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I wouldn't read much into it. These guys are competitors that have treated success and also have to be frustrated with the uneven part. Nothing wrong with a little fire.

That United route is significantly subsidized and works well as long as you are going to Denver or can connect on a United flight from there. I was pricing flights out for a few different trips (including the UW football game) and surprisingly found Grand Forks cheaper on some of them than Fargo and on par with most others. However, depending on your destination, there are some where Fargo is quite a bit cheaper than Grand Forks. Part of it is there is more than just Delta to choose from.

You realize that UND is was a distant second on the deferred maintenance list right? They have actually tried to address it and taken significant steps to reduce that, in part by taking buildings that aren't worth the cost/benefit offline and moving programs into other buildings (like the former med school building).

Take what you can get. Good start to the second half of conference play.

But the real question is who has more "butthurt"? The "liberals" who got the name changed? Or the people who still haven't accepted it, yet make fun of the "liberals" for being butthurt despite being quite "butthurt" themselves?

So he can only use his leadership on talented players or what are you trying to get at? The original post was pointing out the almost identical statistics for the two QB's. Has Foles shown less leadership and the team performed worse since he's taken over?

Isn't this called victim blaming?

Denver isn't getting into any other conference until they adjust their sports offerings. They would rather stick with what they have and be in the Summit than change. They made that clear when searching for a new conference and settling on the Summit.

No. That would have required extra money in the water/road/water treatment plant budget prior to the vote, which wasn't even close to the case. The backlash from them "finding" extra money for a new library would be huge, there's a reason they were very clear in stating the funds wouldn't be used for that.

From my untrained eye, it looks like they incorporated the same brickwork design that is on all the buildings in the entire University Village addition and a ton of windows for natural light. I guess I'm not sure what they could have done differently and still make it flow with the rest of the area but I'd be curious to see what you had in mind. I think it definitely looks better than the new med school Ole Miss opened up last year:

I'm not sure what their options were on the outside but the interior design was done for functionality and they absolutely nailed that part of it. I'd rather have that then a fancy looking building that is a disaster inside, though that doesn't mean they couldn't have done more on the exterior. There were also some funding issues towards the end with appropriated money and I'm guessing some exterior designs were the first thing to go.

Coming from people already in various programs so no reason to pretend anymore, but yeah, I where you going with that.

Outside is "meh" depending on which part you're looking at, however I have heard nothing but rave reviews from students about the building itself, so at least that is a positive.

My position didn't come from Chaves himself, rather other people associated with EWU who have been less than impressed with their president. His commentary on fundraising was that they were in a tough position being basically the 3rd or 4th school in people's pecking order (UW, WSU, Gonzaga and even Idaho to a point) and the challenges they faced. He didn't use it as an excuse though. They are still spinning after their leader in the clubhouse didn't even make the finalists.

Unless they can pull the wool over the legislature's eyes by including some academics in there, nothing had changed that it was going to be funded privately. I assume there are some sort commitments in place but clearly by the new literature floating around, a good chunk still needs to be raised.

Tough to fundraiser when you don't have the President supporting your projects and/or priorities. There was a definite disconnect between the athletic department and president's office at EWU on top of the other challenges they already faced. He will be in a completely different environment here and Chaves will be a great compliment to the Foundation and Champions Club, stepping in when appropriate and needed, and overall be a great face for the athletic department.

I know, it's crazy how much worse his numbers are than Thome's on conference play! Oh wait.....

It was a connection from a previous assistant. However Bliznyuk had been in the US since he was 7-8, growing up outside of Tacoma.

Actually they wouldn't demolish it. The idea is they would somehow incorporate some of the structure.

Caillou: Write's countless articles doing whatever he can to elevate Carson Wentz to deity status Also Caillou: Why do you people have this idea Carson Wentz is a God?

Yes, that is literally why it was called a miracle. Case is going to want too much money and I don't think he's worth it. Historical Case (the one that wasn't really even average his first 4 years in the league) started to show towards the end of the year and the playoffs. He's definitely serviceable but not worth $20+ million/year. If he's willing to sign for less than that, go for it, but there is probably someone out there willing to pay way more. Unless Bradford is some sort of magician, he's not getting paid a significant salary unless its a contract full of incentives and minimal guaranteed money. However I think he'll be fine considering his career earnings are $114 million, so maybe he's fine with that. If you can get Teddy to sign a team-friendly contract, which would be some decent up-front money guaranteed for 1-2 years and then some "prove-it" on the back-end that are team options for 2-3 years with a bit of a raise, I think that's the ticket. Will be interesting to see what direction they go, I just hope it isn't a huge contract with a large guarantee because I'm not sure any of the three are worth that quite yet.