The Sicatoka

I assume you've all heard the "breakin face" theme song.

Adam Wodon's take (minus a few league media guides for spell-checking names ) followed by my thoughts: 1 BC - a gimme pick 2 Michigan - they were freshman dominated this past season 3 Notre Dame - feel good pick but, I'm not so sure, slide down a couple slots 4 CC - until March and April, again 5 Minnesota - apply the standard Minnesota off-season overrating factor and here they are (but who's gonna score?) 6 BU - I don't see this at all, replace with UNH 7 UND - departures control this 8 Wisconsin - seems too high, replace with DU 9 Miami - no Ryan Jones, go to 11, replace with Michigan State 10 Northern Michigan - reasonable given their finish Dark Horse? Minnesota State - Mankato. How will being shunned motivate them for 2008-2009.

您的母親是很醜惡的 .... Honk!

You're such a tease, taunting me with the notion of lax again. To me that actually sounds more like M/W BB for the short-term.

Folks, please quit feeding the trolls. They'll become virtually extinct after UND changes the name. They'll lose their only soapbox, their "cause celeb". Don Quixote will not have a windmill to tilt at. Thus, we'll never have to listen for this reason ever again. They'll be frozen out, and UND will still be going to Frozen Fours. That, friends, is the best revenge, as it's both self-desired and self-inflicted: on them, by them. As I've told many: Be careful what you wish for. You may get it.

I was going to post something but instead .... [shuts mouth] [pulls hands from keyboard] [refuses to publicly rumor-monger claims overheard in Colorado] [ends post]

Jake showed some pride and desire on that play. Sadly, it may have been the most energy I saw in a Sioux jersey all day Thursday. It took a freshman from Grand Forks to break up getting shut out in the semi-finals. Thank you Jake for showing some Sioux Pride (for self, team, and jersey) in a tough situation. (You have my vote for an extra letter on a jersey some day.)

What is an Athletic Director's job? No, I'm serious. What are the job responsibilities? This is in the link previously provided (emphasis added):

The NCAA has exams that coaches must take and pass (things like knowing recruiting rules and dates, and what you can and can't say about recruits, and scheduling rules, and such) to be "certified" as an NCAA coach. Do similar things exist for administrators like the Athletic Director position? If so, - what do those exams focus on? - do all of the possible candidates (and this mystery potential entrant) have the credentials to be certified?

I'm not exactly sure that's what Hakstol said at media day today .... Optimistic? Yes. Certain? No.

That's my question too. If he's best qualified, why not apply first and scare the rest off from applying? Letting someone jump into just the final round seems unfair to the others who applied at the start. But if the posting says "until filled" then letting them apply and be reviewed and making a "pass to Kelley or not" decision like the others seems appropriate also.

The hits just keep on coming ...

Just when you think it can't get any better ... 4,500 early copies of (campus newspaper) The Spectrum vanish at NDSU

I normally love Midco but today ... not so much. I have ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPN Classic, but not ESPNU. And Midco doesn't do ESPN360.com.

Fargo Forum:

Fargo Forum: Better? Good timing there, eh? Now ... Blackface? Were the Colorado College Tigers hockey team there too? Or ... blackface, cowboy references .... Is this somehow related to the history of the previously all black 10th Cavalry ("The Buffalo Soldiers") and a "hostile and abusive" misuse of the Bison (buffalo) moniker and mascot? I think, just to be safe, NDSU should change the Bison moniker. :D

Further proof of why even though you can post something .... should you? This forum isn't a closed-door conversation amongst friends.

If you see someone qualified to receive services from American Indian Student Services wearing a cowboy hat, should you file a complaint? How about if it's kilt at a Halloween party? A Greek toga?

I thought I might be able to come into a thread with this title and figure out which recruits are still playing and how all of them are doing statistically. Silly me.

Makes ya wonder what breakdown really is happening.

There's a lot of maturation needed from all sides on this issue.

10:30 am Central on "The Deuce" (ESPN2)

JackJD: Changing the name won't prevent the next "cowboy" party on any campus.

Six WCHA teams, two of them hosts, a 2 and a 3(!) really made a mess of this. Troy Jutting has to be wondering a lot of different things tonight ....

It's the fastest growing HS sport in the US.