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I can set the building on fire....

Story is on the front page of yahoo now....

No. Sorry, but there are too many forces at work in North Dakota and the people don't trust centralized power. The "university system" idea won't work here. The system office should be scrapped and the money spent elsewhere. The campuses should have to fend for themselves during the legislative session so the legislators can hold them individually responsible rather than heaping blame on the system office for not catching a campus that was screwing around.

How do the tiebreakers work for seeding? Just curious because you have NAU over UNC when UNC just beat them (I don't remember what happened in their first game).

Got us into a dream FCS conference and created a new hockey conference with very high quality programs. He's done some pretty big things. Yes, we won't be in the same conference as the gophers and badgers anymore, but that wasn't due to anybody at UND. I believe Faison has done very well playing with the cards he's been dealt.

It was stated earlier that if CBSSN has a doubleheader that UND isn't involved in, midco won't be able to broadcast the UND game even if its at home. Although I know there's nothing UND could do about it, I find that to be the most depressing thing too.

Nose-cutting party at my place!!!

A legal one

A large percentage of mandatory student fees go to support the athletic department (I'm guessing that's why he feels they should get it for free, I'm not going to push for one way or the other).

Does UND make yard signs?

I think they usually like to have the their own commentators, not sure if that would mean they'd send their HD truck up too or not.

Agreed, although SIOUXFAN97 did qualify his suggestion saying....

Have 1 ticket (each night) get you into all 3 games. Might have a problem with lack of seating in the Betty for that one! Personally, I guess I'd leave out the women's hockey games (maybe it's just me but I think it would look pretty terrible to stick them on the olympic ice with only a couple hundred bleacher seats available..... especially since those couple hundred seats would probably still be empty ).

I don't think we disagree on anything regarding the Betty then. Be both dislike the bleachers and the lack of electronics.

And an ENG

I know what UMary is and I agree it'd be a good place to go once you're ready to slow down (as is the rest of Bismarck). Perhaps that's why Roger Thomas ended up there, I just thought he would've ended up someplace bigger (perhaps better was a poor word choice earlier). I have lived in Bismarck.

The team has to regain the community's trust before they'll buy the tickets. That takes time and winning. 5-6 won't cut it.

I guess I don't understand why we don't use the Hyslop as the practice facility and make the Betty a more viable arena for game use. When it comes to having an elite game facility vs. an elite practice facility, I choose the elite game facility. Is the problem just that the Hyslop is on the wrong side of campus?

All I know is the Betty scoreboards aren't the easiest to read right now.

Good point. I've always been curious why they didn't include one when it first opened. Seems like one of those deals where they save $500K during construction in order to spend an additional $1.5 million 7 years later. (obviously those numbers are just made up by me)

Between the Hyslop, Wellness Center, and the Betty I'm sure they could find a couple hoops to shoot at.

Hmm, I would've thought he'd end up someplace better than UMary after the NCC died.... but maybe he was looking for a less stressful position. I wouldn't blame him, at 65 he should be retiring within the next 5 years anyways.

Is there adequate ceiling height in the Betty to get a scoreboard with video screens at half court? For some reason I remember feeling like there wouldn't be enough room for something nicer like that.

What is he doing since the NCC died? Retired?

Looking at the UMN revenue number, I'd have to think they're allocating the FSN tv deal to their hockey team, whereas the MidcoSN tv deal that UND has is either being spread across the sports programs or just going into the AD's Office to be doled out as needed. I'm guessing that must be the case anyways because Mariucci has a lower capacity than the Ralph and I can't imagine the gophers are charging much more (if at all) for a seat than UND is.