The Sicatoka

Hyslop has more asbestos than a WWII battleship engine room. And the pool is leaking. Walsh was in rough shape in the late 1980s. (I was an RA there for more than a day we'll say; I saw parts or Walsh that still give me nightmares.) Bek and Hancock were outdated. Squires was vintage between the east and west halves of Walsh. It was showing age in the late 1980s also. West and McVey needed placing. About all of housing, kids today do not want stucco walls and asbestos tile floors. Memorial Stadium should've been condemned and thankfully has come down for MVI, which ushers in MVII and Albrecht Field. And pick your other eyesore: married housing west of West; Strinden Center; Conference Center. All needed a date with a D9 and got it. I'm sure some of the decisions are based on compressions, footings, and water table. Many building that have come down were vintage 1960s and early 1970s when construction technique was lacking and energy efficiency was unheard of. I'm not sure what to say about the CF Auditorium beyond replace the (dated) red velvet or replace the facility. Merrifield and Twamley are getting renovated. UND had half a billion, yes, $500,000,000.00, in deferred maintenance on the books when Ed Schafer arrived. He went with reality and not nostalgia. Kennedy finished the task. University Ave looks different today to me. Different but better.

I moved a bunch of "facilities" conversation from here to the "Facilities Master Plan" thread (where it belonged).

The cliff is real. I'm not seeing anything in that that isn't reality (aside from UND's enrollment in the 1980s).

I assume you can read, so, go and read it.

There's a pulse ...

No Rodgers in GB; no D Cook in MIN; Bears gonna Bears. I picked the Honolulu Blue Cats in August.

No bumping threads. Do not post in threads for the sole purpose of making them rise to the top of the display. Avoid posting in old threads or responding to old posts without compelling reason. https://forum.siouxsports.com/guidelines/

The "Forever UND" campaign has kicked off the public phase and gone live. https://undalumni.org/forever.html

Podcast retrospective: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-und-hockey-podcast/id1652915803 " ... Ludvig Peh-shon ... " is the goalie. 19:40 mark. ... but he's rolling with "person". And Benoit is Anglicized ... "Ben-oyt" Full pronounciation guide on 12 of 21 https://fightinghawks.com/documents/2023/10/6/Notes_231007_Manitoba.pdf

Our track record with what should be overmatched teams from Sioux Falls, SD, isn't great ... looking at you Chris Mussman.

Whew! Thanks for clearing that up. I'd hate for someone to have ... bumped or spiked ... your beer.

Why would they play at Applebee's? Was the Betty booked with something else?

Are beet harvest and hunting season new ... or every fall.

It's all about the clicks. Bring on folks that drive the clicks.

I heard a bunch are trying to make the trip up for the exhibition.

We have some small/slight dudes (Gaber, Blake, OMac, Perron, James). Let's hope the not-so small/slight dudes (Johannes, Kunz, Komzak, Pehrson) understand the "unwritten" part of their responsibilities. I call it the "paint rule": My guy is covered in green paint; I see any of that on you I'm taking all the paint off you.

Michael Kay being available to ESPN to do a national broadcast for a wild card series is something wonderous also. Berrios was a victim of "the analytics" is what I heard.

All teams, all victories, start in The Room.

Based on online rosters of last and this season, Ethan Frisch (5'11") would be the second shortest defenseman this season (Livanavage, 5'10").

I see a late entry (after Aug 21). As Benevolent Dictator and Herr Kommissar for Life of this thread I will accept the late entry, however an automatic ten point penalty is applied to the entry's score. Others may submit late entries under the same penalty; however, all entries are closed as soon as the chart comes out from @UNDMhockey Twit-X on Friday the 13th.

Your nudge of me elsewhere got me to nudge @jimdahl. Credit Jim, our beloved and hallowed administrator, for manually resetting some things for you.

Having a former USAF General and well respected nice guy with strong academic ties (USAFA) in 300 Twamley, in a "Grand Sky" world, is totally right guy right time right place. And I'm hearing he was all in on Chaves "Alston Awards" plan from the start.

Hang with me while I flesh out this notion ... The top two lines (and probably PP units) are like the "diamond" (1-2-3-4) in a Blue Angels or USAF Thunderbirds show. Everyone comes to see the speed, skill, and precision of the "diamond". But what about 5 and 6, the solos? The solos are guys who can make their own noise, show their skills independently ... or while you're so worried about the diamond leaving the main show surface they sneak up behind you and boom they blow the toupee off @Oxbow6 head. Dylan James is Angel/T-bird 5 or 6. He can fly in a group but as he showed late last season don't lose sight of him or ... he sneaks up behind you and boom. You need a seventh forward like James (can fly solo and still wow you) in a "top two lines" world. (Wes Dorey was that guy in 2000.) However, I want us in a 9-3 (top three lines) style, so yeah, get the pieces together for 9-3.

Why'd you redact; why not the full t-shirt quote: I'M BACK BIOTCHES! (front) THAT'S FOR YOU G-G (on back)