The Sicatoka

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.

In recent years when 1 and 2 are both from "east" or "west" they've crossed the regionals going to a Frozen Four. For example, 2007: Rochester, NY played Grand Rapids, MI; Denver, CO played Manchester, NH. They did the same in 2006 and 2005. Putting #2 overall Miami (?) into Colorado Springs puts them in the west (as a west team) and allows them to "cross" the bracket by having the Colorado Springs bracket play an east bracket. nodakvindy's gues-timate would cross Madison/Albany (1/4) and Colorado Springs/Worchester (2/3).

Let's assume the top four are ... CCHA winner tonight CCHA loser tonight North Dakota New Hampshire UND winning today saved the committee a ton of issues: #1 overall goes to Madison #2 overall is a western team and should go to the other west regional (so sayeth history and precedent) #3 overall no longer has a western site available -- east they go (and they love making UND travel) #4 overall is eastern with an open eastern site I agree with nodakvindy's take at least for top seeds. I believe tonight's CCHA title game will determine who goes to Madison and who goes to play on wide ice at altitude (probably against the home team).

The conundrum is this: Given the shear and utter lunacy of a "cowboy themed" party in this climate, and still going with it , changing the UND moniker will do nothing but change the UND moniker. See: Oklahoma State, Colorado College, et al. PS - TRex, if you don't realize the moniker is gone already, you really haven't been paying attention. PPS - Didn't Ron His Horse Is Thunder recommend "Rough Riders" as a UND moniker. Think about it.

Uh, Colorado College hockey players, "black face", this season, ... ring any bells?

Dear Bob Motzko, Even if you're not scheduled to play a team, it'd be wise to look at box scores or recaps from other league games from the week before. For example: Shelast with six seconds left, to tie. Then maybe, "Howe, with 13 seconds left, to win" could've been avoided by your team. Oh well. You missed it.

Acting Co-AD Brekke is a BB guy. That's a pretty good vote of confidence.