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Originally posted by 5mn_Major View PostPlay preferences:
UND/DU vs. UMich....even
CC/UMD vs. MSU....edge CC/UMD
SCSU/BSU vs. OSU....edge SCSU/BSU
MSM/UNO vs. PSU...edge MSM/UNO
Ya...I'd rather stay in the WCHA...sorry, but outside of MI/WI I just don't care about the other Big Ten schools. .Originally posted by CavalryNateDisrespecting the Gophers is like disowning your mother the first time you get a girlfriend.
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I would actually give the advantage to the WCHA schools in each one of those matchups. I love the DU and UND rivalries.If you want to be a BADGER, just come along with me
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Originally posted by dggoddard View PostMinnesota and Wisconsin want to bail on the WCHA for a better deal, but they don't want other schools to do the same thing.
I have heard absolutely nothing that suggests that the MN program wants this, and I'd be surprised if most of their hockey fans weren't at least partially opposed to it.
Lucia's comments, which basically took the realistic view that Penn St. is not adding hockey without some foresight into who they'd like to join in a conference certainly can't be construed as some sort of institutional desire to bolt the WCHA in favor of a BTHC.That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.
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Originally posted by SJHovey View PostI would be very surprised if anyone from the University of Minnesota would lead the charge to form a BTHC. I think they realize they have it pretty sweet right now. They get to play all the successful Big 10 programs each year anyway. Forming a conference just to add games against OSU and a new Penn St. program can't have huge appeal. Plus, they have their rivalry with UND, and the nice little set up of being the big school surrounded by a bunch of other MN schools in the same conference.
I have heard absolutely nothing that suggests that the MN program wants this, and I'd be surprised if most of their hockey fans weren't at least partially opposed to it.
Lucia's comments, which basically took the realistic view that Penn St. is not adding hockey without some foresight into who they'd like to join in a conference certainly can't be construed as some sort of institutional desire to bolt the WCHA in favor of a BTHC.
You're right that Minny will not "lead the charge" for the BTHC. They'll stand in the background and might even voice some token opposition to it for political reasons. In the end, they'll do what's best for the entire athletic department, which happens to be exactly what's best for the Big Ten and the Big Ten Network.
They are not going to risk the golden goose for hockey. Sorry, that's just not how any athletic department with major football and men's b-ball programs (not to mention a new stadium) is going to act. If their AD can't get on board, then he'll get whacked and go find a job working for the WCHA office or go back to Miami of Ohio where he can focus on an athletic department where hockey drives the bus.
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USCHO.com is saying Penn State starts hockey next Fall to help get the fundraising ball rolling. Looks like $80 million isn't enough.
If anyone thinks that another big school can start a hockey program without a miracle donor, they are crazy. Sounds like it will take $100 million to start the program, fund the scholies, pay the coaches/staff and build the arena.
The plan is to start play as a varsity program next fall, but that is predicated on a coach being in place and Title IX issues being resolved. The list of potential coaches is impressive, and having a coach in place by Thanksgiving is possible.
There is still money needed to be raised, and that will see the team on the road a lot in the first season, playing in areas where alums can see games, possibly in NHL buildings. “Maybe play Princeton in Philly or Ohio State in Pittsburgh, go to areas where we can attract recruits and raise money from alums,” the source said.Last edited by dggoddard; 09-17-2010, 09:55 AM.
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Originally posted by dggoddard View PostUSCHO.com is saying Penn State starts hockey next Fall to help get the fundraising ball rolling. Looks like $80 million isn't enough.
If anyone thinks that another big school can start a hockey program without a miracle donor, they are crazy. Sounds like it will take $100 million to start the program, fund the scholies, pay the coaches/staff and build the arena.
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Originally posted by dggoddard View PostUSCHO.com is saying Penn State starts hockey next Fall to help get the fundraising ball rolling. Looks like $80 million isn't enough.
If anyone thinks that another big school can start a hockey program without a miracle donor, they are crazy. Sounds like it will take $100 million to start the program, fund the scholies, pay the coaches/staff and build the arena.
Read more: http://www.uscho.com/news/college-ho...#ixzz0znYjc5eWMichigan Tech Legend, Founder of Mitch's Misfits, Co-Founder of Tech Hockey Guide, and Creator/Host of the Chasing MacNaughton Podcast covering MTU Hockey and the WCHA.
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Originally posted by bigblue_dl View PostHow much would that $$ number go down if there was already a viable arena to use, so a new one wouldn't have to be built? I would guess it is a much more reasonable number.
Miami's was $36 Mil. for 3,200
Agganis was $225 Mil.* for 6,220
*(for the entire sports complex. No breakout of just the arena)
Engelstad Arena was $104 Mil. for 11,640
So you can ballpark that the earlier estimates of $70 Mil for the arena (of around 6,000 to 7,000) is pretty close. Approximately $10,000 per person you plan on seating.
$20 Mil sounds like it's for an account to write scholarships from the INTEREST only, kick-start paying coaches and staff, and be able to pay the team for the first couple years until it becomes self-sustaining. Or at least until it gets its hooks into the Big10 money from Football and Basketball.Last edited by aparch; 09-17-2010, 10:07 AM.“Demolish the bridges behind you… then there is no choice but to build again.”
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Originally posted by bigblue_dl View PostHow much would that $$ number go down if there was already a viable arena to use, so a new one wouldn't have to be built? I would guess it is a much more reasonable number.
DU's Arena/Sports Complex was $77 million (Built 1999) or around $100 million if you built it today.Last edited by dggoddard; 09-17-2010, 10:12 AM.
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Originally posted by J.D. View PostWithout reading all of this and seeing that the BTHC WILL happen in the near future...what's going to happen to the smaller programs left behind in the WCHA/CCHA?
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Originally posted by J.D. View PostWithout reading all of this and seeing that the BTHC WILL happen in the near future...what's going to happen to the smaller programs left behind in the WCHA/CCHA?
I do know that there IS worry within the CCHA's smaller schools. Including one I thought could survive this.“Demolish the bridges behind you… then there is no choice but to build again.”
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Well, if you get Indiana and Illinois both adding hockey as well, that gives you 8 Big Ten schools playing hockey. There is simply no way that 8 conference members would not form their own conference.
Regarding arenas - Indiana is in the market for a new basketball arena, and adding ice-making capabilities shouldn't be a problem.
I don't think Illinois is in need of a new basketball arena, but the current U of I ice arena has a huge ice sheet (something like 115 feet wide) and could probably be reasonably re-sized to NHL dimensions, making room for more bleachers, etc.
Dave Starman notes that one of the reasons why Penn State did not add hockey earlier was their short-sighted decision to not include ice-making at the Bryce Jordan Center."...the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found."
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Originally posted by aparch View PostI do know that there IS worry within the CCHA's smaller schools. Including one I thought could survive this.If you want to be a BADGER, just come along with me
BRING BACK PAT RICHTER!!!
At his graduation ceremony from the U of Minnesota, my cousin got a keychain. When asked what UW gave her for graduation, my sister said, "A degree from a University that matters."
Canned music is a pathetic waste of your time.
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