The Sicatoka

I thought grumpy bears go hibernate this time of year, and not come out.

The AAC pulls all SIX new members from the current C-USA. Already leaving AAC: UCF, Cincy, Houston AAC remnants: East Carol, Memphis, USF, SMU, Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, Wichita St Six from C-USA to AAC: UAB, FAU, UNC-Char, UNT, Rice, UTSA C-USA remnants (8): FIU, LA Tech, Marshall, MTSU, Old Dominion, USoMiss, UTEP, WKU. <-- Who will those eight go after? Footprint says ...

Watch some of the kicks Simmering puts out right here.

Looking through the media guide, here's since last century. Brady Leach 2018-20 Reid Taubenheim 2014-17 Zeb Miller 2010-13 Brandon Hellevang 2006-09 Jeff Glas 2002-05 Camerson Peterka 1998-01 Peterka was a machine. Given the choice would I take him or ... Glas feels like the last weapon. <-- 52 yards for the win? Nothing but net. Hellevang was steady and reliable (but still not Peterka/Glas). The dip started with Miller. It got a little better with Taubenheim, but it's back down with Leach. Data from p 67/161 here.

Can we put this one to bed and focus on Western Illinois?

If C-USA is reaching out to JMU ... there's the rock in the pond to start the FCS ripples.

Rice is presently Conference USA. The AAC isn't much more prestigious. That's why Rice surprises me, unless it's to get back in a conference with U of Houston ... but wait ... Houston is headed for Big XII in 2023. Is this AAC trying to stay relevant in the Houston TV market (uh, no).

After last week, if this (kicker committing) is coincidence, gfhockey is a teetotaler. And if this lad is as advertised, may he be the first in the next long line of outstanding UND PKs.

Somebody, anybody, find me a "blue chippa" on this list. But what do all the guys on that list have? This.

I've been to two towns named "Groton" -- one in SD and one in CT. SD is "Grow-ton"; CT is "Graw-tin".

Toivonen joins Kenny Golladay in NY. The NYG have serious issues at WR; good opportunity. https://www.giants.com/team/injury-report/

The underlined is the key.

https://ndus.edu/sbhe-overview/agendas-minutes-videos/ That was difficult.

You're watching the stick. Watch the right leg with a maroon sock on: in moving to protect the stolen puck it went into the path of another skater.

Well ... dang. Missed that news. Andy was my favorite post-Gwoz. I guess WMU is screwed now.

If Andy gets WMU to play the WMU Lawson heavy game they'll get one.

It begs the question: Who enforces quarantine?

Um ... yes, as long as you don't know, I guess.

David Klee's father Ken Klee played a long time in the NHL. But what caught my eye about Ken Klee is his time as an assistant with the Syracuse Crunch (2017-2019). Something about that rang a bell ... surely a coincidence. Ya-gatta know people ... HUMINT ...

"Bugsy" Klee. Bugsy? Most famous "Bugsy" I know is this one ... Bugsy. I knew we should've picked "Mafia" and not "Fighting Hawks".

I'd argue five losses would be playoff-bubble as long as losses to SDSU and Missouri State are not in that count. (MVFC aura factor applied.)

Love him, hate him, you have to appreciate the eye-hand coordination.

I wonder if all that is guaranteed or if he loses it if he takes another job ... say at an FCS school ... not sayin', just sayin' ...

Rice? RICE? The once member of the Southwest Conference is applying for the AAC? Yeesh ...

This looks like a punch to the head to me. This was a minor (hook, trip, your choice). "What I can't figure out is how could this happen without North Dakota on the ice." -- (not) Don Lucia ...