The Sicatoka

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.

As evidenced by this weekend, the perms must go. The solution for the Disciples of Goldie is clear: straight razor ---> clean, hairless scalp. PS - That includes the coaches. PPS - Now watch. That'll work for them and it'll be all my fault.

Does anyone have the photo that ran in Sunday's Duluth newspaper? It's a picture of a Geisler hit on Zach Parise (a no call). Geisler - left his feet - had both gloves to the mask/helmet. PS - It was not the only bad "no call" either direction on the weekend. Both teams got away with a few. I was just surprised they'd run it given the NCAA's "special attention to hands to the head" enforcement this season.

First round: 10 at 1, .... 6 at 5. Final Five (all games at The X): Five surviving teams seeded 1 through 5 based on regular season standings. 5 at 4 Thursday night. Thursday winner plays 1 on Friday (time TBD). 3 at 2 Friday (time TBD). Friday's losers play Saturday afternoon. Friday's winners play Saturday night.

Your angle and mine were very, very similar. I was the goal judge on that end. Kidding. Jake's head moved in a strange way with the swing. He couldn't have seen it coming and have ducked. So why'd his head move? If he didn't get hit he picked the best time ever to drop/hang his head (and get missed). Luckily, nothing came of it either way. More importantly, we need to teach Smaby to break sticks down over the crossbar and not across the pipes.

Uh, then why did Jake's head snap forward? It was (luckily) a glancing blow.

I'm not sure which is tougher to walk around campus this week with: - the perm - getting swept at DU - having home ice go into jeopardy

(I'll translate into surfer-dude language to make it easier for him. ) Yo dude, you tried to ride the tube but you wiped out bad. It was knarly. (OK, back to sanity. ) You are referring to two separate facilities in your juvenile, under-informed manner. First The Ralph, which is ice hockey and basketball. Then, the The Alerus Center.

The want something they can market on both sides of the border. To Manitobans, "The Forks" is The Forks Marketplace in downtown Winnipeg.

A "grain bin" with something in it (like a banner) is better than an empty field. An ag school guy should know that.

San Jose State is another one projected to have trouble with the new 15000 rule. Purely speculation, but aren't they nearby a Big Sky member too (like Idaho is)?

The subject of today's Philosophy 101 lecture: When is a 27-0 blowout in your favor a no-win game?

And the NCAA accountants all harmonize in with a big-ol' Cha-ching!

Another creative solution ....

Here are the rules that go into effect on August 1, 2004: Section 20.9.6.3 had all kinds exceptions prior to this (stadium size, or in a conference that averages so many, or etc.). Those are all gone. I can't find them right now, but the "move you down" rules are also already on the books and go into effect on the same date. The neutral-site loophole is in the first one.

Perms? Nails? Bikini Waxes? Exfoliating Facials? When someone sent the free "day of beauty" passes to U of M attention "the Gopher hockey" team, I think they may have meant the womens team! Next time they need an "exfoliating facial," I'm more than sure Mike Prpich would be more than willing to help.

The new rule (into effect this fall) is that you must average 15000 per home game to stay DIA or you'll be moved down to DIAA. (WYO points out some ways that you can try to do it, like use a non-home field as a home field for one game.) Here's the list of 2002 DIA average home attendance teams that averaged less than 16000 (close enough to worry): Connecticut North Texas Louisiana - Lafayette Houston Wyoming Troy State Arkansas State Ball State Akron Buffalo Middle Tennessee State Idaho Eastern Michigan San Jose State Kent State Louisiana - Monroe