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I hope that she is just jealous and enraged at Kennedy because other major donors have come forward, including for football and partially usurp the Engelstad name. UND is totally supposed to be a hockey institution according to her and be beholden to her for her lifetime.

Will UND even make the Summit postseason now? Tied with NDSU with games against USD, PUFW, W Illinois, and DU left.

You are so right and so bright. I hereby resign as the Siouxsports realignment director and appoint that noted scholar Southpaw, who is so talented but hasn’t brought forward one original thought except criticism, so this will be his chance. UND and the Summit are just hopelessly floundering with only former NCC schools and he will expand the footprint to Mankato, Rapid City, and Bismarck. His bright ideas to embrace IPFW and W Illinois as fellow Summit schools should be heeded. Imagine all the Sioux fans that will flock to Fort Wayne and Macomb. The experience will be so much greater than even Vegas. Why need a game in Nashville when the Summit already has Macomb? I’m sure that cberkas and Goon will assist with their brain power and maybe if we are lucky Bemidji St and Michigan Tech-Houghton can be added to those illustrious Summit Cities. The Montanas and Idaho are just too out of our league and we would never win.

A lot of beans like navy, black, turtle and pinto beans are grown around Grand Forks. Maybe after a gas attack during the game you can blame UND for that too. Minot ND is trying to take over lentil growing.

You mean organizations don’t create fake news for their own purpose? Wow.

Their team play has seemed off, so it makes sense that their has been off court issues.

Tanner Palmborg will play with a torn ACL. Pray that all the players will be protected. http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/football/4522494-watch-palmborg-play-rest-season-torn-acl

Can’t even drink a soda pop without spewing on yourself. Lord have mercy on you and your press box antics.

The Montanas seriously must have gone to bat for us in the Big Sky as we were the right academic and research type. They were so tired of the rest of the Big Sky dictating to them who they associated with based on easy travel, lack of fans bases, and presumed media coverage. They have had it with the Sac St and Northridge St choices. Mont St had a study and expanded their stadium for FBS and improved the practice facilities, Montanas AD O’Day said their future will be even either FBS or DII and improved their stadium facilities, Weber St improved their fb facilities, Idaho needs close drive to partners for FBS instead of flying around the country continually. They are acting like FBS is in their future so it is a high probability it is. EWU threw in the towel on a FBS stadium expansion because that school has no major donors, hence Chaves came here. I’ve been in the corporate world and forecast moves that stunned my fellow employees just based on press releases, such as major job layoffs, mergers, buying other plants, buying other technology etc. If you know a business, you can often forecast Presidents possible moves. The CFP million dollar or more payout gives FCS a major incentive to move up that has never existed before. The Presidents know what they plan, the Commissioners know in this case, the Foundation heads probably know, and the ADs might know (in Chaves case he was probably told it was a do or die situation). NMSU and Idaho are not just floundering around in the background but have very specific plans that they have talked with and formulated plans with other Presidents going back years to get a CFP payment when the next contract is renegotiated. The Metro St, Tarleton St, CWU, and Dixie St are the most viable DII moveups that can be forecasted if FBS moves happen. If things were status quo in the background, they wouldnt happen simultaneously.

My parents from the grapevine say she got fed up and announced she was transferring, and either removed herself or Pryor booted her from the team. Rather sad for everyone.

For being a athletic department employee, your one of the most clueless people out there as far as realignment. SUU was never academically embraced by the Montanas, but forced on them as a travel compromise by other Big Sky schools by the Montanas insistence of adding UND and USD in response to the Big Sky’s ho hum view of academics and research which was evident after Northridge St and Sac St got bids. Cal St U’s are prohibited from even offering most PhDs and their research is minimal. The Dakotas are most like the Montanas and Idaho academically and research wise than any current Big Sky school, so their President will feel a compelling need to switch. Any research academic institution would not be keen on a former JC like a Dixie St that has practically no research component. Boise St will take a generation or more to become acceptable to Presidents even in the MWC as they only got added because of their football performance and money generating ability. Here’s a recent article on U of Maryland’s President who orchestrated the move to the Big Ten and bigger money. The athletic department wasn’t aware that there were switching until it happened. These athletic departments switches are made mostly at the Presidential level. Even the AD might not know anything concrete except maybe asking a generic question by the President like “If we had an opportunity for the Big Ten, what would be your response?”. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/higher-ed/bs-md-maryland-wallace-loh-ouster-20181030-story.html

Metro State is and was a tough opponent in DII, basketball especially. But this talk about FCS for the WAC has them barking up the wrong tree with Metro State, as they don’t have fb and can’t afford it. That is why think the UNC now needs a neighboring school for travel reasons in the soon to be slimmed down and cheaper Big Sky. But the Big Sky will tell anyone before the schools do. https://www.cpr.org/news/story/after-35-years-as-top-contenders-in-division-ii-metro-state-considers-division-i

Oakland U has supposedly passed the NHL feasibility study with flying colors. But the AD has left Oakland so the project was put on hold for funding an on campus arena and finding a conference. https://oaklandpostonline.com/22414/sports/hockey-feasibility-study-shows-oakland-pass-with-flying-colors/

The goons are out early for Halloween..

That’s only your tiny brain because you only deal in linear concepts, not mulidimensional ones. Saw your blog on the NCHC being so wise not to accept Ariz St. Only a moron would state that when they get a 4000 seat arena. It not worth explaining anything to you be cause you have the patience of a two year old.

Could easily see UNLV and Ariz St in the NCHC one day. http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/4521750-unlv-hoping-go-division-i-some-day

Maybe November 1st as Penn St has a game in Indiana and a drive from Bloomington to Nashville is entirely reasonable after that.

CWU, Dixie St, Azusa Pacific, Tarleton St and UTRGV all want to move up in football, so it’s looks legit by the WAC but it is really the Big Sky that will need teams. The WAC is just providing cover for them. Dixie St wants to be in nearby SUU’s league, but the Montanas and Idaho absolutely hate that idea. When the Montanas, Weber, and Idaho leave for the Summit, then the Big Sky will suddenly need new teams and will come to the rescue. UCDavis, Sac St, Cal Poly, Sam Houston St, Lamar, UTRGV, and one other Southland school will be FBS with NMSU in the coming new WAC. Mo St and Wichita St will join them as affiliates. Posted this many times before but it’s apparent that you look at my posts with contempt and don’t even read them.

Orlando would be a tremendous host using the Amway Center and its warmer than Vegas. There is flights from all over and cheap if Allegiant. Glendale/Phoenix/Tempe /Mesa would be a great host site too.

UW Green Bay looking at football, presumably non scholarship. https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/2018/10/23/uwgb-ad-charles-guthries-first-year-football-part-future/1739232002/ They only have 7k enrollment and a low endowment. Hockey would be much smarter, because of Title IX even without scholarships.

Dixie St was another contacted by the WAC for the Big Sky. Perfect travel partner for SUU or even NAU. https://www.usufans.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=46966 Azusa Pacific and CWU will be the others beside Metro St. Seattle may move over to Portland St, CWU, and EWU’s League. UVU will move too, to join Dixie Dt, SUU and NAU.

NMU is getting assistance from the NHL on WIH feasibility. https://www.uscho.com/2018/10/26/northern-michigan-using-nhl-nhlpa-feasibility-study-to-explore-womens-hockey-potential-at-school/

Thought the top six got in the playoffs. But only the top four, my bad. Next year the soccer field by the REA should be finished after it’s revamping. Maybe more stands.

UND lost @ USD 1-0 just now. ORU needed to lose for UND to make the playoffs. ORU lost yesterday to DU 3-0. ORU finished 3-5 while UND finished 3-4-1. UND still was in the playoff hunt if they had won at USD.

There isn’t an arena in Nashville (even the the Predators current and former practice facilities are way too small) that have more than a couple thousand seats except Bridgestone, which would be too large. But Nashville likely wants the Frozen Four, so Nashville civic groups might get behind the effort. A lot of Predator fans might be interested in college hockey experience as they haven’t been exposed. Penn St actually has a rather large alumni group there and have attended Predator games. Their alumni base is huge and they seem to be more into hockey that Ohio St as an example as their basketball sucks. But during football season would be a no-no unless they get a Penn St game in the Titans stadium the same weekend. http://www.nashvillepennstaters.com/WeAre From Louisville, Memphis and Atlanta airports Nashville isn’t that far if one can’t get a cheap ticket to Nashville.