A failed experiment

[imported_admin]

Tick tock. The "UND smack" experiment hasn't really worked. I thought that by putting a spotlight on the UND smack that it would either improve or dry up. Maybe it has to a certain extent, but not enough. Plus having the board really bugs a lot of people.

Anyway, it's going to be gone in 24 hours. Now, some folks will be tempted to bring the UND talk to other parts of the board. Anything I'd have moved to the UND smack section is going to end up deleted. So if you have to talk about UND, better make it smack-free.

[Bison_Dan]

Tick tock. The "UND smack" experiment hasn't really worked. I thought that by putting a spotlight on the UND smack that it would either improve or dry up. Maybe it has to a certain extent, but not enough. Plus having the board really bugs a lot of people.

Anyway, it's going to be gone in 24 hours. Now, some folks will be tempted to bring the UND talk to other parts of the board. Anything I'd have moved to the UND smack section is going to end up deleted. So if you have to talk about UND, better make it smack-free.

I think you need to define smack? Is a true statement smack?

[UND92]

[quote author=Bisonville Deputy link=1145346240/0#0 date=1145346239]Tick tock. The "UND smack" experiment hasn't really worked. I thought that by putting a spotlight on the UND smack that it would either improve or dry up. Maybe it has to a certain extent, but not enough. Plus having the board really bugs a lot of people.

Anyway, it's going to be gone in 24 hours. Now, some folks will be tempted to bring the UND talk to other parts of the board. Anything I'd have moved to the UND smack section is going to end up deleted. So if you have to talk about UND, better make it smack-free.

I think you need to define smack? Is a true statement smack? [/quote]
Dan, you have a reason to worry. You never make a true statement.

[broke_back_mnt]

My experiment worked! *

I reserved a Suite for the Return of Rocky Hagger, The SDSU Boarder Battle and the Cal Poly game. *All 16 seats for each game are now sold. *It was $50/game/ticket. *We have a bank president and 2 of his friends, a mayor, 2 small business owners and their wives, a retired precessing plant owner, a real estate developer and 2 distinguished guests. *I was really surprised how quickly it sold. *A few phone calls to a few friends, word spread, and it was gone. *Several do not go to games at all. *Others only a few times/year so this is also a way to grow the fan base.

I strongly recommend that anyone having problems with people in the Fabulous Fargo Dome for standing, cheering etc. do this. *You are still subject to all the rules for any fans in the building but your seats are seperated and you wont have any problems with complaints for fan behavior where the subjective interpretation of an unknown person behind you rules the day. *

[Bison_Dan]

[quote author=Bison Dan link=1145346240/0#1 date=1145364330][quote author=Bisonville Deputy link=1145346240/0#0 date=1145346239]Tick tock. The "UND smack" experiment hasn't really worked. I thought that by putting a spotlight on the UND smack that it would either improve or dry up. Maybe it has to a certain extent, but not enough. Plus having the board really bugs a lot of people.

Anyway, it's going to be gone in 24 hours. Now, some folks will be tempted to bring the UND talk to other parts of the board. Anything I'd have moved to the UND smack section is going to end up deleted. So if you have to talk about UND, better make it smack-free.

I think you need to define smack? *Is a true statement smack? *[/quote]
Dan, you have a reason to worry. *You never make a true statement.[/quote]

Ouch - your so clever!

[NanoBison]

Tick tock. The "UND smack" experiment hasn't really worked. I thought that by putting a spotlight on the UND smack that it would either improve or dry up. Maybe it has to a certain extent, but not enough. Plus having the board really bugs a lot of people.

Anyway, it's going to be gone in 24 hours. Now, some folks will be tempted to bring the UND talk to other parts of the board. Anything I'd have moved to the UND smack section is going to end up deleted. So if you have to talk about UND, better make it smack-free.

Could you please be more specific on what qualifies for smack and what doesn't? Lately I've been hearing "just mentioning UND will get you booted". Would the topic on "Duplication of Programs" qualify for smack? I'd personally put in the "Bison Community". But I'd like to hear your opinion on the matter.

[tony]

Nano, nobody has been booted for months - and that had nothing to do with UND talk.

Personally, I could care less if the UND talk is smack or not because this is BISONVILLE.com not TrueStatementsAboutUND.com, but I understand that UND and NDSU are probably not done competing so some talk is natural. However, UND talk of any kind seems to leads to painful-to-read exchanges (kinda like the one that UND92 and Bison Dan have embarked upon in this thread, except multiplied by 100).

There are NDSU folks who can talk about UND (or UND folks about NDSU) without going all squirrel monkey - I don't happen to be one of them. They should feel free to start a conversation, but if their thread gets hijacked, I'll get rid of the offending posts.

As for a "duplication of programs" post, I dunno. You tell me what is more likely: a poorly-constructed, probably foul-mouthed, rant full of name calling and other embarrassments or a genuinely thoughtful statement about the issue? If it's the former, I'll yank it. Bison Commons is the proper place for the latter.

[NanoBison]

Excellent. That was I was thinking too.


p.s. I already had that post in under the topic of UND Smack. With something like 1200 people having read it and no complaints, it must be ok. If you want Tony, go ahead and move it under Bison Commons, since it deals with Fargo and NDSU too.

[Bison_Dan]

Nano, nobody has been booted for months - and that had nothing to do with UND talk.

Personally, I could care less if the UND talk is smack or not because this is BISONVILLE.com not TrueStatementsAboutUND.com, but I understand that UND and NDSU are probably not done competing so some talk is natural. However, UND talk of any kind seems to leads to painful-to-read exchanges (kinda like the one that UND92 and Bison Dan have embarked upon in this thread, except multiplied by 100). *

There are NDSU folks who can talk about UND (or UND folks about NDSU) without going all squirrel monkey - I don't happen to be one of them. They should feel free to start a conversation, but if their thread gets hijacked, I'll get rid of the offending posts.


As for a "duplication of programs" post, I dunno. You tell me what is more likely: a poorly-constructed, probably foul-mouthed, rant full of name calling and other embarrassments or a genuinely thoughtful statement about the issue? If it's the former, I'll yank it. Bison Commons is the proper place for the latter.

Tony I think your subjectivity is failing you. I have not embarked on anything. My reply was most cordial. Why you give und92 and others that come on here and post attacks a free pass I'll never figure out.

[NanoBison]

Tick tock. The "UND smack" experiment hasn't really worked. I thought that by putting a spotlight on the UND smack that it would either improve or dry up. Maybe it has to a certain extent, but not enough. Plus having the board really bugs a lot of people.

Anyway, it's going to be gone in 24 hours. Now, some folks will be tempted to bring the UND talk to other parts of the board. Anything I'd have moved to the UND smack section is going to end up deleted. So if you have to talk about UND, better make it smack-free.

I'm going to hold you to your word. It better be gone by 2:43am.