The Sicatoka

MWF are down days and TR are up days this week. You're either a day ahead or a day behind.

No, they are not Sioux. They are each unique tribes (although one speaks a Siouxan-based language). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandan,_Hidatsa,_and_Arikara_Nation

They point to the Fryberg study as evidentiary? ROTFLMFAO ... has that circa 2002 "study" been peer reviewed yet?

State Sen. Bob Stenehjem (RIP) is replaced by State Sen. David Hogue, R-Minot, a UND Law School graduate, in Indianapolis, Indiana, tomorrow. Also:

A lot can happen over time and circumstances can change in a lot of ways. Where will Steve Johnson, or Chad Johnson, or Luke Johnson be in two or three years? If you can tell me that, please tell me what the stock market will do today also.

"Hat trick" Jesus? You think Jesus plays forward? Uh, no. He's a goalie. How do I know? ... Jesus saves. And Reverend Grimaldi scores on the rebound.

My swing. {bah-dump-bump ... TING!}

Better odds on Friday: - Al Carlson convincing the NCAA to change its position - me getting a hole in one.

I have no problem with the corners being off and giving up 10 yards on a play ... as long as the team is attempting to disrupt the launching end of the pass. Last year it was like every blitz package disappeared from the book. I like it when opposing QBs leave Alerus Center knowing how many lights are on the ceiling (because they've had time on their back to count them ).

There are three phases to every pass: - the launch - the transit - the receipt Interrupt any one of the three and the pass is unsuccessful. Honestly, not many passes are disrupted in transit (meaning knocked down in flight). So normally you're left to disrupt the receipt or the launch. To disrupt the receipt you have to be, well, you have to be close enough to the receiver to disrupt (separate ball from) him. So you're left with the launch. If you don't do much to interrupt the launch you're left with offensive errors being the only thing working in the defense's favor. And if as a defense you're depending on offensive errors you're really not controlling what's yours to control, specifically, interruptions to the launcher.

OK, so with no rush and the corners up the receivers bust by the coverage and score. Instead, with no rush and the corners off the receivers catch the under routes and probably get tackled. In one system one play and it's done; in the other approach you force the other team to execute six to nine successful plays before scoring, and maybe the other team can't pull it off and punts. I know which approach I'd take with a young, inexperienced group.

As goes the sack count, so goes the secondary coverage. I didn't see much pressure on opposing quarterbacks and as such they had time to stand back, look down field, survey, study, contemplate, have coffee and a danish, check their Facebook account, relook, resurvey, and then fire to the receiver that came open (because no secondary can cover for that long).

Carry permit: REVOKED.

Excuses are like {bleep}: Everyone has one and it's usually full of {bleep}.

Just remember that NDSU suffered a Freudian slip (showing who they wish they really were) when they named their mascot ... ThUNDar ...

That's just as low of a blow as the other.

You can call me a lot of bad things, but you need to take that one back.

See all the bad things the Fighting Sioux moniker causes.

... because there's no guarantee a first-round draft pick will stay in college more than two years to begin with.

It's probably too "trendy and now" ... but ... Dagger (Not bad, but I like "Green Reaper" better.)

I'm assuming you mean "all sports", not just hockey.

They eliminated the School of Communications and yet some of the clowns, er, I mean wonderful tenured faculty, from that cess pool of indoctrination based like-think, er, I mean fabulous department still are at UND.

The "Fighting Sioux" moniker caused all of this, from social problems on the reservations to LSSU being SOL with the CCHA. It probably causes potholes and chronic halitosis too.

You just stop on the spot on the circle that works best for you (or at least that's how the NCAA does it).

Honestly, between Slim and None. And Slim? He's on a train. Which train?