Dustin
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So, is this considered a collective? In this case, it is specifically for football, run by UND football alumni? And the contributors are solely UND football alumni, or can the general public donate as well?
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I mean, I guess if you have the NCHC app, ESPN+, and Peacock you'd have lots of choices. But I'm talking about a time when there could be a Friday night where UND was Midco/FSSN (sometimes even nationally on Fox College Sports), the Gophers were on Fox Sports North, Notre Dame was on NBCSports, the Big Ten Network had a game, and the NCHC game of the week was on CBSSN.
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2025-26 University of North Dakota Hockey Season
Dustin replied to Frozen4sioux's topic in Men's Hockey
As players, a combined 7 Frozen Fours and 1 National Champion. -
Yes, I remember this now. It's definitely harder to find college hockey on TV on a Friday night now than it used to be.
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I hope they at least test the waters with trying to get a contract. If it doesn't make sense, then don't do it.
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IIRC, the early years featured games before the new year, but then became a second half only contract later.
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This I am not sure of. That was the situation in 2014 with NBCSports, but I am not sure what the Big 10 affiliation did to change that, if anything. the NCHC thought Notre Dame was controlling the narrative too much when it came to TV, so they didn't let 'em in. A mistake IMO.
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I like a lot of what you're saying here. Markets like the Twin Cities and Phoenix have to add extra value to the conference that didn't exist in 2014, when Denver (and to a lesser extent, Colorado Springs) were the biggest marketing potential. I'm assuming UND's fans and alumni nationwide is also a factor that makes national television deals possible. I don't know if I'm ready to see the NCHC get too excited about a place like UNLV (yet), but I wanted Notre Dame from the get-go as a charter member. IIRC, their NBCSN (which doesn't exist anymore) contract was part of the deal-breaker for the NCHC. UND, St. Thomas, Denver, ASU, and Notre Dame would be a very strong portfolio to leverage negotiations.
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Seems to me that if the conference is willing to give up two seasons of national broadcasts on CBSSN in order to position itself with leverage to get a better deal with somebody else, then the CBSSN deal really isn't worth that much. From the other standpoint, how eager is somebody else to deal with the NCHC? Maybe the CBSSN deal is as good as it's going to get for a conference/sport that is the NCHC. Couldn't the conference sign a 2 year deal and then open it up for a big package deal after that??
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I haven't been following this throughout the stages, but I knew some sort of partnership was possible. Could someone give me the long and short of things, in particular how it applies to UND? Thanks.
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Is this a dream recruiting class?
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Who is Brandon Bostick? I don't see him listed on UND's coaching list. https://fightinghawks.com/sports/football/coaches
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2025-26 University of North Dakota Hockey Season
Dustin replied to Frozen4sioux's topic in Men's Hockey
Plus, if you’re one of the top two seeds in the NCAA you’ll still have to get past a mid-pairwise team in one shot. -
2025-26 University of North Dakota Hockey Season
Dustin replied to Frozen4sioux's topic in Men's Hockey
Isn't this viewed mainly a by UND as a recruiting tool for the visiting players? To me, it'd be silly to not showcase the Ralph and facilities to the best American hockey players not yet in college. -
I know this is considered a selling point, but sounds like they're being babied to me! I mean, come on, I thought we wanted our guys to be tough. Even Coach Schmidt told his son to stick his face in the ND wind after they landed at the airport.
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I would say Chyzyk and Jackson are hitting it out of the park right now. Maybe there'll be more than one F-Hawk logo on the ice in Vegas next April.
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Did Chyzyk start immediately after being hired?
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Great listen. Thanks.
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2025-26 University of North Dakota Hockey Season
Dustin replied to Frozen4sioux's topic in Men's Hockey
My UND alum aunt & uncle from Fargo visited over last Christmas, and they had heard at their church that a NDSU football player (I think it was the Lance kid) was getting big bucks to play and they were appalled. I had to explain to them that UND was doing the same thing (maybe not big bucks, but bucks anyway), and they wondered how this was legal, so I had to explain the Alston court decision. Not that I am righteous enough to shake a moral first about this, but as much as I don't really love it, I am in favor of what the 1883 Collective is trying to do to make UND relevant in the modern era of college athletics. -
Thank you! This is what I’ve been saying since Berry was fired. My first choice was Raboin because of his connections to winning with Carle and USA Hockey. US born NHL players are trending upwards.
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Is the following a true or false statement: Exposure via a known brand > conference/school $$ from a streaming service only its specific watchers have. And for the record, my interest in ESPN includes spots on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU, not just ESPN+
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Is this still hope for Raboin?? All kidding aside, I do like this line of thinking. Herter would probably be a good get as well.
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Speaking of Starman, is there an heir apparent for analyzing hockey at that age level (College, World Juniors)? I mean, he has been on about every channel that's ever covered that level of hockey, either as a live-action color analyst or an in-studio analyst, for many years. He obviously loves it, so hope he'll do it for a while longer.
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Alex H. is a good, smooth broadcaster, but not a great PxP guy, in any sport, really. He's probably the best that Midco and CBSSN can get to do the games they are responsible for calling, which is definitely good enough. I like Alex, but some of his rehashed phrases wear on me ("IN THE BACK OF THE NET!!!!!!")
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I would hope part of the negotiations would a weekly game (or series) on one of the broadcast channels.
