The Sicatoka

With both at 7-1, which school has played the tougher schedule? Let's go to an objective source: Massey. School StrOfSchedule* UND 132 NDSU 171 Thanks for coming out. Johnny, tell 'im his parting gifts. * smaller number means more difficult schedule, UC-Berkeley ("Cal") is 1.

You missed a key to the context: 4 of 21 is top 20%. Very nice.

A recap of things that came off the pages at me (things in quotes from the NCAA brief): "Because membership ratification of all governance decisions is highly impractical" But the DI and DII manuals say:

Dilks writes an article and presents it to Dogbert: Courtesy and original credit to Scott Adams, Dilbert comic strip, 15 May 1989.

I know it'd strain a finger but a scroll up to Post #4 would find: " ... one-third of the highest regular established ticket price as established prior to the season ... "

Dear Gary (and willing accomplices of all sort), Although your timing of this spectacle was near perfect (last day to drop and the week before the hearing for preliminary injunction), your public, education-self-immolation will have a total meaning of zero in the matter of "State of ND (et al) v. NCAA."

Interesting.

Western Kentucky just announced a move to DI-A. Go here and look at their average attendance in the last 10 years. (scroll, link in link under "LT Smith Stadium") Don't get fooled by "total", or "highest single", look at "average". How's that going to work?

..., or not.

Thursday is "game day" in State of ND (et al) v. NCAA. Has the NCAA filed anything with the court yet?

Earl would need verbal permission from Jack Abramoff first, as would Kent. And Byron, he'd need written.

Birds of a feather....

I'll give ya a definite possibility of a for-sure maybe, or not.

For one side of the issue AISS can do "one-stop shopping" for you by pointing you to their favorite website. Where you'll struggle is finding out about things like Mr. Lapointe's behavior here. That's not as interesting to the media (for whatever reason). My point of view on digging for truth comes from a quote by Dr. Kupchella to US College Hockey Online:

... we live in interesting times.

What are you talking about? She's offering to send unsolicited, informational mail to someone's house. "Capitol One" does it to me four days a week. Is that harassment?

I have to say "hold that thought just for a minute". What are the long-term goals and strategies of the various conferences and how do they align with the long-term goals of the schools?

We can't look at that. It would prove that an American Indian can do wrong and that breaks the DS's template. And it would prove what someone said to me long ago: Some of the biggest bigots I've met are the anti-bigot bigots. You see, the Dakota Student digging into the story at all would be having to admit to DS readers that the DS story about a Native American grad student leaving UND because of his "high-minded principles" proves that the Dakota Student is a shill for the name-change advocates and allows itself to be shamelessly used by them. PS - How does the "Dakota Student" keep that name. The staff isn't all "Dakota", but mainly caucasian. Heal thy self. PPS - " ... caught red-handed fabricating ... racist material ... " Why hasn't he been charged with a hate crime?

McFeely continues to rip away. The judge's comments on the statements by some of the NDSU coaches are priceless.

That would require a journalist, even a student one, to do real work covering a story. (Only "sudo"-reporters work. )

The Big Sky folks could be facing a geographic dilemma soon: - the western wing of the BSC is making "departure" noises for west coast based conferences - the Mid-Con and Gateway are creeping west - they could soon be marginalized into a mountainous wedge of the country for a footprint Where will the BSC find schools even further in the future if they don't do something with the footprint now? I don't claim to know how this will all turn out. But I do know we live in interesting times.

Miller winning it this week, eh, nothing special. I'm sure lots of guys from Georgia have won it. Hey, Kozek, Watkins, take note from Brad. Your turns are next. Get on it.

This just in: George Ellis 1 NDSU 0 The story. McFeely chimes in also. PS - I'm sure NDSU lost only because Judge Marquart attends Sioux Boosters luncheons. It has to be more of "The Vast Fighting Sioux Conspiracy."

Think you missed part the first time.

Mentioning "on retainer", .... Only 8 days until the North Dakota Attorney General and the NCAA's attorneys meet in Northeast Central District Court.