The Sicatoka

The Big Ten commish has already stated that if they needed hockey affiliate members they'd prefer Division I schools, FBS Division I schools* (and UND is FCS). So while I agree with the sentiment that Scott is putting out (the DIs looking out for the other DIs), UND might not be DI-enough in some eyes. * http://boardsroom.blogspot.com/2009/10/strange-bedfellows-why-big-ten-hockey.html

I hear Minnesota is thinking about playing hockey ...

Crazy as this sounds ... when are they going to bring in some defensemen. Before you all jump all over me, hang with me for a second: Genoway, Marto, and LaPoint are in their last years. Blood is a pretty big flight risk after this year. MacWilliam made big strides last year. If he repeats that could he be a flight risk? That leaves Gleason (now F/D), Hill (who won't see much ice), Forbort, and Simpson, with only Nick Mattson in the defenseman pipeline. Assume (only) Blood leaves early, that leaves for 2011-12: MacWilliam, Gleason, Forbort, Simpson, Hill, and Mattson. That's not enough.

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The green is Pantone 347. http://www.und.edu/dept/purchase/docs/Styleguide.pdf The pink is Pantone 189. http://webapp.und.edu/dept/our/printToolkit/colorsPrint.html Pantone Color System

I think the key word in there is ... want. They don't want to do any of this. What they have to do is shore up the viability of a conference and correspondingly their programs and budgets.

"This is a dynamic phase in college athletic conference alignments. We anticipate additional changes in conference membership on a national scale for the foreseeable future." -- USU AD "(TCU FB coach Gary) Patterson strongly suggested Wednesday afternoon that "more dominoes" could soon fall, although it is uncertain if he was referring to anything beyond the MWC's addition of the two WAC schools." -- ESPN story

The guy that wrote that ... he's crazy ... like a fox.

Dig deep and you'll see UND's been doing many (unadvertised) things for many, many years. UND wasn't appreciated. And in UND's time of need it was kicked to the curb by Standing Rock. What else to expect from a government that Third World Nations look at and laugh. UND will go on just fine without the baggage of JTA and RHHiT. Success is the best revenge.

Montana alone is not enough to save the WAC given the bleeding it's done so far.

Central time zone teams in a predominantly eastern time zone conference seldom move back westward. It's a "television" thing I suspect.

But did you get it right?

Trivia time: UND's Athletic Director was previously the Athletic Director at _______. Hint:

Fixed your post.

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Jesse Taken Alive and Ron His Horse is Thunder poisoned the political environment at Standing Rock such that the council voted no. They won there. So, in response, some of you will stop donating to UND. Do you really want to give those two a second win? Folks, the best victory will be for UND to continue to succeed without the Sioux moniker. Then JTA and RHHiT really lose.

Well, for a while, yes, according to this: http://www.venuworks.com/about_news_detail.cfm?id=28

Ah-ha. Finally, someone has said it. No one wants to be seen "just like" Mr. E. He was tarred and feathered because he supported the name and built a rink in tribute to it. And nobody likes their name drug through the mud. Now, if someone had the chance to be seen riding in on a (virtual) white horse with a great donation in UND's greatest time of need, namely, post-moniker, that person would forever be remembered as a great savior from strife. Who wouldn't want that perception tied to them? (And they wouldn't get tarred like Mr. E did by the Leigh Jeanottes of the world because the moniker is gone.)

Clearly not. Eskimos are indiginous peoples --> Right back on the "Myles Brand" list.

And a chaser! And a bonus, because it's the month we're all looking forward to ...

Double shot!

Kenny, Michael, and their "Brothers" had this figured out long, long ago ... "Sioux", she's gone. What we believe we created it "never made her think twice". http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/doobie+brothers/what+a+fool+believes_20042480.html

Yup.

First, his name is Robert O. Kelley. Next, Tom Clifford actually stated that if he couldn't get the tribal councils to support the name even he'd have to change it. Folks, the name was dead the minute the settlement agreement called for *both* Sioux tribes in ND having to approve it. The chance of Standing Rock approving it has never been good.