The Sicatoka

One last thought: Notice how this posit on the NDSU board appears during the Sioux at Gophers series time frame when UND is getting local media lead story time? Coincidence? Su-u-u-u-ure.

To quote a Bison fan: "Hockey is the sport where minorities are excluded." Memo to: Scott Gomez Anson Carter Jerome Iginla Grant Fuhr et al, You are minorities. You never did, nor ever will play, in the National Hockey League. Signed, North Dakota State University football fans And, how in the world did diversity-loving Dr. Saigo at SCSU ever allow that sport in his domain? The posit is rediculous.

Thirty minutes? 1. I guess that means NDSU's proposed travel partner is Bisonfan1234 'nearby' ... times six. 2. Wouldn't that just about preclude travel between Jamestown and Valley City? Depending on traffic and time of day, it may prevent it between Bismarck Century HS and Mandan HS. Trust me, "thirty minutes" is not a DI-AA definition of "nearby."

Mankato to Cedar Falls - 194 miles Fargo to Brookings - 190 miles Gee, that's "travel partner" distance so it must be "nearby." And talking "distance", two other DI-AAs just so "1234" understands "nearby": Fargo to Cedar Falls (UNI) - 450 miles Fargo to Missoula (UMontana) - 950 miles That ain't "nearby."

My thoughts when I saw a MSU-Mankato @ UNI game: UNI got a "cheap date" (low guarantee, a home game, and nearby MSU-M fans that may travel to Waterloo/Cedar Falls for the game).

Did I mention that Don "Get Smart" Adam is doing this weekend's DU series?

Oh horribly-terribly so. So much so that I think NJD should leave him at UND to develop for the full four years. This way the skeptics can witness his full development to their satisfaction. [/cynical tone]

Shep correctly blew the whistle Friday when he lost sight of the puck. Shep called "playing the puck with a high stick" correctly ("controlled" is the key word in the rulebook) as well. The sword has two edges and each side was used. If the Sioux had played better during the preceding 39 minutes and 45 seconds, that goal wouldn't matter so much now, would it?

Ever hear the name "Matt Cullen"? Anyone?

You'd better check the bulb in your news flash. Going to their board like this, you'll find these fan poll results.

smog: Gopher fans don't all buy it, even on their board. PA and Dubay would publicly disembowel the Pope with a melon baller if they thought it would get them better ratings.

Yeah, I live in North Dakota and you live in Minnesota. And April 15th is coming soon and is much worse on your side of the Red. Plus, I can have a beer and watch Sioux Hockey live in their home arena. But hey, "Take it for what its worth..." don't "get all uppity and high-strung about it."

bisonfan1234: The Betty. So the REA Board is out to financially undermine UND Athletics? Gee, who's on the REA Board of Directors? - Earl Strinden, VP Emeritus, UND Alumni Association - Dr. Tom Clifford, President Emeritus, UND Those two guys seem like two really likely ones to be out to get UND.

Help me out here: Which of that is fact and which is your opinion? Mr. Engelstad explicitly stated he built REA to benefit Fighting Sioux Hockey and UND Athletics. So why exactly would REA charge them to use the facilities built for them?

Empty "sold" seats really bother me. Give them away to a friend if you can't use them. I'm a yet to not be able to find someone willing to use a ticket. Admittedly, there's another "hidden" problem within this "empty seats" realm that even Blais would probably admit: For a lot of those empty seats the season ticket holders are there but are up in the Club Rooms or in a friend's suite (drinkin' their $40 a case beer).

The suite is $25,000.00 a year. You pay for catering to your suite separately after each event. A few beers, some munchies, some sodas, cha-ching.

Is that when Bis...-SIOUX football broadcaster, Repub.... DEMOCRAT mouthpiece, Sio... GOPHER hockey fan, Conser.... LIBERAL pundit "Fast" Eddie Schultz jumped in and ripped on Blais? Eddie is a wonderf... PUTZ!

"Matt" Patrick, "Matt" Ludwig, and "Matt" Zombo may not go for it.

I'd guess your hockey numbers are right there. But how much did the Fighting Sioux Club, a body outside of UND Athletics reporting-wise, make? Those numbers don't get reported directly with the ones you quote (because they aren't UND Athletics). But the bigger question is this: Why are you arguing about how much money hockey makes for UND when it is clear that UND Hockey alone generates more revenue than all of Bison Athletics? The $4.8MM number you will even go with is roughly 3/4 NDSU's entire athletics budget! Food for thought: 2002-2003 Academic Year NCAA Total Attendance Numbers (may be differences in number of home games): School MBB FB WBB Hockey Sub-total UND: 47,924 56,930 38,497 256,591 399,942 NDSU 48,770 63,721 44,885 000,000 157,376 It takes money to play; money comes in through the gate first.

From the GF Herald: (Ryan) Potulny on being at Minnesota: "The atmosphere is almost like it is at games at UND, where the fans are crazy about hockey." Gopher fans: Almost.

NDSU folded hockey back then after that. In the 1980s NDSU started a (sucessful) club program ... and folded that too.

You're figuring just ticket sales. Did you forget that to have four seats in the lower bowl of REA you have to join the Fighting Sioux club at the Coaches Club level ($1100 per year)? Four in the lower at REA: $1100 FSC membership $345 $345 $345 * 2/3 (Coaches club discount) $345 * 2/3 (Coaches club discount) At that, the per seat price for over half the lower bowl jumps to $562.50. You have to be a FSC member for most of the upper also, but not at the $1100 level, but there is no "club level" seat price discount up there either. UND hockey is the UND Athletics cash-cow. Alternatively, imagine trying to fund a football program with just one home gate.

Remember: Profits of Ralph Engelstad Arena end up going back to UND Athletics. Ticket sales Concessions The Arena Pro Shop

I see them as mutually exclusive: "smack board" or "having a life." Sioux fans don't have smack boards.