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Half-truths is being pretty kind on the accuracy.

I'm not a lawyer, but firm of Baker Donelson sure is, and they just so happen to be experts in Title IX litigation. Which is why UND hired them to help oversee the process. I would guess there would have been a nice path to baseball and/or men's S&D returning if it wasn't done in the way it was. I highly doubt that Kennedy, being a fairly smart businessman himself (regardless of what your personal opinions of him are), decided on a whim to forge his own path on this. But there are still people who think the WIH program wasn't actually losing over a million dollars/year before they were assessed any sort of facility charges to their bottom line. Point is, you can't argue with people that have their own version of the truth.

Bet if you asked her, she'd give you the reasoning. Haven't seen her avoid answering any questions in the past. A team that won 2 games last year has now won 7 of their last 9, with the two losses against top 40ish teams in the nation. Quite the arm-chair coaching going on here. That's not saying it isn't fair to question, but claiming that the coach is being retributive, trying to play head games or doesn't have a clue is ridiculous. I feel pretty confident that it is being made a bigger deal than it really is.

Based on what? Definitely not media deal which pays about 55% of the B1G. Might have a slight edge in academics but its pretty close. I would assume the B1G also leads in research activity just based on the schools in each conference.

Crazy to think that this team is legitimately (and unexpectedly) missing 4 starters from what everyone thought the starting line-up would be when the season ended last year. Maybe even all 5 but I'll consider T for Sims a wash at worst. Need to keep the young talent around, they are taking their lumps but showing a lot of growth while doing it.

Video screens were brand new.

Whatever Mallory worked on in the off-season is looking like the right move. Having healthy players doesn't hurt either. Team is looking good!

Any YouTube link tonight?

The head T&F coach hired his wife as an assistant (she had the credentials to more than justify it). But I would think this might be a situation where maybe she is more of an asset in her current role.

Here's what the Bison State Media attributed it to a few years back: https://www.bisonillustrated.com/ben-newman-ndsus-secret-weapon/ Whatever happened with that again....?

There's at least couple around that range.

"Try". Sure. Alabama (and a lot of the other SEC teams) play their FCS games the second to last week of the FBS regular season, which is the last week of the FCS regular season. Even if NDSU could re-arrange their schedule to play a non-conference game the last week of the season, you really think that they are going to "Bring on 'Bama" right before the playoffs? Maybe NDSU asked if Alabama would be interested in scheduling them in one of the first couple weeks of the year. Or maybe they offered to play them in Fargo. Either way, you wouldn't be able to say they didn't try to schedule them.

And what about that guarantees a G5 team a spot at the table? The P5 can point to Cincy this year and say "if they are worthy, they can get it on their own merit". I'm not saying it is out of the realm of possibilities, just pointing out there is zero guarantees. The P5 isn't going to share any more than they have to. And you might want to mention to some media in Fargo how "ridiculous" it was. They hammered home pretty hard that a deal was going to be made, reality be damned. Many a rants were based on that line of thinking.

When? That was the message a few weeks ago and now everyone finds out there is nothing even close to an agreement? And when it does, multiple G 5 teams still aren't going to get in.

The cries about not being able to schedule P5 teams is only partially true. Have they had struggles doing it? Without a doubt, scheduling them carries risk for anyone doing it. But, have they turned down P5 game offers because they feel like the payout wasn't high enough? Absolutely. Anyone, anywhere, any time.......as long as we feel like we're getting paid enough.....

The suggestion that he should coach the men's team.

Honestly no clue what it would cost but I have a hard time seeing them actually justifying it. I'd prefer they stick the money into a practice facility to compliment the Betty but that's just my opinion.

I could think of better ways to light money on fire. Anyone remember the cost to build the current ramp on the corner of University and Columbia? I think that has a capacity of around 750 vehicles and it wasn't cheap.

But....but....but he said that he says lots of things that the NDSU brass probably doesn't appreciate or approve of!! Are you saying he wasn't telling the truth??

They tried this a few years ago and it basically flopped due to poor sightlines. It was on the home side around the 10 yard line. While the end zone would be a better option, I'm not sure if there is enough room to safely put something there. You can't really "create" additional close parking, especially near the REA or Alerus. And moving out your best donors that donate thousands or tens of thousands doesn't seem like a winning strategy either. For hockey, Coaches Club ($1,500) and above gets you parking very near the REA For football, Varsity Club ($500) and above gets you parking near the Alerus Neither of those levels are what I would call "major" donors.

Intriguing strategery insulting a portion of your listeners/followers by calling them "rubes" and basically saying they aren't smart enough to understand the stupid thing you said. Things must not be going great if he's venturing into McFeely territory. His takes are definitely starting to fall outside the bounds of media or journalism and into opinion or fan.

No it isn't. It was retired.

Isn't the positive that now anyone who has had it is considered immune for at least 90 days, so there shoulnd't be any worries as postseason tournaments get closer?

You forgot one more "if". Not a chance a 12-1 MWC champion is considered this year with Cincy already squarely in the mix. The week CFP rankings prove that out pretty easily. Two G5's isn't happening. His comment about a G5 being included is pointless unless he also decides "if" Cincy is going to lose a bunch of games this year as well.

Fair but you can't bring freshman in after the season. SIgning day was in November, at the beginning of the season. Nor can you expect them to develop that fast. So you are going to need to go the JuCo and transfer route and compete against everyone else who's trying to fill holes. And there aren't exactly a ton of all-conference caliber players that are looking to transfer to a low/mid-major conference. So you're going to need to roll the dice and hope that you hit a few. No argument that the depth and quality of the roster needs to improve. Hopefully there are some talented players looking for some minutes and there should be plenty of that here next season.