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I'm going to guess it was made clear Sioux Falls was going to bid with or without UND's (instead using Mankato or St. Cloud, maybe even Omaha), especially with Chris Semrau there. Due to the size difference, Sioux Falls probably has a better shot than Fargo and UND realized that.

Of course, but a lot more entertaining (for the fans) than the coaches who won't say a thing or speak only in clichés.

Portland State should remove Barnum's interim tag just to keep him around for his quotes:

Guessing that is partially because it looks like they used some of the original banners instead of creating new, uniform ones with that had the different logos.

Not really worth starting a new thread on yet, but UND will again host the Western Regional at Scheel's Arena in 2017 (next season).

Close. UND is currently showing as a 1 point favorite vs. Idaho State (along with a 14 point favorite vs. UNC).

The Watch Big Sky app is being redesigned, guessing because of the change of providers. Not sure of a new release date but I thought I read somewhere they were will hoping for this fall.

Hope these two guys get paid!

Progress on the world class track: Picture looks to be taken from the southwest corner looking north.

Not a huge fan of it myself, just wanted to clear up that it is already owned by someone else and will not be UND's logo.

The Blackhawks don't own it. An independent graphic designer/photographer from Canada created it as a concept for fun, owns it and as previously stated has defended outside use of it many times. http://icethetics.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/12/a-history-of-logo-larceny.html

No clue but there was previous speculation he wasn't playing at 100%. I think him completely falling off the depth chart instead of falling to #2 probably confirms that.

Alex Kroke would be the contact in the Athletic Department with any tailgating suggestions. They've been responsive to e-mails sent in the past, probably wouldn't hurt to pass along ideas/comments/concerns. They want tailgating to be as big of an event as the fans do.

The rights/trademark are already owned by someone else. It won't be the logo.

Weekly 2 deep changes: Offense Sean Meehan moves to #1 RG from #1 RT, replacing Brandon Miller Mat Cox replaces Meehan at #1 RT and Elijah Grady replaces Stiner at #2 RT Defense None Special Teams None

Understanding what "free speech" means and how it is or isn't applicable in this situation would probably be helpful as well. At least he admits that "North Dakota" is not a nickname, which is what the committee(s) and the whole process was put together to come up with.

There is? I'd love to have football move on campus but the parking situation would be terrible, especially tailgating, as it currently sits. Agree to disagree on that one.

LJ

Not sure what the waiting list is for season tickets at this point but you can't give a donation for the Coach's Club and get 4 lower bowl tickets. You would however still get your parking pass. I believe there was something like 16 season tickets that were not renewed this year so getting lower bowl tickets is not an easy task.

They were talking about recruiting against MWC and PAC-12 teams which, outside of other Big Sky schools, is who they recruit against. I don't think they are real far off in their assessment that they weren't going to win the recruiting battles.

Donation only. Tickets are an additional $420/seat.

Watching from the end zone, I think I saw Studsrud make it to past his first read twice all game. He was immediately locked in on his primary receiver, waiting for them to make their break almost every single snap. It seemed obvious and is concerning. There were multiple secondary receivers coming across the middle on many of the plays he forced the ball to his primary receiver. The interception was an absolutely brutal decision thrown right in the middle of two or three UC-Davis players with the UND player having no chance. That being said, on the TD pass, he looked off the safety nicely and made an excellent throw. His running looked pretty good (minus the turf monster that got him at the end), though if a couple of the plays were truly read-options instead of straight hand off or keeper, he made the wrong decision on a few that could have went for nice gains. He's not in danger of losing his job by any means but there is room for improvement. I trust the staff that he is the best option and in there for a reason. The defense looked good, though you could tell they are still adjusting to Arnell not playing. Thought Johnson played pretty well for the most part. Davis put together two pretty nice second half drives (one aided by a dumb offsides penalty) but I think the defense looked very good overall. Other than a very nice throw on one of the TD's that would have been tough to defend for anyone, Ratelle was an absolute monster out there. Always in position and fundamentally sound. He doesn't miss tackles and is always in the middle of the play. Such a fun player to watch. A little bit of a mixed bag on special teams but I thought Davis left some yards on the field with their return game, UND's coverage wasn't exactly solid.

From the way it looked, there wasn't as many UND fans spread throughout the crowd as I thought there would be. That leads one to believe that NDSU fans were the majority of the people paying the jacked up secondary prices, which is odd since it was just another game on the schedule.

The biggest issue was that the committee didn't cut North Dakota from the start. They were tasked with picking a new nickname, which "North Dakota"/"no nickname" does not fit the criteria of. The majority of stakeholder thing continues to be a false statement with absolutely nothing to back it up. As for why it isn't on the ballot? A)The committee eliminated (giving it more chances to be kept alive than any other nickname before removing it, albeit a few months too late) and B)It's not a nickname. Just because I'm curious, who specifically on the committee would you classify in the "a lot of bad members" group?

Had not heard that. Thanks for the info.