The Sicatoka

Uh, ..... no. That's Ali, or Diggler.

I was going to go with "jaded", but "greedy" works.

Fixed your statement.

Today's DI reminder: The sub-classifications "FBS" and "FCS" (formerly DI-A and DI-AA) apply only, *only* to football. The "average attendance" rule only applies to maintaining FBS (DI-A) status and thus only applies to football attendance. You can average 404 fans per home game in MBB and remain DI (like Colgate did in 2004).

I didn't throw "top 50" out there by whim. I had the 2004 numbers and gave myself some margin. UND has a little gold mine in Hockey. Yes, future growth should next be targetted at football as that has potential, then BB. But you have to keep your base business healthy and thriving along the way. And if it's about creating new fans, you know my thoughts on a springtime activity ....

He got the title Deputy AD (and all that comes with it) after he applied when Roger Thomas left. He is the heir-apparent at Stanford. And I have it (admittedly third-hand) that his wife is not fond of the weather in North Dakota.

Lennon chose to stay away from MSU less than a year ago. He must have gotten something. Oh wait, ... - new SprinTurf to practice on at Memorial - now this: http://forum.siouxsports.com/index.php?showtopic=9686

Is this part of the campus-wide wellness push?

Yes, football and BB need to be more self-sufficient in any move forward. There are things that can be done to make that better. However, can anyone legitimately see a day when UND BB outdraws UND Hockey? UND Hockey draws as well as the top 50 NCAA DI mens BB programs. UND Hockey averages more per home game (20 games) than most FCS (DI-AA) football programs, and even some FBS (DI-A) programs do over six home games. UND has a hockey culture (that came over a long time and with winning) just like Ohio State has football culture for the same reasons. Same thing at Duke and basketball. You can't wish that traditional culture away. You must work with it to your advantage. (As an aside: We're in a northern climate. Hockey is part of the culture of this region. That others choose to ignore it works to UND's advantage. UND pulls hockey fans from other bases because it's not available there.) So how do you deal with this other than just saying make FB and BB first (which is going against the grain that is established)? Work with it. Instead of a price increase in hockey tickets or FSC dues, make it that you must buy a either a FB season pass or BB half-season pass when you renew a hockey season pass. Sell 'em; put more tickets out there to be used. Use your advantages to your advantages. And don't ever sell them short.

They could do it, but it wouldn't be original.

Yes, but North Dakota will still have 7. That's what this is really about. It's OK, you can cry now.

And how many times must I be called a vile, desparaging term ("racist") for supporting the name before it's a problem. Heck, even the NCAA now admits that good people can disagree on this topic, and yet now I'm compared to the 1960s KKK by this author who has a constant "swastika shows up" problem on their St. Cloud State University campus (a campus with a history of this problem and behavior so much so that they've lost significant dollars and reputation in courts of law). She needs some Windex for that glass house of hers.

Anyone have the GF Herald images (you all are referring to) available to post here?

Folks need to read my signature.

Getting Purpur (and his family, think: spouse) out of Palo Alto and back to Grand Forks would require Houdini-like abilities. He's Duputy AD at Stanford and is provided a home on the Stanford campus. http://gostanford.cstv.com/school-bio/stan-purpur.html

No, those days end when the other sports aren't dependent on hockey revenues to make their, and the overall, budgets.

I believe that spat was settled. The street that runs north-south on the west of the "Nut Lab" (25th?) is the line that'll be extended to the south (to the tracks) and that's the divider.

Mr. Branch's opinion seems to be that if you use an adjective and a tribal name you owe someone some money for using the name. http://www.in-forum.com/Opinion/articles/185634 Well, if that's the criteria, what do North Dakota and South Dakota owe the Dakota? They don't use an adjective, but Iowa would seem to owe the Kiowa as would Illinois owe the decendents of the Illini Confederation. Utah would owe the Utes possibly also. See how far we can take this line of thinking. Great, isn't it.

Uh, yup. http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm...mp;section=news Given all of this hijinx, I sure hope USA Hockey is smart enough to award the upcoming U-18 tourney to a city with a complete arena. (Geez, did I just wish well for St. Cloud or Providence? OK, Providence.) As far as Blais, he's a great guy and ambassador, but does his resume show enough administrative horsepower?

Now does everyone now understand why Ron McNeil (aka Ron His Horse is Thunder) was so upset when he was given the power (the power he claimed he always wanted) to make this decision? He knew that there would be a day of reckoning, not with the "white man", but on Standing Rock, with his people, that would come with it.

Fun to use the "other side not invited" tact against the Jeanotte crowd, eh?

Sudie needs to deal with the numerous swastikas found around the SCSU campus this semester before she starts pointing fingers lest she risk the label hypocrit. Seems her "Human Relations and Multicultural Education" isn't sticking to those she's "educating".

I had it as more like 106 of 120. (They were good for about the middle 10 minutes of the third Friday, and the last four on Saturday.)

Record in the last 24 games when trailing after 2 periods: 0-24-0.

I'm working a crossword puzzle, and that's the clue. It's six letters and starts with "r" .....