The Sicatoka

On the plus side, ... We never have to listen to the "wind" from this one, BRIDGES, et al, ever again. Better? Now Leigh Jeanotte has no leverage. Leigh wanted equal. Hope he likes it.

Correct. And clearly the tribal voters may be ignored by their electred representatives (the tribal councils). Like I said before, that would make for great comedy.

That needed repeating.

You mean like this?

You mean home of the Dickinson State Savag ... You mean home of the Dickinson State Blue Hawks?

From the GF Herald: Cool, nothin' for the name maybe.

Based on the results from the vote at Spirit Lake, ... The ND SBoHE just really, really, really jammed up the tribal councils, do they: - Follow the voters, or - Do their own thing (and maybe face voter wrath at the ballot box later) Hilarious. When you have power (like the ND SBoHE) and have to make a decision where someone, no matter what, will hate you for it, what do you do? Hire a consultant: Ron His Horse is Thunder ... you're hired!

Ah, the Summit League, where their house is so clean Tom Douple can worry about others'. Last month at Centenary College ... http://apnews.myway.com/image/20090513/Old...docid=D985H2P02 More info: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090513/D985H2P02.html All y'all have a fine day.

Sam Dupris goes to Dickinson ... an American Indian speaks truth to power:

Saying "name the schools and cities" is bashing? Really? And I never said the valuable thing isn't already gone. Heck, I believed this when it was first put out there. Now, back to bashing: Bashing would be saying I expected more in exchange for "Sioux". But I never said that.

The following is an "on your honor" quiz for Sioux fans. Answers are not to be posted here to maintain the integrity of the quiz. No "Google"-ing for the answer, other than to check your work. Grade your own quiz and just report how well you did: It's Pass/Fail grading, all correct or you fail. Since so many are willing to trade "Sioux" for "Summit" ... Name the current membership of the Summit League, and the cities in which they are located. You'd better know what you're getting in return when you're giving something valuable away.

Shocked, just shocked, I am at that statement. Or not.

Hobey? To Europe? Krog. Sejna. PS: Blake > Krog

Folks, folks, folks, ... another key and relevant section: Let's parse that out, assuming a 10 game schedule: - six of ten games must be against FBS schools - five of ten games must be "home" games - one of the "home" games can be at a neutral site against an FBS school The answer is clear: Play an FBS school at a neutral site and use it as a home game. I believe other schools have done this. (Didn't someone play Tennessee not in Knoxville but in the Titans' stadium in Memphis?)

Luckier deflection: Ladd's tip or the tip by "The Mule" for Detroit's second goal in game four. I say very few could make either* and thus that's skill. If you or I could do that we'd be gettin' paid to skate too. Detroit's problems were because 40, 81, 93, and 96 were invisible for the first three games; 5 and 13 can't do it all. Notice that 93 kicks up a little and the Ducks get plucked. That series turns on 40, 81, and 93 Red. If they don't show, Red don't go. * Ladd tipped it through his own five-hole to get it past; from high-slot Mule tipped it from over knee high to make a 45 degree turn and just inside the near pipe.

Only 3967 in attendance last night and the UP Center holds 5000.

That is correct (section 14.5.6 "4-2-4 College Transfers"). So, did Forney transfer to a 2-year school, average 12 transferable credits per semester with a 2.000 GPA, and graduate from a 2-year school? That would be a big signal as to his thoughts of returning to UND or going elsewhere.

The USHL year worked out just fine for Quinn Fylling because he didn't transfer. That USHL year for Quinn was his "fifth" (some call it "redshirt") year under the "five academic years to complete four seasons of competition" rule. A quick review of section 14.5 of the 2008-09 NCAA DI Manual shows that if you tranfer, yes, you must complete an academic year in residence at the new institution without competing before you become competition-eligible. In Forney's case the "five year clock" he started in fall of 2006 at UND is running. 2006-07: freshman at UND 2007-08: sophomore at UND 2008-09: at Green Bay, USHL 2009-10: ? 2010-11: ? If he were to transfer that'd say: 2009-10: completing year in residence at new institution --> no NCAA competition allowed 2010-11: last NCAA eligible season If he were to come back to UND that'd say: 2009-10: junior at UND 2010-11: senior at UND Now here's where I can really confuse you all: Forney, during 2007-08, met the criteria* to request a sixth academic year to complete four seasons of competition (see 2008-09 NCAA DI Manual section 14.2.4). He'd get to play during 2011-12 if the NCAA granted the sixth year. (However, given the year away in the USHL, I wonder if the NCAA would grant a sixth year at UND or anywhere else.) * He was injuried in NCAA play, played in less than 30% of the scheduled games that year, and none of the play was in the second half of the schedule that year.

I can envision a scenario where a year from now Gregoire, Malone, and Frattin are all leaving early. Highly likely that all three go? Not really, but possible.

Shall we parse that? Let's. Miami's next three guys were 12, 9, and 9 points. Alternatively, UND had ten players who scored 20 or more points, six return, including second in team scoring Chris Vande Velde. UND's next three guys were 17, 17, and 17 points. UND returns four defensemen who saw extensive time (30 plus games each) plus Corey Fienhage (9 games). And UND returns Brad Eidsness in goal. Miami's credentials: Good for #1. UND credentials: Not even a mention. No worries. I like "under the radar".

This is the bulge class. 2008-09 roster (25 players): 8 seniors 3 juniors 6 sophomores 8 freshmen (<-- I don't expect to have to replace all 8 at once, I expect some early departures from this number) -- or looking at it another way -- 3 goalies 7 defensemen 14 forwards and Brad Miller ("The Brad Miller I know plays forward," says Ryan Duncan.) I'm torn on your statement: I'd like to see a 15F, 8D, 3G (26 player) roster shape (ala the Blais years) to help cover injuries. Bringing in another player in fall 2009 would take the total to 26; however, ... - that makes the bulge worse - the shortness is more at defense than forward - the team has more forwards waiting in the wings (no pun intended) than defensemen If you're looking to level the bulge, you replace the seniors this fall and bring the "26th" player in next season to try to flatten out that "gap". However, I don't expect we'll be losing just 3 (Genoway, Vande Velde, Zajac) a year from now.

I still go with what I said here in post 151 and in post 158.

For Omaha today -- Shortest trip 548 miles. Allow me the leeway to say 555 miles and 548 miles are insignificantly different, and that in a potential 12-team (BSU, UNO) WCHA UN-Omaha would have 8 teams in that 555 mile range. That's eight conference foes closer than their nearest conference foe today! Better? Tech would be their second longest trip (by miles), yet in their present conference they have four trips longer than that (OSU, NMU, LSSU, UAF) right now! Seems "simple math" to me.