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Not at all what I said, but if I had to choose, I absolutely would prefer a team playing better at the end of the year over the beginning of the year. Winning a bunch of games early in the season doesn't matter if the team flames out in conference play or loses in the first round of the conference tournament. I'd prefer a nice mix, but if a team is going to peak, I want it to be in February/March since I don't think we'll be seeing an at large bid out of the Big Sky anytime soon. And who would have imagined a team replacing 2/3's of its production and that has 3 or 4 new starters would be inconsistent and lay some eggs. Don't like it and hoped it wouldn't happen, but it isn't a big surprise. I think we already have enough threads centered on coaches who the fans perceive to have not end the year the way they'd prefer. And if you want to be picky about it, it has actually become statistically easier to make the tournament. In previous years, 7 out of 11 teams made it (63.6%). Now 8 out of 12 teams make it (66.7%).

Hopefully the drop in oil prices causing a little bit of a slow down out west will drop construction prices a little bit and they can lock some stuff in.

For better or worse, the transition to D-1 worked in Jones favor. He has been able to buy himself enough time to prove it. The dollar amount of the contract tells me the AD isn't completely sold either.

Exactly. Which is the same reason Jones will likely have the rest of this year and next year to get it figured out. After the 2013 season (first D-1) where his team finished 3rd in the Big Sky and was a missed 3 pointer away from making the conference championship, he had 2 years left on his contract and they added two more and brought his salary to slightly over $100K. He has 1 1/2 years to change people's mind.

It was FU fans who claimed they weren't "road games" because of the fan support, so take that up with them. And you still are missing the point: The question wasn't about how many games has NDSU won away from the Fargodome, it was how successful would they have been if their opponent had the home field advantage instead of them. The last playoff game that NDSU's opponent had a home field advantage, NDSU lost.

He did turn a 6-7 team into a 1-11 team and still got almost 3 more years after that. Brewster coached almost 4 years of his 5 year contract.

Pretty tough to call it a fluke when they were a rattled 3 pointer away from doing it the year before. I have no disagreements on Jones OOC record among other things but his teams have played their best basketball at the end of the year and in conference tournaments. Making the Big Sky championship game last year was no fluke. They also hired Tim Brewster in between and their program got worse before it got better. Kind of an important detail.

So two teams are playing a road game? Both teams playing away from home (a neutral site game) has nothing to do with the point that apparently sent you into a tizzy to begin with, which was that NDSU has had an advantage of all home games the last 4 years (which they've earned and no one has argued) and wondering how they would have fared without that advantage. Apparently asking how the games may have turned out differently if NDSU had to go to the opposing team stadium (not a neutral one), play in front of the opposing team's crowd (outside of a tiny visiting team allotment) and been the only team that had to travel is too much for you to comprehend.

I know it is a highlight film, but I really like how he squares up and takes on running backs, looks like he has no issues tackling. Also seems to be good at going up and getting the ball rather than letting it come down. Someone with a little more technical knowledge can probably offer a better assessment on his coverage skills.

The answer is still zero. NDSU's website confirms. http://gobison.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=50&path=football Overall: 15-0 Home: 9-0 Away: 5-0 Neutral: 1-0

I honestly believe this part to be absolutely false. I don't think there is anyone, regardless of opinion, that doesn't want and expect success for UND. The transition means that the type of success that is realistically attainable isn't the same as it was in D-2 in a lot of sports, but there isn't anyone who doesn't want UND to be successful. There are realities and constraints that do come into play, whether us as fans like it or even realize it. Despite that, I still expect UND to be a place where a student athlete is given a chance to excel on and off the field.

The answer is still 0. They have won 3 neutral field games. Playing against another team in their own stadium, in front of their own crowd, is considered a road game. Playing in a stadium that both teams have to travel to and is not the regular stadium for either team is a neutral field game. Neither team (in theory) has an advantage over the other. The fact that you can't understand the difference doesn't make you correct. The original post was a compliment to the home-field advantage that NDSU has, which has helped them. Asking how many of the games they would have won in the other teams stadium, where they were the only team traveling and don't have the crowd behind them, is a fair question.

Too many words, not enough pictures? 5

It is a neutral field game. Both teams travel, they aren't the away team in someone else's stadium and they haven't been since EWU in 2010 (which they have earned). And after your outburst about it, two other FU fans posted contradicting statements to your view. Seems like you're in the minority on this one. Not sure what the hockey regionals in Fargo have to do with it? UND is the host school at a neutral site venue. That doesn't change whether they make it in the playoffs or not.

UMD's coach Shannon Miller is not having her contract renewed after this season due to budget problems. Interesting situation. She claims that she'd offered to take a paycut but the school wouldn't talk numbers with her. http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/3635707-contract-not-renewed-womens-hockey-coach-minnesota-duluth-due-finances

Title IX. NCAA allows for more scholarships on the women's side in a lot of the sports to help offset the huge number given in football. Athletic aid is considered an expense in these reports, but unfortunately are not broken out by sport which would make the numbers a little more accurate. Don't know that UND is fully funded in every one of these but here are some of the differences in the max amount of scholarships allowed (in 2013-2014 at least): MBB - 13 WBB - 15 M T/F & CC - 12.6 W T/F & CC - 18 M Golf - 4.5 W Golf - 6 M Tennis - 4.5 W Tennis - 8 M S&D - 9.9 W S&D - 14

Kind of the one that sticks out the most isn't it? Unfortunately you'd need to come up with around 13 more scholarships, can only offer 5 women's bowling scholarships. But if we're thinking outside the box....Baseball offers 11.7, which if dropped would still put you a few short. But something like Sand Volleyball offers up to 3. Nebraska has a team, that makes almost as much sense.

These are the 2013 numbers but take them with a grain of salt because of how college athletics accounting works. I'm also not 100% sure how the "cost" of a scholarship is figured into the expenses, especially when related to in-state, out-of-state, etc (the total for Men's Athletic Aid is $1,975K and Women's is $1,908K). And with the large amount of unallocated funds, its safe to say the numbers aren't completely accurate but it at least give somewhat of an idea of costs. Regardless, this is how the expenses were reported: Non-Revenue Baseball: $469K Men's Golf: $101K Women's Golf: $264K Women's Hockey: $1,252K Soccer: $503K Softball: $457K Men's S/D: $298K Women's S/D: $435K Men's Tennis: $81K Women's Tennis: $227K Men's T/F: $372K Women's T/F: $556K Revenue MBB: $1,028K WBB: $1,109K Football: $3,100K Men's Hockey: $4,629K VB: $624K Unallocated - $6,340K

Just want add on a few tidbits on this. As of this past spring, NDSU still still had almost $2 million left to raise/pay for on their locker room/coach's office renovation that was completed in 2006. The NDSU Foundation has been covering the payments on the revenue bonds issued by Cass County on their behalf. On top of that, they still haven't raised all of the funds for the SHAC, a project that was first requested in 2002 and then put more into its current form in 2006. Last I heard, they were still about $6 million short but they were able to start as the NDSU Foundation guaranteed the project.

One of the big things is that UND offers 19 sports to NDSU's 14 (actually considered 21 and 16 since indoor and outdoor track are counted separately) For sports that don't overlap: UND has M/W Tennis, M/W Swimming & Diving, M/W Hockey. NDSU has Wrestling

Would have been an big improvement on Saturday, regardless of what kind of shape they are currently in.

Neutral field =/= Road game NDSU has earned home field advantage the last few years, I don't think anyone's disputing that but if being angry about it makes you feel better.... 4 years ago is the only time they've truly been on the road in the playoffs in FCS, going 1-1 (beating Montana St, losing at EWU).

You'd still be at the whim of a change of opinion from multiple tribal councils for eternity. Nothing to stop a future council from revoking the support. I'll pass on that opportunity.

Just for you! That one normally bugs me too (not as much you though) and then I go do it. I even re-read that part before I posted it, thought about it and then managed to post it wrong anyway. That gif made it worth it though. And if UND hockey was having a season like Wisconsin currently is, I wouldn't be anywhere near this board. Probably would have imploded long, long ago. The athletic budget as a whole would take a hit across the board. On the positive side, I'd be able to upgrade my seats at the REA quite easily, much like I've had the chance to do at the Alerus.

If you add 1,000 season ticket holders, that net revenue would probably cover it. Can you guarantee that a new coach will be able to do that? I'm not blaming them for the poor performance. But I strongly disagree that there aren't issues caused, part of that being how funding is allocated, because of how a portion of the hockey fan base looks at the rest of the athletic department. Look to some of the posts made in the football forum as a prime example of that. Or how some could not have cared less what keeping the nickname would have done to the rest of the athletic department because the hockey team doesn't have to worry about hosting post season games and wasn't worried about finding a conference home. For the record, I'm a season ticket holder in hockey as well. And it by no means is it all hockey fans but unfortunately the number is higher than it should be.