fightingsioux4life

The MVFC is solid; the Slummit is not.

As long as we don't copy their logo(s), they can't stop us from using the name Roughriders. If that was the case, they couldn't use it either because of a certain CFL team that Weston Dressler plays for.

So it would seem that our choices are limited to the four bolded sports above.

I never said he hadn't done anything good. You are right, he has done a lot of good things. But there also have been some things that I didn't like. He took way too long to dump Mussman. He has given way too much rope to Jones; I hope his patience is rewarded the next couple of years, but I am not holding my breath. I still think some of the transition scheduling for several sports (especially football) could have been better (USD and NDSU kicked our butts in that regard). However, stepping up on this very important issue (which could have doomed our Division I prospects if we didn't handle it right) has definitely improved my perception of Faison. Now it's time for the coaches and athletes to take advantage of it.

So far, we have: Men's Swimming and DivingWomen's Swimming and DivingBaseballThat would provide some savings.

Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving are a couple of examples.

I would tell him the same thing I told Climax-Fisher boosters when they whined and complained about this with regard to Grand Forks Central 20 years ago: I do not care. Get over it. As long as we don't have the exact same logo(s), there is nothing this guy can do about it.

They might, along with other factors such as academics, research profile, etc.

I still think a discussion needs to happen on the number of sports we sponsor. As for the struggles of football and basketball, Bubba is turning football around and Brewster will have WBB back in contention this year. Jones and MBB.....that's another story.

Congrats to Faison and the entire UND administration on stepping up to the plate on this issue. This will make it possible for all our coaches to recruit on a level playing field. Congrats also to the benefactors that will make this possible.

I immediately thought of the TRUNK monkey. I wish REA still ran that on the scoreboard video screen.

I agree with this. The Sun Belt is the absolute bottom of the barrel in FBS. I think NDSU's 2013 team could have contended for the championship in that conference. I think FCS is the proper home for all four Dakota schools. The grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.

Oh, trust me Bison Dan, I am as irritated about that as anyone else.

As long as Sundogs and Nodaks are eliminated during the initial round, I can live with whatever happens next.

That consultant they hired did more harm than good. That is the only reason why "Hawks" is still alive.

Yeah, I was guilty as charged. I have since shortened it considerably.

If we don't fund FCOA for all our sports, then we might as well drop back down to Division II. It doesn't make any sense to build a new, state-of-the-art Indoor Practice Facility and then tie one arm of our non-hockey coaches behind their backs when it comes to recruiting, which is the lifeblood of any collegiate sport.

I agree with this. I think we have too many sports for Division I. It might have been feasible to have over 20 sports as a Division II school, but not now.

Thank you. Reducing the font sizes really makes a difference.

I have significantly shortened it. Let me know if it is still a problem.

I plan on trimming mine down this week; it is way too long and I apologize to anyone annoyed by the length of it. Why don't we put a cap on how long the signature can be? That would allow people to personalize their messages without people like me eating up all the bandwidth.

Yeah, I am planning on trimming it at some point. Probably this up-coming Labor Day weekend.

Green Bay's defense has been a myth for years. Of course, the pro-Packer media (especially Fox NFL Sunday) will spin it into something else.