The Sicatoka

Mr. Lewis has some work to do before he can take over for ... ... this insurance huckster.

Again, crabby-guy says, "Restaurants are not an economy." This, THIS is an economy ... or not. Fargo-based Vanity to close about 140 stores after filing for bankruptcy protection http://www.inforum.com/business/4227086-fargo-based-vanity-close-about-140-stores-after-filing-bankruptcy-protection

Moderator note: The links that didn't work (that I fixed, < patting self on back >) were truncated. I'm guessing the post came from an iPad where you think you copied the whole link but you didn't. (It happens with mine too.) Make sure when you copy a URL on an iPad (or anywhere for that matter) you get the whole link. An easy way to test it before using it: - copy the link - open a new tab in browser - paste the link (you can paste more than once) If it works, you got it; if not ...

To be a really good basketball team you need three "dudes" and nine adequate for the level players. < Disclaimer: I am not a great basketball mind, just a casual observer; but, it sure looks that way at any level I look at. >

Let's see ... the 2016-2017 UND in the NHL "shinny team" (must have appeared in 1 NHL game this season): Toews Oshie Stafford Parise Zajac Nelson VandeVelde Grimaldi Schmaltz Caggiula Rowney Greene Forbort Simpson Chorney Stetcher Ladue Dell McIntyre _____________________________________ Looks like Jordan Schmaltz got called up to STL; but, he still hasn't met criteria. When he does, we get our 20 man game day sheet! Malone went to STL (assigned to AHL) as part of the deal with WAS so he might end up here yet.

For those of you not in on the joke ... I give you MSNBC's Cal Perry, or as he'll now forever be known: Floating Buffalo

Black Worms? Black Garters? ... No. Wait. That's something very different ...

I'd take Ms. Gardner more seriously if her letter was more substance than platitudes. http://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/letters/4226847-miranda-gardner-und-students-want-say-budget-cuts Define which program cuts concern you. Explain why they shouldn't be cut. And not in generalities. Oh, wait, You can't? Because they haven't been enumerated yet? I see. The State is cutting the budget allocation 20%. There will be pain. Until you (meaning anyone) internalize that reality, you (meaning anyone) has no business making the decisions.

UND is 3-1 against UNO. UND is 3-1 against SCSU. UND wins either of those head-to-head tie breakers. Most importantly, UND controls its fate: Win two and play at home on March 10.

"WRONG." -- DJ Trump They are ... The New Four Horsemen. Santiago, Olivera, Gordon, and Johannesson

Now they're trying to use "prophecy" to stop the pipeline. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-28/tribe-puts-black-snake-prophecy-at-center-of-pipeline-battle Why didn't we know about this before? The UND Black Snakes has a certain ring to it.

I like lower case d . IALTO.

That is so much hokum. And it keeps being spewed out there are gospel. (None of that is aimed at you BWSE.) Division I is an athletics designation, the NCAA, the National Collegiate ATHLETICS Association. Some folks < cough, in Fargo, cough > sold that notion and it is bunk. University rankings in terms of research and scholarship matter far more when it comes to faculty salaries.

UND owns the soccer field it plays on. UND did not own the baseball field it played on. Now, about the softball field ...

The Power 5 want their own sandbox for football. The Power 5 want their own sandbox. It's all about the Benjamins.

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.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/satellite-video-maps-let-anyone-spy-like-the-cia

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.)