The Sicatoka

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).

Back to jerseys: Anything but the block letter "North Dakota" from the Pres. Baker era. Where are Schlossman and Haga? GF is normally "leaky". Where are their grainy, leaked photos (taken with a Nintendo DSi by someone claiming to just be playing "Backyard Hockey") of the new sweaters?

I didn't mean to derail this thread so let's stop here. There's a whole forum answering this question. Please go there. Thanks.

You could put a lot of "thought bubbles" above the various folks in that picture. It's ripe for epic "caption this photo" usage.

I'm just the idea man.

Want to make a simple, clear statement? Bring a big poster with a Florida State logo on it with the words: This is acceptable; UND's is not.

The media will make this as big of an issue as they think they can (to sell advertising, it's what they do). Putting it out there early takes the steam away. Otherwise, the post-game (heck, if it's Kevin Gorg ... in-game) questions will come about "distraction".

Like I said,

Weigh that against the game-day distraction. I'd rather get ahead of it and have it be secondary on game-day.

Put me in the "I think that's a mistake" column.

The ones I've seen always just say "University of North Dakota". If that's an issue: charter.

I'm public service minded.

I hereby volunteer my time to see the cheerleaders through this (below) process that I've defined. You can do the same with the band and with Jayson Hajdu and the athletics admins.