mg2009

I'd love it if they would redevelop around island park. The northeast and west sides a hugely under utilized. Some 5-10 floor mixed use and you'd have a place that I would love to live. The area west of downtown should be redeveloped as well, having salvage yards in the middle of town is a huge waste of valuable land. Most importantly, Moorhead needs to move the Crystal Sugar plant. It hems in the entire north side.

NDSU will return everyone on O except Vaadeland, Crocket, and maybe Vraa, who will have a 6th season if he wants it. On the other hand they will have 2 new ends, 3 new linebackers, and two new safeties. That said, the deck is stacked and UND will need to find a QB to have a prayer.

Fargo's growth is accelerating, and is already higher than williston/watford by a considerable margin. Most importantly, it's not dependent on commodity prices. FM has a 200,000 person lead, even if you hold it's population constant, you would have to add 15,000 people a year to the williston/watford area. Fargo's growth might be pushing 10,000 people a year, right now. (6700 last census estimate) We'll see when the next batch of census estimates comes out in the spring.

that development could use a parking ramp and more buildings. At least it's plenty dense.

you're sure doing a great job of it.

If I could, I'd take the Old Ralph in a heartbeat. Just to make sure, you got involved to keep the name and almost buried the athletic department in the process? You guys really aren't a positive contribution to Grand Forks.

take running the town off your plate then, we don't need it and you aren't doing a good job. It's a win win.

Oh and I'm not sure I would be bragging about running the AD. You guys are doing a piss poor job of it.

after a while, oil turns to sludge. That's what you and your buddies are. You're leaches, and drain on the entire area. Get lost and stop running UND into the ground. Last I checked, Fargo has lower crime rates than Grand Forks btw.

anyone care to identify gfhockey's scumbag good ol boys? These people and their businesses should be boycotted.

no !@#$. Incompetent clowns with more money than sense.

Grand Forks is run by people who's grandparents 'made it' and they are more concerned with keeping theirs than having a dynamic economy for everyone.

there are alot of below average students going through UND's law school right now. last I heard, applications to law school around the country are dropping; that is going to hurt the quality of student that UND can attract.

2 orange bowls for Iowa in 6 years made him alot of money. If bohl works out in wyoming, thats another job that he'll be at the front of the line for.

Not sure what to make of stony brook this year, played uconn tough, lost to 3-0 bryant, played someone I have never heard of last week. Haven't scored many points or allowed many. Marcus coker was starting RB at iowa and was pretty good before transferring for academics. 17-3 stony brook.

the trope that you can't teach speed is complete crap.

You yourself say that you cannot explain why it matters. That you happen to care really has no bearing to it's importance.

yep, that's a good one. Winning the conference is all that matters. OOC just fills a slot and adds some modest revenue.

Really? So what does this do for either school, aside from nothing? Maybe establish some confidence?

You apparently don't get that 'good ol boys' is a term of disparagement for incompetent clowns who have power for reasons other than merit. You know, like Grand Fork's good ol boys.

and again, it means absolutely nothing and has zero significance to either team. You are apparently new to the low-mid major scene.

This game is of no importance to either side.

this sounds like the excuses NDSU makes when they lose. Has anyone actually been to benson bunker? I haven't but it looks interesting from what google brings up.

the SEC would be an FCS conference if academics mattered. The aviation angle is advantageous though due to it's uniqueness. Who else has aviation and d1 football? Oklahoma and Purdue if I recall?

Just because Kill can actually coach does mean they've gotten any smarter about their own instate talent, they still way under recruit their own state. UM has 31 in state players and Wisconsin has 48, with basically identical demographics. A better UM might even be good for NDSU, because they would recruit better nationally and leave marginal talent to the Dakotas and UNI.