jdub27

This is a terribly misinformed statement.

AAU academics while playing a B1G football schedule. They aren't OSU or Michigan but they aren't Rutgers or Purdue either.

I really think the plan was to limit carries early in the year to keep him from getting dinged up like he has consistently in the past and have him healthy for the stretch run. Didn't he have a fumble or two early in the year that probably contributed to not seeing as many carries in one or two games? KSU for sure I think. The positive news is that he's back and should have some very fresh legs for how many ever games UND has left. Which will also take some of the burden off SS. Chuck and Brunell getting more comfortable gives you 3 guys that are going to punish tacklers and an electric guy to keep them honest. Not sure what happened with X but didn't like how he was used earlier in the year with how much he was being run, but I think he's also a very good weapon catching the ball out of the backfield.

In Division 2 when UND was at the top of the food chain? I feel like the landscape is just slightly different now than it was then... Not sure there's any valid comparisons to be made with 25 years ago. You think recruiting at the old REA, Memorial Stadium and the Hyslop would help things?

That's one route to go. I think it's absolutely the wrong for multiple reasons I already listed plus more. But if for some reason it makes people feel better to "stick it to" one of UND's continuously most generous donors in multiple sports because their feelers got hurt for no reason, than yes, you are absolutely correct, we won't agree. It's embarrassing how some people continue to feel the need to insult someone who gives so much more to UND across the board than most people realize for reasons unknown. The relationship isn't perfect and UND will have a chance to reset it in a way that benefit them on all sides. But that takes understanding the long game and not holding imaginary grudges.

No, they don't.

Quick answer - The state owning and maintaining buildings usually doesn't end all that well, particularly a high level investment like the REA. Do you think they would approve the large upgrades that have been done over the last 25 years? And where would the money come from? Is a private donor send 7-8 figures worth of money to upgrade a building they have minimal say in? Are they going to set aside large reserves that are required to maintain the building in the future? See deferred maintenance on buildings across the campuses on state for your answer. As for the management of the Alerus Center, they are allowed to try to operate somewhere small loss < breakeven < small profit because its a city owned facility that is used as an economic draw that helps justify it. The REA needs to be run significantly different. Would a UND owned asset have the flexibility to pull off some of the things that the REA is currently able to do because they operate independently from the University? While there is some overlap with UND/REA staff, it has been streamlined pretty well to eliminate large portions of that over the past 5-10 years. How things now aren't perfect but large pieces of that can be adjusted on the next round of negotiations. The good definitely outweighs the bad on how things are currently set up and could (and hopefully do) continue to shift even more positive for UND when this is discussed in the near future.

Its amusing to hear complaining about not being able to get information or insight on things going on in the athletic department and then people make comment like this.

I tend to agree but there have been late additions on signing day in the past.

Would be tough to get him out of HS given some of the offers he's getting but never rule out things not working at a P4 and him wanting a chance to play with his brother for a year or 2.... Very encouraging to see UND pull a couple high level recruits from the Fargo area (Wunderlich - Casselton, Starcevic - Kindred).

This would be a disaster for multiple reasons and I'm a huge fan of what is now Oakview is doing with the Alerus Center.

I think with were institutional support was for the soccer team and where their practice field was, it made sense to do what they did. I don't know of any issues with funding the program but there's no doubt a dedicated practice facility for VB/WBB/MBB would be helpful for all the teams. Don't know what the status for that is but I would guess the looming drop-dead date of the REA transition is playing a part in nothing being done there (for the record, I think that it will be, and honestly should be, extended but with some modifications to the usage agreement to funnel additional money to UND). I think UND made a home run hire 15 years ago who built up the program to where it was. I never got the feeling his replacement was fully bought-in at UND and it started a bit of a decline and he bolted when given the chance (and probably saw a bigger drop-off coming). The next coach just wasn't it. Don't really know why the last one didn't succeed.

There are some weird restrictions on what you can sell playoff tickets for. I think it is tied to what price tickets are sold for during the regular season, which may have also been a reason that UND lowered some of the SDSU tickets to $12 for the last regular season game.

Austin Peay must be going FBS as well because this language all looks pretty familiar...

Let's see the contract first. Timing seems to be more about Colorado St and Oregon St sniffing around pretty hard. Mora, Jr getting hired at CSU today seems like pretty coincidental timing... Pretty sure they saw what happened to SDSU last year and realized they've gotten pretty lucky their program has been gutted with the coaching changes they've had. Coming up with a few hundred thousand, which would get them top few of the FCS but still the bottom of the FBS, would probably insulate them from taking a bottom feeder FBS job. Don't think the extension is going to change the issues they have previously faced moving up. Is there some hidden movement behind the scenes that make this supposedly different than last time?