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Not trying to make a positive into a negative, for the record. The current plan is exciting and it will do wonders for the program. Still very exciting stuff and I am happy UND was able to make it work given the current economic realities.

I can see how that could have been an issue, but would it have been unresolvable? I don't know whether or not they seriously looked at changing the plans once the decision was made to incorporate some of the Athletic Department stuff into Memorial Village. I'm assuming they didn't but hopefully I'm wrong.

Agreed. I'm not sure the Hawkway will be built right away either. Really wish they would have built the Pollard 2 addition east to west, to connect Pollard Center to Memorial Village (shifting the field south). Hawkway is a waste of money, imo. https://www.grandforksgov.com/government/city-departments/planning-zoning/planning-projects http://www.gfgis.com/raster/siteplans/pollardadd.pdf

This is more recent.

On vacation. What are you pointing out?

I could be wrong but I don't think Pell grant $$$ is included in the knight data (taken from ncaa financial reports). Treatment of FCOA could also potentially be different.

Not sure. Also not sure why this info isn't super easy to find!

If the entire MWC joins Wazzu and Oregon State in the PAC12, would that group of schools get to keep the NCAA unites earned from both conferences? That could be a reason for the remaining PAC schools to invite everyone, rather than to leave a school like Wyoming to rebuild the Mountain West.

Fargo press are such hacks. No mention of Alston and "Illinois State was the first Missouri Valley Football Conference school to announce a collective almost one year ago, which is called "Empower The Nest." It is overseen by a board of directors of program supporters. It is believed no other Valley school has formed one." Pretty sure Penguin Collective is an NIL collective as well. Took two seconds to find. https://www.thepenguincollective.org/ also https://salukinil.org/ also https://www.on3.com/nil/collectives/crossroad-of-champions-314/ NDSU is hardly leading the charge on this, despite the article making it sound that way.

SDSU isn't publicly pounding the table for a FBS move. Why do you say they are overestimating their situation? How do you know what they think of their situation?

https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/ncaa/finance/d1/2023D1Fin_RevenueDistributionPlan.pdf

I don't think they would add any Pac schools. If there are only a couple left, they will all join Wazzu and Oregon State so they can use the Pac12 name and branding. Do the conference bylaws address anything about the conference being disbanded if membership drops below a certain number? Pretty sure if the entire MWC joins the PAC12 and if the MWC ceases to exist, they would retain NCAA basketball credits earned from both conferences.

Of course not. That doesn't mean the bowl system is a good format. Could care less about TV. Besides, FCS teams are on ESPN once or twice in addition to ABC, so not sure I get your point about ESPN.

Pretty funny that boise played in an empty Frisco Bowl last year. G5 post season is pointless.

Could Grand Forks build and operate a national drone museum? Would have synergies with UND, Grand Sky, and the Air Force base. Would help with branding Grand Forks as the center of the drone industry. I googled it, and found this museum, which is dedicated to US military drones. https://www.auvm.net/ Could be something for people to go to while in town, and they could learn about the drone industry here while they are there.

Thanks for the detailed explanation.

ORU blows them both away. https://forum.orusports.com/

Just for the record, the Alerus Center apparently would be fine with that. This is what it says about it in the 2020 UND/Alerus Center Usage Agreement: Anyone know where to find the UND policy about this, for reference?

21+ student seating section. No reason to prevent someone, who is of age, from having a beer in their seat. Would help to get students in the door who would otherwise tailgate and go home.

https://fightinghawks.com/auctions/ UND is selling old jerseys. Web page says that all proceeds go to football operating budget.

I've been a big Tommy fan, but I agree. WR has improved enough that now it's his turn to up his game to the next level. Time to put an end to all this Theo Day talk!

Oliviera is apparently coaching at a Winnipeg fb camp in the offseason. Interesting article. Probably bodes well for future recruiting as well. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/recruit-ready-winnipeg-football-program-1.6779208

Props to the UND athletic department for putting together one of the best schedules ever. Looks like they worked with NDSU to act as a travel partner of sorts, to help get teams into town. Would love to see them continue to work together like this for other sports in the future.