Photo: Students from the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University examine cornhole beanbags for consistency.

In an unprecedented meeting of rivals,  students from North Dakota and North Dakota State met privately at the Mayville, North Dakota VFW to discuss the Summit League’s sports offerings. With the near certainty that UND will be joining the Summit League (see article), the students worked to identify and propose a new, lower cost sport to the Summit League. Continue reading Bitter Rivals Plot to Add New Summit League Sport →

We can’t always cover every little thing that has to do with DU and Denver, so here are some links to various pieces of content from all over the internet. It’s been kind of a slow news week at University and Evans thus far if you can’t tell. Take a look at everything below! Continue reading Leftovers & Loose Ends →

An undergraduate football player (former Northern Illinois punter Peter Deppe) has filed a lawsuit challenging the NCAA rule that requires an undergraduate transfer to fulfill a one-year residence requirement at the institution he transfers to before he is eligible to compete. The case is expected to be heard early in 2017. Of course, the NCAA is prepared to vigorously defend the present NCAA status quo which tips the balance in the favor of the institutions and not the best interest of the athletes. Continue reading College Athletic Free Agency a Potential Plus for DU →

The number of Twitter followers of a sports team can tell us a lot directionally about its popularity among the ‘Under Age 35’ demographic, as Twitter is rarely used by people over 50. It can also tell us the approximate relative popularity among sports at a given school and relative popularity among peer sports programs at other schools around the country, again among younger people – the future of college sports. Continue reading DU Sports Twitter Follower Analysis →