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Curious to see how the House settlement will affect player rosters in the FCS. NDSU has near 130 on their roster and UND is pretty close to 105 which will be the new ncaa limit. If NDSU decides to offer additional scholarships or if they decide to distribute NIL money directly, they will have to reduce their roster to 105. If UND does that, they are already near the 105 limit with the current number of walk ons. In 22-23, SDSU also had more participants, at 116. UND was 108. I think the huge difference in walkons has been one of the reasons NDSU has had so much depth, is always able to reload so easily, and it's also a reason they have had so much late season success relative to UND which has historically gotten worse at the end of most seasons. This will be something to watch moving forward imo.

"The majority of the games to air on Gray’s stations will take place on Saturday nights starting in January and will be announced at a later date. "

Gray Media will be televising select NCHC games throughout the country. Pretty cool. https://nchchockey.com/news/2024/12/6/mens-ice-hockey-nchc-and-gray-media-team-up-to-bring-select-games-over-the-air-to-viewers-across-the-country.aspx https://nchchockey.com/documents/2024/12/5//NCHC_Denver_CC_121324_Clearance.pdf

USCHO has it listed at 5159

https://skylinesportsmt.com/details-of-brent-vigens-contract-extension-signed-in-april-of-2023/ I haven't read much about the new contract for our HC, but Vigen has a ton of bonus money available.

Logan Fife is in the portal from Montana. https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/gamelog/_/id/4605998/logan-fife

What's the deal with the fan attendance in St. Cloud? Is it just me or is it unprecedentedly bad this year? They have a winning program and both games this past weekend were sub 3k. Sub 3K attendance in St. Could for a good team is eye opening. I understand fewer students, but is SCSU losing the support of the community?

I hate so much that an FPHL team is the primary hockey tenant. The quality of that league is so far below the NCAA it's a joke. Yet an expansion team from that league is apparently more viable than a Georgia team at the NCAA level. The best thing that league has to offer is a larger quantity of home games. Everyone involved with college hockey who wants to see growth should be pushing for additional games to be added to the NCAA schedule - it would both make investment in new programs/arenas more feasible, and it would help existing programs a ton because additional revenue would help offset relatively high operating costs. Given how much the NCAA and the "amateurism" model has shifted, there should be zero resistance to this, and as we've seen with the Ivy League, not all programs would have to play additional games if they wouldn't want to.

Grass looks pretty good to me

The current HC was here when the field was reseeded/renovated, and I remember him raving about it. If grass is that bad, I'm curious if he ever advocated for turf. He seemed genuinely excited for the renovated field (and practice field).

Maybe that's a good thing in the transfer portal era. There are pros and cons to deals with either ESPN or Midco. I'm fine with the Midco deal because ESPN lowballs conferences like ours and on top of that they typically make an effort to restrict local linear TV deals, and they have never shown a real interest in televising our championship games or any of our regular season games.

Anyone remember this? Soccer Players Sue Over Proposed Turf Field For Women's World Cup Team USA soccer player Heather O'Reilly talks about the lawsuit she and other players from the U.S. and abroad have filed against FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association. Turf fields are planned for the 2015 Women's World Cup, while their male counterparts played on grass, thought to be a superior playing surface. The players are alleging gender discrimination. MARTIN: You have filed this case claiming gender discrimination, which is a big claim so let's start by unpacking the difference between turf and grass. Why is it so different for players? O'REILLY: The main difference is - to be quite honest - is an injury issue or a health issue. MARTIN: How so? O'REILLY: You know, slide tackling on grass - you know, you get up, you shake the grass off, get the dirt off. On turf unfortunately, a little layer of your skin comes up with every slide tackle so you get turf burns. Those diving headers that are so exciting on the world stage aren't going to happen on artificial turf because you can get injured. So it changes the game quite a bit - one on the injury side. Two - it changes the game just on the soccer end. The ball just moves quite a bit faster on turf so you know, it's out of bounds a lot, there's a lot of throw-ins, things like that. And it's also quite a bit more bouncy. It doesn't roll as easily as it may on grass and it just loses the rhythm of the game and the fluidity of the game. O'REILLY: I think the game has made a lot of strides through the years, but at the end of the day, I think that this is a blatant demonstration of FIFA not placing the women side by side with the men. You know, many men's players refuse to play on artificial turf, actually and the thought of it being played in the World Cup is almost laughable.

McNeese AD after firing their FB coach: "With the investment we have made in our football program and facilities over the last few years, we will not accept nor celebrate mediocrity. McNeese is a special place with a rich tradition. We have one of, if not the best, fan bases in FCS football. We should be competing for SLC championships and be nationally relevant!" source Bubba: "Expectations in our program are to be in the tournament. That's the expectations I have as the head coach. We've done that four of the last six years, and I'm disappointed for the players. I thought our senior class was really awesome from January a year ago and how they led and stuck with it. I'm disappointed for those guys and entire roster." source Chaves:

https://www.youtube.com/live/iHV-5NnxSf8?si=DF3gpDPx8_d9vJ3s&t=943

What are the odds Romfo is the starter again next year?

Dont recall a single person saying that.

Didnt one of the golden knights owners also help pay for sacred hearts new arena?

Our DC got hired because the last one resigned right before last season right? Perhaps they should have made the DC an interim and then hired a DC with a good resume after last season.

link?

I miss being excited to watch the games. Now I dont even check the scores.

I really wish the post game show on the radio took call ins.

Bubba still would have been under contract through next season even without his latest extension. Given that he was lucky to keep his job, let alone get the extension, its pretty crazy the terms for the buyout are so terrible.

This. Never misses a chance to do it.