The Sicatoka

Someone lost the improperly filed paperwork I guess.

Post-game Saturday, Hennessy "downstairs" made a comment that JJ looked "much thinner" than earlier in the season as JJ walked by him.

FlightAware.

I really miss Shangri-La before a hockey game.

The Antique is where I vaguely recall ...

May I choose to agree after I see Mr. Freund's offense in action?

Bring the winning formula ...

Do I? No. But has it become a legitimate question based on actual test results. Yes. Smoke. Fire?

No charge. It keeps Mafia off your back.

Who hired him?

I would think your question should end with the word "today". Then I'd think "tick tock" ... and they've put themselves in jeopardy for NCAA sanction and should step back from it.

I'd think they've put themselves in jeopardy for NCAA sanction and should step back from it. You missed my question: What do you make of Newman easily being associated with NDSU, Alabama, and Clemson, all teams that have become curiously much greater than their competition. Pure coincidence? Greatest motivational speaker since Christ on the Mount? Maybe some other factor his presence provides?

Bison06: You must admit the Ben Newman link is very curious.

Did someone just say "Clemson"? On a whim ... Suspensions of three Clemson players upheld after B samples test positive And then I find this ...

Hate to quote myself, but from that page ... Pouring ... what.

Isn't that another Ben Newman client? (Hint here.)

NDSU says they test their own on their own. Could they be "tuning", making sure they stay under detectable levels during specific periods of time?

I give you that. The NCAA is just looking at outcome. They don't care how it got there, just that it was.

Can we agree that the NCAA's line is doing something intentionally that gives an unfair advantage, be it stimulant or steroid?

Here we agree. I suspect intentional weasel-wordage as well.

Is that why they said this Newman fellow is "reimbursed" but stopped short of saying they are on the payroll? But if Newman is an independent contractor, isn't he being compensated by NDSU (but not officially on staff and payroll). Or is he volunteering.

In this context and conversation, no, it's not. This is the NCAA's sandbox. Their black/white rules are all that matter. Want to have the other chat? Our Community forum is available to talk about the community impacts. Or if you want to argue against the punitive NCAA black/white rules? There's a forum for that also. Free free there as well. But here, this conversation is framed in the NCAA rules domain.

Your team and player put you there.

Yes I do. You were shading "stimulants" as better than "steroids". In the NCAA's shades both are black on a black/white scale. And your beef's not with me. It's in Indianapolis. Their scale.

Might you test your own people to learn some of these rates and side effects?