The Sicatoka

1. Tate Maris is the definition of a team player. 2. A team player knows this is a must four points weekend.

I'd love it if you were right; but, unfortunately, if forced to bet I'd bet the under.

I see your "monorail" and raise you (or would that be "slide you") a retractable roof. And of course the monorail would go from Alerus to The Ralph and to "The Roof".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AEZjzsnPhnw

Well, at least now Wisconsin has its version of the "Holy Cross" to bear. RE: the "gorgeous hockey" comment -- I spit up coffee on my leather chair for as he said that the PSU player with the puck made a move and stripped himself of the puck in open ice in the offensive zone. I'm sending the leather cleaning bill to Jim Delaney and Barry Alvarez.

That's half of what they draw when North Dakota goes to Madison. Oh yeah, that Big Ten Hockey is working out great so far, eh Mr. Alvarez?

Unless they were filming "Blazing Saddles II" the lads need to pay better attention in history class ... after their suspensions end.

Figured I'd bring that notion up just to hedge the bet.

U of Chicago used to be a member of Big Ten athletics. When the rest of the Big Ten decided to grow and expand athletics, U of Chicago decided to take a different path.

I think I'll be right on "part B" also, unless they can find a guy who can coach the defensive line (Mannausau's last position responsibility) and has coached special teams and who understands a 3-4 like UND runs. Where might there be a guy like that ...

I've seen the Johns Hopkins thing out there also. From the reseach/CIC/Federal funds notion it makes sense. But the Big Ten has never gone with anything but full members (no affiliates) in the past. That makes me skeptical about Hopkins for now.

Well, I'm claiming "winner, winner, chicken dinner!" We'll see if I can claim it twice. Kotelnicki elevated to defensive coordinator

Yup, the last sentence nails it: The NCAA is "drunk on power and wealth". http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/whitlock-ncaa-university-of-miami-nevin-shapiro-lives-are-ruined-todd-mcnair-ex-usc-assistant-coach-022213

Folks, if you're going to have the conversation, have the whole conversation.

I wish PSU would come to REA just to see all the "Hide your children" signs in the student section aimed at the PSU bench.

When State indoor track comes to the new ITF at UND that'll grind on "Imperial Cass". And it'll grind worse when GFC, GFRR, and G-PR keep dominating ND hockey no matter where the tournament is played.

Back on topic ... here's the official site at UNDSports.com. http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=205670444

I'm hoping seeing "shovel in ground" progress will convince folks that this is real and that will cause them to help out with the funds to get the project completed.

If the B1G were able to get UVa and UNC they'd have done some major things: - effectively killed the ACC (VaTech, NC State, and Miami would go begging to the SEC; FSU and Clemson would probably call the Big XII) - added two AAU schools to the B1G's CIC -- additional lobbying power in Congress - added a ton of new TVs to the B1G Network - set up their next targets: 2 of 3 of Duke, GaTech, and Notre Dame Delany and the B1G are playing chess and everyone else is playing checkers.

It's being driven by money, but not the money you may expect. http://forum.siouxsports.com/topic/16061-conference-realignments-take-2/page__st__1200#entry609846

Give the power to me. Everything will be fine. Trust me.

Regarding Dr. Hamid "Ham" Shirvani ... it's not working out. It's time to smoke the Ham.

Bison Dan and a UND fans agreeing on something? <scurries to window to look for four pissed-off dudes on horseback coming over horizon>

I'm spending more time lately out and reading other forums and learning about potential conference realignment goings-on. (I miss "star2city" because he'd normally be that guy around here.) What I've seen recently (and there's enough smoke to believe there's something to it, especially when eastern newspapers are writing about it): The Big Can't Count (aka B1G) has the University of Virginia as their next target, with the University of North Carolina next up after that. Crazy talk you say? From 16 they'd go to 18 with Georgia Tech and maybe Duke. Why those four? They're all Association of American Universities schools. The approach wouldn't surprise me. The B1G is playing a game of tactics not driven by football, but by money, money from the B1G Network, and from Federal funds via the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the B1G's CIC.

When he said "up the road" and referenced what is in Bismarck as the "Missouri River", he must be referencing "the lake behind Garrison Dam."