The Sicatoka

The numbers on hockey: Men: http://www.uscho.com/news/2005/02/28_010122.php Women: http://www.uscho.com/news/2005/03/01_010126.php The UND women are "N/A" because the program hasn't been around long enough to have a graduating class.

Using Chris Heisenberg's site as a reference, I've added notes to where recruits have committed to (if they have).

There's still only one puck. Who didn't UND land because they didn't want to be in Parise's shadow? Who won't Minnesota land because they don't want to be in Kessel's shadow? Hockey remains a team game.

Thankfully Mike Eaves' "Clinic on Running the 1-2-2*" is leaving Grand Forks with the Sioux having 3 of the 4 weekend points. * Also known as "Eaves' Cure for Insomnia".

As it sits right now, if UND gets just one point or UMD fails to earn just one point UND gets the home ice. Put another way: UMD's only way to achieve home ice is sweep Wisconsin and have St. Cloud sweep the Sioux. Here's another thought for UMD fans: UW wants to hold onto third place (as in no play-in game at the Final Five) in the league standings. They need two points to guarantee that.

redwing77, don't fret it. Someone just doesn't seem to like "sudo"-reporters for US College Hockey Online.

Don't you hate it when old guys wander off?

I perceive that "Gopher" means "dirty, rotten, cheap @##%&@#%!" Is that what Gopher means? (<--- That's rhetorical. ) People will always have their perceptions. Fact and reality matter.

Central in the final. GFRR up 4-0 with one period to play for the other birth in the final. The more things change ....

Read the whole post linked to. An expert in native languages says it doesn't mean that.

Are you sure that's what it means? A fairly reputable source would disagree. http://siouxsports.com/forums/index.php?sh...indpost&p=44780

You're about 20 hours premature. (ND HS hockey semis are in The Ralph tonight.) If you were The Sioux you'd take another stupid penalty and be down 5x3 for good chunk of that.

Assuming they have the skill, here's some light reading for "duckies and bunnies". http://www.fightingsioux.com/sports/mhocke...RELEASE_ID=3360 http://www.fightingsioux.com/sports/mhocke...RELEASE_ID=3367 And here's what all that means: http://www.national-letter.org/

Doofi? It must be the plural of "doofus". I like it!

Don't the Gophers have some, how shall we say, "track record" or "history" in that area?

Here's who was out when UND scored: 15,8,27,18,G34 (SHG by 15) 11,29,15,8,18,G34 (G by 11) I see three or four seniors on the ice for every non-empty net goal. I see freshmen and sophomores out at forward when UND scores. The freshmen scoreth, and the seniors giveth away. Seniors. Leaders, right? Then why did the team elect a junior as captain? What's that alone say about this senior class? The saving grace is that I see an on-ice leader for next season emerging.

To quote a great line, "show me the money," and you'll convince me. I reference my statement to Montana and their recent $1,000,000 athletic budget deficits.

I had one come back at me. NDSU's numbers for this year aren't in yet. You'd hate to have that come back at you. PS - How do you go "L, L, L, W, W" at a tournament and win it? What format is that?

Higher TV ratings. Revenue positive championship for the NCAA. Each has its merits. What you chose not to address is this: Sure wrestling is taken care of, but why not deal with items that could be revenue positive for the budget (like star2city mentions)? For example, the BESC for volleyball is a facility many DI programs would envy and volleyball has that potential for fan interest. PS - How'd Bison softball do against BU, UCF, and Longwood this season?

Knowing that Harmeson is UND's NCAA faculty athletic representative, that was a gimme bet as soon as RT announced he was moving to the NCC commissioner job. Harmeson is also chairing the search committee.

Wrestling? Softball? The words of many an NDSU fan, namely "Nobody cares about ....", are ringing here also, but even more loudly. That's a nice wrestling room. And it would fit in here almost twice: http://www.visitgrandforks.com/main/ralph A 30,000 seat stadium at Valdosta? Would anyone in the south not be in a football stadium on a Saturday afternoon? Valdosta appears to be getting the capital expenditures for facilities taken care of before having to raise the annual capital of an expanded annual budget. I believe I'm seeing that same theme at UND as star2city does as well.

Can I choose having c. Both.

I wonder how much this past weekend will play into the awarding of The Virg Foss Award (given to the team that best follows an outstanding first half of the season with a second half collapse).