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Lakes is taking his victory laps!

Texts were never on time, predictions never correct, he missed the real announcement. He spent a lot of years promoting it. One of the early and loudest NDSU FBS promoters. Persistent.

How much credit for Lakes?

It was probably his large donation that made this happen....probably at least a couple million I'm guessing.

I added other for you and recorded your vote.

I was quoted by the fucking ny times. So suck it


It was 10’years too late

Thinking of Matt Larsen, President Cook financial donors, I’m not so sure you deserve 100% of the credit Lakes. In fact you didn’t seem well informed at all. More like a cheerleader telling everyone they won the game. You get 100% credit for that.

haha fuck off

i absolutely WILLED NDSU TO FBS and got the BIG DONORS to force DR COOK TO DO IT. PERIOD THE END>

ill take 100% CREDIT

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