The Sicatoka

No senior has stepped up to tote the load yet. It's too late to expect it. There aren't many juniors to look to either. That means it has to come from one of the other classes. There's this guy who led the US WJC team in scoring. He looked really good out there on the ice at The Ralph. I wish he was playing for The Sioux. Oh, .... that's right .... Paging Mr. Stafford. Mr. Drew Stafford ....

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At the risk of repeating myself from another thread: The Herald speculates on possible replacements in here.

Tell me you all haven't heard that line, in pieces or composite, on a hockey broadcast.

(on a PA system somewhere in the Great Plains) ... No-o-orth Dakota goal scored by PCM with the assist going to dagies. PCM from dagies at 4:25 ... (on a corresponding radio broadcast) Oh was that a thing of beauty. PCM came out of nowhere, gave the ol' "How she goin'" move as he came in, and buried it past WPoS for the goal. Great set-up by dagies to get WPoS to commit and go down so PCM could move in and bury it.

In light of that, let's revisit my discussion of offense and where it isn't coming from, as first posted here: PCM said: How about even anywhere near 3.5 goals per game (like the above says they should be able to produce)?

If Wisconsin moved up one and Anchorage moved to where they normally are in PIM/game (the bottom), you could almost see that proximity to Minneapolis increases PIM/game! Maybe Goldie truly is evil!

In this thread, star2city poses a solution to that very issue.

But the discussions are happening at all levels. And when it comes to the NCAA who knows what will come out of it.

Clearly it's being discussed by the NCAA and at the DI level: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/foo...ternative_x.htm

Under the idea from star2city I'd think that that you'd need: - an REA operations manager to handle the mundane day-to-day stuff (call it assistant AD for facilities operations) - the existing assistant AD structure (with modifications if appropriate) in athletics Under that notion you'd have one leader setting the direction for both operations. There've been too many times in the recent past where too many have wondered if UND Athletics and REA really were going for a common cause. A common leader, if the right person, could cure that.

From today's Herald: http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/sports/10677552.htm

With college athletics needing to worry more and more about budgets and finances (the "business of sport" if you will), it'd make sense to look at people with proven sports administration track-records moreso than a former coaches. PS - Here's another thread on topic with some interesting thoughts in it also.

I'd attribute funding issues at those two (and Duluth) to the Minnesota state general budgetary woes. Hey, even Goldie isn't getting all of their legislative funding requests (and that's almost unheard of).

Comparing the final two candidates, you'd think RT'd win easily in the "familiar with the conference" category.

So it'd be good to be a DII with solid DI connections though some sports, right? As far as "act fast", having been observing and studying and getting facilities build along the way would be really smart. Especially so if you had an internal athletics committee looking at the issue too, right. somebison: I'm still interested in what that "unallocated" (or whatever the mushy word was that DOEd uses) means in the website where you get those numbers from.

What a situation. A year ago I knew we had backs, a quarterback, and a couple receivers. Then the O-line was the question. Now I think we'll be fine up front next year but the question is (sorry Misters Belmore and Manke) quarterback, running back (can Strouth carry 30+ per game), and the receivers. Crazy as this sounds, I feel better now than I did a year ago, but I'm a big believer in "you win in the trenches". A solid offensive line makes the whole offense look good.

What you hypothesize there is the "restructing" of college football that many others have speculated on. What you don't take into consideration is this: If that restructuring were to occur, - what other changes would come with it (like would other teams then decide to move up)? - how would this affect various conferences and what would those impacts be? The other shoe is far from having dropped in all of this yet. It's just fun to sit back and watch it all sort out.

Careful. That one has two edges also. Don't be surprised to see NDSU doing the same thing (because NDSU lobbied hard for that aspect of "local control" with the State Board of Higher Ed).

How much money is that really in the scope of an athletic department budget that is running seven-figure red ink? I won't deny it is a help, but not a cure. Plus, look at Nebraska's schedule for 2005. They were supposed to play a IA but the IA wanted too much guarantee. A IAA underbid (took a lesser guarantee), saved "Big Red" some bucks, and got the date. (That's what I heard reported on ESPN Radio.) Those "big paydays" are becoming a low-bid war now too. Why? The big schools are looking for ways to save money. It'll affect everyone.

That's nearly as big as saying "never".

The Big Sky did send UND a letter of interest looking to recruit them, yes?

We complain about "into the chest". We complain about "shot it wide". How about quit trying to be pretty and just shoot the puck. And I've pointed it out here before: I've seen too many Sioux players get a rebound on the backhand and try to take the time to get the puck onto the forehand and end up not even getting a shot off. Shoot the backhander!

"Bar pour" is a great way to finish something like that assuming you mix it correctly. (If you don't you have a mess; it never dries and is sticky/tacky forever.) Looks like you mixed that one pretty well to get a finish that looks that good. Then again, every "bar pour" is better when properly mixed.

Yup. And around here what is most appealing is winning championships. It's hard to get noticed otherwise.