The Sicatoka

I listened to the whole thing online. The Board's attorney got some tough questions, but he handled them well. Soderstrom and Durick were taken to task much harder at times just by the tone of voice in the questions they got.

The NCAA is a private entity, not a state actor. Only state actors are required to abide by the Constitution's First Amendement.

Zucker. DU advances.

The specifically asked for the date June ballots would be printed. I'll say before that.

Yes.

Oral arguments in the SBoHE case are done.

The FSN guys in the truck (director's cut) are hoping against OT in this game. Whiners.

Yup. Just plain ugly --> an incomplete bridge truss in the colors of bloody stool and dehydrated urine.

... or having good internet at work.

But that's not this case.

Soderstrom and Durick got asked some questions that left them stammering for an answer.

Why do I chuckle whenever I hear the name "Dusty Jackson"?

DU and MTU tied at 1 with the Zamboni on the ice. Twenty minutes (at least) left.

TV, ... interwebs, ... http://www.foxsportsnorth.com/pages/gopher_hockey_livestream

Got RealPlayer? Listen to the NDSC today at 3 pm: http://www.ndcourts....rt/webcasts.htm

Tech could easily have 4 or 5 instead of a tied game.

The word or the logo can not appear with UND in any form at an NCAA event. Not the team. Not the coaches. Not the administrative travel party. Not even the official school band travel party. That's the NCAA policy. Plus, don't forget the penalty: Game forfeit. (Predatory, defined.) And as I noted earlier this year, just try to find the word or logo on the mask of Dell, Eidsness, or Maris. (Hint: You won't. That right there is a statement from the hockey coaches and administration about what they knew was the NCAA's willingness to relent on this issue at any point.)

I stated this same thought a couple weeks ago. If it was just UND deciding to suffer a fate only UND should suffer consequences. But if the whole state decides but only one would suffer, that's not right, so ... If the whole state votes for such an amendment, the whole state should suffer the fate. Call it "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." And yes, the precedent exists within the NCAA as state laws in MS and SC trigger sanctions against the entirety of those states.

Reality check time folks: Jim Dahl and PlayoffStatus.com both show UND with a better than 99% chance of being in the NCAA tournament next week. So, where's the new gear? And I say gear because it's not just jerseys. The helmets say "Sioux" on the front and have the logo on the sides. The breezers have the logo on the left leg at the cuff. And the undergear has the logo. UND can't show up with the word or logo anywhere. Where's the new gear? Not debuting it until stepping onto the ice in a week would be a mammoth distraction.

No, lately, unfortunately, that's irrational optimism.

His basis is that he's sitting with his fingers crossed, his legs crossed, his arms crossed over his chest, his eyes squeezed shut tight, bobbing forward and back slightly, and murmuring, " ... they gotta win, SL has gotta win, oh please-please-please ... " That'll carry a lot of weight in Federal court.

SL is Butler in the 2010 and 2011 NCAA MBB tournament: They might go on a nice little run and have some satisfying battle wins along the way; but in the end, the empire (UConn, Duke, ... the NCAA) always comes out on top.

Leave your girlfriend out of this.

They should've challenged the original law instead of going along merrily.

Honestly, given that response to a shoe, I'm not sure how some won't be coming after this: