The Sicatoka

A win and lots to yell about in practice next week: a coach's dream.

The Portland State defensive line had a couple of high-calibre guys on the ends of it. Getting 100+ total rushing yards, keeping 13 upright for next week, and a win and I'm happy tonight. But if I were the offensive line coach at the next practice I might not be ...

You noticed that too.

I always thought Eastern Michigan University should adopt their abbreviation as their mascot. Go EMUs.

Say we're in Fargo and I offer you $100 to drive me by car to Grand Forks and have me there in the next 90 minutes. Reasonable work; good pay. But say I spice it with this: if you get us there by car in under 45 minutes there's an extra $100 in it for you. Now, you're driving us at a rate to get the bonus $100 and get pulled over by NDHP. Who gets the speeding ticket? Not me. My bonus offer may have been illegal but you didn't have to take it. You could've totally declined (not taken the job) or you could've driven a legal pace and made the $100. You control your actions.

More of the details, person by person: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/373670/

When you typed that "H" you might have been one key too far left on the keyboard.

Such a nice photo montage the Forum created: http://www.inforum.com/event/image/id/321062/headline/Among%20those%20charged%20with%20violating%20North%20Dakota%20election%20law/ I suppose it's too soon for a game of "Caption the Photo".

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/373568/

I wasn't sure what you were talking about until I saw this: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/373600/

Not sure if I missed this on the first reading or if it's an update, but it doesn't leave much wiggle room: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/373568/group/homepage/ So they were told not to engage in illegal activity and given a statement saying that and they signed it. Now how they signed it is left to Answer Guy to speculate upon.

Ojuri and Williams, based on Forum reporting of what is in the documents, have admitted what they are accused of, namely faking names on a petition. Bohl said he'll wait to do something until after his players get their day in court. How many days are they going to get in court? The possible answers are from 0 to 365*. *In North Dakota, Class A misdemeanors carry a potential sentence of up to 1 year in jail and $2,000 in fines.

Yes, male genitalia is not something to be displayed. (I'm struggling to not make a comment involving the name "Jemison" here.) Thank you for the report.

Part of the problem for the Griz in Missoula is the allegations that UM coaches took players with legal issues to "friendly" local attorneys and then the coaches offered the lawyers a quid-pro-quo benefit from the team later if the lawyer took the case "pro bono" now. A coach can offer a player advice like "I use ScottM as sheister and consigliere" but that's as far as they can go under NCAA rules.

Now I know what Bohl meant when he said his players were being "very cooperative" with investigators.

Will that cover their legal expenses?

Darell: If the NCAA answers those two questions in a bad way for NDSU, they've already used those players in a game this season.

IF (<-- note the big IF) it came to the point of "wins get erased" I don't believe it'd be from LOIC but more likely from the eligibility status of those players based on this: The NCAA's version (the only version that matters) of the answers to those two questions could go either way. And all it takes is using one ineligible player to void a game.

Ah, ... work release.

So do Cavalier and Oakes pool together and buy in bulk?

I think Stevie Ray Vaughn (RIP) should get credit for this idea as his tune gave me the idea. The North Dakota Crossfire

Rob Port and Al Carlson (and their mission to lay waste to the ND SBoHE and the concept of local control) will latch onto this issue in ... three, two, uh, too late.

Yup.

I saw an actual television commercial for it on Midco last night.