The Sicatoka

Did I say anything false? So what's the issue? It happened outside Duluth as well during this time frame (but not as many Duluth fans read this board). Then ask my neice who goes to school outside the region about the lecture she got. I'm trying to say it can happen anywhere, even "safe" places, and people need to be careful. Period. PS - tony, for a guy so worried about conduct of posters, nice leading insult.

Put the puck on net during a powerplay and who knows what could happen. Signed, Colby Genoway December 14, 2003

How about a link that works better: http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsu...ews/7483024.htm

Take Mussman .... please (and his "over the left guard on first down" and "bubble screen on second down" offense).

Just when you think the NCC is getting it back together SDSU's women lose two to the NSIC and on the mens side NDSU 72 MSU-Moorhead 83.

Not as a natatorium. Not as a hockey facility. No further comments. Sorry. (I'd give away a good source.)

Well I'll be .... The Betty Engelstad Sioux Center

Wha'-who-wha'? I've heard that but not much about it lately. You could be nice to guys who've had long weeks and refer to those by their common names. On a related note, I heard some really interesting talk about a possible future life for old REA (but not as a natatorium).

Ah, but possession is 9/10ths of the law.

(season's first game for both) Northern State 81 NDSU 59 (last night) UND 86 Northern State 54 I'm not even going to try to figure that one out because I sure didn't expect it.

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I explained the RPI. The bias there comes in how to weight the various percentages applied. Good teams in weak conferences want a big factor on WinPct and a small factor on OppWinPct. Bad teams in strong conferences want a small factor on WinPct and a big factor on OppWinPct. So, which is correct? The best answer is the Bradley-Terry methodology (called KRACH in college hockey), but because of the few games played in college football the methodology does not work. The answer is clear: Playoff. However, playoffs favor teams that don't lose late in the year .... like Oklahoma did.

Parise played with a strained MCL and you're letting a little bug keep you down? Soft. PS - You know I've complained about not having the show run on the whole Clear Channel North Dakota Fighting Sioux Hockey Network. If it did, I'd cover. Sorry.

It's not speculation when you know the history of the RPI formulas for college basketball and college hockey.

Anybody recall how many times the college hockey RPI formula has been tweeked in the last five years? My memory says at least two (new ratios, and then this "adder" stuff from last season). Trying to get a majority on something like this would make herding cats seem easy.

Last call boys. You worked hard to get here. What's it going to be? One by one.

OK .... then how to you weight them? WinPct is 50% OppWinPct is 35% OppOppWinPct is 15% or how about WinPct is 33.33% OppWinPct is 33.33% OppOppWinPct is 33.33% or how about WinPct is 75% OppWinPct is 15% OppOppWinPct is 10% or how about WinPct is 35% OppWinPct is 50% OppOppWinPct is 15% What the above is called is the Ratings Percentage Index, or RPI. Ask college basketball (and college hockey) about trying to find the right ratios (between WinPct, OppWinPct, OppOppWinPct) to find the best teams. Everyone has their own opinion, their own personal bias, as to what the right numbers ratios are.

Humans have biases. Computers are programmed by humans. The criteria and formulas that the computer uses to make its calculations are all based on what, and how, a human told it to figure (how the human programmed it). In the programming trade it is called "garbage in, garbage out." Now re-read statement 1 and try to trust "the computers." A simple example: The DII strength of schedule criteria. Those are biased, skewed, to favor playing other DIIs and were applied evenly to all .... and the computers figured out the numbers exactly that way. Yet, no one will disagree that the computer came out biased against certain schedules. Why? Because of the criteria, the programming, set by .... humans. Never be biased indeed.

So now you speak for NDSU ....

Ah the sound of pucks hitting boards in the morning. Just the thought makes these old bones feel young again. Is there anything better? Let me correct a minor problem here in my first supposition: "So Roger, where are you?" "Oh, I'm at the host desk for our between periods and weekly television show, Sioux Illustrated, The TV Show, here in the $100 million dollar Ralph Engelstad Arena on the University of North Dakota campus, home to the Number 1 ranked college hockey team in the land."

So, is anyone watching? I really like that they're using the "Sioux Illustrated, The TV Show" desk for the interview. I can almost hear it now .... "So Roger, where are you?" "Oh, I'm at the host desk for our between periods and weekly television show, Sioux Illustrated, The TV Show, here in the $100 million dollar Ralph Engelstad Arena on the University of North Dakota campus."

From http://www.fightingsioux.com/sports/footba...RELEASE_ID=2462

bisonguy: Thanks for putting that one up. That attempted abduction happened just two blocks from NDSU's new architecture building. We have to get the message out to to everyone watch out for yourself.

Yeah, and Prpich was pretty much "undressing" Peluso.

Now if I remember the elementary schoolyard correctly, isn't this where you're supposed to make foul-like clucking sounds and flap your arms like chicken wings?