The Sicatoka

You "Spirit" conspiracy theorists out there, you may be onto something:

Isn't it clever how UND avoids answering this question? It only says that when UND decides to choose a new nickname, it will tell you about the process it used. It doesn't say that anyone outside of UND will be part of that process. " ... the process ... is implemented ... will be announced to UND students, staff, faculty, alumni, and friends." They'll tell us the process after it's been decided. Dare I translate that? I'll try ... ...when we want your opinion, we'll give it to you.

Well, here it comes, or at least the first stepping stone on the path: http://nickname.und.edu/logo/?page_id=503 So, who decides what a " ... manner that is respectful ... " is?

Someone will end their season on four game road winning streak. That is all.

OK, I'm not Perry Mason. Heck, I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. So which of these is accurate?

So what exactly does the Legislature expect to accomplish with this? First, does the Legislature expect the NCAA to back down when it's told the ND State Legislature of ND has made "Fighting Sioux" state law? Seriously? The NCAA is so full of itself that it'll scoff at the folks in Bismark. Book it. And I'm really confused by the bolded sentence. " ... shall consider ... "? Hey, if you're doing this, it'd better be for more than "shall consider". And mksioux is right: The anti-trust angle was already dismissed with prejudice as part of the settlement. There is one angle in this that hasn't been tried, and should have been long ago: First Amendment. The NCAA is a "public actor" when it comes to intercollegiate athetlics (as there is no governmental intercollegiate regulating body). Try as it will to claim it is a private organization it is still made up of many, many public entities receiving state and federal funding. How will judges view a conglomeration of public entities trying to stifle free speech? At this point, I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry ...

Fixed that for you.

Then you'll be interested in the teams in here ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Midwest_Lacrosse_League

Great one-liner from a former teammate (who also loved to throw the puck up the rink and ended up icing it more often than not): "The only connection on most of my two-line passes was some chick's hand slapping my face." {ba-dump-bump ... TING!} Thus ends today's installment of "The X's and O's of Hockey" (or in his case, not too many X's and O's ... if you know what I mean ).

A newspaper guy with nominal broadcast experience?

KFYR - Bismarck

Some of us made that tour on our 19th birthday. The law hasn't always been 21.

I'd guess that unless you're a local, or going to events in GF coming from parts east of GF, you probably don't venture downtown to eat. That's probably even more true now with some of the restaurants along 32nd Ave S.

Which "academic" are we talking about here? The Charles E. Kupchella academic, who was on the record with USCHO saying how he thought the debate on campus was good. He stated that debates like this, with many shades of grey, are real and encountered every day in the world and how it sharpens minds to consider all the views and nuances, or The Robert O. Kelley academic, who is talking a great game about open and transparent process, but things just seem to 'happen' the way he wants them too. But no one really seems to know how. But the outcome seems pre-defined to Kelley's liking. So which "academic" flavor do you favor: Open thought and debate, or rubric handed down from on high.

There's a group than can help with that ...

KRACH says that UAA should be able to beat UND roughly one of every four games. Did you hear that you Friday night floppers? And just in case any of us forgot ...

In other news ... the sun rose in the east this morning.

It's bad when I think I could shoot free throws as well.

I agree with this, but I'd add really tough penalties for drinking and driving, up to and including if you're drunk and kill someone with a car you face the death penalty.

It is always good form to post quotes from a movie where a main character wears a hockey jersey.

Allow us to go to the ultimate oracle on the Kristo situation ... Thank you Ferris Bueller.

That's normally at least 6-8 weeks.

If Rocco Grimaldi was six inches taller I'd be very concerned. I'm guessing his drafting team will want to see how he performs against bigger, older players for at least one year.

Right now, given the Olympic ice cluster in the middle of the standings, I'd say it's more likely than not for UM to play another Olympic ice team. Current WCHA standings - home ice size UND - NHL DU - NHL UMD - NHL UW - Olympic (200 x 97) UNO - NHL UM - Olympic CC - Olympic SCSU - Olympic UAA - Olympic MSUM - Olympic BSU - NHL Tech - NHL

Participate in a big lie. That make him Tom Douplicitous. And then to not reap the end reward (UND in Summit) of the big lie makes him Tom Doufus.