The Sicatoka

I thought you meant radio.

Time Zones: Imagine a BSC with current members plus NDSU/SDSU: Central, Mountain, and Pacific. That's a bummer for media. West coast game endings may push midnight in the Midwest. Friday games at 7 in the Midwest start when people are still at work on the west coast (if they actually work on Friday afternoon out there ). Mentioning logistics, doesn't Brookings have the same "bummer" (hour bus ride to/from airport) that Greeley has if you have to fly in? What city is Southern Utah located in? I've only heard of the school.

Too late Handy. There's already media there and I'm sure they'll have to limit the number of press passes to the event.

Baby-faced (Gopher) assassin.

I think BSC is happy at eight, for now, unless something really changes. Honestly, I believe their first choices, if they did choose to expand, would be schools that would be easier to bring in in terms of geographics/logistics. My guesses: Idaho - they went IA recently but are drowning in red ink, would they come back UC Davis - Sacramento State's neighbor Northern Colorado - easy geography Southern Utah - easy geography also NDSU and SDSU are literally a time zone away from the nearest BSC neighbor. That's not a plus in this case. One more thought: Why are they meeting on 02/20/03 in Salt Lake City when SLC isn't a Big Sky city? Well, Spokane, Pocatello, Missoula, Boseman, Portland, and Sacramento are all direct flights on Delta to SLC, Delta's western hub. (Ogden is a short drive away. Flagstaff is the only one that's not.) Remember where I mentioned "logistics"? Delta doesn't fly to Fargo or Sioux Falls (closest to Brookings). Who loves airport connections?

I wonder if SSM won't be playing this team yet to be formed. http://www.gfparks.org/ndaha/

I kinda felt like I needed a shower after I wrote that.

JBB: How's it feel to know that you, the GF Herald, and I (because I believe in NDSBoHE control) all agree on this one?

When Jake Brandt is in "The Wanderer" mode I cringe. When Jake Brandt listens to the advice given by his father and plays a simplified game there's nothing better.

Rep. Wald is a co-sponsor, I'll give you that. There's the first sponsor because he gets the mention in his representative's bio.

I read the article and what caught my eye is this: Why is Northern Colorado (right there in the Big Sky geography) not making a play to get into the Big Sky? I guess the same question would apply to Southern Utah as well.

Uh, JBB, doesn't it concern you that the bill in question was offered by an NDSU alumnus (as shown previously in this thread) and that the state legislators didn't know that?

You must have missed this "attempt to derail."

Yup.

Get it right 'star2city' or we'll take your membership card away. It's The Vast Fighting Sioux Conspiracy

(I posted this in the equivalent thread on USCHO.) With the Sioux off this weekend I have to watch something. It'll be this series. My thoughts: As much as Goldie likes getting Potulny back, I think they are really going to miss Koalska this weekend. The problems at hand are Stevenson, Joseph, and the Mav power play. Potulny isn't the solution to any of those where I believe Koalska would be. However, if the Mavs start taking penalties they make create a problem for themselves called Potulny. Mankato just took three points at DU. Don't think Goldie's fuzzy little ears didn't perk up when he heard that. Mankato isn't sneaking up on them. Mankato is 9-4-5 on the wide ice and 2-5-3 on the road. Minnesota is 7-4-2 at home and 10-6-4 on the wide stuff. I bring that up because power plays seem to be better on the wide stuff and Mankato has a decent power play. Power plays are probably going to decide this one. I don't see either sweeping; I'm expecting a war of a split.

I guess Roberg is the current Gopher equivalent to former Sioux forward Tom Philion in the late 1990s.

There are some interesting comments on DII from the new NCAA president Miles Brand.

PCM: Ouch. Greyeagle: So, besides Roberg, what other topics does one avoid at POI?

Hey, I've been there quite a while and not caused much trouble.

Why is it a Saturday afternoon game?

The fourth line didn't get much ice at all on Saturday. Blais even noted that in the post-game. Friday? Yeah, I was hoping to see Genoway and Connelly pick up the pace. It sounded like Connelly had a couple of golden chances get away.

I think there's an off week before UND at CC. Patience.

The BCHL Player of the Week (01/13/03) runner-up should interest some: The POTW was his linemate Nikiforuk (a ten point week) who's going to Omaha.