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Post by Yote 53 on Aug 1, 2018 9:34:28 GMT -6
The program that prides itself on its character has none whatsoever. Proven time and time again. Nailed it.
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Post by Yote 53 on Aug 1, 2018 7:33:06 GMT -6
Please tell me they aren't trying to get some gimmicky "tradition" going with a "Charlie Shuffle" dance that fans can do in the stands. I hate manufactured "traditions". I'm in the over 40 crowd though, so what the heck do I know.
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Post by Yote 53 on Jul 31, 2018 8:09:13 GMT -6
Am I missing something on SDSU? I think they are completely overrated compared to the run they are getting on a national and conference level. I'm not saying this from a simple "hate everything State" perspective, I'm legitimately looking at their losses to graduation and don't see how they can be so highly rated, there are just too many question marks.
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Post by Yote 53 on Jul 31, 2018 7:55:16 GMT -6
I lived in Fargo before the turn of the century. Move Augie there and my mind doesn’t change. Augie is competing now for the same corporate $ as everyone else. I’m sure corporate dollars helped Augie with their facilities. If the D1 move works It looks like a lot more corporate $s are heading their way at least from Sanford. They already have a pretty big footprint in Sioux Falls and a proven D1 head coach. They already draw a big crowd too. It looks like they are already competing well on and off the court and I don’t see either USD or the rabbits suffering. New stadium facility in Brookings. Dollars rolling in to USD for facility upgrades. Attendance could be better but Augie will help that. The Mount Martys don’t. Once in the Summit Augie will be a big game. A stepping stone to the title and the NCAA. A counter. They will resume their nearly 100 year old rivalries with their old NCC peers. That’s something valley city can’t say and never could. They will also stabilize the Summit and improve the bottom lines of all Summit schools. The cost of buying two more games will be lifted. It will also help with scheduling. NDSU needs more attendance at their BB games and it’s likely the Augie fans will travel well. They are used to success in BB. I think it’s a given thay will buy a lot of seats (and popcorn) at USD and SDSU too. They have outgrown D2. The Summit is there and needs them as well. Too bad an Augie game won’t give Bison fans the ego boost they need. A loss at Augies hands will make headlines at their expense. If Augie makes it in maybe NDSU should move to a bigger league? Lots of invitations I guess so maybe they will anyway? Further reason for the Summit to add Augustana. ps. Danny Sanford is no media hack. Neither is Tom Billeter or Augies President. There it is in bold. We aren't peers with Augustana and don't want to be.
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Post by Yote 53 on Jul 19, 2018 10:09:10 GMT -6
I'm inclined to leave it just to see if the bot posts again.
What is the point of incoherent bot posts? What is the point of telemarketers who call me and disconnect right when I answer? (Yes, I answer calls from out-of-state area codes because I deal with a lot of people out-of-state so it might be an important call).
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Post by Yote 53 on Jul 18, 2018 14:33:51 GMT -6
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Post by Yote 53 on Jul 18, 2018 14:25:02 GMT -6
This isn't a branding it's a short term campaign designed to achieve measurable goals.
"The We Are South Dakota campaign will guide the USD athletic department's messaging across multiple platforms in the coming year."
Branding is GoYotes! Always has been, always should be.
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Post by Yote 53 on Jul 18, 2018 12:25:46 GMT -6
I think we need to stop using Morningside College and Centenary as equitable comparisons to Augustana. From an athletic standpoint they aren't even in the same ballpark. Morningside is an average-to-poor member of a Division III conference, and Centenary is NAIA. Augustana has outgrown Division II in many ways other than the size of their student body. If their endowment and athletic budget increases dramatically, I see no reason why they wouldn't be viable. Hell,the Dakota 4 outgrew Division II at least a decade before we left it. Maybe two decades. Huh? Morningside is an NAIA school in the GPAC and is a perennial national power in NAIA in multiple sports; football, MBB, WBB, and volleyball. Morningside has an enrollment of about 2,000 students, is a small religious affiliated private school, and former NCC member. In fact, I think a football game between Morningside and Augustana would be very interesting. Basketball would be interesting as well. Heck, Morningside was in the NAIA National Tournament last year at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls. Morningside is actually a perfect comparison to Augustana as they are peer schools. Centenary is also a great comparison as they fit the same profile as Augustana and they were a disaster in D1.
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Post by Yote 53 on Jul 17, 2018 7:38:57 GMT -6
I really do not think $$ or facilities other than football would be a problem for them in SF. Hell they might even decide they do not need football, go the omaha route(albeit they have mens hockey). Are we as fans more opposed to them because they oppose a threat to us from a competition standpoint or because we truly think its a bad idea/move for them to venture D1? It's because Augustana is a small, private school that is not a peer institution. The move to D1 was one aspect of an effort to raise the profile of the University in the region and to grow. We've spent 100's of millions of dollars towards this effort. Now we want to go back to associating with the small private schools of the NCC? We may as well just saved the money and stayed in D2. Let's get Morningside back too while we are at it, because they aren't much different than Augustana.
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Post by Yote 53 on Jul 16, 2018 8:19:51 GMT -6
Didn't UND win Big Sky championships in both football and basketball? Yep. Looks like their choice of the Big Sky worked out fine in terms of being competitive on the field and court. It's the budget cuts imposed by the State of North Dakota that was the impetus for UND moving to the Summit, that and the MVFC finally willing to accept the UND football program. If there was no MVFC invite UND would still be a full fledged member of the BSC. It's the MVFC invite that allowed UND to move the rest of their sports to the Summit. Same as USD's situation years ago, without an MVFC invite we would be in the Big Sky too.
When it comes to the Augustana discussion, look at it from this perspective. USD has committed over $100 million towards facilities upgrades, has increased the athletics budget to offer a full allotment of scholarships as well as FCOA, and has increased the support staff for athletics necessary to operate at the D1 level. USD has made a huge financial commitment towards athletics. SDSU has done the same with their facilities upgrades and athletics budget, as has NDSU and UND. We all made those commitments in order to compete on the level of our peer institutions in Division 1. Given all that, why would we want Augustana to join the Summit? We made those commitments, in part, to get away from schools like Augie. Why would we want to associate with them again? Is Augie going to be able to make the same level of investment in facilities upgrades and budget? Highly, highly, doubtful given their size and that they are a private institution.
I can almost guarantee there is a collective groan coming from the administrations at the 4 Dakota public schools about the thought of Augie joining the Summit. Publically, nobody can really say a word because of the Sanford relationship, privately though, I can imagine what they are thinking. Actually, the silence on this issue from the 4 Dakota publics is deafening and very telling of their position.
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Post by Yote 53 on Jul 13, 2018 19:32:54 GMT -6
Work out scheduling alliances with the Big Sky, Valley, Southland, etc. on a conference level. 8 could work. More NCAA money per school with less mouths to feed. OOC scheduling would be the key.
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Post by Yote 53 on Jul 11, 2018 13:39:22 GMT -6
NDSU's history says they will lose one game this season. I would not be shocked if it happened at the Dome. But, there history also tells us that loss will probably come in the FargoDome to a team you wouldn't expect.
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Post by Yote 53 on Jul 11, 2018 11:29:21 GMT -6
From 2-6 could be very interchangeable. So much depends on who you play where and when in this league. I can agree with that statement.
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Post by Yote 53 on Jul 11, 2018 10:54:24 GMT -6
As I was reading the Zimmer story I was like "this guy has no clue" as he has USD at 6th. I have the Yotes in the top 3 with NDSU at the top, as they have earned it until somebody knocks them off. Just kind of shaking my head as I read on.
Click on Jay Elsen's article. Boom! USD in the three slot. Jay knows what he is talking about. Both had SDSU in the #2 spot which I am fine with though I think everybody is underestimating just how much the Jacks have lost on offense.
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Post by Yote 53 on Jul 10, 2018 14:16:53 GMT -6
Disagree, the future should be in associating in a conference with peer institutions.
Things would have been different for UND if USD would have stuck with them. Travel would have been more manageable with 2 schools in the Dakotas in the BSC. People bring up travel as the killer, we had all been traveling much further in the old Great West, which spanned from California to New Jersey, to Texas.
I still contend that if USD would have stuck with the Big Sky that NDSU and SDSU would have moved there by now too. Yes, the BSC did not want them initially, but soon learned from that error and tried to secure USD and UND in order to outflank the MVC/MVFC and lure the XDSU's to the BSC. The strategy did not work because USD stayed in the Summit.
So now we get to grow and build the Summit. With what?
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