The Sicatoka

Well, I'm looking into my crystal ball and seeing a "diverse" committee of "stakeholders" coming out with <number> final round recommendations for a new moniker for UND in mid-2011. Thus, I'll put mine out. Feel free to join in. Please include the moniker/genre and the why/why not it'll succeed.

Hey, the fool came to poke the bear, and ended up poking the wrong bear! Of course the fool should end up ripped to shreds.

If McNeil wins you just play this.

Ever wonder what a steak feels like when it sits in marinade? Well, here's close, because it's more tenderizing. The grill's comin', about October 1.

Slippery Slope Alert! Please note the author admits this is dangerous use of associative logic. TT beat UND by 25 in Lubbock. UT beat TT by 10 in Austin. Allowing for 3 point home field advantage (pretty standard) ... TT beats UND by 22 on a neutral site. UT beats TT by 7 on a neutral site. ... UT beats UND by 29 on a neutral site? This ends your Slippery Slope Alert. Please return to normal speculations.

Better summary could not be written.

What Spirit Lake did Friday should satisfy the NCAA settlement. However, ... that's only one of the two tribes required by the NCAA settlement. What's interesting is the State Board's ask: a 30 year agreement. I'm not sure that the Spirit Lake resolution (revokable) meets the State Board's self-imposed standard of an agreement (which I'm pretty sure they intend as a binding contract). I can't say I blame the board, as they don't want to have this continue as an on-going concern. In retrospect, the NCAA settlement was set to impede UND in that it required both tribes (where Central Michigan only requires one of five in Michigan). Then on top of an already high standard, the state board adds in a tighter date and a "30 year agreement" requirement. All that leads me to believe that the bar has been set to unreachable heights ... on purpose. So, who made the final decisions to sign off on the NCAA settlement and the state board's additional requirements? And what were their motivations and intentions?

I am being told by a source that the recent actions of Spirit Lake are of no matter. The State Board set the bar unreachably high on purpose, with the intention of dropping the name. The deal is done. The fix is in. The name is gone come October 1. (I'm repeating what's been passed to me so please don't shoot the messenger.)

Schedule says 6 pm. http://www.fightingsioux.com/SportSelect.d...amp;SPSID=58644

NDSU 59 Staten Island Sea Chickens* 28 * Wagner College Seahawks UND 27 NSU 20

My favorite play ... Landry for -2 yards ... on purpose. 0:41 to play UND defeats UTPA 3-0 in volleyball UND 2-0 in GW VB. Landry for another -2 ... game. UND 27 NSU 20 Sutton: runs for TD, throws for TD, blocks punt.

Free kick NSU ... from NSU 20 Recovered at the 39 by ... Jake Landry. Scary.

NSU 1st and 99 yards with 63 seconds. SAFETY! They shotgunned it out of their own endzone! That had a bow on it ... GIFT!

4th and 5 UND. UND attempting a 53 yard FG ... fake punt. Downed at NSU 1 yard line.

And right on cue we lose the feed ... I'm listening off the KFGO tower. When the feed goes down I know it first.

Solum for 2 to the 39. TO NSU.

UND ball at 41. Tyson Heiser. NSU has 3 TOs.

1:43 2nd and goal NSU from UND 9. Touchdown NSU. UND 25 NSU 20 93 seconds to play.

1st and goal NSU. 2nd down. Hawkins is limping off (cramps).

1st down NSU just inside the UND 30. 2:20 to play. 3rd and 1 from the UND 21.

3:15 to play ...

NSU hold on 1st down. 1st and 20.

Fumble ... 4th down NSU. Leans for the yard. 1st down NSU. 4:20 to play.

I believe Drake and Valparaiso are in the same FCS (but no scholarships) conference. Then again, Massey has Drake rated higher than Wagner (and to save some others from looking, Sioux Falls is above both of them).

Today's "why you need to pay attention in math class" moment: St. John's 31, Concordia (Moorhead) 12 with under 5 to play: Concordia pulls the pick 6 so 31-18. And Concordia's Horan calls to go for ... one. They hit to make it 31-19. But going for one was the wrong play. They're down 12 still. Going for two (and making) would have made it 11, and that's a TD (and two) and FG. That's doable in 5 minutes with the Concordia offense. Being down 12 is the same as being down 13, or 14, or 15, or 16 (two TDs). They should've gone for two: - If they make it's a TD and FG game. - If they miss it's still two TDs. Thus ends the math lesson. There will be a drop quiz at a later date.