The Sicatoka

I guess I'd be more worried about being in a conference that's perilously close to losing its key post-season autobids than worrying about an ex-conference rival's first season in a different conference.

Wisconsin fans: From the Kohl Center to the side of a milk carton.

This is also worthy of a read (Tom Miller with BSC Commish Fullterton from May 4, 2013) as it talks about: - future of the BSC - future of FCS - possibility of three-tier Division I football

Obligatory posting of quote: "Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious." -- Simone Thank you. That is all.

... any port in a storm.

Uh, yeah, ... but which is which? Or is it a reiterative loop?

I wouldn't even go "hotel route" for home weekends. Let them sleep in their lockers Friday night (with Brad Berry in a bad mood standing outside the door). When they start to figure out that they feel better Saturday waking up without a hangover, even after sleeping in their locker in REA, maybe they'll figure out that alcohol is the exact opposite of a performance enhancer and its physical effects are far longer than what you consciously feel. When they learn that, maybe they'll get to sleep in a real bed on Friday of a home weekend. Thus endith thy lesson of why thoust should never want to play for a team at that level coached by me.

Regarding GFPD: Teachers don't 'give' grades, you earn them. Cops don't 'give' citations, you earn them. Regarding this latest incident: Normally I'd shrug this off, but context matters. This team is eight months removed from a situation where some of these same guys had issues. So I'm forced to point out my view at times like these: "The problem concerns me, what you learn from it, how you respond is what I'm interested in." Well, clearly, these guys learned nothing from last fall. Hak is right in taking action. This incident keeps the questions about alcohol affecting the team's performance (on Saturdays, and in general) well in play. I wonder what a Hakstol team could do if they were actually sober for an entire season, ... heck, for a home weekend*. *No home sweeps this year ...

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and a dog is just a dog.

I do rather enjoy Fargo backers promoting the alleged greatness of their town, a town where the dump is in city limits and on two major streets no less (and their refuse burial site is in city limits too).

Marilyn Haggerty would say Oliv ... never mind.

<tasteless joke regarding Tiger and mistresses here>

Thank you Capt. Obvious. I do what I can.

Hak was at UND Boosters in Fargo last week. Here's what was heard by that crowd: - LaDue and Thompson coming in at defense* - Tambellini, Luke Johnson, and Wade Murphy coming at forward** - still evaluating which other defenseman prospect to bring in*** - working on determining what to do with the third goaltender slot**** - got a strange vibe from Hak that there may be another departure (probably a "low playing time" guy) - should have it all figured out by mid-May *that covers the departing seniors (MacWilliam, Gleason) **that covers the departing seniors (Knight, Kristo, Rowney) ***to cover Forbort's early departure ... has Gage Ausmus officially committed anywhere after backing out on DU? ****no one can replace the man, the myth, the legend, ... the Tater.

I am proud to announce I've overtaken the #3 slot for most posts in this forum. I finally passed the previous #3. It only took him ("PCM") not posting here for about 3 years for it to happen.

From that link: So the MVFC commissioner sees the potential of "three tier" DI football. Maybe it's not so outlandish what I've said for a while: - The BCS conferences of FBS - The rest of FBS plus the top of FCS* - The rest of DI (primarily non-scholarship) *Gene Taylor recently called for a scheduling alliance amongst the Big Sky, MVFC, Southland, and CAA. That'd be the "top of FCS" I speak of.

That, ... or Acts 20:30 pretty much predicted charlatans of all ilks, including the climate change crowd, when it said " ... men will come forward perverting the truth to draw the disciples away after them". Now, as far as "science", much less what some call "settled science" regarding climate, and such, I forget, is it OK to eat eggs or not eat eggs this decade. One minute they're bad for you (cholesterol) and the next they're great because of the protein, It's been so back-and-forth I can't keep it straight. Science can't make up it's mind on eggs. I'm thinking climate may be a bit more challenging scientifically.

Most striking to me: The Melrose comment with 14 minutes to play and Yale up 2-0 about Yale still pressuring because you can't sit back and protect a lead that long. Did you hear that Dave.

Simpson with the C. Pattyn and Grimaldi will have an A. If they run with a third A ... I'm not sure who.

Collegiate Athletics Economics 101.

I still say FBS* will come to UND and NDSU because the BCS schools will create their own exclusive top-tier (and keep all the money) playground. *I call it "FBS" but it'll be what's left of FBS after the BCS schools leave plus the top portion of today's FCS.

Last I checked, everything northeast and east of FargoDome is ... residential (except for a Stop'n'Go and Mc'D). South and west is NDSU campus; northwest is airport. North is the NDSCS Fargo campus and a couple fast-food joints. The area that is being targeted for apartments is perfect for that. The majority of the parcel is too far off of 42nd to be easy access retail. So north of Alerus will be residential. Northeast will be UND's golf course. East will be retail. South will be commercial (and west is I-29). Am I missing something?

It's raining in Fargo. #notgood

He's not on the path. He's quite a ways down it.

I don't see killer instinct in recent teams. When you're up you can sit back and protect or go for the throat and bury the other team. The sit back and lose thing is getting old.