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Again, UND's ticket sales have zero to do with this. I know staying on topic can be hard for you but if you want to have a separate discussion about that, let's finish this one first. I clearly stated NDSU is in an enviable position in regards to most of the sub-division but interest is without a doubt dwindling. You're the one parading around here and claiming that it is still stronger than ever. Actual evidence clearly states otherwise.

Single game tickets went on sale in Fargo yesterday. Based on current available inventory, I don't think Simple Dan will be taking the over on number of sellouts.

Not a coincidence that changed within the last 2-3 years....

This one always cracks me up. Literally only 8 teams make the NCAA tournament. They lost in the first round (admittedly in an epically close game to a powerhouse Gopher team).

Things were on and there was plenty of distribution, but good luck trying to figure out what channel and/or what time anything was on. Their promotion of how/when to watch things was brutal. As it relates to being on the other side of the world, results and even the highlights or the entire events themselves were available on social media well before NBC was able to show them in "prime time" in ways they have in the past. No more waiting around the TV at night to see how things happened. I have no doubt their TV ratings were down, but that's pretty much par for the course for sporting events these days.

I'm sure it had nothing to do with NBC butchering coverage along with the 14 hour time difference.

Because Sanford names all of their clinics the exact same: Sanford Health <location> Clinic. I get where the existing clinic is coming from but its not like they picked some completely unique name and are being infringed on. Pretty sure there have been other iterations of "Grand Forks Clinic" in the past prior to them operating under that trade name.

Given the league likes to use cheeky names, I think Abdominal Snowman needs to be in the running.

There is a note on the roster page that says: Note: Players are listed as though eligibility progressed normally in 2020-21. Extra seasons of eligibility due to COVID-19’s impact on the 2020-21 season will be noted when they are utilized following a player’s regular senior season. So Vaughn and Belquist played more than 4 games, so without the free year, they would technically be sophomores as that would have been a year of eligibility used. Mitchell only played in 2 games, so under normal circumstances, he would be a R-Fr as he stayed under the 4 game threshold. Regardless of how they do it, it is going to be a bit of a mess but they are just going to act as if 2020/21 was not a free year and add one on for those who take and/or get the opportunity.

They must have just switched it. He was listed as a DB this weekend, hence my confusion.

Only caught a bit this morning but one thing that stuck out in some of the individual drills, and I'm not positive I saw it correctly, but it sure looked like Vaughn-Jones was really showing his motor practicing his edge rush. Since he's listed as a DB, I could be wrong, but it's possible they are giving him some reps at OLB which would be interesting with his speed.

Haha. Nailed it. Durant got in a groove and just dominated. Hope people tuned in to watch. A lot of @OldTakesExposed material out there for this one.

https://www.grandforksgov.com/home/showpublisheddocument?id=39099 Here's one of the documents presetned at the City Council meetings that briefly discussed a children's museum as one of the additional options they'd like to put at that location. More big picture with the focus being on the BMX track but as you mentioned, there has been some behind the scenes push for fund-raising to see if other parts of it can become reality.

City planning docs have shown for quite a while now that they are pushing for one in the land adjacent to the Alerus Center.

That's a very fair statement but that also includes fully understanding the NCAA and MVFC rules that go along with those choices. As it sits right now, JMU has very little to worry about in terms of CoVid having a substantial impact on their team (in terms of testing required and possible forfeits). The MVFC as a whole can't say the same thing.

An air museum has been talked about for 20 years now. At least it orginally included a monorail! http://grandforkslife.blogspot.com/2007/07/what-about-that-monorail.html

So is Larsen lying? And if he is, then maybe he's lying about whatever being "well-positioned" is.* Or maybe you just don't have a clue. *For the record, the well-positioned comment specifically related to facilities, support staff, etc. And NDSU is not in much of a different league than quite a few of its peers.

Especially when the offers are coming because they got to see them perform in person at a camp.

For 2019: UND gave out $5.5 million though 208 full equivalencies to 328 student athletes. NDSU gave out $4.8 million 180 full equivalencies to 323 student athletes. Further details: UND gave $3.1 million to 176 males (116.5 full equivalancies) and $2.3 million to 152 females (91.5 equivalencies). 56-57% going to men with the remainder to women NDSU gave $3.0 million to 204 males (111 full equivalancies) and $1.8 million to 119 females (69 full equivalancies). 62-63% going to men with the remainder to women Adding 20 additional scholarships to the mens side would officially have NDSU's athletic department giving twice as much student aid to men vs. women. EDIT: Removed UND 2020 info and added 2019 info for a better comparison

Pretty sure there is some good news on the OL side of things that should come out soon enough.

Exactly, losing 3 starters but not as bad as it seems: RG will be as good and likely better than last year. Agreed that the playoff reps were huge. C will be more athletic, just lacking the game reps. Maybe a few bumps along the way but great upside. LG will be an open competition with some good depth regardless of who wins. Tackle positions are obviously set which is huge.

NDSU already allocates almost 2/3's of their scholarship money and athletic opportunities to the men's side. What additional women's sports do these fans want to see to help balance that out?

Very well said across the board. I do think that NDSU (and UND hockey for that matter) have either hit the limit on what they can charge for single game tickets or possibly even surpassed it and are going to have to bring it back down a bit. There will be obvious exceptions (UND, SDSU for NDSU and UM for UND) but I think they've went about as high as they can. I don't really think either program has a lot of room to increase ticket prices much more other than UND might have a bit of room at the season ticket level in the lower bowl and NDSU might in their cheaper seats. The secondary market for both programs has fallen off a cliff the last few seasons (pre-Covid) which speaks alot to the realization people are coming to about watching games at home for significantly less money and hassle. I'm just going off the "official" numbers reported by NDSU. I have a strong suspicion you will be able to walk up and buy tickets to every single game outside of maybe homecoming this year, which oddly enough is their best opponent on the home schedule. I don't disagree on the quality of home schedule but if the demand is busting at the seams like others are claiming, it shouldn't matter, it should be full every game. Turns out that isn't so accurate.

What part are you confused about? The place holds 18,700 for football. Start from there. In 2019, they topped 18,000 in 5 out of 9 games counting the playoffs (and not by much in the 5th one). If ticket demand is what is being claimed, the schedule shouldn't matter (though we both know that is a lie). I'm aware of what they had for Butler. I don't see an extra 10-15,000 for this game, but maybe I'm wrong about it.

So yes or no on an over/under for NDSU sellouts this year? With your confidence, I assume we can set the line at 5.5 games. We'll split your estimate on the US Bank game as well and I'll happily take the under. My point on the attendance/wait list is that the some of the shine has definitely worn off. The demand has dropped significantly from 4-5 years ago. And again, I admitted they are still in an enviable position over the large majority of the FCS. You're point about football performance being the only thing on the list of why they would be invited is absolutely spot on. Geography is a huge hindrance, enrollment and research performance have both been declining, they would have a large Title IX issue to address and they don't bring any sort of TV/media/recruiting area benefit to the table, which means adding them to the conference is a net negative to the revenue split. If it was about on the field performance only, we're having a different conversation. However the reality is, that probably doesn't even crack the top 5 things conferences are looking at.