The Sicatoka

"Good luck. The Lord loves a working man, don't trust whitey, see a doctor and get rid of it. Bye Grandma!" -- Navin R. Johnson

Was Faison called to testify? If so, he had no choice (or face contempt). And what choice did he have when testifying? His boss' boss told him, "Change it." His boss told him, "Change it." At that point his personal opinion isn't worth a bucket full of warm spit. He has to do what he's been directed or he's out of a job.

Listened to Lou Nanne on the radio yesterday (on KFAN). His thought: UM needs to fill their arena to keep the budget working. Penn State and Ohio State won't do that. Nanne's idea: - Dodge Holiday Classic becomes: UM, BSU, SCSU, MSU-M - Play both UMD and UND annually (one at home, one on road) to get a full annual weekend gate at Mariucci.

I made no such comment or statement. I commented on your singling out of Metis as "different" and wonder why you would. Don't you love diversity?

The only statement on topic that matters is that of the omnipotent NCAA. Their Executive Committee report on Native American Mascots states the following (pay special attention to the bolded words):

Traveling Wednesday seems early. To me it would seem travel Thursday (early) and get in a late skate, then a light, early skate Friday morning is all a team should need this time of year.

We can dream ...

UND is currently *not* on the NCAA "naughty" list because of the settlement agreement, hence the games you mention. What comes next is anyone's guess.

Actually, only three CCHA schools are MAC members. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Collegiate_Hockey_Association#Membership

Wait a minute here ... I've seen a guy in a Gumby suit and a guy in a green "body sock" at UND hockey games. If the University of Mars shows up to play hockey, will UND be accused (because of those fans) of being racist to Martians?

Implied in your statement is an undercurrent of "Who is more Indian than whom?" And that question just reeks of ...

What's even funnier to me about this? Minnesota is not the "treasured M" in that conference. That belongs to Red's boys in Ann Arbor. Here are your {insert year here} final BTHC standings: Michigan Minnesota/Wisconsin/Michigan State <- rotate order on yearly basis Ohio State Penn State

Just in case keep the sack cloth and ashes handy.

He's right in that statement: A bunch of folks at the NCAA are trying to tell Spirit Lake their vote means nothing.

In the future could you add some dramatic music in there, something like " .... bah-buh-BAAAHHHH! ..." in there? It would add to the effect.

So you admit sultan's post is fact?

Russell deserves a better fate. His team won their exhibition opener, and then went 3-0-2 (beating NMU, LSS, and MSUM, tied NMU and MSUM). But from Oct 16 to that freaky Friday (Feb 18) in Denver the number under the "W" did not change. I guess no coach would survive "zero for four months".

I'm saying I sure hope they can point to other times they've flown to Bismarck to lobby at the Legislature or there will be more and more questions.

I sure hope UND can point to precedent on this.

He probably lost a bet.

Nah. I'd rather see folks complain (as a minority opinion in a minority demographic) directly to the NCAA. They'll listen, right? They've listened to other minorities of minorities in the past. Or is there something someone of northern European heritage might be missing relative to say a Native American.

If your ancestry is northern European please commence flooding the NCAA with protests against the University of Idaho Vandals. Q: What's a Vandal? A: "The Vandals were an Germanic tribe ... "

Hey, look who the pilot is. To all of you who say "if only a North Dakota guy" I say Bruce Smith flew Shaft to Bismarck and when Smith was lobbying for the job Kelley got he said he'd change the name. So there's your "from North Dakota" guy.

We haven't always agreed. Here we do.

Is there a scenario where UN-Omaha faces the ultimate punishment (no NCAA bid) after getting swept by The Beav?