The Sicatoka

Considering NDSU softball couldn't score in Tempe, 3-0, 11-0 (mercy rule*), let's hope they get back to Fargo and find a way to console themselves after the season other than a visit to Mr. Schultenover's. (As a matter of fact, I'm sure those ladies are far smarter than that.) * 11 runs was the fourth biggest whip ASU (47-17) has put on an opponent this year only exceeded by the margins of 15 (20-5 v. South Alabama), 13 and 12 (13-0, 14-2, v. South Dakota State). Congrats to the Jacks for actually scoring.

So you're saying I need to read not just the sentence I quoted but the one before it for full meaning: I guess the key phrase there is: " ... a transition to a new nickname and logo wihch do not violate the Policy ... " A blank space contains no race, ethnicity, or national origin based relationship. I guess that meets the key criteria: Not violating the Policy. But it's not very marketable.

Random musings after reading a couple dozen posts: - All of our NCAA titles were won by the University of North Dakota or North Dakota. That's what I find in the record books. - Someone's claiming (paraphrased) "these will be all new teams". Well no kidding. It's an all new team representing the University of North Dakota that steps onto the competitive surface every fall. You're going to get hung up on what the shirt they are wearing says? - Going for a short while without a moniker/logo might work, but over the long haul you need a marketable moniker/logo. How do I know this? Show me a school in the top 100 of merchandising without a moniker/logo. - Additionally, you need to create that moniker/logo for yourself, control what's yours to control, or someone who may not be your friend will do it for you. - And now, today's "Hey-Hey-Hey!" life lesson from The Cos ... "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." -- William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr., Ph.D.

The Northern League baseball franchise in Fargo-Moorhead is the R--H----. That's why that won't work.

Didn't I say that?

Grant Shaft was in Chicago meeting with Tom Douple and we didn't know it until recently. Do we know where else Grant Shaft may or may not have been and speaking with whom.

'Always' and 'Never' are words that don't leave a lot of margin for error or the unanticipated.

Fish. Barrel. And clean out you PM inbox already. It's full so no more incoming for you.

Sweet! Does it come in green or do I need to invest in some Krylon? PS - Geaux, empty your PM inbox! It's full which means no one can PM you.

DI Hockey titles count. DI is DI. UND Swimming & Diving (men or women), although massively dominant in the NCC and DII, never won a DII National Championship. Get me about thirty 25-year-old Canadians (that's for our Goofie friends), some sticks, a couple nets, and the Alerus Center and I'll get you a DI mens lacrosse title.

I can kill this thread in just four words: Big. Ten. Hockey. Conference.

An old SK600 Cooper-bucket ... and here I thought they were all (thankfully) extinct. The styrofoam packing peanut lining in those protected you from ... well, ... not much. Maybe we could go really fugly-old-school and find some green "Mark Messier special" Winn-Well helmets. ... or not.

Oh butterflies and unicorns ... Just tell me that Schultenover, Humber, Troy Jackson, and the DUI-crew would still be at NDSU.

Now folks are starting to get it. After "Sioux" is gone a guy dead for seven years will be the next target. You can bank on that. Heck, they dug him up to kick him around at Spirit Lake last month.

Question: Do you pull off Band-Aids quickly or slowly. After pulling slowly for a while don't you realize it's gotta come off and just rip it? Ron His Horse's has the power and that's that: After some slow pull, the Band-Aid's coming off. So rip and move on. PS - Would you be happier with a 5-3 vote? It's the same place. PPS - Go Cavalry.

The ND SBoHE effort was shut down (by RHHiT) before they could even reach out and try.

Folks, just like a tango, it takes two to negotiate an agreement. Ron His Horse is Thunder effectively flipped the bird at UND the day the NCAA/State of ND agreement was signed. Ron His Horse is Thunder effectively flipped the bird at UND in Dickinson at the ND SBoHE meeting again. Ron His Horse is Thunder has no interest in negotiating anything. As long as that's the position of one side, it's over. But don't blame the ND SBoHE for it.

Yup, more than once we've heard all that matters is DI, so, following the guidance given ... DI NC NDSU (this space intentionally blank) UND 7 Mens Ice Hockey NC Not much more to say

Don't kid yourself, "current" is a feeble attempt to escape and elude what active players were doing off the field. The media will continually remind everyone that these things happened while they were a representative of NDSU on the football roster.

A while back, when I heard about the three NDSU football DUIs in a short period of time I started to wonder if where there's smoke there's ... Sorry, couldn't resist. However, along with those three DUIs was this: Read all about it. http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/237652/

Wasn't there an old joke that Wayne didn't know Grant Fuhr is "of color" until the team photo because he never got to that end of the rink to see Grant? PS - When did Wayne or Grant play for UND. This thread is "former players" of UND.

Mentioning "catalyst for social change", where all could that go I wonder. Read on in the link for notions.

Do you have any hamstrings left?

Geez Doc, be careful. You'll pull something if you keep stretching like that. PS - I like my avatar better.

I'm sure most of you have heard the phrase "grade inflation". Well, consider this affiliation inflation. "We're too good to be NAIA, we're NCAA Division II." "We're too good to be NCAA Division II, we're Division I, but we have to make up a sub-category for football and call it FCS." "We're too good for FCS, we're going Division I FBS football." The core of all of this: Greed. Tournament revenues, especially the DI mens BB tournament. But like I've asked for over half a decade already: What happens when the biggest of the bigs, the BCS conferences*, decide they would rather keep all the money rather than share it with the wannabees and pretenders. What happens when the BCS conferences leave the NCAA to form their own alliance and negotiate their own television deals.