The Sicatoka

That said, I stand by my previous positions: http://boardsroom.blogspot.com/2015/02/what-nchc-needs-to-change.html

Folks, we have a PCM sighting. I repeat, we have a PCM sighting! http://boardsroom.blogspot.com/2017/03/there-should-be-more-reasonable.html

My best advice? http://forum.siouxsports.com/guidelines/

Uh-oh. Note what The 'Cou calls them.

Remember: Faison had to follow a State mandated hiring process. Drake is private; what's their excuse?

The president of UND has the authority to pick a nickname and a logo. Kelley used his authority to do committee after committee and ended up with something some don't like. Schafer used his authority to make a decision and ended up with something some don't like. Moral of the story: Not everyone will be happy with any process or any decision.

Yes, but which previous administration? Tom Clifford had great working relationships with the tribes and could've gotten a "perpetuity" deal. Kendall Baker? Well the jerseys went blank under him for a while, then geometric, so you know what his end goal was. Charles Kupchella could've followed through on the First Amendment threats and taken the NCAA to court on that. Robert Kelley floundered with committee after committee instead of leading and taking actions. By the time (interim) Schafer and Kennedy arrived, things had been pushed around the playing field as much as they possibly could and needed to be acted upon. And so they have.

Cam and Wolanin are from the Detroit metro area.

No, not a Med School, but this is duplication. http://www.inforum.com/news/4240226-nurses-needed-ndsu-plans-new-28-million-addition-msum-considers-restarting-program

Boys Night Out - a picture from VAN@WPG last night. I recognize a few. Who all is in that photo?

Not sure if serious ... however, I will say I do wonder if the "Drama's of Brock" weren't a distraction this year. Drama's? Yes. Coming back (and the "oh, he could've gone!" noise); the wrist and associated surgery; the "how quick will he be gone after season's end?". Team first. OneUND.

Worried about getting hurt and losing a professional career? Lloyd's of London. Yes, you can get an insurance policy against a career-ending injury in college. I'm sure you could get Lloyd's to write it to compensate you for the equivalent of a "rookie max" deal that you'd lose. And honestly, it'd be fairly inexpensive.

I appreciate the sentiment, but it's a decade or two too late.

Kolpack serving as Pravda for the Central Party Committee. http://www.inforum.com/sports/4240837-kolpack-key-departures-closing-gap-between-summit-and-valley Apparently there's too much interest in the MVC and that needed to be patted down. OK, now that my snide cynicism is covered for a Monday, < gulp > Kolpack may have a point. Wow. Kolpack just implied that UND is more "friendly" as a conference-mate than Drake, Evansville, Loyola, and Bradley.

My first hand observation yesterday was that UND may have been the smallest team in Fargo. Ohio State has a couple big guys, BU is big, and UMD is mammoth. Yeah, Tucker Poolman was out, but those teams were just bigger. Is there anything UND can add this off-season to put some size back into the line-up?

Give him a break Mafia. He is what he is.

Now to the forwards, based on yesterday I think 9 and 27 are going to make misery for a lot of folks for a few seasons.

So, did the Gophers transfer the "best team at the break" award to the Wild?

Historically, sophomores with a low career minutes total don't return.

One. Ten. Whatever. Demand the first year be met on July 1, 2017 so only two of the rookie deal three remain. That said, does another year at UND for a guy Jost's age put him in a better negotiation position in spring 2018?

4-0 DU

My thought on Jost: If he's going to jump, jump now, but demand rookie max deal (3 years) and demand one game in the NHL yet this year to chop a year off that purgatory. Yup. Jam up COL and tell them, "If not that, I'm at UND for the full four" and ... well, ... tell 'em Judge Smails!

DU 2-0. And it sounds just like Magnus. Yes, they're playing the tape recorded school song over the PA off of a 1975 vintage Panasonic cassette player!