The Sicatoka

UND is soon to be offering more courses on its Fargo mini-campus. Of course, UND's neighbor to the south is upset by this. They are claiming its bad policy to let UND offer these courses in Fargo, claiming duplication and competition for students is wrong. But not that long ago, like last summer, that same school claimed that duplication and competition was good and cost (to taxpayers) wasn't an issue. Funny how stories change when your not on the "giving" end of it. The Story

Don't tell me you've seen Blais in "The Gorilla" mode too.

I demand all these demands not be so demanding, and ... I demand that my demand that all these demands not be so demanding be implemented immediately! I demand it!

You're looking forward to a year with no hope of playoffs?

"What Should Blais Do?" Put the team in position to win an outright MacNaughton Cup. Put the team in position to enter the playoffs with confidence. Put the team in position to enter the playoffs on a roll. Put the team in position to take care of their business. Put the team in position to take care of their own.

St. Mary's of CA versus MSU-Mankato: a game of evenly matched teams. Too bad we will never see that game because St. Mary's has dropped football.

Huh? Do expand please.

So the conference that one of NDSU's 16 intercollegiate athletics programs is in is already losing a team, in less than a week after inception. No announcements yet on conferences for the other 15 of 16 programs.

Gonchar's a Bruin. Parise's rights stay with NJD. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=74738

Yeah, but AIB has the advantage that they carry their sticks with them all the time and their guide dogs growl at and scare away the defenders.

I don't think "O & M Sioux" can lay claim to eastern-most. Doesn't a someone have a "SiouxFanInBoston" handle?

I don't see the Miami Hurricanes football program looking to recruit just Floridians. And just because a guy is a "local" doesn't mean he's the right fit for a program.

Question: If the Sunbelt really is shopping for future I-As, wouldn't they be smart enough to shop for DI-AA schools that already meet the DI-A attendance requirement? DI-AA teams that averaged more than 15000 in 2002: Jackson St. Delaware Montana Southern U. Florida A&M Youngstown St. N.C. A&T McNeese St. Alcorn St. Citadel

The RPI is a purely analytic tool that gives a rating that is based solely on: - your winning percentage - your opponent's winning percentage - your opponent's opponents' winning percentage The PWR is another purely analytic tool that compares each team to every other team (individually) based on: - comparison of RPIs - head to head record - records against common opponents - records against "teams under consideration" (meaning with RPIs over 0.500) Poke around some of the information that is available here and you can learn more. Is it a perfect system? None is. Is it better than the rest out there? I'd argue yes. PS - I watch the KRACH rating system most because I believe it does the best job accounting for unbalanced schedules (better than RPI). Some argue (and I believe rightly so) that KRACH ratings should replace the RPI in the PWR overall calculations.

That would mean hairless rodents. Who do you send after them? This guy?

Apparently the simple reality check needs to be rolled out in front of some of you again: The only 'poll' that matters is the 'pole' you raise a championship banner on.

Uh, guys, insipid and juvenile things like that are a double-edged sword.

I remember this hockey weekend in "The Joe" back in 1987 ... and against the defending champion Michigan State no less for the last game. It ain't all good but it ain't all bad. And quit talking hockey in here or you'll tick off some of the folks.

It's the surfer-dude spelling of it dude.

I think you mean the WCHA tries to maximize $$$$ by having Goldie play FRIDAY night no matter what. That really has hurt some teams in the past (having to turn around from 7:00 pm Thursday to 2:00 pm Friday games just so Goldie is on in prime time).

Here's USCHO's current version of Bracketology. They update it Wednesday of each week. The easiest way to explain it all: The six league tournament champions get auto-bids. The ten highest PWRs without an auto-bid get selected. Beyond that, read the linked story.

Hey, the last recruit to finish second in BCHL scoring and go to UND isn't all that bad of a player.

Moving to the corner in the lower bowl makes sense. However, I'm not so sure that they'd want to put students right next to the South Club Room (306). Wouldn't leaving the upper "as is" and moving the students in the lower to the corner give the students more seating choices (side vs corner) also?

Let's see here .... holding UAA to one goal at Anchorage or holding one of the nation's top offenses and power plays to two goals (and just one power play goal) on the weekend. The voters will foul that up I'm sure.