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DT94: Are you coming up for games? There's a direct flight from Orlando on Allegiant and its usually pretty cheap.

It's not a Sonic, but downtown Watford City is getting a rather large development for small town ND. http://www.watfordcitynd.com/image/cache/07-23-14_coltown_properties_2.jpg

It completely went over your head. Every other Bisonville thread talks about how great Fargo is because it has a Sonic or was the first with a Kohl's, so Fargo obviously is the best ND has to offer according to Bville. Bisonville is also looking for a sugardaddy with a spare $200 m so it can buy itself a domed stadium for FBS. Those statements were parodies on posters like Bison Dan and most of Bisonville.

I'm well aware of the demographic limitations that Whole Foods applies to its new stores. Chipotle has requires similar demographics, but for a lot smaller area. Williston is one of the youngest and most affluent emerging "metros" out there. Young adults in that demographic have some of the higher disposable incomes after rent outside of Manhattan and California beach towns. Buying a home isn't that expensive in Williston, and those consumers have $'s.

EMU has only been DI since 1972. If the choice was made now, the MAC probably would have taken GVSU rather than EMU. EMU doesn't have the football history of the other MAC schools (except Buffalo). EMU can't get its own students interested because of the closness of its campus to the Wolverine campus. Speaking of GVSU, this name should ring a bell: http://sports.yahoo....6988-ncaaf.html

The annoys you because (1) Fargo wasn't first with a Whole Foods or Trader Joe's and (2) the NDSU grad hasn't promised a new stadium for FBS. Williston is a Whole Foods kinda place because in Williston, a Whole Foods bill wouldn't be a Whole Paycheck like it would be in Fargo. Their prepared foods are good. The stores ND really needs is a Sprouts: which is all over Phoenix and Denver and their organic prices are cheap.

The NCAA has been a stickler with following FBS attendance requirements when FCS teams reclassify. FAU had some real problems, as their new stadium was delayed and the played off campus in an old soccer stadium until it was ready. The NCAA could relax the enforcement, or better yet, remove the requirement, but having the rule allows the G5 to feel good about FBS not getting watered down.

Even with the big fire in Williston today, this article is suggesting that Williston will have the first Whole Foods and Trader Joes in the state (as well as a few microbreweries.) as large retail companies want a piece of the pie there. http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/the-shale-surge-80-billion-economic-boom-is-reshaping-north-american-cities-nyse-jll-1931432.htm

Didn't Doug grow late in his HS days? It would be awesome if we can get a McDermott again.

The Herald this today says that Iowa and NDSU were interested in Boike. Won't be a talent scout when i grow up!

Air Force and SDSU are having troubles attracting any non-conferences games too. http://www.yankton.net/sports/article_1035ab38-0ef6-11e4-888d-001a4bcf887a.html http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/19/air-forces-scheduling-issue-a-common-one-for-some-programs-outside-of-the-power-leagues/ http://gazette.com/air-force-mens-hoops-unable-to-land-a-third-major-opponent-this-year-du-added-for-2015/article/1534049

http://www.nytimes.c...=tw-share&_r=1# Interesting article on Daktronics. The Betty needs boards, as this articles states, as a way to attract younger people.

One issue that isn't talked about much in the Bakken is that ethane is not recovered in the natural gas liquids stream, but is instead used as natural gas and burned with the methane (Hess does recover ethane and pipes it to Alberta, but the other midstream operations don't, including OneOK, which is by far the largest processor of natural gas). This is a wasted resource because ethane has value in petrochemicals. But Houston has such a glut of ethane that OneOK can't afford to pipe it there without losing money. So the ethane is send off as a gas with methane and burned, instead of processed as a refrigerated liquid. The oil companies and mineral rights owners don't get the value of their ethane. There's rumors that some chemical companies will locate in ND, convert the ethane into ethylene, and make it into polyethene and other chemicals. OneOK would have to first supply straight ethane from their five plants (and they certainly will build more nat gas processing plants in ND). If pure ethane was available in ND in sufficient quantity, billions of dollars in chemical plants, and tens of thousands of jobs would be created here. There are plenty of Asian and European companies that are begging for cheap ethane. The only problem is ND is landlocked, but solids like polyethylene rolls and pellets could be made here much cheaper than Europe or the far east even with transportation costs. This article said European companies will announce $72 billion in new chemical plants in NA because of cheap feedstocks (ethane). http://www.bloomberg...-chemicals.html http://www.fool.com/...e-you-rich.aspx

Thought she was more of a UM Crookston / MSUM / NDSU talent that DI. Maybe we'll take a chance on local talent. A little background: http://www.northstar...errer_id=920786

Root Sports is aboard with it.

An FCS conference has to have eight full time members in order to qualify to move en masse to FBS. The MVFC and CAA don't qualify at this time. The CAA would have to add several of their football schools, and the MVC would have to add at least three football schools. That means the MVFC gets dispersed and new members are chosen. W ill goes to the OVC and who knows where YSU, NDSU, SDSU, and USD football lands. Maybe the Big Sky would have to add UCDavis and Cal Poly full time if NDSU and SDSU didn't come aboard. Using the Sun Belt probably is much more complicated then simply changing the rules by the P5 is easier.

If UND was making any attempt to get in the MVC, they would offer to play men's basketball in the Ralph and move women's hockey to the Olympic arena. But its not happening. The MVC probably won't pursue FBS if they lose Mo St to the Sun Belt or if Wichita St gets poached by CUSA or the American for its basketball. The league would be so depleted that it wouldn't be much different than the Horizon. MVC schools like Drake, Bradley, Loyola, and Wichita State would have a lot to say about what schools could join if they have an FBS league. W Ill, NDSU, SDSU, USD, and Youngstown St are definite no's. UNI might be your only "yes" vote. NDSU and SDSU will have to pay $1 million in exit fees each no matter where they find an FBS conference.

Can you read? I said those schools have many more eyeballs for TV and many more potential recruits with 100 miles of each than Fargo has. Getting a tiny bit of coverage into Dallas and Houston again would be huge for the MVC. TV executives help plan out expansion, so NDSU has no chance with the MVC. More than that, Texas has a sizable MVC alumni transplants, while Fargo and Brookings may have a couple of people from each school. NDSU blew their wad on even an outside chance when they didn't even do a total rebuild of the BSA. Talk about a cheap remodel. It could have been first class but NDSU has been chintzy on basketball facilities because its not football.

NMSU used to be in a FBS MVC. So did Houston, North Texas, Louisville , Tulsa, Memphis, Cincy, and Wichita St football, and others. The MVC is going back to where schools its schools used to be: Texas schools with NMSU. The TV executives are interested, there's recruiting for basketball and football, and it fits with a plan to eventually bring in W Ky, Ark St, Texas St, and La-La. They may have to stoop down and pick Lamar and Sam Houston St and maybe Tex-Arlington, but to the MVC, those schools offer a lot more than NDSU/SDSU. If the MVC wants to be FBS, they will dissolve the MVFC, and invite entirely new members as all-sports schools. The MVC private schools want markets both for recruiting and TV. NDSU/SDSU don't have what they want.

Bisonville used to rave about great games against Davis and Poly. Short memories or Alzheimers? The Sky is the only route feasible for NDSU / SDSU and FBS. Nobody else wants you. Good luck getting into the MVC. Nobody wants NDSU, SDSU, or Youngstown St. They have to have NMSU and some Texas schools for recruiting. Mo St, Wichita State and most of the private schools will demand it. The MVFC only had Slummit schools as a matter of scheduling convenience. You're like some slut to the MVC that uses you and won't call you back. Its an unhealthy relationship. Are you still that dense?

The probability that any new G5 conference would qualify for one of the four spots is zero. When the playoffs expand to 16, the payouts will balloon. The NFL keeps expanding the playoffs because they make huge dollars for the networks. Same with college: follow the Benjamins. You never know when you'll have a chance to move to FBS again. It's like the Bakken oil rush: you have to purchase mineral rights with a group of investors and pay big dollars to drill to have a chance to make money. The Big Sky is a group of investors need to invest in stadiums and practice facilities (rather than rigs) and see if it works. FCS doesn't make any real money, so why pay for it. There will still be bowls to make. Watch for the new Bowl in the Vikings Stadium: MAC vs Big Sky.

Summer 2015: FBS votes on new rules that would allow FCS conferences to move up en masse. P5 in favor because they want more G5 games for guarantees and it helps water down the G5. G5 will strongly oppose, but don't have the votes as FBS is now rigged against them. By Jun 2016: Big Sky teams elect to go FBS or not and files with the NCAA. Teams that don't will go to the WAC. NDSU and SDSU come aboard. 2016 season: 1st year FBS transition 2017 season: 2nd year FBS transition 2018: Full FBS, Idaho football returns to Big Sky The Big Sky won't be eligible for the college football playoffs or money until 2026. Only existing G5 conferences will get $1 mill per team until that contract is up. The MVC may move up to, but with NMSU and Texas schools like Lamar and Sam Houston. Wichita St probably restarts FB and wants Texas schools for a recruiting base. The CAA probably moves up with Delaware, JMU, Towson, Stony Brook, Albany, UNH and at least two others (maybe Youngstown St and Maine).

Idaho will be in the Big Sky for football when four years have passed. I inadvertently left them out.

The FBS Big Sky will be the following: UND NDSU moves from Summit?MFVC SDSU moves from Summit/MVFC Montana Montana St E Wash Portland St Sac St UC Davis (affiliate) Cal Poly (affiliate) NMSU can have a slot if it wants UNC, ISU, Weber St, NAU, and SUU move to the WAC. The WAC will be a nice mostly southwest conference. South Dakota might have to be in an FCS conference here. UMKC and Chicago St move back to the Summit. UCDavis is going to announce a stadium expansion soon (they might not have finances set up for 30,000 seats yet, but 20,000 will do). Here's E Washington's Gateway expansion which will start soon (http://www.pcs-structural.com/projects/eastern-washington-university-stadium) Cal Poly has a stadium expansion on the drawing board.