The Sicatoka

The NCAA voting body is university presidents. You really think that group, politically as politically correct as they come, will give ground on this issue? Not. Gonna. Happen. (Not without a court order.) Honestlly, after they finish off North Dakota I seriously believe they'll be looping back one more time for CMU, then Utah, then the crown jewel: FSU.

And me without a pitchfork or a torch.

FYP. I remember that because I heard someone once refer to those who followed Saigo's path as "Saigo-paths" and Leigh Jeanotte's followers as "Jeanotte-heads".

My gut says the guy will drag this out until summer. Let's enjoy this weekend and hope there's at least one more after.

An alien? If he's an alien he's about to do an "abduction" on this guy. To me he looks more like an amateur, free-lance plastic surgeon about to perform a "procedure" on a "patient" name Turgeon.

YAHTZEE!

And tournaments can change policy, can't they?

Nelson's a natural center and wants to play center. He may have power forward height, but he doesn't have the power forward body (yet). If his goal for the NHL is to play center he needs to stay another year in college and center a top line and learn the defensive responsibilities of the role. If it's to play power forward, he needs to keep adding mass to that frame.

That's the one. Thanks!

Betty is 90. Marilyn is only in her 80s.

Someone had listed a website somewhere on this site that showed the chances of teams making the winning its division or making the post-season for all sports (MLB, NFL, NHL, college hockey, etc.) but I can' find it or remember it. Help?

So if UND "wins none" at the Final Five, there is a 6 in 1000 chance that UND finishes 14 in the PWR (and an 85 in 1000 chance they finish PWR 13). However, in that same "wins none" there is no listing of how UND'd finish 15 in PWR. Basically, if UND loses Thursday, and the worst case scenario happens (6 in 1000 chance --> UND at PWR 14), it would still take two tournament upset winners (see Jim's * teams) to knock UND of the NCAA tournament (PWR 16 is Atlantic Hockey, it'd take surprises at PWR 14 and 15 to knock out UND).

Dang that the Russian Tea Room isn't what it was in the 1990s. I'd have loved to read her critique of their interior design and food from that era.

Just read Brad Schlossman's blog where he mentions many folks don't put much faith in pre-season polls. Well, who would've predicted this for UND (and keep in mind Rocco Grimaldi was the preseason ROY): Andrew Panzarella has more points and more assists than Grimaldi. Taylor Dickin has the same scoring line for the season as Grimaldi. Dan “Jim” Senkbeil has more assists and as many points as Grimaldi. Aaron Dell has as many assists as Grimaldi. And "high-scoring, natural-born sniper," defenseman Andrew MacWilliam has as many goals as Grimaldi has points. And somehow UND has a good shot at NCAA post-season.

Temperatures in the 60s this week. Must be a sign of spring (football).

Another game where the first shot on the UND goaltender goes in. That makes 8 (more?) games started that way this season. That's a decade's-worth in a season.

Wouldn't folks in ND attempting to affect the SR election be equivalent to Chinese nationals attempting to affect the outcome of US elections? Standing Rock is a "soverign nation" and all, ya'know. Let them make their own bed. They have to sleep in it.

You said the magic word (albeit misspelled). John Hoeven was Governor when the settlement agreement was signed. His former chief of staff (Bill Goetz) was NDUS Chancellor at the time of the settlement. It's Bill Goetz's signature (along with NDAG Wayne Stenehjem's) on the settlement agreement documents. As Exec Branch members, they answer to Hoeven. And let us not forget Goetz's statement about (paraphrased) a fundamental shift in public policy the day the settlement was announced. That fundamental shift could have only come from one office: Gov. Hoeven's office. Now Hoeven is US Senator John Hoeven (R, ND), and in an even better position to bring pressure to bear. Again, nothing. Many point to President (Dr.) Kelley, the Stanford Indian Cardinal, as the problem. Dare I say a bigger and longer problem in this drama is none other than the Dartmouth Indian Big Green alumnus, John Hoeven.

Wouldn't surprise me because the NCAA lives by the motto, "We caught Ohio State cheating and we're so angry about it that we're putting Youngstown State on probation."

He'll lobby the NDSC to change things to the way he thinks they should be.

That's three weeks old. And Kelley has no power in this anymore. It's been taken up by the ND SBoHE. He can only react.

You killed Kenny.

I've had to deal with media on a complex issue in the past. They get it exactly right about 30% of the time, close about 40% of the time, and the other 30% we'll assume something else happened.

Leave Don Henley, Glen Frey, et al, out of this.

The NDSC is the final arbitrator of constitutionality of state law.