The Sicatoka

The interwebs are just a passing fad.

But having a good, solid kicker sure came in handy in Greeley this year.

Why? Two words: Scheels Arena. That's why I think MSU-Moorhead DI hockey would work if played there.

It's BleacherReport.com. Any questions? Move along; nothing to see here.

And when I read it the first time I thought it was somewhat of a cheap-shot at UND --> couldn't get into some of the schools after him but UND is after him, and mentioned, so he must be able to get in there. I saw that initially as a shot at UND until I read the article in context. I'm probably just hyper-sensitive. Or not.

That drawing was part of a UND long-term facilities plan.

Ya had to bring up volleyball and mens basketball again, didn't ya?

The original renderings looked like this: http://postimage.org/image/4m5ebg7hz/ You are looking southwest from the roof of the "Nut Lab". The near building is the Indoor Training Facility that they are close to breaking ground on. West of that, on the site of old Memorial is a north-south running FB field with a retractable roof (shown open in image). North of both buildings is a soccer field (that is today a parking lot). On the west end of the soccer field is a parking ramp. That ramp isn't built yet as that'd be in the east side of Columbia Road. However, beyond that ramp to the west is the ramp they have built on the west side of Columbia Road. And before you say all this is pie in the sky (OK, it is), why'd they build a bridge over Columbia Road from the current "west" ramp to an empty parking lot? They had to build a tower (with elevator) on the east side of Columbia for the east end of the bridge. You're telling me that will forever be "a bridge to nowhere"? I'd bet against.

It's called a larger, long-term plan. It doesn't mean it will or has to happen. But if the opportunity arose, there's a plan. And do we, does anyone, know what the NCAA will do with football alignments and division going forward? Better to take good care of what you have and have a plan for the future than get caught by surprise. PS - "There's no way UND will ever fill an 11,400 seat hockey rink. They barely fill a 6067 seat rink ... " -- some UND fans circa the year 2000.

Yes, definitely agree. But understand, that's a first step in a larger plan (that there are renderings of out there somewhere).

People are talking 25k to 30k stadium because they're thinking of the 15k average attendance requirement for an FCS team to move to FBS. Make sense now? Six home games, say: G1: 28k <-- you need room for that one G2: 20k G3: 11k G4: 11k G5: 10k G6: 10k Average: 15k

I don't think UND is looking for help from Grand Forks to build something like that. UND would like to be in a facility that they own and would look to their benefactors to make it happen. (GF taxpayers can now exhale. )

I thought I said that.

That's poorly written. (Sorry Ryan S. Clark of the Fargo Forum.) When I read it here I thought Pool was a teammate and neither would achieve admissions to schools pursuing them. Reading the article, Pool is his assistant coach, and "get into" actually means "name the names of" all the schols that are after Chyzyk.

A stadium on the Memorial site was in some of the original renderings. It looks like the indoor training center renderings don't show it but leave space for it. http://iconarchitects.com/projects/masterplan/indoor-practice-facility.html

Knock down the south wall for seating? Maybe. Knock down the north wall for seating and you take out the Aurora Ballroom and the kitchen facilities for the conference center.

No, you didn't. You said, and I quote, " ... current and actual graduates ... " which as written means current-and-actual graduates, or living graduates. (Words mean things.) You did not say "current students and actual graduates". My reading is fine. How's your writing?

With that statement you miss: - current students who have not graduated - stakeholders who may or may not have attended or graduated - faculty (oh, wait, see the "Uncle Rico Rule" above ) - staff I know folks who should vote, for example PCM, who's done a lot for UND Hockey with his USCHO writing, who wouldn't be able to vote under a "graduates only" mindset. That mindset = FAIL.

I wish kickers would use a snapper in those videos. It would: - give snap-spot action instead of a steady-hold target (how adjustable is he en route) - give a reference to how flat (blockable) the FG tries are coming off the foot

Wrong question. Correct question: Who don't we have this weekend?

Blaze or Blazers would be too easily negatively-connotated by some parties. The official name could be Firebrand, but in practicality we'd be known as "The Torch".

The dates don't scare me at all. Contract awarded Feb 8. Figure the work starts Mar 1, so Mar-Apr-May-Jun-July: five months. But what interests me is the "install or remove the complete field within 2 hours, using 6 people or less" requirement. That's a pretty good trick. How many and how long does it take now with the magic carpet system currently there?

I see some of you are beginning to realize the true nature and size and power of the behemoth called the NCAA. Look at what 82 posted: The NCAA is able to blow smoke like that up the rear of a Congressional committee and the committee rolls over.

Stop it ira. You'll ruin McFeely's delusion du jour.