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UND's indoor practice facility

grizcountry420 said:
I guess i should have put this way...... Eastern Montana is the only place the Baken will prosper. Thats about it.. Eastern Montana might as well be in North Dakota for all i care. Its not very attractive place to live but Montana as a whole isnt gonna get rich by drilling oil.

Sorry for throwing sand in your vagina.....


:( gee, thanks for making fun of eastern Montana :(
 
Eastern Montana Griz said:
grizcountry420 said:
I guess i should have put this way...... Eastern Montana is the only place the Baken will prosper. Thats about it.. Eastern Montana might as well be in North Dakota for all i care. Its not very attractive place to live but Montana as a whole isnt gonna get rich by drilling oil.

Sorry for throwing sand in your vagina.....


:( gee, thanks for making fun of eastern Montana :(

Sorry.. Just not my cup of tea
 
grizcountry420 said:
Eastern Montana Griz said:
grizcountry420 said:
I guess i should have put this way...... Eastern Montana is the only place the Baken will prosper. Thats about it.. Eastern Montana might as well be in North Dakota for all i care. Its not very attractive place to live but Montana as a whole isnt gonna get rich by drilling oil.

Sorry for throwing sand in your vagina.....


:( gee, thanks for making fun of eastern Montana :(

Sorry.. Just not my cup of tea


well the hippies and bums in Missoula are not my cup of tea but I put up with them...... kind of.... just don't let them touch me.....
 
Another issue with drilling in MT is its way more expensive and takes longer to do everything. A permit you can get in ND in an hour takes close to a week in MT. If they get serious about drilling in MT then they could speed up that process but right now it's a pain.
 
BDizzle said:
Another issue with drilling in MT is its way more expensive and takes longer to do everything. A permit you can get in ND in an hour takes close to a week in MT. If they get serious about drilling in MT then they could speed up that process but right now it's a pain.


woah! You better watch what you say cuz these "ruffnecks" will call you out on it.. You'll be hearing something like: "well my wifes family and have you ever been to the baken"

Just given you a heads up..
 
grizcountry420 said:
woah! You better watch what you say cuz these "ruffnecks" will call you out on it.. You'll be hearing something like: "well my wifes family and have you ever been to the baken"

Just given you a heads up..


baken?? :lol: :clap: well my wife's family is baked often....
 
grizcountry420 said:
BDizzle said:
Another issue with drilling in MT is its way more expensive and takes longer to do everything. A permit you can get in ND in an hour takes close to a week in MT. If they get serious about drilling in MT then they could speed up that process but right now it's a pain.


woah! You better watch what you say cuz these "ruffnecks" will call you out on it.. You'll be hearing something like: "well my wifes family and have you ever been to the baken"

Just given you a heads up..

Wow, it sounds like you may have also gotten a little sand in your own...
 
Here's a link to a Bakken article from UM Magazine from spring '12 and quotes. There's a Bakken map in the link.

"Sidney, whose population was pegged at 5,100 in the 2010 census, is expected to gain another 6,000 to 9,000 residents in the next few years."

"Though the Elm Coulee is not as big as the plays in North Dakota, most of the 700 active wells in Montana are there, and some industry observers expect increased activity in Montana. As it is, taxes on oil and gas production in Montana brought in about $2 billion for local and state government from 2000 to 2011."

http://www2.umt.edu/montanan/s12/The%20Bakken%20Boom.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
 
ALPHAGRIZ1 said:
Wrong

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Sorry Alpha, I am just going by what people from ND have said on other message boards (AGS & Championshipsub) regarding athletic facilities and bakken money.
 
Canyoncat said:
ALPHAGRIZ1 said:
Wrong

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Sorry Alpha, I am just going by what people from ND have said on other message boards (AGS & Championshipsub) regarding athletic facilities and bakken money.
Heard the ND governor on the radio a couple weeks ago talking about investing $200 million of state money to Watford City for infrastructure and schools. Sidney schools have some of the highest technology classrooms I have ever seen. Every kid gets an iPad when they get to high school if they graduate they keep it. Just put in new score boards in both football and basketball this week. I got them programmed yesterday for the football game tonight.

All oil money.........and there is a lot of it.

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Thanks Alpha! Thought for sure none of that money (tax generated state money) was going towards ND athletic facilities.
 
The success of the Bakken in MT compared to ND is 99% geologic based. Tax holidays and permitting process has little to do with the overall success. If you know anything about the oil industry which very few people in Missoula do (even though they will act like they do), you would know that if the oil in the ground is economically there very little stops these companies from getting to it whether it be legislation or what have you.
Communities like Glendive, Billings and Miles City even though they are not in the field directly benefit greatly off there location in major transportation corridors for the oil field. To say that MT doesn't feel the success impact of the Bakken is just foolish, its just not to the unfathomable extent North Dakota sees.
And Alpha idk when you heard that about the governor giving Watford City money, couldn't be further from the truth. We needed 200 mil, they gave us 20. :evil:
 
So do indoor practice fields create a winning team? I still don't understand the complete need for such a facility? The team does well with winter practices as is. And the riverbowl is great. Not to mention we're already winning without one.
 
BadlandsGrizFan said:
The success of the Bakken in MT compared to ND is 99% geologic based. Tax holidays and permitting process has little to do with the overall success. If you know anything about the oil industry which very few people in Missoula do (even though they will act like they do), you would know that if the oil in the ground is economically there very little stops these companies from getting to it whether it be legislation or what have you.
Communities like Glendive, Billings and Miles City even though they are not in the field directly benefit greatly off there location in major transportation corridors for the oil field. To say that MT doesn't feel the success impact of the Bakken is just foolish, its just not to the unfathomable extent North Dakota sees.
And Alpha idk when you heard that about the governor giving Watford City money, couldn't be further from the truth. We needed 200 mil, they gave us 20. :evil:

Just spent this past week at the Little Missouri Inn in Watford. Nice hotel. Might have to stay there more often instead of staying in Williston.
 
grizatwork said:
grizcountry420 said:
BDizzle said:
Another issue with drilling in MT is its way more expensive and takes longer to do everything. A permit you can get in ND in an hour takes close to a week in MT. If they get serious about drilling in MT then they could speed up that process but right now it's a pain.


woah! You better watch what you say cuz these "ruffnecks" will call you out on it.. You'll be hearing something like: "well my wifes family and have you ever been to the baken"

Just given you a heads up..

Wow, it sounds like you may have also gotten a little sand in your own...

no sand. Just having a lil bit of fun.... 8-)
 
BDizzle said:
BadlandsGrizFan said:
The success of the Bakken in MT compared to ND is 99% geologic based. Tax holidays and permitting process has little to do with the overall success. If you know anything about the oil industry which very few people in Missoula do (even though they will act like they do), you would know that if the oil in the ground is economically there very little stops these companies from getting to it whether it be legislation or what have you.
Communities like Glendive, Billings and Miles City even though they are not in the field directly benefit greatly off there location in major transportation corridors for the oil field. To say that MT doesn't feel the success impact of the Bakken is just foolish, its just not to the unfathomable extent North Dakota sees.
And Alpha idk when you heard that about the governor giving Watford City money, couldn't be further from the truth. We needed 200 mil, they gave us 20. :evil:

Just spent this past week at the Little Missouri Inn in Watford. Nice hotel. Might have to stay there more often instead of staying in Williston.

Haha yes Williston is the worst.
 
Grizaholic16 said:
So do indoor practice fields create a winning team? I still don't understand the complete need for such a facility? The team does well with winter practices as is. And the riverbowl is great. Not to mention we're already winning without one.

Indoor practice facilities serve more than just football teams. Allows soccer and other sports to practice as well. ANd believe me, sometimes teams would rather be indoors. I'm sure there are times when the Griz move their practices indoors to the gyms. They also serve a recruiting purpose.
 
BadlandsGrizFan said:
The success of the Bakken in MT compared to ND is 99% geologic based. Tax holidays and permitting process has little to do with the overall success. If you know anything about the oil industry which very few people in Missoula do (even though they will act like they do), you would know that if the oil in the ground is economically there very little stops these companies from getting to it whether it be legislation or what have you.
Communities like Glendive, Billings and Miles City even though they are not in the field directly benefit greatly off there location in major transportation corridors for the oil field. To say that MT doesn't feel the success impact of the Bakken is just foolish, its just not to the unfathomable extent North Dakota sees.
And Alpha idk when you heard that about the governor giving Watford City money, couldn't be further from the truth. We needed 200 mil, they gave us 20. :evil:

Heard Dalrymple say it himself on the radio. It is possible I misunderstood....but I swear he said they were investing 200 million in Watford. That sucks if you really only got $20 mil

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I'm not going to pretend I know, or care that much about the Bakken, but I can tell you areas of Montana are benefitting from its discovery. A small mom and pop laundry and dry cleaning service in Havre won a contract last year to do the laundry for just ONE company in the Bakken for three years and it's worth ALOT of money. The coveralls, jumpsuits ect. come on Amtrak every couple days. And get sent back on Amtrak. That's just one example.

Anyway, UND's facility looks sweet. I've thought UM should have built this 20 years ago. Yes, they do help teams get better, they do help recruit, they do help the overall athletic department. I know, many old-school fans want to believe that frosty November and even December practices make the Griz tougher than other teams, and that's fine, but I refuse to believe the Griz would be less tough if they could go inside to practice when needed. Montana is just so far behind on these facilities. It really sucks.
 
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