The Sicatoka

I guess I didn't realize how few mens sports UN-Omaha offers. From UNOMavericks.com: Mens: baseball, BB, FB, hockey, wrestling Womens: BB, CC, golf, soccer, softball, swim & dive, tennis, track, volleyball For comparison, North Dakota: Mens: baseball, BB, FB, hockey, swim & dive, CC, track, golf Womens: BB, CC, golf, soccer, softball, swim & dive, tennis, track, volleyball, hockey

Busy June 23? Back in BRAC.

I always thought it was "squirrel" and "nut."

One of the other 64?

I recall the one for Casey at old REA. Is it with his All-American photo in new REA? (Yes, Terry Casey was a current All-American at the time of his death.) Christian is pretty well remembered in the new REA if you go up the south escalator (wall-sized photo). Tony has a display in the lobby (Hobey).

What a quick search turned up for 2004-05 jersey numbers for projected or reported incoming recruits (this fall or next*): Alexander 2 Chorney 4 Marto 4* Jones 6 Toews 9 Watkins 9 Martens 14 Miller 15 Oshie 19* Duncan 22 Lee 22 (2 with USA) Kozek 26 VandeVelde 26* Walski 30 EDIT: Added Alexander per comment by jk.

Thanks for making me look good PCM. To be more clear I should have said:

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/11682056.htm Welcome back to "God's country", Mr. Hodgson.

Howard resigns.

The "lake" in Charleswood is storm water retention (so it doesn't all hit the Sheyenne at once). Look carefully to the SW of it across the street and see the valve/pump station that controls flow (in the underground pipe) from the pond to the Sheyenne. Property taxes in WF work out to be about 2.0 to 2.1% (what you actually pay on Feb 15 / street value of your house) is what I've heard from the FM mortgage folks I've talked with. That $319k house will cost you a little over $6k annually in base property taxes. Special assessment on top of base taxes are a whole other matter in Fargo and West Fargo. (In new neighborhoods like Eagle Run and Osgood you're looking at almost $400 per linear foot of street frontage* on top of the base taxes. Did I mention that's on top of the $75k just to buy the lot?) That $319k house in Charleswood could easily be pushing $10k per year in taxes to the county. I've looked at empty property in GF and just outside city limits in GF County (for a project). It was no better or worse than Bismarck or Fargo. Things are costing more and more everywhere folks. That's life. * Those specials pay for streets and sewers in the new developments. They're assessed once at "beginning of life" of the lot and the homeowner has 15 years to pay them off. Did I mention that they can add to the specials bill if they repave the street or add street lighting? It adds up fast.

They refer to the allowance of two goalies when TJ is the opposition as "The Oshie Rule".

Pretty clear which handed he shoots in this photo.

At various points throughout last season Fabian, Prpich, Murray, and Milller (at Green Bay) each had shoulder issues. That's a lot of rehab that all has to go well.

Please use his proper title: The Earl of Diving.

I thought Gopher fans only remembered Bochenski for his McGwire-esque swing.

Gentlemen, all hockey related diving comparisons must be related back to the founding father of the "Gionta Rule", Brian Gionta. :D

Nothing "inside", just a sense. Like I said:

Exactly.

Moi?

I was writing this posting epiphany and when I finally post it, this thread is here. Funny considering ... If Oshie really is coming in this fall, I'd guess, as they say in horse racing, it's by a shoulder.

If we believe the recent reports (Walski, Alexander, Martens), here's how I see the roster shaping up (names in no particular order). 15 forwards: Prpich, Stafford, Murray, Porter, Fabian, Foyt, Zajac, Spirko, Kaip, Duncan, Watkins, Kozek, Toews, Miller, Martens. 9 defensemen: Greene, Marvin, Smaby, Bina, Radke, Chorney, Jones, Lee, Alexander. 3 goaltenders: Parise, Lamoureux, Walski. With that group of forwards, Lee Marvin won't play as a fourth liner unless the unspeakable happens regarding injuries. Marvin's value is probably best suited next season as a veteran penalty-killing sixth defenseman. Scott Foyt has only skated maybe a half-dozen shifts at defense in his UND career and his most memorable moments have been when he's been playing forward. That explains how/where I list those two. I view Alexander heading to UND as a signal that Robbie Bina is probably going to use 2005-2006 as a year to make sure that neck is completely healed. I, personally, just don't see how any doctor could clear anyone having undergone that surgery into a high-speed contact sport without giving the bones ample time (a year?) to heal. A mistake could mean consequences of the worst nature. I want Robbie Bina to have a full normal life (hockey or no hockey). As far as Oshie, I've believed all along that he, and Vandevelde, and now Marto, are "early departure" insurance. If we see Oshie this fall (my guess he'd be first one in) I'd guess it's because a name in my list of forwards isn't at UND this fall. My guess at who that could be might surprise some folks (and I really have nothing to base it on other than a feeling). Not long ago, when the roster was at 24, I was saying the roster seemed short. Now, with a 15-9-3 for 27 layout (or is it 15-8-3 and Bina sits out a year) it seems shaped to meet the needs of both quality, high-speed practices and gameday competition.

Nike's CEO (Knight?) is an Oregon alumnus. The Ducks are his "franchise" and "models", it's just that these models walk on a turf catwalk.

All of those changes have to cost someone some money. The question is then: - If it's the school, is the research and laboratory equipment being "updated" and "refreshed" as often? - If it's the vendors (Nike, Reebok, etc.), do you the consumer like paying extra for your shoes just so Team X can have a fourth, fifth, or sixth jersey/helmet/pants combination?