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IMO, that's why if NDSU moves up, they should do it with like minded schools. Continue to let schools sell their local TV rights and continue to play on Saturdays. League owns streaming. The SunBelt has shown that it's not all about market size, and NDSU will always be an outsider in any FBS league where that's the #1 priority. Imagine losing state-wide TV rights for mid week ESPN U games. Great way to kill a fan base made where a large portion travels hours to games.

Big enough for the MVFC? Pioneer an option? MN State Makes sense for a ton of reasons even before the DU move. I really don't like the idea of another D1 school in MN recruiting FB players though, so hopefully Pioneer. I don't think Mankato moves though. https://msumavericks.com/news/2025/9/23/general-minnesota-state-mankato-announces-60-million-fundraising-campaign-at-future-state-launch-celebration.aspx

True, but that was the only hope the Summit had to build anything of significance and value, long term. Non Summit schools and DU would have to have been strong armed into it, and it just wasn't possible with so few on board. The Summit had chance to do it with the MVFC, for example, but it would have been risky since the Summit FB schools would essentially have to have declared they were moving to the Summit League for FB and then hoped the MVFC schools came on board as affiliates. Same thing could have happened with hockey, but I'm pretty sure Omaha and UND were the only schools in the entire NCHC that had any interest in Summit hockey, and the risk would have been way to high should everyone else not follow suit, and UST was too early on to have any significance in the college hockey world. Heather weems seems to be doing a great job of driving the NCHC into the ground though, so perhaps membership would be interested in doing that just to get some more competent conf leadership. I wouldn't want that to happen unless NDSU and SDSU offered the same with their top programs though (FB). I totally get why neither Summit FB or Summit Hockey became a thing. It just sucks that the conference had members with 4 nationally prominant programs and none happened to full under the Summit's umbrella. With those FB and Hockey programs under the Summit umbrella, it would have done a ton to improve the Summits overall reputation and desireabilty. Perception is everything. They could have built some great synergies through media and licensing deals, but instead we have 3 seperate media deals that all are very much flawed in one way or another.

🤔 Was that really tongue in cheek? Be honest now lol No doubt, Jerry is a stud and he's a huge reason as to why the team has earned so much success so far this year, but if our fan base did that I would be incredibly emberassed, and the other fcs fanbases would rightfully rip on us... Dropping his name for the Walter Payton is even a stretch.

Kinda curious how many hockey only fans would switch from poop green to kelly green if that happened. What percentage of the stadium would we fill?

***consumption of Hairy Buffalos from MC's Dugout may have affected my judgement***

My cousins "snuck" me into the Lunatics student section at WMU last year. That was an experience! Though, after seeing the arena, I understood why they want to build a new one.. concessions were on par with HS hockey and they just had no way to drive revenue there. Only place to get beer was from a table in an old concourse area that overlooked an abandoned indoor swimming pool. Not necessarilly a bad thing imo - just part of the charm of an older barn. Out of UMD, WMU, and SCSU, I really like SCSU for some reason. WMU was great as well. UMD is just stale.

Stop making things up... no he doesn't.

Are the pdf document properties proof?

How about the band?!

This song should never be played EVER! What a buzz kill my god....

I stopped watching baseball bcause of this (and Pohlads).

They hand picked the new members...

Nothing like that really, but the pod asks him difficult answerd and he isnt afraid to speak his mind. I think you would like him.

That entire podcast is worth a listen. I've always thought of that guy as a Charlatan, but I gotta say, it's hard not to like the guy after listening to him.

Are you being serious? What does Fenton have to do with what the presidents of the majority of the NCHC member schools want? They already voted, per schollsman, and they did not want to associate with the Summit League.

Is that from a podcast? Could be a blessing in disguise if that gives the school a reason to build a rink on campus. Edit: Jeesh... estimate of 1Mil in damages seems WAY too low https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/az-ice-arcadia-faces-nearly-1-million-in-damages-from-recent-monsoon-storms

Can anyone help with this discrepency? Which end does UND actually shoot on twice?

This is an old thread, but I assume it's still likely relevant... https://www.amtraktrains.com/threads/transportation-grand-forks-nd-to-winnipeg-mb.37271/ I think it would be huge for the Airport if people could come from Winnipeg without having to wory about car travel, especially during winter.

Grand Forks needs to push for this and continued improvements to Amtrak service, IMO, along with a coordinated shuttle to the airport from the train station. Otherwise, I worry Grand Forks is going to eventually lose it's Amtrak route to a potentially faster southern route through Bismarck. A daily train to/from fargo could potentially make some sense as well, especially if coordinated with athletics events and concerts given how bad the roads are in the winter - could work almost like a park and ride. Just some thoughts. https://www.allaboardmn.org/about/our-vision/

To compare with last year