The Sicatoka

<ding!> Winner!

That's why I saw him "wrong-handing" some post-game handshake lines ...

I've heard this notion somewhere before .... think-think-think ...

How dare you not be there covering Reed Soderstrom's back.

Target Center has never been a great facility and the ice there was always poor. Then again, poor ice, that would be a great preparation for the teams for the poor ice in some of the NCAA tournament venues selected.

This I agree with. Make each Alerus logo 80% the size it is now and slide each left (as you read them) and center them on the 25 yard lines. You'd end up with one on the NW corner of the field and one on the SE corner of the field. This would actually get the logo on television (MARKETING PEOPLE!) more of the time. And it would leave mid-field open for my avatar to be put there.

Saucy ...

I was asking "attendance" not anything more.

So, Chewey, Fetch, DaveK, where you there?

Today's lesson: the difference between important and critical. Important: Critical: That ends today's lesson on the difference between important and critical.

Dakota Dome holds 10,000. I'm thinking this is more of a "market USD in Sioux Falls" action.

Don't you normally pick a neutral site game because the neutral site has a larger capacity than the normal field used by the home team? You'll never see a UND v NDSU neutral site game in Mayville for instance.

Thanks for the update. I guess you'd be the knowledgeable expert about continually delayed construction plans ... (cough-BSA renovation-cough-cough).

The problem in this year's playoffs is simple: The NHL gave a nothing sanction to Shea Weber after bowling Zetterberg's head into the glass. What did that tell the players? - Those concerns about concussions? Nah, forget it. - Those game suspensions from the regular season? Nah, forget them. With those in mind the contact picked up and too far. Now the NHL is scrambling to regain control after screwing up the Weber situation. How can I prove that? Gee, both the PIT @ PHI and NYR @ OTT games had penaties called in the first 30 seconds of play --> message sent early and loudly.

Tell that to the States of Mississippi and South Carolina.

Torres' hit was in Game 3. My guess? He'll get four games to guarantee he won't see CHI again this season.

Seriously? I thought you were opposed to misuse of that word.

Playing time issue or could this be related to Hastings going to MSU-Mankato?

Yup. Heard it on SportsCenter. Torres left his feet ... again ... making a hit.

No, that was the beginning of the end of the end. Al Carlson's folly was the middle of the end of the end. The end of the end of the end comes when the Honorable Federal Judge Ralph Erickson rules sometime after 2 pm on Thursday of this week.

She was planning on a DIII in Wisconsin before MSU-Mankato came along. That speaks for itself.

Apparently free runs are open season. If Phoenix is taking them at Hossa, Chicago should take one at Whitney or Doan.

That's the one part that still grinds my gears in this. Who the ---- does the NCAA think they are when they are demanding timelines from sovereign nations? If the NCAA really respected the tribes and their soverign status and their opinion, they'd respect a decision whenever it came.

Can anyone find the link to the original story about SL filing against the NCAA in Federal court? I'd like to go back and re-read the SL filing (and the NCAA's responses if there are links to those too).

Folks, it's time to end the "coulda-woulda-shoulda". It's time to live in present realities. Reality: - UND is under sanction - UND will not be allowed to host an NCAA playoff game even if earned - Minnesota won't play UND - Wisconsin won't play UND - Iowa won't play UND (and has uninvited UND from a competition previously planned) - the Big Sky has stated concerns about UND's viability as a conference member under continuing sanctions Folks, the NCAA has cut UND. The choices are: - act to stop the bleeding - bleed out If SL v NCAA goes SL's way, that'll be the new reality. Deal with it then. For now, stop the bleeding.