The Sicatoka

Ray77 and I have been collaborating (conniving?) another game for the SC playoffs for 2018. We're prototyping it this year. Watch and see Ray kick my < bleep >. We'll explain scoring as we go, but here's our opening round picks.

What you are describing is the "bread and circuses" that precluded the fall of Rome. It's been explored more recently as well here: "Beer and Circus: How Big-Time College Sports Is Crippling Undergraduate Education"

Undeniably you are thinking about and understand the concept. That's what I'm looking for, 'cause thinkin' is good! What this may drive is regional teams to band together and pick the regional sites that make most sense to them ... and not some NCAA committee. And gee, that might actually fill out all the sites. And, as some speculated, a conference may declare together. By the time the "banding together" is done you may end up with only 7-9 possible sites at the start of the season and only 4 ultimately used.

So the Vees have picked their poison, but it's not been detrimental. Nice.

You'd think the other team would figure out to start shadowing him. < facepalm >

Thu Apr 20 standings (please verify): rube 29 Kool 29 Eng'r 27 Bluth 25 stone 24 -O 22 Sica 22 Ray 21 90 20 fans* 12

Congrats to me! Calgary lost (... Flames ... extinguished! ... ), and I believe I'm the only guy with a one of them (Giordano) on my squad. Yay me! I'm the first to have a player go out! Oh. Wait. ... You mean that's not the game?

She'd better hope she never gets sick because I'm not sure a good powerplay cures cancer.

Don't get lost in trivial details that can be negotiated later. "6000" is a number; so is "5000" or "5500". Does the concept make sense. If so, ... the NCAA will never go for it.

Personally, I'd handle Chipman as a businessman --> Thanks for your interest; here are the numbers; would you like to invest in this. Be aware, without further investments this venture will close.

At start of season every DI team declares where, if they are a #1 seed, they will host. Criteria is that facility must hold no less than 6000 fans. Home rinks allowed. This would allow say Brown and Providence and ... < list here > ... all to combined book the Dunc and if one of them gets a #1 they play there. If multiple teams that have reserved a common rink get #1s, well, ... < provision here >. Some are gimmes: UND, DU, UMn, UW ... Some would "combo up" like Brown and Providence call Dunc, or Yale/UConn/Qpac/SacHeart/Army all join and declare Bridgeport, or UMass/AmInt/HC all call Worcester.

Liebfraumilch fur dich.

Ist Bier. southpaw? Eins. geaux? Eins. Drei biere, bitte.

Just WIH.

More about regionals and the selections: http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/4253149-number-regional-bids-dwindles-und-takes-advantage

http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/4252878-kennedy-says-supporters-finding-60m-endow-womens-hockey-unrealistic Baseball couldn't swing what they needed. It looks like men's golf won't make it either. And for those saying $60 million is too much: You want to live of the interest. Right now, 4% rate of return (interest) is safe. You don't want to eat into the $60 million principle. $60M * 4% = $2.4 million annual budget <-- that's what WIH had been running $60 million might be low. Stuff. Costs. Money.

Go Cats?

Can you assure me that you'll ensure it never happens, or can I insure against that? Then again, that's asking a lot as they're set in their ways over there.

Sally Struthers? Is that you?

Like about double.

I'm at a level in Champions Club where I can buy four at REA. They only let me buy two in Scheels this year.

Thank heavens you spelled grammar correctly; otherwise ...