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Don't know why they choose not to include espn streaming on their schedule https://fightinghawks.com/sports/football/schedule @Parkers Pros makes a good point, even if streaming is available.

couldn't disagree more about reliability with them. constant buffering for me with their live sports programming. it was nice having all conference games in all sports in the same location on tv though. volleyball has since dropped off my radar because its so hard to track now.

Did he imply that he is better than Maag?

That said, I just looked and midfield seats are available still. Hopefully people just want to avoid the Ticketmaster fees and buy tickets at the gate.

It would help if they reduced the price for the worst seats in the building that nobody ever sits in. ever. Why pay the same as 50 yard line seats when you can just watch the game on tv?

Yeah I agree. No Holm or Noah Larson? Hopefully our guys prove some people wrong!

Yeah and I think I'd be fine with that too. Until we have upgraded facilities, Bubba is a perfect fit for the job imo, and UND needs to get Freund more experience at OC if he is eventually going to be head coach (like most of us want).

I'll say it again... why are all of the tickets the same price? Goal line seats are not worth the same as 50 yard line seats.

I have to dress outside if I want to play in my mens league hockey game tonight. But Wal-Mart....

You serious?

With all of the transfers across the country, be careful not to look too far ahead! We are blessed to have so many guys back this spring!

Sounds kind of like how a hockey coach wouldn't normally work with the goalies. Missing kicks that are within fg range have to be at least 50% technique you would think, though. Kind of like basketball free throw attempts, pitching, or golf. It would be nice if UND had the money to bring some type of specialist in a few times a year to help out - like if Winnipeg Bombers have a kicking coach, or even one of their normal kickers.. Not sure how much it costs or if UND does it, but it would have to help. Technique is huge when it comes to every sport with a moving object, and hopefully someone is giving them pointers.

Would think so, besides permits. Pretty sure the want to finish this before next winter so they will need to start asap. This whole thing developed pretty quickly, so ya gotta think there is still planning to do with the architects and engineering people right? How soon can big jobs like this get started in ND? They have to wait for the ground to thaw?

With the Memorial Stadium development news, Chaves will undoubtedly have a press conference. Any guesses on if this is what he was referring to in the email, or will he have other announcements to make? Chaves: So how do we support our current 17 athletic programs moving forward as begin this decade? I believe it starts with identifying a vision for where all of our athletic programs are housed on a daily basis for the next decade and beyond. We hope to unveil this vision out to you all soon with the idea that we want to support comprehensive competitiveness and excellence across the board for our athletic enterprise.

Which is a waste of two seats x how many? Sure. But when we wonder why NDSU is dominating UND in nearly all sports, the answer is and will be money. And what do ya know, they are allowing 50% capacity at their games this spring... Just saying, if we are actually going to social distance etc and not just do general admission like they are at most places with limited attendance, we could at least be a little bit smarter about it. But this isn't just a one time thing either, look at UND cancelling its FBS game this fall while NDSU made a game with UCA work. Look at home scheduling for most sports. Look at facilities. The AD at UND is underperforming, which makes me believe they don't care. If the answer is money, than why are we not allowing 50% attendance and opening up the suites like the the ND guidelines allow?

Does UND even care? Why do they have zero seating areas with 4 seat groupings? Tons of families go in sets of 4 and total attendance could rise significantly while maintaining their social distancing guidelines. https://www.ticketmaster.com/university-of-north-dakota-mens-hockey-grand-forks-north-dakota-02-12-2021/event/06005997F16014EA Also, I'm pretty sure the Ralph didn't "give" UND the minimum profit distribution of 500k for the last fiscal year, so if they are that starved for cash, they can stop with 3k max attendance virtue signaling.

Anyone hearing the audio lagging/skipping?

Yeah there's a bunch of it all along university in the UND master plan (both by the bridge to nowhere parking lot and west of wilki). https://campus.und.edu/facilities-management/_files/docs/2018-master-plan.pdf Interestingly, the UND athletics master plan doesn't show the buildings https://campus.und.edu/facilities-management/_files/docs/und-athletics-masterplan-0823.pdf

Curious to see the details of how athletics will utilize the new building at the memorial union site, and how it will affect HPCII plans. https://campus.und.edu/facilities-management/_files/docs/und-athletics-masterplan-0823.pdf

You are correct. The current master plan shows that the whole thing will be torn down. I must have been thinking of an older plan that showed only the lecture bowls as being torn down. Love the master plan by the way, and the link is below in case someone hasn't seen it. The only thing that bothers me is I can't understand why they built the medical school so far from campus. https://campus.und.edu/facilities-management/_files/docs/2018-master-plan.pdf

Is there a chance our punting has been bad because the kickers don't have a ton of time to get the kick off? Who has the advanced stats to figure out that theory????

Are they demoing the whole thing or just the lecture bowls?

Glad to see they got something done over there. Kinda wish they woulda stuck with the plan in the original rendering for the main study area though.

You make a good point, but as a whole, isn't most of this new construction residential or retail? The 50M Epic project is nearly all residential, with maybe some street level retail. The 25M Memorial Stadium project is all residential except for UND occupying the entire street level space. Lyons Garage 27M plan is a mix of retail, office, and residential. St. Johns 7M plan is all residential except for street level retail. It's not like anyone is building a huge office tower or something. If anything, I assume downtown could probably use some modern office space, and the influx of residents will help all sectors of the downtown economy. I think the new projects will help to make downtown a more desirable and vibrant area, it they will help to make existing office space more desirable.

Kinda disagree with the scholarships part. A good kicker is just as valuable, if not more so, than almost any scholarship position player. They directly affect the outcome of games, and if it takes 3 schollarships to get a quality kicker, so be it. Kickers always seem to be undervalued. Ask the Vikings if a high round draft pick would be worth it for a pro bowl kicker.