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Great notion! Syracuse could cut a deal with "Minute Maid", 'cause we know of all the citrus crops grown around Syracuse, NY. Then again, I said just cut a deal with this car manufacturer and keep the green (their racing color*) thus putting Myles Brand's lame-a$$ Pontiac to shame. * be sure to click "Emerald"

Bruneteau? How would you pronounce that? Something like "brunette-oh"?

"undsportsfan": You're of a different point of view on this issue than the majority (of both American Indians and the general population). That's OK. Open, rational discourse is what makes this country great. Like it says in one of the briefs to the court, even

Biggio and Bagwell? Bergman and Biggio? We're definitely in need of a non-blonde--oh, ... are we in need.

Apparently except for Phillippe Lamoureux.

I'm gonna have to press the "no sale" key on that one. Orangemen.

Don't you love how the story is the one of the five and not the four of the five? Go Cavalry.

Would we start up the "Big Ten Hockey Conference" then?

Should Bison fans who said UND would never move up with Kupchella at the helm be critiquing others' predictions? Now, somebody go find the numerous posts where I predicted UND would cause the dominos to fall something like, oh, I don't know, maybe this:

Isn't that hostile and abusive to Scandenavians, you know white peo.... Never mind.

I'm surprised they didn't go Stanford/Harvard/Dartmouth/Cornell and "be" a color (cardinal/crimson/green/red). Go Fuchsia!

Bracket for proof: http://www.ncaasports.com/soccer/womens/br...t64_dyn/2006/DI Will we get the "flaming spear show" by FSU in pre-game?

Oh, they could, if they started today, in roughly the year 2020. Again: Not. Gonna. Happen. Goodness, did UND and NDSU fans just agree on something?

Not. Gonna. Happen. If Augie is staying DII and looking at the NSIC, and given that SCSU, MSU-Mankato, and UMD are staying DII, I see the NSIC getting bigger and maybe splitting into two divisions very soon. Or, maybe Winona State, Bemidji State, C-SP, one other NSIC join the core NCC of SCSU, MSU-M, UMD, and Augie. You'll see one of those two scenarios long before the one you posed.

I'm thinking the Christmas reference was a ruse and you've all been played like a stereotypical dumb blonde in some bad movie. With sincere apologies to all blondes, I need a more non-blonde shade around here. Please. PS - brianvf, you forgot Scott Foyt.

I hope for no TV. Get your butt off the couch and to the game.

(WYO, I hope you understand this isn't aimed at you, you just set it up.) The "academics" argument is crap once I point to some of the DI "student"-athletes that can't read their (alleged) high school or college diplomas. Who was that all-pro defensive lineman for the Washington Redskins that admitted he couldn't even read? There's a case study. The (dare I say predatory?) transition period was instituted to stem the tide of schools moving up a level to get an (unearned) share of BB TV money. Yeah, it's about money when it comes to the NCAA. Shocking, eh? NDSU is getting hosed by it; and, if they would win Saturday, SDSU would probably be also. But, it's what the contract (NCAA Manual) says and that's what we have to live by. If you want it changed, get it voted on by the membership.

From Judge Jahnke's decision:

We're left to do the heavy lifting again ...

Why do the words "FSU" and "tribal approval exception" scream into my head all of a sudden ....

" ... boomerang effect"? I've normally heard it as, "Payback's a ..... " Don't forget UM-Duluth's.

If Brand, Harrison, Westerhaus, et al at the NCAA, were confident a vote on this would go their way, why wouldn't they have done it already? They've already had the January 2006 convention opportunity come and go, and could have put this to rest then. But they didn't. Why not?

Winona State put a big scare in UND, in The Al, in the playoffs, not too long ago. That's my recollection. Coach Lennon needs to pull out that tape and remind his team that they need to execute on offense, on defense, and on special teams. No looking to anything. Winona State. Period. There is only one game remaining on UND's 2006 schedule. One. Execute.

I had the same thought.