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The "D" in the academic logo looks out of proportion (smallish) to me always.

I can't fathom how bad it would've been for UND if the moniker morass had still been in play.

I'm wondering if that wasn't a "we get him or they (division/conference foe) will" move. LAK are chasing STL and CGY for the wildcard and the LAK window is closing.

I'm setting the Twins 2017 "total losses" over-and-under at 101.5.

Masterfully played!

So ... 1990: cut men's tennis 1995: add women's golf 1997: add women's tennis 1998: cut men's wresting 1999: add women's soccer 2002: add women's hockey 2012: add men's FB scholarships (DI transition, had to have been some "balancing" with this) 2013: add men's tennis (required by Big Sky Conference) 2016: cut men's baseball 2016: cut men's golf ... and then didn't Feel free to add/edit as needed.

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If Faison is smart, the press release starts with, "After cutting men's baseball last year, UND finds itself needing to make further cuts and as such" ... and then references all sports cuts noted in the release back to when UND had 21 sports. It also takes the men's golf adventure (fiasco?) out of play. Noting, reiterating, baseball is gone takes the teeth out of the SJWs (that you know are laying in wait, sharpening the knives). (Mr. Hajdu: That one is on the house. Cheers.)

If you cut MS&D you cut WS&D and save all the facilities costs on Athletics. You transfer them (Hyslop pool) to the general University. And then, you eliminate softball to balance baseball being cut a year ago. UND doesn't own the facility for the sport. Interestingly enough, my numbers show those three together come in at about the right number.

That's fine.

Read the bottle; you're due for your 3:00 pm dosage. Need help with the child-proof cap?

I'll say it now: 1. I hope, sincerely hope, Tyson Jost stays for a sophomore season to build the body and finish polishing the details of his game (ala Toews). Plus, he'd be the immediate favorite for the Hobey. 2. If he stays, hang the "C" on him now simply off his third period on Friday. That is all.

Berry and his staff are there to make decisions and put players in positions to succeed. Motivation comes from leadership, undistracted, laser-focused, consistent, day-in-day-out, leadership. That leadership has to show by word and deed the want to win for yourself and your teammates. I'll say again: this looks like a lack of leadership to me. How else can you explain Friday's third to Saturday's turd. Two-strides and a coast to a puck is not leadership; standing with the puck on your stick and not moving your feet is not leadership; weak-sauce passing off the boards that gets intercepted is not leadership; not getting the puck out of the zone at any cost is not leadership; "look-out!" passes is not leadership; not skating hard to the bench on changes is not leadership.

Well, March 6 is almost here. Kennedy and his staff have to make a move regarding UND Athletics and its budget. Cast your vote to what you expect.

A past Herald article said ... So, the logic says Kennedy better have a plan before he shows up there. I believe they wanted everything defined and done before March 6. That all aligns.

You were off them?

The ND State Board of Higher Education governs the ND University System. You mean to speak to ND Department of Public Education (DPI), Kirsten Baesler, Superintendent.

Data from: http://collegehockeyranked.com/forecast/pwrbywins/ Who's in (9): DU, UMD, Harvard, Minnesota, WMU, UMLowell, BU, Union, Cornell Figure minimal upsets (2, so PWR16 and PWR15 are gone), ... So 10-14 (5) at-large to be filled from the following nine: Team (wins to PWR14) - left - games Vermont(3) - 3 - hosts Maine (not sure how Jim has 3 when only 2 Maine games left, must assume an HEA tourney opener) UNO(1) - 2 - hosts DU UND(1) - 2 - at Miami Ohio State(3) - 4 - hosts Michigan State, at Wisconsin SCSU(2) - 2 - hosts CC Wisconsin(2) - 4 - at Penn State, hosts Ohio State Providence(1) - 2 - hosts UMass Penn State(1) - 4 - host Wisconsin, at Michigan Notre Dame(0) - 0 - no regular season games left, so needs some help I'd say everyone else has to win their conference autobid. Observations: The B1G is going to be doing some self-immolation with that OSU/UW/PSU trifecta. I'd say Wisconsin could do a lot of damage over the next four games. My thoughts on most likely to least likely (first five make PWR14 or better): Penn State, Providence, Notre Dame, SCSU, UW, UND, OSU, UNO, Vermont

Whatever "it" is, I'm yet to see them bring "it" on back-to-back nights.

You assume they'd cut UND in on the hockey part of that. If I were negotiating for UND, that'd have to be part of the deal.

Go to Google maps. Take the earth view of REA. Zoom way in on REA. Find the big window (octagon shaped) over the pro shop. To the immediate west of that you'll see a small, narrow, railed area. From the sky it's concrete surfaced where the north and south of it is white (roofing material). You can reach that easily from the press box.

As much fun as it is to have those big name first round flashy freshmen and sophomores (sorry, Tyson, Brock), college hockey is an upper classman's game. If you don't have a big core, or is it corps, of seniors and juniors that carry the load you (a) don't have an environment for those young stars to do what they do, and (b) you don't have the experience, leadership, maturity, and consist performance to survive a season. Look at last year: that mature defense and group of upperclassmen forwards pushed play to the offensive end and let Boeser and Schmaltz do what they do. This year Boeser and Jost are spending as much time helping in the defensive zone as thinking about offense. Having said that, I'll remind you all of 2-5-11-8. And then I'll point out to two and three years from now, when those big classes will be upperclassmen (even if they suffer some mild attrition). That said, that group needs to start figuring out this concept called "offense". It begins by propelling or carrying the puck toward the blue painted ice with the guy in the big pads and wrong jersey standing on it. <-- Wasn't sure how much they understood of the concept so I gave the detailed description. My best guess: If UND sweeps at Miami they have to at least get to the Final Faceoff to have any hope. If UND splits or worse at Miami, not only do they have to get to the Final Faceoff, but they'll probably have to win a game there (v. DU or UMD).

Now he's just Bob's backup in Columbus ...

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. (But it still makes me want to take a shower.)