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The ticket staff at the REA has gotten through current season ticket holder requests and has moved to fulfilling some of the ones on the waiting list. Sounds like the renewal rate was extremely high again (no surprise).

Good place. Don't forget its 21+ though (as is JL Beers and Parrot's Cay).

Any idea what the parameters or cost for that deal was? NDSU has gotten some good games out of it, though the majority have been on the road. Wondering how many of those they would have been able to get on their own and if they think it was worth it.

I believe the OSU/ND games are part of their early season tourney from the group they signed with (Gazelle Group maybe?)

This is exactly why you calling for someone to be arrested is a little ridiculous at this point. There are a lot of unanswered questions out there. -If Brescani did delete the e-mails, there should still be back-ups of them and once those are found, it will be easy to see why he may have done so. -If he didn't delete them and it was a system purge of some sort, again, there should still be back-ups of them, and a log file of that happening. -If for some reason there are no back-ups or log files, then you are opening up a big can of worms of why someone on the backend would either on their own or by Brescani's (or someone else's orders) delete the e-mails, the back-ups or log files. Again, these questions shouldn't be too hard to come up with actual answers to and will more or less show exactly what happened and why.

Let's hope we don't find out... I think the young energy in the new coaches will go a long way.

As a private school with their academic reputation, admission standards, the tuition they charge and endowment, not all that surprising.

It prevents a free agent like atmosphere. And the rule protects smaller schools. If somebody is a late bloomer and ends up being a steal for a low or mid-major, not having that rule would give the high-majors open season on those players. Not sure what you mean by the switching divisions thing. If a player transfers in any other sport within their division they have to sit out as well (barring certain waivers by the NCAA). If they move down a division they usually don't have to sit out. Not the case here.

I don't think it should be a surprise that they have access to it, that is pretty common with any employer. The access of it on multiple occasions is somewhat questionable though, depending on who was doing it for what purpose and whether that purpose was actually within the employee's job scope. If they accessed it to fulfill the open records request, is that really all that surprising and would Brescani have to be notified (not sure, actually asking)? A completely different issue if someone was on a fishing expedition though. Regardless, none of the above really explains why 45,000 e-mail all of the sudden disappeared.

Calcaterra will have 2 seasons of eligibility left (2013-2014, 2014-2015) and Tyler will also have two left after redshirting this year (2014-2015, 2015-2016).

A video of when the police showed up at his place of work because he was sending threats to ND legislators (under a fake name of course) would be fun to watch.

I ended up bolting mine to some 2x8's and then using L brackets and some heavy-duty shelf brackets to reinforce the legs with the 2x8's that go flat on the floor.

I had heard (though not confirmed) that they were going to be able to use the "old" new turf for the IPF. I assume they would have been able to get a deal on it similar to what NDSU did and then used for their outdoor practice field.

While I agree there should be something UND related at mid-field, War Memorial Stadium is owned by the U of Wyoming and I would guess they paid for the turf themselves (or through donations to the school). Until UND moves football back to a University owned stadium, they won't have 100% say over everything.

Likely storage until it is ready to go down into the IPF.

This is exactly right. But the "others" also realize that they would take a huge hit $$$ wise and that is the last thing they want as well. Which is why there will be a compromise (kind of like the BCS games were) and the large conferences will get the majority of what they want.

Not if they want to continue to have a majority of home games for their OOC games. And I'm not so certain I would say that UM "dumped" NDSU. The contracts are signed yearly and are not ongoing. Maybe the dates didn't line up.

I know it is just offseason talk, but he would have to sit out a year, meaning he would have 1 year of eligibility left for 2014. Wouldn't be worth for a handful of reasons it in my opinion.

I caught that as well. I would be a little disappointed as that would mean only 5 home games in 2015 and 2017 (will be 5 regardless) and possibly 2014 if UND doesn't schedule a 12th game. I also understand that paying a team a huge chunk of money for a one time game isn't beneficial to the athletic department if attendance doesn't pick up either so the home and homes are necessary and do have the advantage of providing quality opponents. With Lennon at SIU, I am surprised something hasn't been worked out with them.

This is what I have seen reported known OOC schedules (feel free to correct me if I missed anything or messed one up): 2014 (12 games allowed) @ San Jose St (FBS) Robert Morris @Missouri State Open (not required) 2015 @Wyoming Drake Open 2016 @Bowling Green USD Open 2017 @Utah @USD Open 2018 @Washington Missouri St Open Set up nicely so that UND could either pay a team to come in or set up another home and home. Definitely looking for a home game in 2017 though, otherwise a minimum of 5 home games are already scheduled all the way out through 2018. Assuming that a decent buyout was put on Missouri St for the backend of the contract as well. Just for reference of how far out these are scheduled, barring a 6th year medical redshirt, there is no one on this years roster who will play in the 2018 games. The kids being recruited this year and that will sign in the spring will know almost their whole schedule for their career except for 1 game a year (excluding of course any change in the conference schedule).

UNDSports.com Press Release

UND hosts USD in 2016 and travels to Vermillion in 2017. UND travels to Missouri St in 2014 (previously known) and they play a return game in 2018. UND also hosts Drake in 2015 (previously known). Faison is doing an excellent job filling out the schedule! Edit: UND travels to USD in 2017, not 2018.

I believe this to be correct, but he hasn't used his redshirt year yet, so he will have 2 years of playing time left after sitting out a year. He should be a pretty solid player, did well in UMKC's offense which wasn't anything to write home about.

What kind of shape are your WBB and VB programs in right now? Has your women's AD been suspended lately? Glass houses Dan... The recent coaching changes and push to get the IPF built show that the results aren't acceptable and things are being done to change it.

Even with the fee, quite a bit cheaper than last time they sold these. Good deal for those interested.