Three-Peat For NDSU; Boeing Union Votes Yes -- Just Barely

I could be wrong, but I think "three-peat" was coined by a native North Dakotan: Phil Jackson, but I could certainly be wrong. (Some may claim Mr Jackson as a native Montanan who moved to North Dakota, and that, too, would be true.)

Be that as it may, a reader just sent me a note regarding same: North Dakota State University football rolled to a national title three-peat. FoxNews is reporting:

The North Dakota State Bison have taken ownership of the first Saturday in January, this year whipping Towson, 35-7, before a rocking 19,802 at Toyota Stadium to complete a perfect season and become the second FCS program to win a third straight national championship.

The top-ranked and top-seeded Bison (15-0) tied the 2005-07 Appalachian State teams with their third consecutive national championship, tied the FCS record with a 24th straight win and became the first unbeaten FCS champion since Marshall finished 15-0 in 1996.

Toyota Stadium is in Frisco, Texas.

And speaking of wins: Washington State won a big one today when a machinists' union voted to accept the Boeing contract which all but guarantees that the company will build the "777X" in Seattle. The Los Angeles Times is reporting:

By the slimmest of margins, aerospace giant Boeing Co.'s largest union approved a controversial contract proposal that cut benefits in exchange for decades of work in Puget Sound on a new jetliner.

The International Assn. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751, which represents more than 31,000 Boeing workers in Washington state, voted 51% Friday in favor of a contract to build the 777X, a more fuel-efficient version of its wide-body jet.

It is the second time in two months that the union voted on a proposal by Boeing, the biggest private employer in the state with about 82,500 employees and a crucial part of the regional economy. Even though the local union leadership flatly turned the proposal down in December, the union's national leadership scheduled the Friday vote.

Some may be asking for a recount, looking for hanging ailerons.