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This isn't going to happen, not sure why you are so hung up on it. Have to follow state hiring guidelines. Position has to be publicly posted for set amount of time (can't remember off the top of my head), etc.

@waynenelsongf I can't wait to hear the revisionist history on this.... Also, speculation by Wayne Nelson is that new coach will be hired sometime in December. His twitter (@WayneNelsonGF) has a pretty good break down of their talk with Faison.

Concur that the writing was on the wall and what was done needed to be but I would like to thank Chris for his contributions. He joined the football program in 1999 and helped lead it to its only national championship. He took over as head coach when it wasn't a very appealing position with transition, nickname issues and not having a conference. In the end, the on the field results were not where they need to be and I think the Muss would be the first in line to agree. He did a pretty good job in keeping players out of the news for the wrong reason, one thing that isn't an easy task and speaks well to him as a person. Good luck in the future coach.

He said "no comment" a whopping one time that I've seen reported and it was immediately after the football game. I fully expect something from him very soon, likely this afternoon or tomorrow morning one way or another. I'd expect a press conference if there will be a change and just a comment to one of the Herald's writers if there will be no change.

You said we would lose out on a head coach, recruits, transfers, etc if he wasn't fired by 5 pm today. That's a little over the top. The majority of candidates that would apply still have at least one week left in their season. I do think that if something is going to be done, it needs to be sooner than later and I'm guessing a decision has been made one way or another (likely a while back) so there is no point to delay announcing it. If he is going to be around another year, than it makes sense to make a statement reaffirming that, otherwise you have potential recruits not knowing if they will be playing for the guy actually recruiting them.

Firing Mussman in the middle of the season would have accomplished absolutely nothing. You do realize there is still a week left in the regular season right? Please explain how your last sentence makes any sense?

I wouldn't be shocked. Disappointed and somewhat surprised though. This thread will be a !@#$ show though...

Wait, what? Not possible. Good thing the Summit added UNO, they are the only team with an OOC D-1 win this year (a nice one against NIU and another against former Summit member UMKC). 2-13 on the year for the conference. Big Sky not fairing a whole lot better, are 3-7 on the year.

The KC Star lists him as signing yesterday along with some stuff on Twitter including the picture below:

You could be right, maybe they just haven't put them together yet. I just assumed they'd announce them all at the end of the day yesterday or this morning. Must just be taking their time.

Pretty certain that Crandall and Cashman both signed their NLI yesterday. Anyone know why UND hasn't put out any press releases for all the kids that signed yesterday? I know there was a handful in other sports, just wondering why nothing has been released yet.

I believe Strand, Swatzke and Buckley all signed their NLI's yesterday.

You were talking about NDSU surpassing UND (I assumed in athletics since this whole thing is about how great the Summit is). My question was what is UND's head to head record with NDSU in Summit sponsored sports.

I'm starting to come around about Hooker playing this year. He will definitely contribute this year but it gets him some experience with these guys because he's going to have to step up big next year. Will be a lot easier to do with a full season under his belt rather than sitting on the bench redshirting.

What's the head to head record in Summit sponsored sports the last 3 years?

Patty V answers to what the MVC wants, she is the Senior Associate Commissioner of that league along with running the MVFC. Which one do you think is more important to her? As for balance of powers, the MVFC is currently made up of 5 MVC teams, 4 Summit teams and YSU. Adding another Summit team gives the Summit equal footing for voting purposes. And Patty is on record saying she didn't like unbalanced scheduling, why would she advocate for adding another team to further get away from that? Saying it doesn't make it true. The conferences are historically very near each other in the RPI rankings, switching who is ahead from year to year. The Summit has been ahead the last couple years, but losing two of its best basketball schools isn't going to help that. The tournament committee obviously doesn't see much of a difference as neither has sniffed a second bid and the conference champions continue to be ranked near each other in the NCAA tournament.

Wonder if UND is playing small ball because of the opponent or if it is something we will be seeing a lot of this year. Lack of production from the bigs concerns me, hopefully they work on it a little bit the 2nd half. Antwi shooting very well. Sounds like he spent a lot of time in the gym in the offseason.

Better league based on what? And why would the MVC want to even out the balance of powers for the Summit teams in the MVFC? They already are opposed to traveling west the way it is. Patty V was also on record saying that 9 was the ideal conference size because it allowed for a balanced schedule. Adding USD made for an unbalanced schedule, but only 1 extra time. Why would they want to add another team to further unbalance the schedule? Douple let UND's app sit there for how long before he even gave it a look, which coincidentally is right around the same time that the Big Sky started showing interest.. And for a second there I thought you last sentence was how NDSU got into the Mid-Con after getting rejected by the Big Sky multiple times.

Good webcast quality on Big Sky TV.

With the style that Wisconsin tries to play, I see a relatively close game the whole way.

That is crap that you just made up. Where have you seen anyone remotely related with the program indicate that is even close to their mindset? These guys are fully expecting to go into Madison and knock off the Badgers. Odds are against them, sure, but I'd love to see you tell them that is what they are thinking/hoping to their faces.

This team has been together long enough and has enough talent that they should be in almost every game and has the capability to pull off an upset, regardless of opponent. The only two things that worry me are Brekke not being able to play and the lack of experience that may have to be relied upon with the new foul rules.

Football =/= Athletic Department despite what the FU faithful will tell you.

How is UNI's WBB team this year?

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