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I watched a bit of it. Portland missed a lot of open shots that they normally don't. Made some bad mistakes down the stretch as well. Credit to NDSU, they capitalized to get their first D1 win of the year.

I agree with this. Telling kids to get in the portal and saying he's bringing he's own players in? Why stick around if you feel like he's mind is already made up, which at some positions you know that it is. I mean, he introduced his son, who's enrolled at a different school, as the starting QB already. Seems just a bit premature. Maybe it will work for him? Would definitely be fun to see Colorado be relevant again. And I'm really hoping he has things clicking on all cylinders by the start of the 2024 season....

I'm sure all those rubes chanting for him to be fired are ready to contribute to the $1.4million buyout that would come with it.... Agree with your other post. They should have a better record than they do. Unfortunately, that doesn't do a whole lot other than give some extra hope that they are closer than their record currently shows.

If he can win, he'll get away with it. If he brings his players in and there isn't a marked improvement, the shine is going to wear off real quick. People love bravado when it is backed up with performance. It gets old real quick when the results don't follow.

Yeah, I wonder where Armacost got that idea from?

ND Asst AG already weighed in. There was no issue. BB is fine in that matter. Not saying it cleans up the optics to the general public but Armacost isn't wrong, it's resolved from that point of view

Email him and ask. Bet he'll respond.

Correct. I missed a slightly important word there...Edited to fix it.

You're by far in the minority on that opinion, at least in the Grand Forks community. The overwhelming majority of people who've interacted with him either personally or professionally or both have nothing exemplary but reviews of him and the job he's doing.

Name names or quit with the garbage. This has been ongoing for over 2 years. If someone wanted the info out, they had plenty of time. Instead, regardless of intentions, they left a giant mess out in the open that UND now has to deal with. If the following are answered, it would clear pretty much everything up: Why did Nodak, LLC trademark "NODAK" and what were the intentions with the trademark? What is the ownerships of Nodak, LLC? We know who the registered agent is, but that doesn't necessarily equate to ownership. Why was it registered 6 months after the creation of the Nodak jerseys and if it was just going to be turned over anyway, why did it take over 2 years? And not that it actually matters that much, but who covered the costs for the trademark? I don't think it was a significant amount of money, but it was at least a few hundred dollars between registering the entity and the trademark filing.

Roof deck!!

That's what happens when you let stuff drag out for 15 months. Clean your messes up quicker.

More than I expected as a response. But the substance is in line.

Curious why don't you lay out what actually happened for everyone since you seem to have all the inside details? Plenty of people know big parts of the story (and for an extended period of time), but your tune is slightly different. I'd really like to be educated.

That would imply that adidas is printing jerseys and not checking the wordmarks they are putting on them.

If that's the o/u line, I'll be happy to put mortgage on the over.

Considering discussions have been ongoing for quite a while, you're going to go bust.

Every time the Bucknell AD opens his mouth, he makes it worse. Would be interesting to see if Tom has requested an interview with Larsen. The Montana AD has given his thoughts, so clearly they aren't barred from talking about what happened.

If you think something someone says on a message board has any bearing on what the staff and players actually think, it says a lot about your common sense and intelligence.

Yes. And a couple hundred game from charitable gaming wouldn't be all that bad, other than the optics.

Worth noting that the NCAA still made more money off of Montana than they would have on UND. However, anyone who's still questioning the athletic department's willingness is just flat out wrong at this point. They put up more guaranteed money than anyone in the first round.

Given the support and compliments from teammates, including those at the same position as him, looks like a situation where he's headed somewhere else to get more playing time. Best of luck to him.

I really think you need to rank 1-24 so that the 1st round matchups more clear as well and not regionalized. It wouldn't cause all that much more uproar than seeding 1-16. And why should the 16 seed get to play the worst team in the field just because they are a bus ride away and team #9 have to play a team that just missed being ranked for the same reason?

You're right, they have some rudimentary estimates on the sheet showing Projected Gross Receipts and Projected Budgeted Expenses. However, that still doesn't change that they have always went with the higher minimum guarantee since they know they will get that. Maybe someday they would deviate from that in the event that some school low-balled their bid and had a higher possible revenue projection? But that would be as egregious as leaving $87,000 on the table for a bid that was 1/3 of the opposing bid. Not you, but I've seen multiple NDSU fans claim "you shouldn't be able to buy home games". That kind of decision-making would be taking it even a step further.