The Sicatoka
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Shot-Score!
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I agree with what was in The Forum.
(turns on shower and begins soaping madly)
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"The dynamic in our business is with facilities. That's where the arms race is." -- Ohio State University Athletics Director Andy Geiger.
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From an AP story on the matter:
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Brandon Bochenski, the most prolific scorer for the University of North Dakota hockey team the past two years and one of the top players in the country, is turning pro."I'm getting old; it's time to move on," the 22-year-old said Wednesday. "I had two good seasons (at UND). I'm ready to try the next level."
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Sioux coach Dave Hakstol said Bochenski officially told the staff this week that he would not be returning to school in Grand Forks, but coaches have been preparing for his departure since last season ended. Bochenski also said he made it clear to the staff that he likely would not be back for his final season.
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"He's been very upfront," Hakstol said. "I think we saw this coming from mid-June probably, if not earlier. We've been able to factor that into our preseason and season planning. "You don't approach it as being a hit right now," he said.
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The Blaine, Minn., native said he decided that he wanted to move to the next level even before former coach Dean Blais announced in June that he was leaving for an NHL job.
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The prospect of a lockout looms over the upcoming NHL season because of a labor battle between the league and the players' association.
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"The talk now is they'll probably play half the season," Bochenski said. "I can spend the first half of the season in the (minors) getting the experience, and when the NHL gets stuff figured out, hopefully I'll be given a shot to play."
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I think the only way we'll see Bochenski in a Sioux jersey again is in pictures.
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The rumors of academically ineligible are looking more like the truth.
I have it (and probably shouldn't have it because it is academics) from a very reliable source (no, not Virg Foss'
) that Bo is academically eligible. I'm wondering if his scorer's ego wasn't bruised when Parise got signed in the spring and Ottawa left him.
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At least the distraction of this "is he, isn't he" is over.
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Who?
Where?
The coaches shows I watch are on the Fighting Sioux Sports Network.
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One more time:
The domain name is .....
SiouxSports.com.
Sioux, as in University of North Dakota Athletics. Thank you.
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I think it's possible, in fact likely, that Danenhaur worded his statement so as to emphasize the fact that all other sports would be competing at the highest level of competition in the NCAA, knowing full well that what he said was not strictly correct.
That was my point as well.
Yes, being a DI-AA your football team battles against Marist and Elon for an NCAA at-large birth,
but,
your basketball teams battle against UConn for an NCAA at-large birth,
your swimming teams battle against Stanford for an NCAA at-large birth,
your baseball team battles against Texas for an NCAA at-large birth,
your wrestling team battles against Iowa for an NCAA at-large birth,
et cetera (you get the point).
That was clearly Danenhauer's point as well.
PS - I puposely avoided adding
"your mens ice hockey team battles against North Dakota for an NCAA at-large birth"
to the above.
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You're Dave Hakstol. It's August 18.
Do you want your team focused on:
(a.) pre-season conditioning
(b.) thinking about the personal effort each will have to make to repeat as WCHA Champions
(c.) thinking about what other goals, beyond the WCHA, they may have this season, or
(d.) worrying about whether or not Ottawa ponies up a few more loonies and two-nies for Bochenski.
Personally, I'd pick:
(e.) a, b, and c.
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Nebraska-Omaha athletic director Bob Danenhauer announced his resignation Wednesday after seven years on the job. The resignation is effective Oct. 29.
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If they really do want to play some BB in The Ralph they should look at what they did in Buffalo during March Madness.
HSBC Arena was built for the Sabres. They came up with a pretty good floor seating plan to make it better to watch BB in.
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And I thought the year lost thing could be waived by the former club, in this case Providence.
Negative.
Schools can't waive an NCAA rule.
He transferred DI-to-DI so he sits a season.
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I hope the folks that say The Betty is too small turn out to be right.
Why?
That would mean attendance (and revenues) would be up compared to recent history and UND has the benefit of not one but two larger venues readily available.
Until then, The Betty, based on recent average attendance, seems about the right size.
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From the BSC press release:
Some of the established criteria will include academic quality, athletic competitiveness, commitment to gender equity, commitment to student-athlete success and geography with regards to cost of travel and travel time.Seems like geography and cost are relevant.
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Yet all through this, one troubling item, one item that Fullerton even recently specifically mentioned, remains.
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Gonzaga played the 2002-2003 season in a 4000 seat arena.
Wisconsin and Ohio State seem to make a common arena work.
And if need be, you can play basketball in Alerus Center (~9000).
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What is the story on the new coach?
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It has been over 7 days has it not?
??Yes it has, and thus, someone is wrong in their prediction. Let's find out who.
From USCHO:
North Dakota forward Brandon Bochenski, one of the nation's leading scorers the past two seasons and a Hobey Baker finalist last season, will likely sign with the Ottawa Senators of the NHL this week, according to former Fighting Sioux head coach Dean Blais.Dean Blais' prediction has not stood up to the test of time.
PCM was the messenger.
Why is the messenger being shot at?
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I'd speculate that CU or CSU would draw what they draw for a home game if they played UNC in Mile High. (Big limb to go out on there.) You wouldn't have as many students but you'd get the folks who can't get other CU or CSU "home" tickets.
The difference: UNC could count it as a home game and toward their per game average. (You can do that with one game per season.)
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Sac St. and Portland St., IMO, would have no problem making 15,000 if they were IA. Weber St. and Northern Arizona would have problems. Montana St. might be able to do it if they keep winning. Out of the four schools talked about for expansion, NDSU is the only school with any possibility of making it.
As far as any chance of making it, UNC would have a great shot at making the numbers if they could play Colorado or CSU in Mile High (as a pseudo-home game).
Still, Sac State and PSU would each need to do 2.5 times attendance of what they do today. That'd take some serious work (or a home game versus Cal or Stanford in Sac State's case, or Oregon or OSU in PSU's case).
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It's so easy .... can't resist ....
Mentioning pretend, I heard even your pretend friends ran away from you.