The Sicatoka

People, people, people, we have a one game schedule right now: Friday, February 9, versus Minnesota State - Mankato. That is all.

Gee, would it be a good idea for me to post a picture of the dashboard of my car with the tach hangin' over 4000 rpm and the speedometer reading about 120 mph when you can see from the picture that I'm on an interstate highway? Was I an angel? No. Did I pick up an MIP in my youth? Yes. Was I smart enough to not flaunt my questionable behavior to the whole world? Yes. The internet is the whole world. Assume everyone is watching, because they will, and normally just when you don't want them to.

The bolded portion is the strawman consistently trotted out. The italicized portion is what some folks don't want to talk about. As far as Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, read the Holmes quote in my signature. Homes to intellectualism and freedom of the mind are they indeed. Put another way: Those schools can't handle any thought outside of their little box. Feel sorry for them, and the students who are being indoctrinated there.

Is that "Jeopardy" theme music in the background?

Again, if I believe everything since the last compilation .... Brock Bellmore DL West Fargo, ND Dan Hendrickson LB Minot, ND Drew Daggett WR Frazee, MN Chris Anderson WR Duluth, MN Josh Murray RB Pepin, WI Brent Goska QB/DB Wisconsin Rapids, WI Code Rose QB Elmwood, WI Kris Ankenbauer DB Plano, TX Tru Nguyen LB Burnsville, MN Catlin Solum RB Fargo, ND John Carruth WR Eden Prairie, MN Brandon Quesenberry OL Billings, MT Mike Ebanks DL Hibbing CommColl Matt Simmons OL Racine Park, WI Chris Schann DE Chandler, AZ Deryk Van Zee WR Billings, MT Mitch Goertz LB Everest(?), WI Mark Kubacki LB Stillwater, MN Brad Kelly, LB Coon Rapids, MN Troy Bryant, DB Menomime(sp), WI Nick Bylin, OL Adams, ND Domique Hawkins, DB Minneapolis, MN Mitch Kudrna, DB Dickinson, ND And updating this: In 2006 the signees brief listed 3 specialists, 3 skills, and 13 heavy recruits. In 2005 the signees brief listed 2 specialists, 6 skills, and 17 heavy recruits. In 2004 the signees brief listed 1 specialists, 12 skills, and 8 heavy recruits. In 2007 the verbals so far seem to be 2 specialists, 10 skills, and 11 heavy recruits. * specialists: QB, P, K skills: RB, WR, TE, DB heavy: OL, DL, LB

With UND ties on one sideline, and a former NDSU coach on the other, you just knew how this one would turn out.

Go (UND) Colts! Beat that former NDSU coach.

At risk of repeating myself (and someone else): "You'll know the very instant the 'Fighting Sioux' moniker is a net total impact negative for UND. And at that instant it will be changed, and not before."

I point you to my response here.

But Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin will play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, or the Idaho Vandals, or the San Diego State Aztecs, and even the Oklahoma Sooners (and a Sooner is someone who stole Indian lands "sooner" than it was legal to). Hypocrits. H-Y, P-O, C-R-I-T-S. Hypocrits.

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I read a claim once that 401k/403b contributions are not counted as "savings" in surveys like this. Fact? Fiction?

Hey! That's my line!

I dunno, just maybe showed poor judgement, possibly terrorized his neighbors/neighborhood with the sound of gunshots, shut down a major street, and cycled Fargo PD for a couple hours. Eh, not much I guess.

I'm sure the UND School of Medicine's Pharmacology program would gladly take the research (and dollars) instead.

Never two truer posts made.

A busy day relating to many of North Dakota's campuses ....

You say medicine to UND. Then you try to play "chemistry". Well, medicine required basic and bio- chemistry. Chemistry would go to UND with medicine, and thus chemical engineering and ... Pharmacy would be at UND. As far as engineering, you're not going to create the Red River Valley Research Corridor with only one school with the fundamental fields of engineering. PS - Ask the Dean of UND Med where he thinks the Pharmacy program should be. PPS - Go here (definition of pharmacy) and tell me what root word appears more often: medicine/medical or chemsistry/chemical.

Is that big, and likes to run, back-up Florida Gator QB transferring in?

May as well tweek this too: In 2006 the signees brief listed 3 specialists, 3 skills, and 13 heavy recruits. In 2005 the signees brief listed 2 specialists, 6 skills, and 17 heavy recruits. In 2004 the signees brief listed 1 specialists, 12 skills, and 8 heavy recruits. In 2007 the verbals so far seem to be 2 specialists, 8 skills, and 10 heavy recruits. * specialists: QB, P, K skills: RB, WR, TE, DB heavy: OL, DL, LB

If I believe everything since the last compilation .... Brock Bellmore DL West Fargo, ND Dan Hendrickson LB Minot, ND Drew Daggett WR Frazee, MN Chris Anderson WR Duluth, MN Josh Murray RB Pepin, WI Brent Goska QB/DB Wisconsin Rapids, WI Code Rose QB Elmwood, WI Kris Ankenbauer DB Plano, TX Tru Nguyen LB Burnsville, MN Catlin Solum RB Fargo, ND John Carruth WR Eden Prairie, MN Brandon Quesenberry OL Billings, MT Mike Ebanks DL Hibbing CommColl Matt Simmons OL Racine Park, WI Chris Schann DE Chandler, AZ Deryk Van Zee WR Billings, MT Mitch Goertz LB Everest(?), WI Mark Kubacki LB Stillwater, MN Brad Kelly, LB Coon Rapids, MN Troy Bryant, DB Menomime(sp), WI

Indeed, and as you watch that high-tech, digital television on Sunday, while chatting on the digital cell phone with friends about how the Super Bowl is progressing, just thank this UND alumnus: Yeah, The world is just catching up to this UND graduate.

I must've not copied and pasted that full release. Here's the full.

You realize that most of aerospace engineering relates to materials, and structures, and dynamics. To teach those you need the core courses of statics, dynamics, and material sciences, which are traditionally civil or mechanical engineering (freshman/sophomore) courses. Plus, biomedical is now about structures, materials, electricity, and electronics. That's mechanical and electrical engineering core coursework. By saying UND should have Aero and Bio, you're saying UND needs Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical, which, thus, negates NDSU's need to have them because they'd be ... duplicate.