The Sicatoka

Folks, it's a different time and a different place. We're living in a world where behavior of college athletes is rightly under scrutiny. Look at the mess at BU. Look at the mess at Montana. Look at the mess at NDSU. And then look at the complete mess that is Penn State. That's problem one. Problem two? The studies are out there: booze thrashes your physical skills, and that's long after you've sobered up. Remember our "Saturday night home game funk" a while back? I was pretty sure I knew what the issue was. I'm more sure now. So if the team went too far I'd rather see Administration deal with it with a loud, clear message, before someone gets hurt. And to those of you who said "Why not punish Hak too?" ... uh, do you know that conversation hasn't been had as well? I would not surprise me in the least if Hak had an uncomfortable chat with Faison and Faison's boss.

Does it involve not playing UND to prevent the possibility of an NDSU loss to UND (and the "emperor has no clothes" dialog that would follow)?

Depends. Did the coaches set down a "no parties" edict that wasn't followed? We don't know; we can only speculate with the little that we actually know. That's why I'm saying wait for the whole ugly story to come around.

Gophers compare their mopeds and their china-doll collections.

Riding a moped? Did they revoke his man-card for a month for that?

A North Dakota class A misdemeanor is punishable with a maximum penalty of one year imprisonment and/or $2,000 fine. Supposing the impacts of potential imprisonment for NDSU players, although more likely far-fetched, is not beyond the realm of the possible outcomes. And yes, the NDSU fiasco has everyone on watch: Faison and the recent UND Hockey incident, and I'm guessing it also impacted how Minnesota handled their over-the-weekend issue involving their hockey team (and losing a player for the season due to injury).

Reapers

I view it one other important way: They learned something last Thursday v. MSU, namely, you can come back from down 2-1 on the road and win. It was a tough way to learn it, but they did.

I vote that people stop speculating.

UND at Weber State comes back to win the match in 5. UND 23 28 23 25 15 WSU 25 26 25 23 8

The media reported they found no citations (yet).

OK. This one has turned personal.

At risk of repeating myself ... The media is on this. The reports are with the proper authorities. How about we wait for the ugly truth from those sources. Thank you.

I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.

Personally, I'd prefer to not run with rumors.

Why do you crack down on the hard partying? Oh ... I don't know, maybe because bad things can happen. Ask Connor Reilly: http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/170534726.html

Again, what does this have to do with class A misdemeanor voter fraud charges filed against 10 current and 3 former NDSU football players? Their October 2 court date is just around the corner. We'll see how much pleading down comes about, if any.

Why is UND's expansion in its geology, geologic engineering, and petroleum engineering programs a big deal? Well, ask SD Mines graduates. They make more than Harvard graduates. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-17/harvard-losing-out-to-south-dakota-in-graduate-pay-commodities.html

Can't happen. The 'earth-loving', enviro-nut extremists on every campus in the country would hammer us for advocating the pilaging of 'Mother Earth'. We'd surely be known as the "fracking bas---ds" in no time. Tell me I'm wrong.

NDSU - North Dakota's Signature Usurpers

No, Massey has UND at #16. http://masseyratings.com/rate.php?lg=cf&yr=2012&sub=11605

You need to refresh your browser or have your eyes checked. Massey has UND at #16 in FCS this week. http://masseyratings...=2012&sub=11605 (USD is #24.)

Sometimes Ron is right.

Again, what does this have to do with class A misdemeanor voter fraud charges filed against 10 current and 3 former NDSU football players? This is serious stuff, even if leaders of NDSU’s athletics department don’t seem to think so. I guess I'll take the hometown newspaper being famous for restaurant reviews instead of it having to point out the seriousness of crimes to local athletes and university leaders.