The Sicatoka

Yeah, but 10674 (minus the already standing students) jumping out of their seats at 18:56 of OT last night had to look pretty intimidating.

I never understood how standing for a whole game makes you a "better" fan. I'll save you from the "back in the day" stories and just say it's fun to watch a lot of those standing fans on cell phones or scoping the crowd for a date later. The place was wide open rockin' this weekend. That's with empty student sections in the upper deck. Yes, empty. (Yes, it's spring break.) The noise was coming from the non-student areas. Those "old fogey season ticket holders" can shake some window panes. There are those of us working to get the new fans up to speed. But a lot of new fans are put off by some of the other stuff. (You know what I'm talking about.) Meet us even part way and that place will be complete bedlam.

As long as you admit it.

Pot to Kettle, Pot to Kettle, ....

Best line overheard leaving the arena Sunday regarding the Fighting Sioux and the new REA: It's not "where they play" now; now it's "home." And it happened on March 16, 2003, or 3/16 .... /03, if you will. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Ralph 3:16 -- For he loved them so much that he gave onto them the crown jewel of hockey arenas to be their new home.

Yeah, but "Rulph" is gone now. Let him rest peacefully.

I'm not sure how accurate it is: 2003 Sioux Football Schedule

Ed Schmootz doesn't hang out at the Rulph. His "secret lair" is in the Siouxville Alleyus. Shoot. Did I just give that away?

Oh dear God! They got Clayton last night!

Oh no! His studies have caused BisonMav to be more infected than he realizes! Siouxrock, please, for the sake of all of us, stop the madness!

UND dealt head on with the problem. You can see (runway) one aspect. They've used arena cameras to detect "problem children" and banned them from the arena. Like somebody said: "Action talks, BS walks."

Where'd Carney go? (I figure he transferred somewhere.) Why'd Ross Brennan quit? Did the knee rehab not go well? Brian Lowe left? Is there a back-up punter now?

pantherfan: The highly recruited and regarded Gabe Gauthier of DU (played somewhere in the BCHL last season and was a scoring leader out there), has fewer goals and fewer points in the same number of league games in comparison to Prpich. (I hope I didn't curse us this weekend with that one.)

The Al is city property. The Ralph is (technically) on campus. I'm sure there are some tougher controls under those considerations.

A garden full of heated beer? Blech. I prefer cold. On a more serious note, the forecast doesn't look too bad to be outside Saturday. The ice has been questionable of late. I'm not sure I like the idea of a couple of warm days.

Did Greyeagle just put a "contract" out on Winny?

Having seen his penalty minutes from the BCHL, I thought "The Prp," short for "Prp-etrator," (the guilty one) would be a better tag. Now seeing him play, and looking in Websters which defines perpetrator as 'the one who accomplishes and does,' it still fits, and maybe better.

Are you sure it's not "The Minisoda Goopher Ticket"? I'm sure those kennel expenses were high, but then they suddenly dropped off for some reason ....

.... assuming they can find a conference. (There's that little detail again.)

I thought Roebuck and Glas like to practice on the court they play on. The Al wouldn't lend itself to that very well.

I thought Ed Schmootz got that new gig as a contestant on "Who Wants to be a Governor."

There's a new twist. First time I've heard that. I always thought it was athletics (BB, VB) to old REA, wellness in Hyslop, build a new athletic training facility in the old REA parking lot, and 'sports bubble' Memorial Field's turf. Like I said, first time I've heard that. Interesting twists. And a good question about moving BB to Alerus too. I've heard that idea bounced (basketball, bounce, har-har) about, but wondered why more hasn't been said about it.

USD or SCSU have fans? ;) UND football fans travel OK. (They're probably two or three in the NCC in that category.) Again, and not to keep going back there, UND hockey fans probably travel better than UND football (and have longer trips normally). I'll admit that.

One man's opinion: Best surprise of the season. Overall: 36 games, 7 goals, 8 assists, 15 points, 18 penalties (36 minutes), 1 PPG Conference: 28 games, 7 goals, 5 assist, 12 points, 13 penalties (26 minutes), 1 PPG Making the line-up for all 28 conference games is impressive for a freshman. Last weekend he played up front on the number one PP. I think he's becoming a fan favorite with his "what's slow down mean?" style and general toughness.

Whose house are we in? Gimme that remote. Bison fans should not have the remote in this house. (When 'jimdahl' gets here I'll give the remote back to him.) For now, I want to flip back to Fox Collegiate and watch "Bisonville Crowd Control." I hear it's hosted by Don Knotts in character as "Barney Fife."