that will be two years with little game action, can't be good for his development.

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I'm not sure why anyone pays attention to Massey ratings. In the DII Massey, GVSU is currently #11. Sure. Massey tries to do the same with hockey across divisions. The final top 10 last year: 1. Manhattanville 2. Minnesota 3. Notre Dame 4. BC 5. Neumann 6. Oswego St. 7. UND 8. St. Norbert 9. Mich St 10. Elmira

What!! No #1 votes for Colgate this year. This poll is a joke!

Ticket info for all away games: http://siouxsports.com/forums/index.php?s=...st&p=273594

BC finally has a date for ticket sales. Updated the info. Updated the NE link.

Chappell stats after 4 games: 72 carries for 705 yards! 9.8 yards/rush

I don't have a problem with that. If WW doesn't like then too bad, they shouldn't be taking timeouts. What did they want, UND to punt ?

Any chance of 700+ yards offense ?

Away game ticket info: http://siouxsports.com/forums/index.php?s=...st&p=269330

http://www.startribune.com/503/story/1415997.html

Here is what I could find on tickets for away games: 10/19 BC onsale ?? http://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/S...er=&appCode= 10/20 NE on-sale 09/04 http://www.gonu.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc...gory_Code=MHTIX 10/26, 10/27 Mich Tech on-sale 09/05 906-487-3200 http://www.michigantechhuskies.com 11/09, 11/10 Wisc on-sale 09/24 http://www.uwbadgers.com/tickets/mhky/home...ickets_213.html 11/30, 12/01 Denver on-sale 09/08 http://www.denverpioneers.com/ViewArticle....;ATCLID=1060324 01/04, 01/05 St. Cloud on-sale 09/17 http://www.stcloudstate.edu/athletics/tickets/default.asp 01/18, 01/19 Mankato on-sale 10/01 http://www.msumavericks.com/sporttickets.p...e=mensports.php 02/01, 02/02 Minn on-sale 09/15 http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.db...;ATCLID=1152168 03/01, 03/02 UMD on-sale 10/02 http://www.umdbulldogs.com/ticketing/ It may be possible to get some tickets to away games from UND. It will depend on demand, how many tickets UND gets allocated, and where you rank in the Fighting Sioux Club. Those with the most points have higher priority in getting tickets. One of the big problems is you might not know until a week or two before the games if you can get tickets, by that time you probably can't get tickets online for games like Minn and Wisc. I updated this with info for Mich Tech. Their ticket office says they go on-sale 09/05 and you need to call 906-487-3200. Not sure if you can buy on the internet. I called the BC ticket office. Was told they haven't finalized their schedule yet, should be done in the next week or so. Tickets will probably go on-sale in two or three weeks. Check the link provided above.

Here is what I could find on tickets for away games: 10/19 BC onsale ?? http://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/S...er=&appCode= 10/20 NE on-sale 09/04 http://www.gonu.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc...gory_Code=MHTIX 10/26, 10/27 Mich Tech on-sale ?? http://www.michigantechhuskies.com 11/09, 11/10 Wisc on-sale 09/24 http://www.uwbadgers.com/tickets/mhky/home...ickets_213.html 11/30, 12/01 Denver on-sale 09/08 http://www.denverpioneers.com/ViewArticle....;ATCLID=1060324 01/04, 01/05 St. Cloud on-sale 09/17 http://www.stcloudstate.edu/athletics/tickets/default.asp 01/18, 01/19 Mankato on-sale 10/01 http://www.msumavericks.com/sporttickets.p...e=mensports.php 02/01, 02/02 Minn on-sale 09/15 http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.db...;ATCLID=1152168 03/01, 03/02 UMD on-sale 10/02 http://www.umdbulldogs.com/ticketing/ It may be possible to get some tickets to away games from UND. It will depend on demand, how many tickets UND gets allocated, and where you rank in the Fighting Sioux Club. Those with the most points have higher priority in getting tickets. One of the big problems is you might not know until a week or two before the games if you can get tickets, by that time you probably can't get tickets online for games like Minn and Wisc.

Single games tickets go on-sale on 9/8. Denver tickets

Anyone have hotel suggestions for the BC/Northeastern series ?

How can a compromise be fashioned ? I have thought for some time that this lawsuit will never go to trial. If nothing has changed (such as additional tribal approval) since the NCAA denied their final appeal and UND filed the lawsuit, how do you compromise on an issue like this ? UND wants to keep the nickname and the NCAA says it is hostile and abusive and is doing everything it can to force schools to change. The only possible compromise I can envision is one where the NCAA allows UND to host post-season events but not allow them to use the nickname or imagery, with the exception of buildings that UND does not own. This would have the main effect of not allowing UND to wear their regular jerseys with the logo during the post-season. If this had been the original NCAA rule then I doubt a lawsuit would have been filed. This allows UND to host post-season which eliminates the competitive unfairness of the original ruling. For the NCAA this takes aways a "big stick" from them to try and get schools to change; however, they don't really need it anymore since almost every school on the original hit list has either changed or received an exemption. IMO, it is highly unlikely that any school that already comitted to changing their nickname would backtrack. For UND, this would allow them to keep the name and host post-season, the biggest cost would be additional post-season uniforms. With the unpredictable outcome of any lawsuit I would guess this would be acceptable since they would get most of what they want and the athletes would not be subject to losing home field advantage that was earned during the season. Other than this I can't see how any compromise can be reached assuming UND is serious about keeping the nickname/logo and wants to ensure their athletes have a fair playing field to compete.

I'm not in favor of shootouts in college, there just aren't enough regular season games to place that much importance on a shootout. The Sioux typically play 8 non-conference games each year and based on the pairwise system these 8 games can already carry more significance than conference games as far as the NCAA tourney seedings go. Do we really want to see shootouts decide these games ? Either leave them tied or play till you get a winner, no shootout.