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The ACU game worries me. ACU looks pretty good, and they have a QB that can through the ball and run. UND will also have their game in Vegas, so the Alerus will probably be a little dead as well.

Maybe tallest fcs stadium

That's exactly what companies like Opendorse help to facilitate. By the letter of the law (rules), it's perfectly legal, and UND can create a partnership with a company like that. UND wouldn't have anything to do with which players or companies do or don't choose to participate, and UND would have no involvement with any of the resulting NIL agreements.

Technically, the new release said practice court, singular. The four-court plan was in the 2018 master plan. Whether or not that difference was intended, does anyone know? I don't think UND even knows for sure at this point.

False, setting up programs with companies like opendorse is perfectly legit. Schools like CC, Miami, Mankato, Omaha, South Dakota, Western Michigan, and Youngstown are already working with them. Meanwhile, UND's official website literally says that paying a player for an autograph is against NCAA rules.

I'm sure you would do fine, but I think you're underestimating the importance of regional rivalries and the fcs playoff format in what it means for fan engagement and recruiting. Especially if SDSU didn't move with you, and they don't appear to be interested, NDSU moving to FBS would have a lot of similarities to Gopher hockey moving to the Big Ten. They won the first like 4-5 Big Ten Championships, but it just didn't mean as much if they weren't playing and beating teams that had fans they could brag about this to. The gophers probably lost half their fan support by swapping FCS and D2 schools for Big Ten schools. Geography and history matter a ton. Part of the reason NDSU gets the recruits they do is because of the FCS playoff format and the opportunity to win a championship... there are plenty of other good schools that are both FBS and can compete for a lower end bowl game. Why would fans care that much about the regular season or post season when the players themselves would rather not play then risk getting hurt? FBS bowl games are meaningless now that there is a FBS championship. Enjoy having a meaningful post season once every ten years, if you're lucky. Bison fandom and traditions are built off of trips to frisco and championship success, and that all goes away if fans have only a couple of weeks to plan for a trip to the Idaho Potato Bowl. In regard to scheduling complaints they have now, NDSU could choose to schedule better home games, but they would rather play Drake then schedule a home and home with better programs. Put Jackson State on blast and tell me Deion would publicly back down from scheduling that.

Has it been known that Lindenwood was one of the schools that completed an NHL feasability study? If not, they were one of the schools that did it, according to Collegiate Consulting. " Collegiate Consulting completed Lindenwood’s Hockey Feasibility Study (with support from the St. Louis Blues) along with studies for Oakland University (Detroit Red Wings), University of Illinois (Chicago Black Hawks) and two other institutions.  In addition, Collegiate Consulting has completed 25 hockey projects, including Simon Fraser, Bemidji State, Utica, Alabama – Huntsville and Stonehill." I believe Tennessee State is doing (or did?) their feasability study with help from the Predators. I believe there were 5 feasability studies that were being conducted with support from the NHL. Is Tennessee State included as one of those 5 studies, or did Tennessee State announce their study after the original 5 already concluded? Edit: looks like they had already completed 5 in 2018, so Tennessee State probably wasn't one of the mystery schools that studied hockey. http://www.collegiateconsulting.com/news/collegiate-consulting-completes-five-nhl-funded-hockey-feasibility-studies

Anyone think it would work for UND to host a hockey hall of fame game in Sioux Falls, vs Augastana, in a non "destination" game year? Would be good for Augie and college hockey in the area, they could probably sell a decent percentage of tickets locally, and Midco airs all of UND's hockey games down there already, so it would help to support and/or grow our fan base.

...attached to the north side of the betty with the restaurant serving as a club lounge at the top of new permanent end seating. Could be another P3 project if needed. New practice courts could be built in conjunction with the project. I'm not an architect or engineer, but it looks like the roof could easily be removed/raised on the north side of the beam. Edit: I think the other side is the north end but you get the idea.

random question. anyone know how many hotel rooms there are in GF? Bonus points if you have a link that shows hotel info for other cities as well.

They constantly hammer statement number 4 and then they wonder why fan interest has gone down.

If UND has a strong showing in Youngstown we will have two weeks to build hype and sell tickets for the SDSU game. As mentioned, this is also a classic UND let down game. Hopefully Bubba can show that the worm has finally turned in GF!

Despite a lot of people criticizing him and his arm strength (not so much this year), plays like this are the reason I've always been a Tommy advocate. His high completion rate isn't just luck or a result of the system we run - he has an "it" factor to his game. Same with the lack of sacks he takes, especially last year. His pocket awareness is special.

First Holm then Siegel - not a fan of risking our best CB's on special teams. Would like to see younger Wide Receivers get touches there.

I don't think feufung is a threat, but the negative perception is. Not worth risking uav investment imo. And holy crap. There are a ton of new restaurants in town that I've never heard of. Jealous. Tavern had great wings 10-15 years ago but they have always had the WORST service. Never been to a place with such consistently bad waitresses. I liked their uniforms though. Grand Forks could use an ice cream place with huge portions and lines down the road. Kegs had the best potential for a place like I'm thinking, but it was kinda dumpy (but good). Is kegs still in business?

These are sick!

The football and recruiting pages for other sports are helpful and they usually stay updated fyi

Go to the Sioux Sports wiki page and click NCAA Hockey Links at the bottom of the page. I don't think it has been updated in a while. lol

Found an old list https://wiki.siouxsports.com/doku.php/hockey/ncaa_hockey_links

Not sure why mavpuck doesn't have sections for other sports. Would get better traffic.

Wmu https://csnbbs.com/forum-491.html

They get about half. I think we all know that by now.

Pretty sure the coaches poll is still used as a data point. https://herosports.com/football-coaches-poll-problem-bzbz/

Summit released a new fan rewards program/app that looks pretty neat. http://thesummitleague.org/news/2022/9/30/general-fanmaker-set-to-elevate-summit-league-app-with-rewards-program.aspx

More band is always the answer. I'm curious if the reason UND insists on monetizing the bridge deck is because the REA agreement allows them to retain 100% of Alerus Center "club" seat ticket revenue, rather than only the 48% that they get to keep from traditional seats. So say UND charges double for bridge deck tickets, they would actually net 4 times the revenue of a traditional seat (instead of double).