The Sicatoka

So hockey fans in Buffalo didn't have Buffalo Sabres hockey when the team wore red and black? But now to the conundrum you've set for yourself: Your beloved Penguins changed colors in 1980 from the baby blues to the Steelers/Pirates style black and gold. So which of those aren't the Pengiuns and which ones are the "real" Penguins? Should you even be a Pengiuns fan because they changed colors in your lifetime? History of Penguins jerseys: http://penguins.nhl....ge.htm?id=56510

Different? Really? Then will the real Buffalo Sabres please stand up. So the "French Connection" never historically played for the Buffalo Sabres when the Sabres were in their red and black phase?

The franchise in this case isn't "Fighting SIoux"; the franchise is "the University of North Dakota".

Thank goodness you weren't a Washington Bullets Wizards fan.

Brainwashed. No. Coerced? Extorted? Held by the "shorties" (as Sioux-cia quaintly put it)? Yes. A lot can happen between now and 2015. I've given the key to defeating the NCAA (get the NCAA declared a "state actor"), but until that happens UND must protect its enterprise.

Sioux-cia wins the thread.

And were the moniker to change ... either, key word being experience. What you do in the future, well, as Dave Hakstol says, control what's your to control.

Dave wants what Dave wants. I want what's best for the future of UND. Strangely enough what I want aligns with what Tim O'Keefe, the man entrusted with management of UND's endowments, wants also.

Did I say it was you?

How about the loser has to take a Red River soaked, dirty, stinky sandbag and keep it their locker room until the next game.

Just like the Big Sky the way things in DI football seem to be migrating.

For the first time since January, "The Rocc" is back on the ice. http://undhockey.areavoices.com/

The Oregon Board of Education (primary and secondary schools) just did this. Higher education in Oregon (...cough...Portland State...cough-cough) will notice at some point as well.

Seems they have spoken.

I do enjoy it when someone with behavior patterns most like that of an average maturity fourth grader creates something that they think is new and novel and then has to "show and tell" it to everyone. It's so cute.

I can think of maybe four, maybe five, tribes that support monikers like UND's: Florida Seminole Nation (and the Seminoles in Oklahoma) The Ute tribe in Utah One (of five) Chippewa nations in Michigan Spirit Lake Sioux The rest are all pretty much on record against Native American monikers. Standing Rock siding with that majority shouldn't surprise anyone.

Like I asked before, what other plays are there? The courts (state and federal) are no longer options. The NCAA isn't going to listen to another appeal. They sent the Governor and his crew packing a year ago. And the Big Sky gets far more money from the NCAA than any member school so when rubber hits road who will they go with? So, please, explain it to me: What is this other "card to play"?

Tim O'Keefe does. Dave Hakstol does. And yet they have come to the pragmatic answer. What's that? Read my signature.

In attempts to talk with Standing Rock they showed up as an empty chair. You can't negotiate with an empty chair.

Injustice is the wrong word (see: Federal court rulings). An inequity? Yes, but contrary to what you may hear, all things in life aren't equal. My opinion? See my signature.

How? With what? The NCAA voted to give this power to their Executive Committee by an outlandish majority (like 1200+ to under 100). The State of ND (including UND and the SBoHE) signed a settlement agreement that says the State can't sue the NCAA on this subject again. The Spirit Lake Tribe's CUR was just thrown out of Federal court. Please explain what options are left.

What's the one knock on Hakstol? Can't win the league regular season title? No, that's not it. Can't win the league post season title? No, that's not it. Can't develop Hobey Baker calibre talent? No, that's not it either. It's "can't win the National Championship". Well, let me remind you all of the definition of insanity: Insanity is doing the same thing the same way over and over again and expecting a different result each time. I can't say right now these moves are definitely right or definitely wrong, but I can say that Hak is trying some thing different which tells me he's not satisfied and he wants that "different result" (a banner) as badly as anyone. That's what I'm happy with. Now, let's see what the different result is.

Looks like "The General's" younger brother is going to Vermont. Not sure if UND had interest. http://twitter.com/#!/GeneralPattyn28/status/203288218035167233

Read my signature. That's where I'm at.

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