The Sicatoka

You're saying that about a school that was top five in the (all sports) Director's Cup in Division II for most of the 1990s. That school is in year 3 (of 4) of a transition to Division I. It's not all going to be wine and roses right now.

And this is a problem because ... ? ? ? Because we're running out of space in the rafters of REA for WCHA and NCAA title banners? Because we put out NHL team captains and Olympians? Because ... UND wins at hockey? Help me out here.

The last 2000+ were bought by Buffalo Wild Wings and will be given away in Fargo, Grand Forks, and Bismarck.

Stay away from cool and trendy or you'll end up with (Jurassic Park in the theatres era) Raptors of the NBA. And when the last time a Minuteman was seen strolling through Boston/Amherst or a Volunteer hiking through Knoxville? Seen many Tar Heels (nickname of NC Civil War unit) marching through Chapel Hill lately? Jayhawks is a Civil War term also.

Yup. The Little Cyclones.

Obligatory MSU-M week commentary ...

I'm glad the Purple Cow goalie got that unconscious netminding out of his system against Goldie. Time to come back to the average oh great padded purple moo-moo. You were a bull last week; it's steer-making time. And I'm predicting none of the UND roster turns pro before the MSU-M games.

Unless you create a "keep me warm for three plus hours" app for an iPod or smart phone* this generation students will not stand in the cold to watch football. *James "Jack" Daniels and James "Jim" Beam have each created such an "app" but not for an iPod or smart phone.

Sundogs is a FAIL and a non-starter. 1) All that means is it's cold and getting colder. 2) It was mentioned first by the group (BRIDGES) that brought us this mess. No. {Bleeping}. Way. They've won once. That's enough. Prairie Dogs is not discernable enough from a certain rodent based in Dinkytown. No go.

How'd we get so young? Easy. By design of the NCAA. The rules about transitioning to DI (five-year transition with no playoffs) are intentionally set up to prevent a DII powerhouse from making the jump up to DI and winning immediately. Let's face it: At their peak, Grand Valley State University might have been the best college football team in Michigan that wasn't in the Big Ten. (Yes, I just disrespected the entire MAC conference.) Imagine if they could have, in say 2002, made an immediate jump to DI with all their programs. They were winning DII Director's Cups as the best overall DII programs. They would have beaten many, many "established" DI programs in many sports. That would be a massive embarrassment to those DI programs. Instead, the NCAA mandates a five-year transition to "help" those programs "establish" themselves in DI. No, what's really going on is the NCAA is guaranteeing that the transitioning schools are hammered with no playoffs for five years. What's that guarantee? Weak and small recruiting classes*. And it guarantees the "established" DI programs don't have to deal with upstarts (see GVSU) coming in and making the playoffs immediately and getting a share of (pay attention kids, here the punchline) tournament revenues. The five-year transition is a predatory rule toward move-ups. Nothing more. *UND is facing that right now. Look as the dearth of juniors and seniors on the rosters. Those are the kids that came in despite knowing there'd be no playoffs during their college years. That's why there are so few.

Malone 2 SCSU 1 UND 1 Does Brad get the two points in league standings? And MSU-M hit an empty net pipe with about a minute left. I thought only UND could do that.

"Bottle flu" does not count as "sick".

I think we need a common location for reporting WCHA officiating gaffes. Why not here. We know our fellow WCHAers lurk here so they'll join in as needed. And please, let's keep this focused on reporting the errors. Thank you. Our first example: http://boardsroom.blogspot.com/2010/12/about-that-goal.html My first example: Why wasn't Cichy's "pipe" on Saturday reviewed?

I'm not too surprised to see Sac and SJSU staying aligned with "all sport" conferences for the time being. For either it'd be bad to jump to a split alignment (FB in one conference, rest of sports in other) and find FB left out in the cold later for whatever reasons.

I see your Gandhi and Carl Spackler and raise you ... "The fear of loss is a path to the dark side." - Yoda "But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they." - Yoda The North Dakota Yoda has spoken.

Seems there's been some sort of problem at Notre Dame under Kelly's watch already, and not just a 7-5 record. http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/14338753/prosecutor-eyes-notre-dame-rape-allegation/rss http://jezebel.com/5703316/prosecutor-speaks-out-on-notre-dame-rape-coverup Is this a "Notre Dame" thing or a "Brian Kelly" thing? If the latter ... Makes you wonder about success, at what price, at Grand Valley State and Central Michigan and Cincinnati now doesn

The first two you list have somewhat "self-eliminated" from what I saw. I pray the pistol offense was brought in for either Demler or Comes.

Now you understand why I did it.

Nope, and my lips don't move when I read either.

No human can possibly read that in that form. Allow me to fix it. Not sure if it's all factual, or if I agree with it all, but at least you can read it now.

The NCAA "reconsidering" would mean admitting that they were wrong in their infinite wisdom. That. Will. Never. Happen. The better approach by Spirit Lake would have been to sue the NCAA. Basis you ask? In Michigan all Central Michigan University needs is approval of one of the five Chippewa/Ojibwa/Ashinabe tribes in the state, and specifically, the geographically nearest. Why doesn't Spirit Lake get similar, dare I say "equal", treatment , meaning, they're closest to UND and their approval should be enough (being one of two, which is better than one of five mind you). But ... too little, too late.

Lots of seniors and juniors. A defensive corps that has first-rounders sitting on any given night. Shouldn't that be a team that is very mature and has rock-solid defense?

YaneA: I can cure your problem, but I'm not sure the cure is much better than the disease.

I was told that fast sports on projection isn't a great combination.

Why would a Notre Dame fan know anything about NDSU? The word you all are looking for is: Poseur. P-O-S, E-U-R. Poseur.