The Sicatoka

Dude, I thought all of Grand Forks, especially UND, was anathema to you. Yet you admit you were there? You have a kid graduate or something last weekend?

@RobPort How'd I just know you lurk these-here parts.

I'd say KEM's credibility in this whole matter just took a massive hit with that. She says "not about logo"; her emails say otherwise. There's a word for that ...

Kind of a junk-punch to ol' Mike: He finally got a new logo despite an Engelstad (Ralph). Now that he's got it, he can't get it because of an Engelstad (KEM).

The argument REA missed is the easiest one: From REA's POV I'd have said ... Dear President Kennedy, The new hawk logo is not fully recognized and identified with UND yet. In the interim we plan to leave the wordmark at the center of playing surfaces and continue use of the hawk around it until the two become synonymous. We will leave the wordmark at center ice and will put the hawk behind the nets for the coming season and make a decision after that.

I wonder how Mike Jacobs is going to feel now that this is about not moving forward with a new nickname and logo on the playing surfaces. That's something he lobbied long and hard for and it seems even now he's not getting it ... because of another Engelstad no less! Irony is truly a harsh mistress, eh Mike?

@Hammersmith: It's a "pizza math" problem. Anything you put "around" the football field adds square footage faster than linearly, see the "r-squared" in the pizza problem.

Pull Washington out of that and see how it looks.

Note I didn't talk politics or political; I talked about where folks openly reside on the spectrum. Subtle, yet finite, difference.

You won't say it; I will. Jacobs tends (<-- I'm being polite) to be politically a D; Kennedy is a former R from MN in the US House. Their philosophies tend to clash.

Yes, Schloss limited his statement to a small window of the season. Full season numbers are here: http://collegehockeystats.net/1718/teamstats/ndkm

Hard to disagree with it.

Now definitely not the same, but the City of GF did well by UND Football in building Alerus Center.

Kind of a terrible way to decide an autobid: change the rules in the middle of a tournament*. If teams had known going it it would effectively be single-elimination would they have used their pitching differently? Would it have changed the outcome? *Imagine going to a Frozen Faceoff and hearing, "Folks, the Zamboni broke down and we can't get parts until Monday. Knowing we can't resurface the ice we'll just have a five-round sudden death shoot-out between the teams to decide the autobid." <--- @MafiaMan head explodes here.

@Ray77 Agree

I'm not sure what you're trying to say, but Form 990 is what a non-profit files in lieu of a traditional tax return. And because they are a non-profit it must be publicly available. So, if you want to know what the ND Alzheimer's Ass'n did with your donation last year, it's out there. On a rural water, electric, or telephone cooperative? Their 990 is out there. Farm Bureau, Right to Life, the Masons: all tax-exempt, all out there. Nothing wrong with sunshine.

From Schloss-Blog: Only THREE with positive plus-minus. Oh my. And one of them was JJ? When he got here I viewed him as, shall we politely say, somewhat of a defensive liability.

If Casey Johnson plays 4RW I know one thing: The defenders out there with 4th line will be jumping into the play more knowing the covering winger can skate backwards!

Barely.

I really do like the grey buckets they wear. The white and gold trim gloves not as much.

Who's talking about what was said and how they said it. Who's talking about issues and solutions. It's similar to the notion that I choose to fix the problem, and not the blame.

If TK (who I really liked) was that good, why didn't he lock down the nickname forever.

< glancing BIZ's way > Soooo, ... has anyone looked at the Form 990s of the entities* that are responsible for and run REA? What do their balance sheets and such look like? I'll hang up and listen. *The entities: UND Arena Services EIN: 14-1846178 UND Sports Facilities EIN: 36-4511153 Ralph Engelstad Arene EIN: 11-3666663

Predators. Chris Hansen'd.

Personally I'd love to claim it Can't however. Might have had help.