The Sicatoka

So the Bobcats win a 2-1 game over a team that UND beat 5-1 (when UND was short a world juniors defenseman and arguably a line that would be one of the best in college hockey in Knight-Lamoureux-Grimaldi) and folks think an NAHL team would have a shot at UND?

Actually, this is the 2012 WJC. (I used moderator powers to update the thread title.)

All I want for Christmas is a seventh year of NCAA eligibility for Case Keenum and him to have an overwhelming desire to work on an aviation degree.

I hope they don't do the trendy/flashy thing like Boise State and EWS and do the field and striping in school colors ... oh, ... wait ...

The best year of Mitch MacMillian's juniors or college career was 2009-10 with 61-32-93 and 94 PIM in 59 games. His center that year was some kid named Mark MacMillan. Not sayin', just sayin'; and you have to wonder if they see how much fun CC 8 and CC 13 are having.

Yes. He he'd have to sit out a year of competition: To be eligible January 2013 he'd have to be enrolled January 2012.

So we're complaining about the building sponsor logo on the artificial surface under the roof of the football stadium the team plays in. (Note: Most schools don't have "artificial surface" much less "roof".)

Mitch MacMillian was supposed to go to Northeastern (red and black). Instead he went to SCSU (red and black). Does this mean he's going to Omaha next (red and black)?

Don't you have five calendar years to complete four years of competition? He's a sophomore and he didn't redshirt. He's burned 1.5 years of 4 years of competition. If he were to transfer to another DI school he'd have to sit a year (five year clock at 2.5 after that) but would still have 2.5 calendar years to finish 2.5 years of competition.

FCS is a sub-division of Division I football. The holder of that sub-division championship can claim to be a Division I champion; however, there will still be many, many better college teams. That's the difference between Division I football and Division I hockey: Hold the hockey title and there's no other DI sub-division. You're it. There is no other DI team better.

I'd chalk it up to "counting abilities".

I think the Big Ten should hold their hockey tournament in United Center in Chicago. For numerous reasons (moniker policies, memories of the past), Minnesota and Wisconsin would surely enjoy all the Blackhawk logos in that arena.

There will always be kvetching about that.

I'm sure they feel special when they sparkle in maroon.

Flat (aka matte) black, ala Rutgers, I bet. http://www.nikeblog....elmet-uniforms/ OkySt did a flat grey and a black (not sure it was flat).

Would it be wrong to comment that Jewish hockey players will ... nail you to the boards?

I still see 200 miles from SHSU to Frisco, TX. That's a major advantage for one side.

{smart-alec comment here about how it normally takes the combined scores of three NDSU students to get an ACT of 30} (C'mon, he set it up, of course I had to knock it down. )

Personally, I'd call a blunder worse than a bad call. Bad calls happen (see: WCHA officals). A blunder is defined as "make a serious mistake", or "move clumsily", or "act in a confused way". <-- That's the NCAA right there. And part of me wonders if they didn't change it to "blunder" to try to be cute ... blUNDer ...

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2102772,00.html?xid=gonewsedit Finally Spirit Lake gets on the attack the right way. Pressure the NCAA nationally. I've been saying "Federal court", but this may work nearly as well. And anyone else notice that the pro- folks (both SR and SL) are willing to talk but the anti- folks have gone silent in that piece? (And I know this is in the other thread, but it's the first major news source article that's even remotely sympathetic to the pro-moniker view.)

My guess as to what the new turf at Alerus Center will look like? See: Field Turf at Memorial.

Realities for this game: - Finals week at UND. There were two kinds of students this late in the (finals) week: those who had finals left to study for and those who'd gone home already - Week night within 10 days of Christmas. Folks need to get that last minute consumeris ..., er, I mean holiday spirit moving - Week night in general. You'll only get the 30 minutes or less drive folks.

That is a strange quote from his coach. Most of the time you see "coach quotes" about former players talking about what a hard worker a guy is, or skills, or smarts.

Saturday, Dec 17, 2011, at BSA: Mayville State (NAIA) at NDSU.

You need to learn some of the history of the double-headed eagle. Your perspective is a couple thousand years too short. http://en.wikipedia....le-headed_eagle