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Feel free to enlighten me, along with everyone else, on what you're trying to get at.

What is the other assumption? They are making minimal money off the licensing of limited edition releases that have a very limited run, so it definitely isn't that. As was previously stated, it has been known since the settlement agreement became public that they had to maintain ownership (which can only be done through use) and that was mandated by the NCAA. UND made it clear how they would do that 2 1/2 years ago when the had the first run of shirts with the geometric logo and press release announcing the Dacotah Legacy Collection.

Very true. Kelley tried to be all-inclusive, inoffensive and make everyone happy to a fault on most things. Anytime he didn't follow that, he got ripped for ramming things down people's throat. All the more reason someone with serious business acumen is a better fit to be the next president. Schafer's in an enviable position and I like how he's using it to his full advantage by taking a hardline on tough decisions with what he feels is the proper amount of input.

Kelly could basically say the same thing and he'd get ripped to shreds for it, it is what it is (look at comments made about moving on with the new nickname for proof). Schafer's playing with house money and honestly, that's probably best thing that could happen for UND right now because of some tough choices that are going to be made. Either he's going to get minimal flack for it or if he does, he won't be here in 5 months, so no skin off his back. It appears he will do more than enough to give the new guy a blank slate to work with. It is on the committee to pick someone who will be able to continue with that momentum.

In the Herald's defense, Wayne did specify "in Grand Forks". On a regional and national scale, the popularity isn't even close to a contest nor would the exposure could be brought to UND from what the basketball team could do. No different than down at FargoU. Their NCAA basketball win was worth way more in exposure than their 5 championships combined but it is obvious which sport is more popular in Fargo.

Before the season, after the overseas trip, it was mentioned that the chemistry this team had was completely different from previous years. Players understood and embraced their roles and were actually buying in. Easy to write something like that off as preseason hype but it appears to have a fair amount of truth behind it. No clue on the exact reason for it, but I still think the transition/conference affiliation/nickname combination had a bigger impact than anyone realized. The staff had to take some chances on some players that were talented but weren't quite the perfect fit and then tried filling some of those holes with transfers that weren't necessarily great fits, compounding the problems (though it almost paid off). Still a ways to go but there is definitely noticeable progress that has been made this season and that is encouraging.

Future Hawk Billy Brown should be at the game.

At least Will Tye (Florida State transfer, current New York Giant) has graduated. He was a dude. 6'3", 260lbs, sub 4.5 40 and he was returning punts. Up there as one of the best all-around athletes to play in the Alerus Center.

I've heard the argument and it has *some* merit, but he still would have had those "freshman jitters" to an extent his first year of playing. I think he got a lot of valuable experience that first year and probably learned a lot about the right and wrong way to be a leader. I also don't think he would have been near as good of a player last year if he had redshirted the 2013-2014 season. All that being said, I wish he had 5 more years of eligibility left, he's fun to watch.

Well yeah but the coaches and local media don't go parading around, making sure every one knows every single offer that their recruits got (plus a few others for good measure) and writing articles about how they are the only team who has other schools come after their verbals. It's funny to see the chest thumping getting kids from schools they claim to be much better than. UND went 3-0 head to head on equal offers against SDSU including a Nebraskajack that decided being an Omahawk was better. Something like 18 or 19 of the kids signed were at UND's camp, the staff saw exactly what they needed to first hand. Seemed to work out well when they signed that Santiago kid who impressed in camp but didn't have any other offers.

Triple double for Hooker. He's not too bad. McBuckets 2.0 was absolutely on fire.

Hell of a first half by McBuckets 2.0. Good defense on Telfair. Nice start to the second half.

Don't tell Kolpack and Izzo! *For the record, I agree with you.

I'm not sure what you're question is? Yes, Minot State has a flat tuition rate, everyone pays the same. They had just under $1.3million in tuition waivers or approximately 9% of all tuition they could have charged at where they have their rates set at. The majority of their tuition waivers were institutional waivers to ND kids.

Him and Idalski were there to do interviews with Hennessy but he made a point to come into the ballroom and listen for a while and may or may not have bought Bubba a well-deserved beverage. Nice to see him to that, especially with the support that the football team gives to other programs.

I agree. My point was to point out how absurd the claim that "Any recruit that picks the B1G over any NCHC school is bonkers" actually is. Sometimes its OK to take off the Kelly green shades and put down the Kool-Aid.

Not saying there aren't but none of the NCHC schools are on the same page academically as the B1G schools. To claim that someone would be crazy to pick a B1G over any NCHC is pretty absurd on a few different levels. Obviously there are a lot of variables that go into that decision and there are advantages and disadvantages to both sides.

I feel pretty comfortable assuming that there will be some changes to tuition waivers.

Well there is that whole education aspect of college as well...

Listening to the staff talk about the class last night, it was obvious that they valued multi-sport athletes and the versatility that comes with it. The size and speed some of these guys have is pretty impressive coming out of high school. Also said something like 18 or 19 of the signees had been to one of UND's summer camps, reiterating how important that is.

I agree after driving by twice tonight, once at dusk and once when its was completely dark. I appreciate the effort but execution was more than lacking. Maybe "Project 88" will turn out better....

Ah, so you're referring to costs that were due to changes mandated by the NCAA (which is what Faison referred to in the article, some of which were not actually incurred by UND) and then spitballing the rest? Not to mention the costs of changing uniforms and other gear that is replaced every couple of years (if not more frequently) is included in that number and would have be incurred regardless. That article also fails to mention $750,000 was an estimate (not actual money spent) and over 3/4's of it ($575,000) was the estimate to come up with the new nickname and logo.

At least the contract for the new logo and implementation is projected to cost less (~$49,500) than a year's worth of Bresciani's incidentals covered by the NDSU Foundation ($70K+), so I guess that's a bonus! Plus I'd love to see your source that shows $2 million of taxpayer money was used but I won't hold my breath.

I knew it looked somewhat familiar: