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Unless the North Dakota court record system is wrong, there are charges pending so it isn't made up. Pretty impressive you have to bend the truth on something that happened five or six years ago to try and defend your team.

So apparently the "day in court" comment has already been proven false per Taylor's comment. Taylor says "it's over", which is weird since they haven't went to court yet. I guess Bohl's comments were just a bunch of hot air used to put everyone at bay for the week. Also can't wait to see the spin on what looks to be one of the starting linebacker's who has two alcohol related offenses since May and has yet to be disciplined along with resisting a police officer charge....I thought there were consequences for those types of violations? Edit - The first one was from May, 2011.

Along with 3 former players. 13 out of 15 related to NDSU football...

If they admitted this to investigators (Ojuri and Williams respectively, per the Forum), I would assume they admitted it to Bohl as well. Seems like admission of guilt. Wasn't that the reasoning behind Jemison getting the boot right away? That there was evidence he was most likely guilty? To me, Bohl's "day in court" line holds even less water now. I had heard this made the front page of espn.com earlier. Didn't see that, but it is definitely a top headline on ESPN's college football page.

Well, the charges against Bina were dropped and somewhat strange to begin with. Also, I believe that those were the first strikes for both Oshie and Toews (not saying that they shouldn't have sat out a game or two though).

Does the high percentage of those charged raise a little flag in the NCAA's office that maybe they need to do a little more due diligence? It very likely is just how it played out, but when 80% of those charged are related to NDSU's football program it does raise some eyebrows.

And if I were them, I would be concerned about that aspect of it too and hope that someone who has put some serious money into these measures doesn't come looking for any restitution.

Once again, if you think that lazy and dumb excuses it or will get them out of it, I think you are severely underestimating how the real world looks at fraud/forgery charges. That is before you bring into the equation that there was a lot of money behind gathering these signatures to get them on the ballot and then advertising purchased for election season that is no longer relevant since they are no longer on the ballot.

Maybe. But if there was more to Jemison's issues than what was disclosed, how is it even possible to be sure? And earlier, I shouldn't have lumped you in those who don't think it was a big deal, your post I was responding to just happened to trigger my response. Those who are saying they were being lazy/just college kids/etc are seriously downplaying how this can/will affect these guys in their future. Being lazy is not an excuse for committing fraud or forgery. Whether they knew it or not, it was their responsibility.

Whether you think it is a big deal or not, depending on what kind of line of work any of these guys want to go into once they finish college, they are going to find out how big of a deal this was. Once you check that box on an employment application, even being charged with forgery/breach of trust/fraud becomes a pretty big deal and can/will get you disqualified for jobs.

Surprised Kolpack hasn't checked to see if there is any link to this and the verification of votes from last year's coach's poll....

I believe the fan guide that went out with tickets had the date listed as Sept 14th but I don't have it in front of me and can't seem to find anywhere to confirm it.

@UNDSID

Might have interpreted what I heard incorrectly, but I would keep my eyes/ears open tomorrow.

Also of note from the release: Not the best option, but if the past is any indicator, quality should be fairly good.

Fixed it for you.

Tournament home page with links to live game stats if anyone is interested.

Attendance at the Thursday opener last year was 8,484. I woul expect to see a small bump, but probably not much more than 9,000 at most due to it being a Thursday game and the opponent.

One of the more important points for those that don't read the whole article:

He left out the part where they had no choice because Chapman's plan of increasing their enrollment, having the students come and then assuming they would get the needed buildings/facilities/etc built failed (the anti-Field of Dreams?). Now they say their infrastructure is stressed and wonder why?

The color selction defaults to red. Wonder if EWU needs to buy it in bulk to touch-up their field so they make ordering easier for them?

You said NDSU scheduled like ASU and part of that was FBS games. ASU and NDSU's FBS games are not even close. I actually agree with some of what you said, but my point was that NDSU has not been in any hurry to sign home and home contracts and travel as whole, less than ASU. The first half of the GSU games were played in 2006 and the first half of the Sam Houston one were played in 2007. Until the Montana one was signed, NDSU was obviously not looking to travel to an FCS opponent. Not sure if the MSU game is a home and home (I would guess so), (per Hammersmith, it technically is not) but the point I was making is that NDSU will go 6 seasons between traveling to an FCS non-conference opponent.

I think an ASU fan would call you out on saying your scheduling is similar. Virginia Tech and Florida were their FBS games the last two years and LSU a few years before that along with traveling to Michigan in 2014. They play a different caliber of FBS teams than NDSU and its not even close. I also believe that NDSU is going six year between FCS non-conference road games (2009 @ Sam Houston and 2015 @ Montanta). ASU has non-conference road games scheduled for both 2013 and 2014. They appear to be much more willing to sign home-and-homes than NDSU.

Would this apply since the proposed field logo was the Alerus Center vs. Alerus Financial? The two are very similar, for obvious reasons.

Not an apples-to-apples comparison and you are well aware of it. Both UND and NDSU have had troubles filling their non-conference games in the past and it is only going to get tougher and more expensive. Not saying it needs to be every year, just like Gene Taylor has asked for. He has said that he would only entertain a one-time two game contract to start with and the first game needs to be in Fargo. Everything reported out of both Grand Forks and Fargo is Faison has agreed and put it on the table. Why won't Taylor sign the exact contract he asked for?