The Sicatoka

Why come after me? Go after Mario Lamoureux. He's the one that said, “If anyone’s focus is on a jersey or what we’re wearing, that better change right away. We’ve got one focus." Seems Mario is more interested in playing and winning than what is on his shirt. Good for Mario. PS - Oh yeah, I'm really a plant. I joined this forum in October 2001. I supported the moniker and logo, until it because a net negative to the University thanks to the NCAA.

At the time Stenejhem signed he stated that he'd worked with the Tribes in the past and believed something could be worked out with them. That's diplomacy. But Standing Rock would not discuss the matter.

You're locked onto blaming the current administration. The settlement agreement was signed by the ND AG (Stenejhem) and the NDUS Chancellor (then Goetz) before Kelley or Faison were at UND. The State's lawyer and Kelley's boss (the Chancellor) had settled this before Kelley and Faison got to UND.

Ruling? No. March 15 was the date that oral arguments were given before the Court. No date for a ruling was given. I'm speculating that it'll be before June ballots would to do the printer.

Seems a great green horde will be overtaking The X for another weekend.

DaveK, Fetch, Chewey, somebody called and left a message for you: “If anyone’s focus is on a jersey or what we’re wearing, that better change right away. We’ve got one focus." -- Mario Lamoureux, captain, University of North Dakota mens hockey. Seems Mario believes what is in the jersey is far more important than what is on it. Jersey, no jersey. Nickname, no nickname. Mario wants to win. Get out of his way.

I'm assuming you misspoke here because if not you really, truly have missed the entirety of the discussions and should go back and re-understand the situation. But just in case you really were serious, the answer is: The NCAA. Sanctions under the moniker include (not a complete list): - no use of the word or logo at NCAA post-season events - no hosting of NCAA playoff games <-- devastating to FB and WH (NDSU's FB title run was done hosting maximum home games)

What would the NCAA tell Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Louisiana - Monroe, Arkansas State, and the others that changed due to the NCAA moniker policy? "Oops, changed our minds again. Our bad. Sorry for the hell we put you through." The moniker policy will only expand in the future. How dare I say this? Look at the words in the Settlement Agreement that I posted yesterday. The NCAA added specific language talking about what happens if no tribal approval exceptions are allowed under the policy in the future. They added that because that is their end game and end goal.

... if the national media gave a damn about the policy or UND. They haven't since Aug 5, 2005, and don't expect it to change. The media is somewhere between useful idiots and willing accomplices in this as the carry many similiar political views to the NCAA folks that concocted this policy. Looking to national media for help on this will just leave you looking.

Someone call Geraldo Rivera!

Ryan Duncan stars in the remake of "Scarface" ... "Say hello to my little friend."

Aren't ... you ... out west?

And they probably trim their fingernails by putting their hand into a running meat grinder.

Allow me to point out two little quotes from the Settlement Agreement: Folks, honestly, the State of ND didn't, wouldn't, put that into the Agreement. That section had to have come from the NCAA and it is a pure "tell" of what their end game is (no exemptions), and it's not just UND. UND is a stepping stone to the NCAA's end goal of "racial cleansing" of all collegiate monikers. We're a speed bump on their road to bigger things.

Could the NCAA find a problem with UND's transition paperwork? Definitely. That's how they roll. But would the NCAA also be smart enough to make sure the problem was with the transition paperwork and not a targetted expansion of moniker sanctions? Yes. If the NCAA wants to find a way they'll do it but they'll also do it in a way where they stay "clean" in the process.

Heck, even Coach Hakstol has said that UND Athletics, even UND Hockey, with a Sioux moniker under these sanctions (including "NCAA best practices scheduling" by Minnesota and Wisconsin = never seeing them in Grand Forks again, even non-conference) will face a long, slow, but sure, degrading slide. Hak is a frank and ernest enough, and confident enough, guy that he would walk and find another job before being forced to say something he didn't believe. And he said it.

LIke I've said before, who most hopes UND shows up in St. Paul this weekend and gets caught with an accidental word or logo? Western Michigan. Minnesota. Boston University.

I wonder how long until the next university tells UND that it won't schedule UND because of the moniker (the NCAA best-practices scheduling policy).

And it's not a beef so much as Carlson looking to consolidate even more micromanaging power into the Legislature and more specifically into his grubby (House majority leader) hands.

I'd say captain Mario Lamoureux and his teammates were done a great disservice if it was an intentional sabotage. The last four and a half periods from this team tell me they could win wearing even Minnesota's ugly jerseys (not that I'd punish Mario and the boys with something that horrific).

We haven't lost a home playoff game (and the associated revenue and advantage), ... yet. I wonder what Rob would say if someone makes an honest mistake and the NCAA forfeits our hockey team on Saturday (or Sunday ).

Replace "Sioux" with "Dakota". Put my avatar on the shoulders. Swap green for white, white for green for home. Done.

Unless any of those have the forbidden word or logo on them. I believe the gloves have "North Dakota" stitched on the cuff. That's OK. The black hockey pants have the logo on the front of the left leg. That's a fail. The helmets have both the word and logo (but those are stickers I've been told). That's a "fix" to use. Somehow Dell and Eids didn't include anything "forbidden" on their masks this year. Coincidence? I think not.

Looking at the copy of the NCAA rule book I have (a couple years old), it only says the team must be dressed "uniformly" (all the same) with the visiting team wearing dark jerseys and dark stockings. The jersey has to have 10" numbers on the back and 4" numbers on both sleeves or on the front.

No, more of a detailed inspection and compliance officer. If I were the other I'd probably work for a fascist organization (like the NCAA).