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^^^^^^^ Speaking of lashing out when you're proven wrong ^^^^^^^ Dave, you still haven't listed those top schools that without athletics that UND could be like by dropping their athletic program. Remember, the ones that you claim exist but yet you still haven't been able to name.

This is always conveniently excluded when UND is blamed for stopping the rivalry (in football). Does anyone actually think that UND would still be on NDSU's schedule today if UND wouldn't have cancelled the games? Was NDSU really going to keep UND on their schedule when UND wasn't a counter or NDSU got into a conference and only needed a couple of OOC games to fill out their schedule? The games where going to stop regardless. It made sense for UND to cancel it when they did due to D-II playoff rules (that were changed within a year or two). Could they have renewed it after the changes? Yes. But how long until NDSU cancelled it after that, maybe another year or two?

With what? Logic and rational thoughts?

Absolutely incorrect. The NCAA is abiding by the settlement that they signed with UND and the State of North Dakota. They have no reason to change their position from what was spelled out in the settlement. And knowing when to cut your losses is not giving up, it is being rational and reasonable, something that is missing from a handful of posters around here.

As has been explained many times, when NDSU joins the rest of the sports world by figuring out dynamic pricing, it may not bring more fans but will absolutely raise more revenue which helps soften the blow of the possible loss of an FBS game. You can't tell me that there people would refuse to go because ticket prices are an extra $10 for that game (minimum), which would raise an extra $150,000 without doing a thing (19,000 tickets less 4,000 student tickets). NDSU runs the same risk by brining in cream puffs to start their season. While not a rivalry game, anything can happen. But then again you also state that UND/NDSU was a rival game but hasn't been one in quite a few years, so I guess you cancelled your own argument on that. I can never figure out the logic of NDSU fans. On one hand, they claim they are light years ahead of UND and the game wouldn't be close (much like the cream puffs NDSU brings in to start each season). On the other hand they say that anything can happen and there is just that tiny possibility they could lose (which I don't hear about the cream puffs NDSU brings in).

. Not when one of those good goalies name was Mike Lee.

Coming from the fan of a team who's fanbase has to educate people on how to properly pronounce their nickname...

You are full of it. Otherwise you would have been demanding that men's and women's hockey team wear their normal jerseys during the postseason because it would have made a point. But you didn't. Pretty easy to sit on the sideline and spout off nonsense. I will have to agree with you on your first point though. This is bigger than UND sports but not for the reason you think. It is bigger than UND sports because it is about the University of North Dakota as a whole being the most successful university it can be and not be hampered by sanctions and bad PR.

Kind of an understatement considering you had players starting chants during the championship celebration.

Looks like he's transferring to be close to home due to his father being ill. Played JUCO out of high school and his sophomore eligible year at Texas Tech. I'm somewhat confused as this this article says he was at the JUCO two years but was hurt one of them and took a redshirt. So does he have another redshirt available (first one could be reclassified as medical?) or will he lose one of the two eligible years he has left because I assume he has to sit out a year. Some info on him coming out of JUCO and headed to Texas Tech. Lots of positives though his FT% looks like it may fight in and its not a good thing.

Someone is listening: Vote Yes

It seems like you are starting to see the writing on the wall and have now gone into full blown denial mode which is including ranting and ravings that are more nonsensical than normal. And after a few years the vast majority will say "Sure glad we don't have to deal with that nickname fiasco anymore."

I was thinking a tinfoil hat, but that would work as well.

That is about all they would be able to get out because they would be laughing once they realized you were being serious.

Don't expect a response (or at least one that has anything to do with the question you asked).

Video of the debate A couple highlights (paraphrased) Strand: We had an agreement, we should stick to it Carlson: The Sioux people weren't at the table for it <--He must have missed were that argument got tossed out in court. Strand: There is concern about hurting the University Carlson: Well I think that is an argument for the side to movingonasfastasicanchangethesubject... I wish Strand would have went into a little more detail but there wasn't much time for that.

If this opinion piece is any indication, he's going to use actual facts to make his argument and that should make him a heavy favorite. Unless of course Carlson just keeps repeating "It's the law, it's the law..."

Again Dave, you are the one who said that there were top schools who didn't provide athletics, no one else. And you can't back it up and provide a single example, there was no deflecting by anyone but you. Changing a nickname isn't neutering a program, putting it under sanctions definitely is though. If you think the NCAA would care about UND dropping their program, you might want to lower the dosage on whatever you are taking. You keep forgetting the fact that UND is a voluntary member of the NCAA. Also, your rant about pets makes no sense, lots of people replace their pets. Getting a new pet doesn't insult the memory of an old one. Please put this in your signature so that people that come around here and happen to catch tiny pieces of your selfish ramblings know to not take your opinion seriously.

Not disagreeing. But who is more likely to apply for the job? As much as fans would like to see Berry or someone of that caliber, they have to want to come back to the NCAA. Regardless, I think Hak has a plan in place, we'll just have to wait and see how it turns out.

Doesn't that make it much more interesting that Litke has already quit his job? Obviously it needs to be posted for a certain time frame, but it is a little strange.

I would think there are more hotels within walking distance as well.

Proclaiming should UND drop its athletic department because many of the finest schools in the country don't have athletics then not being able to name a single example is not semantics, its just making flat out false statements. You tried to further you position by making a pretty bold statement, unfortunately there was no basis behind it.

It is still a better example than anything Dave has provided to back up his statement. Not that it is surprising in the least. When you are someone who is never wrong, you just ignore the times you are incorrect or keep moving the target until the subject is changed.

I would guess you will start seeing a lot more of Big Sky teams fill the non-conference games similar to how UND and Portland State are doing this year. Nice option to have.

Your inability to provide a single example backing up a statement you made is nothing short of ridiculous and frankly embarrassing for you. And as to your point about the correlation between athletics and education, as others have pointed out, the finest colleges in the country have athletics and you can't prove different. They obviously deem it an important part of the college experience. I wouldn't expect you to understand. But the fact that you make sweeping generalizations, get called out on it and fail to prove your comments as fact shows exactly what you are. Someone who cares about themselves and nothing else and will make any statement to prove there point even when that statement is blatantly false.