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That's pretty cool. The shell of their arena is pretty huge... guessing it could be renovated to add sufficient seating. The arenas for Army and Air Force aren't very big either, and I think they could make this building work in Atlantic hockey.

I think the weak point in the whole thing was their one page contract with no penalty for leaving early.

I don't buy the caffeine thing, but it was probably just something like creatine, which isn't that big of a deal. No matter what happened though, NDSU treated the guy like crap, and turned a non issue into a controversy. LOL

Would Robbin's former teammates have thrown Newman under the bus for caffeine? It's interesting that the former teammates knew exactly who to point the finger at, if it was really just too much caffeine.

The wording is interesting. If it was caffeine, you think that would choose different wording than saying that he tested positive for a banned substance, because caffeine isn't banned - having too much of it in your system is, right. So wouldn't they choose different wording? Words mean something.

Are NDSU's women's teams fully funded?

The addition of UMKC make UNC any more interested in the Summit?

Does anyone know if the ticket revenue in UND's report is before are after the Ralph's 52% cut? The reason I ask this is because I do not see an expense anywhere on the Ralph's financial statement, where they show an expense for UND's 48% cut of tickets. So I feel like they each show their revenue, if paid to them directly by ticketmaster, and neither show an expense for the other's share of tickets. So the ticket sales essentially could be double. Am I missing something here? The only place that I could maybe see it accounted for is under Athletic Facilities Debt Services, Leases, and Rental Fee, but that number isn't high enough. Anyone have any insight on this? The Ralphs 2017 financials

Here is the NDSU report, for those interested. https://www.scribd.com/document/414083370/NCAA-Financial-Report-2017-18-NDSU?secret_password=ZyNO5fOcrqguPNpLqLzt

I just LOVE the guy's swing and think it will translate. And hes only like 22. I might be biased though... just can't stand the hype and long leash people like Sano get, when they strike out like 40% of the time, strand runners on base, but can hit a few home runs.

Twins need to keep Arraez in the show. It's a treat to watch him hit, and he clearly has big league talent. Trade Schoop as part of a package for a relief pitcher.

Liking the results so far of our new OL coach...

Well I mean we ARE playing a Big Sky schedule... Semantics.

Will Cam's break out game be against Drake or NDSU?! Love the energy!

Weather doesn't seem to be a factor for hockey. I think the schedule is actually pretty good, and it absolutely isn't the schedule's fault if attendance is bad. Drake - at home for the first game of the season Sam Houston - traditional power early in the season - huge game for both programs UC Davis - top 10 FCS team Montana State - top 25 FCS team with large fan base UNC and SUU - should be important games with playoff implications. Sets up to be a quality schedule, IMO. If there is poor attendance, it will either be because the team isn't in the playoff picture, or because we have a lousy fan base. Schedule goes home, away, home, away, home, away, away, home, away, home, home. Seems pretty balanced in that department too. Edit: you missed the Oct 5 home game.

Weber is gonna be overrated and does Montana State even have a QB?

In regard to Altru's new hospital and the smaller budget. It doesn't include the other phases of construction that they have planned, correct?

I think i read somewhere the it was like 15k over the course of the season. Housing paid for by the team.

Looking at the Bomber message boards, a lot of those guys have good things to say about Santiago. Consensus seams to be him ending up on practice squad due to the ratio of non canadians. We will find out by tomorrow.

Santiago just broke a 55 yard rush for a TD.... called back on a holding call.

They aren't streaming the game. A riders fan is streaming the stadium video board on Facebook though, apparently... https://www.facebook.com/PifflesPodcast/

I wish UND added baseball, but do you really think that would fly right now on UND's campus after women's hockey was cut? I don't see why the Summit can't just take over the MVFC, and have affiliate membership with the MVC schools.

Stream is up! Bumping this for anyone who forgot about the game.

On the bright side, props to Austin Gordon. Stuck behind Oliviera and Santiago, had to sit a year, change positions.. to defense, and he still stuck with the program. Hoping his patience pays off and he makes a huge splash this year for his senior season.

That was fast.