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UND sweeps easy. This is crunch time for UND hockey, and they will come through with some big wins. This team is going to regionals.

Here is something to talk about, courtesy of Tom Miller, who I just bashed. https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/football/4411954-und-football-coaching-staff-juggles-duties-spring-ball-begins "Schweigert has decided to no longer coach a position group. He had previously coached UND's cornerbacks..." "Schweigert said the move was made so he could spend more time monitoring both the offense and the defense during practice." "Travis Stepps has moved from coaching safeties to cornerbacks." "Joel Schwenzfeier has moved from coaching outside linebackers to safeties." "Defensive coordinator Eric Schmidt has moved from inside linebackers to outside linebackers. Carl Reinholz takes over the inside linebackers." "These coaching tweaks also make sense considering Stepps was an NCAA Division II All-American corner at Pittsburg State, Schwenzfeier was a UND safety and Schmidt was a UND outside linebacker." I like the change. Not sure about Reinholz at inside linebackers, though. Isn't he pretty new and played wr in college?

It doesn't help that the football team doesn't have a beat writer. Tom Miller is our only hope, and he seems kind of lazy, to be honest. Teeder puts out better info than him and it's not even his job. There's zero new information to talk about, hence one post all week. Edit: In Tom's defense, he's only a columnist, though, and I think he has been busy with hs basketball. If money is an issue for the herald, and if I were in charge, I would hire a student intern (journalism major) to act as a part time beat writer for the football team. Cover practices and provide info and story ideas to Tom. UND also needs to figure out a way to produce a Through These Doors type of show for UND football. I know they have tried it in the past, but they cancelled it, citing lack of resources. Create a student internship and let them do this... they can put it on their resume while providing a meaningful service to UND football and it's fan base.

$101,841 in 2016 https://und.edu/finance-operations/_files/docs/ncaa-2016-financial-report.pdf 116k in 2015

And Denver.

We are leaving the Big Sky for the Mid Continent league, apparently.

Just let Geno ball if that's the case.

NVM... this bush league tv production got it wrong.

Avants is in the lineup!

Anyone know what the UND/Summit contract says in regards to NCAA tournament payout money? Can we get league payouts right away or do we have to wait 4 years or something?

Exactly how Jones drew that up... LOL.

Love this part of basketball games! Set up a good shot here.... please!

you guys need to just go to watchbigsky.com. It works WAY better. But I'd almost rather not be able to watch this tournament.

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I would imagine that this makes it hell of a lot harder, and more expensive, to clear snow.

This would be amazing and way better than a new scoreboard. That said, I think money should be put into the Betty. Taller bleachers, upgraded players areas.

I think I remember the actual screens were replaced since construction of the scoreboard. Other than updating the resolution of the video panels, I don't see a need to replace the whole frame. The new big ones are ugly and you can see the video boards great from anywhere in the ralph. The bigger video boards distract from the game and reduce the visibility of other areas of the arena.

That would def be good for the football program. Need to bring our product to potential fans. Also UND/NDSU m/w basketball should alternate years playing conference games at a neutral site in north dakota. Each team would lose one home game every four years. Maybe play in Bismarck every year.

Congrats to the twins, by the way. They were the best players on the ice for Team USA, by a long shot. They play the game the way it was meant to be played. Not sure that the are the most talented, but they have a level of grit and determination that is matched by few, and they are a blast to watch. Makes me miss Mario as well - might be my favorite all time player at UND. Sucks we had to drop women's hockey, but it was the best way to create a strong athletic department as a whole. The women's goalies are also really fun to watch. Hate to say it, but I was happy to see Poulin lose - she was a huge pest, and one of those players that are fun to hate, but if she was on our team, I would love her haha.

It's a super long contract isn't it?

NBC can suck a ****! What the **** is their problem. Their website is full of spoilers.. avoided social media all day so I could stream the USA/Canada curling match, and their streaming link said who won! Who the **** at NBC thinks this is a good idea. I really hope ESPN3 gets the next olympic deal. Everything would be so simple with espn3.

about the same quality

Didn't NDSU's freshman class size grow considerably vs UND during the past decade or so?

Yeah pretty sure some of them filed a lawsuit, but it was thrown out due to a lack of standing.

Technically, the majority of attendance is going to be there regardless. UND draws 7k - 8k with bottom of the barrel teams. Bandwagon fans can only reach about 5k before the stadium sells out. I agree with your sentiment, though. I would say the number 1 factor of increased attendance beyond 7k - 8k baseline is wins. Sorry for the nitpicking