The Sicatoka

UND Football nemeses of the early 2000s: Brian Kelly, then at Grand Valley State, now at Notre Dame, rumored heading to LSU Kalen DeBoer, then at U of Sioux Falls, now at Fresno State, rumored headed to U of Washington

Bubba had some blunders this year in play calling and time (and time out) management. My expectation is those get fixed in 2022. Also, I'd like to see things like false starts and procedural issues dealt with in fall camp long before they show up on the game field.

Today's Phrase of the Day is ... "automatic qualifier". Some use it synonymously with "autobid". In a sentence ... The Northeast League's automatic qualifier was Sacred Heart while Davidson was the autobid from the Pioneer League.

UND opens at Nebraska in the fall. https://fightinghawks.com/sports/football/schedule/2022 Nebraska, they won't be coming off giving up 22 unanswered to Iowa to lose 28-21 in their last game, and end at a 3-9 record. No, Nebraska will be coming back from Ireland and a game against Northwestern https://huskers.com/sports/football/schedule/2022

I stand by my prior statement that if UND was hosting an opening round game with UM/UND hockey going on that night they'd have outdrawn either SD school, probably all the playoff list, just with people coming out to "start early" for the hockey game. Remember: You can't drink all day unless you start in the morning. Right @gfhockey?

Ugly?

You post that without the obligatory ..."Jesus saves! ... Parise scores on the rebound!"

When you have a need the portal can be a great solution. See: Hockey, Saturday night, Connor Ford going 19-4 on faceoffs. But as with everything ... caveat emptor.

As a moderator I say the following: @gfNDfanand @gfhockey Stop it.

Can that be turned in to the league for review and supplemental discipline? ... ah, but which league ... < sigh > ...

By expectations do you mean: - what you want to happen, or - what you suspect will actually happen.

But ... OU is headed to the SEC. And Southern Cal is an afterthought in CFB lately.

Seems major front office turnover happening in Montreal.

A Lemieux, a Tkachuk, in a hockey fight. Whodathunkit.

The Friday slasher gets a ten for chirping the next night. That’s why the official’s note book came out and he lined out an item in it.

To put someone in what is Ovechkin’s Office you need a one timer. That’s not Gaber. Gaber wants to catch, load, and pick a spot.

With Gopher hockey the same weekend UND would draw more than that just in people looking to “start early” on the hockey game buzz.

Yes, I find the new home alternate underwhelming, but I stand by the notion that if you tie the word to the bird the word will fly away.

< facepalm >

Make you a bet: Put “NODAK” on the nameplate on the hawk mascot, name it NODAK, and you never see those alternate home jerseys again.

Agree. It surpassed Richmond 16 (the reverse) as the worst single play call in UND history. MoiSt 21 (the four touch fiasco) must be in the top five.

It was coed even when it wasn’t coed. I invoke my rights under the Fifth Amendment to any further questions. Signed, Former Walsh RA

My old coach would say that sounds perfect for conditioning skating drills.

If only there was a way to have an ice surface to practice on outdoors in ND in January like when I was in high school.