The Sicatoka

There's a Bob Duncan on this list. Ryan Duncan calls him "Dad."

Call me skeptical, but are the Devils really going to sign a guy with a permanent medical condition that has prevented him from playing at full strength in the last two college seasons? Especially so when you consider that they own his rights and could leave him in college to make sure the treatment works (over a full season) at no cost to them. (The NJDs are notoriously frugal.) But hey, if they offered the money, at this point I couldn't blame David for taking the sure thing.

Based on the above .... For football: NDSU, Fargo, ND UNC, Greeley, CO South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD Southern Utah State College, Cedar City, UT University of California-Davis, CA Cal Poly-San Louis Obispo, CA St. Mary

Let me toss a different idea into the mix. USD was concerned about money not long ago. Is there a revenue positive sport they could add? Is there one that already has interest built up in their region? For some reason I'm feeling obliged to type the words: Sioux City Musketeers Sioux Falls Stampede River City (Omaha) Lancers Lincoln Stars Tri-City (Kearney) Storm Thoughts?

How many Division I banners ya got? In light of recent NDSU moves, those do matter.

Hammy, I've stopped by POI for a visit. I haven't moved in and tried to take the best spot on the couch.

Let me point out three quotes: The most recent, from USD: From Roger Thomas, Athletics Director, UND, on March 17, 2003, speaking about proposed scholarship reductions in DII football: When he says "tip the balance" isn't he inferring going to DIAA? (Read the whole linked article for context.) And finally, the oldest, from Dr. Charles Kupchella, President, UND:

Cambridge says:

From Merriam-Webster Online (m-w.com):

Like I've said a couple of times so far, "Welcome to our house."

Well, with that thought in mind, here's to hoping the league coaches see things your way and pick Minnesota to win the league.

Kunitz's chippier style of play won't help his vote total. I think it'll come down to LeNeveu or Sejna and I have an easy way to decide it. Sejna versus LeNeveu: Penalty shot!

(I posted this once already in another thread.) Remember the cool kid in your neighborhood growing up? Everyone always talked about what the cool kid was doing or what they had. Everyone wanted to go over to the cool kid's house and hang out with the cool kid because they had all the best stuff, the stuff everyone else wanted. Dear Bison and Gopher (and recently appeared Duluth Bulldog) fans, Welcome to our house, SiouxSports.com.

Remember the cool kid in your neighborhood growing up? Everyone always talked about what the cool kid was doing or what they had. Everyone wanted to go over to the cool kid's house and hang out with the cool kid because they had all the best stuff, the stuff everyone else wanted. Dear Bison and Gopher (and recently appeared Duluth Bulldog) fans, Welcome to our house, SiouxSports.com.

I heard that there would be at least two Lamoureuxs at SSM next year.

Nothin' like livin' vicariously through hockey schools to get through the long winter, eh? Better to have played and lost, than to have never stepped on the ice.

"The Beas" has been named the DII Bulletin Player of the Year. He'd better sign a pro contract for big bucks. He'll need the money to build a place big enough to hold all of these awards.

It would be interesting to compare the number of references to UND in "The Spectrum" in non-UND/NDSU weeks to the number of references to NDSU in "The Dakota Student" under similar circumstances.

For that to affect 'Siouxrock' he'd have to be good enough to make the Showcase. We don't even know he really plays for GFRR. It could be more of the act. The day of UND's 1st round NCAA game he proved he is merely a shallow poseur.

Reality check: 1. Blais is under contract through the 2003-04 season. 2. Blais has a $500,000.00 bonus that kicks in if he completes that contract, if he leaves he leaves $500,000.00 on the table that he was a year away from. 3. The GF Herald reported during the season that Blais was renegotiating a new five year deal. And most importantly, 4. Today's date is April 1, 2003.

Flying to GF or to Fargo, pricewise, will be a wash. The best you can do is hope for a fare war. Northwest is the big airline here. Sign up for their weekly fare email (at NWA.com) and keep your eyes open. If you are considering driving from MSP (320 miles), why not consider flying to Winnipeg, Manitoba. (I'm not sure how the airfare to there compares but it can't hurt to look.) Good news: It would only be a 150 mile drive. Bad news: You'd have to cross the border on the drive.

Scholarships are year to year agreement (contrary to anything else you may hear). Once the scholarship is offered and accepted it can not be withdrawn. "Full boats" or full rides are nearly unheard of in the WCHA. More to my point, scholarships are like grades or salaries: it's poor form to be discussing them (who's getting what) publicly.

The NCAA maximum ice hockey scholarship limit is 18 (spread over no more than 30 players). That's Section 15.5.6 in here. You dress 20 players for a game (as stated, normally 12/6/2). You are allowed to take 22 players on the road, but again, only dress 20 for the game. See Rule 2, Section 3, "Players in Uniform," here.

David Hale is intensity wrapped in flesh. He had been out for two months and was probably the best looking player in green on the ice that day. (That's both amazing and sad when you think about it.) He had just sprinted back and dove to try to stop that ENG shot and just missed. I'm sure that was a release of the complete frustration with how the season (and especially his) closed out, meaning from February on.

As I recall, the powerplay units for most of the season were (conference PPGs listed): Parise (5), Bochenski (6) and Massen (4) (or Prpich (1)) up front with Lundbohm (2) and Schneider (4) at the points and Spiewak (3), Notermann (5), and McMahon (2) up front with Fylling (0) and Fuher (3) at the points. We're comparing Schneider this season to Murphy or Williamson. Our memories focus on Murphy or Williamson's senior seasons. Andy's just a sophomore. Before Andy's done we will see.