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Considering the bleachers were supposed to be part of Phase 1 and will actually allow for quality meets to be held there along with cleaning up a lot of the storage issues they are having, I disagree. Phase 2 requires a significant capital push along with re-approval from the SBoHE. Finishing Phase 1 does not.

Week 1 was against Utah..... While I'm not saying that there aren't things that need to be cleaned up, which is the case for every unit of the team, if you think Kostich is a weak link in the staff, you are way off.

This is correct, where did the idea we paid them come from? UND will be paying MVSU to show up next year. Needed a home game as the team is getting big bucks to go to Washington and traveling to SHSU, who will be returning the favor in a few years. Four home games would not be acceptable.

I actually think he'll get a 6th year if he wants it, I don't believe think they distinguish between types of injuries just that the lost seasons are out of the players control. He's now lost 2 season to injury in 5, which would be the baseline for a 6th year. Really tough break for a kid that is a helluva player.

I enjoyed the demeanor of the handful of high-up NDSU athletic department folks who were standing in the SE corner of the BESC. They did not appear to be enjoying themselves. I do want to point out that Matt Larsen wasn't in that group, he was behind the north bench. Saw him in the ticket line, he looked to be impressed with the turnout. Seems like a very nice guy.

I actually agree with you on something.

Just tweaked it, still in and didn't miss a beat.

They were turning people away from getting in line 10+ minutes before the game started.

Pretty impressive that UND managed to averaged 4.6 and 5.2 YPC the last two year with everyone, including the fans, knowing every single play call that was coming.

Not sure there is one out there but reach out to Lance Moser in the UND athletic department. He has been our contact for tailgating. 701-777-6953 / lance.moser@athletics.und.edu

2-Deep changes from last week: Offense Tobin listed as starter at LG over Aplin (previously it was Aplin or Tobin) Coyne moves to starting FB, Finke as #2 with Norberg's injury Defense Wilson moves from #3 to co-#2 with Cieslak at LDE Rastas replaces Geier as #2 SILB Evan Holm shunk from 6'3", 190lbs to 5'11", 180lbs Injury report remains the same outside the addition of Norberg

I couldn't put my finger on it. This was it.

That's a better explanation than being that clueless on some of the things he's written. Wait a year on the locker room? Yeah, seems like a brilliant idea with a Title IX complaint filed. And not sure why the pictures matter, the public doesn't see them. He really glossed over the new display being put up in the main concourse while he was accusing them of whitewashing WIH from the arena. Guessing he didn't bother contacting anyone from the REA or athletic department that could have set him straight or answered his asinine assumptions. He's got a future in click bait journalism ahead of him.

Not as familiar with that as it is rarely done at the FCS level. From what I understand, a kid either takes his first semester of freshman year off or only goes part time on their own dime. They aren't allowed to have anything to do with the team at that time. They then enroll full time once the 2nd semester begins and you still get your 5 to play 4 from initial full-time enrollment. However from what I do know about it, I wouldn't be surprised if your feeling is correct and I know there have been some controversies regarding it recently as there have been some cases where a kid has grey-shirted and then the scholarship they were promised wasn't available when the time came for them to enroll.

Correct. In the FCS you can spread 63 scholarships across 85 players (equivalency, the scholarships added up can't exceed 63). In FBS, you can have 85 players on scholarship and they all count for a full whether they are or not (head count, anyone who gets any sort of scholarship counts toward the 85). Outside of disciplinary reasons, I'm not sure I've ever seen less than a full ride being given out.

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Deluca played as a true freshman and never sat out a year, so he was granted the opportunity to play 4 full seasons in 5 years. Serious injuries tend to be one of the downsides of red-shirting.

I guess I disagree. He's a level-headed poster even if I don't agree with everything he says. Might show a little bias one way or another on some posts but whatever. And if he didn't have at least a little bias against UND (real or imaginary), then I would have even less faith in what he was saying...

Agree on the first sentence but your second one is technically wrong. Most FCS teams have very close to the same amount of scholarship players as FBS teams, however the amount of the scholarship varies. The difference is a lot of FCS kids aren't on full rides, whereas every FBS kid is. I only mention it because I don't think people know the difference (though I'm positive you do). If an FCS program gave it's scholarships out evenly (in reality they don't), every scholarship player would have right around a 75% ride. This is obviously a difference when compared to FBS, and those players who are getting FBS looks likely get well over the 75%, but magically adding 22 new scholarship players when comparing the two is definitely a huge overstatement on the differences.

No I fully understand. NDSU came out a year ahead of time and announced the head coach was a lame duck. When she left, instead of doing a national search, they promoted an unexperienced coach (who I agree was an excellent player) and named her interim coach and then said they would do a search at the end of the upcoming season. I don't think it's strange to question a D-1 program hiring a coach with minimal experience (2 years high school, one of which was as an assistant, and 2 years as the 2nd assistant at NDSU) instead of actually opening up a search. On top of that, it appears instead of giving her 2 assistant coaches like the previous staff had, she gets 1 assistant and a Grad Assistant.

I don't think they'd hesitate to cut ties with a football or men's basketball coach if there were struggles but fortunately for you guys, that hasn't been an issue. It's been clear they will let a coach run WBB and VB into the ground though. From box scores, it appears the interim coach is doing a much better job, may work out for them in the end but still is a headscratcher on the surface.

Then why didn't they fire her instead of telling her she could coach out the remainder of her contract? Seems strange if they were aware of that many issues and that they weren't going to renew her contract, they wouldn't just cut ties instead of letting the problem get worse. While it appears the team is playing better, it also doesn't explain the strange decision to name an interim coach for a season and announce you'll be doing a national search next season.

Well this is just misinformed and completely wrong...

I get why the staff made the decisions they did but to have a realistic chance, at least 2 if not all 3 of those field goals need to be TD's to beat a team like Utah. That being said, Taubs looked great. I don't get the criticism some give him. I think he'd be the first to admit last season he still hadn't regained all his leg strength from hip surgery he had, but he was pretty solid. Looks to be well on track this season.

UND outscored opponents 188-107 in the 2nd half last year. The only two teams (out of 13) to outscore UND after halftime were Stony Brook (6-2) and Richmond (20-7). Seems to make they are doing something right.