The Sicatoka

Dale's style of play better fit this region (and the available players). I don't wonder what would've happened; I wonder if he wonders ...

Hat? 4-0.

Three 100-yard rushers; none named "Santiago".

Idalski's team doesn't finish on the road. They win Friday and then bail on Saturday against teams they should be closing out. I could accept a road split against a team ranked higher, or even just ranked, but losing the Saturday game at SCSU is a lack of intensity and finish by the team. And I don't want to hear the excuses. If you're good enough to win Friday you must be mature enough to expect more and better on Saturday and be prepared for it. And win again. This season so far: @Mercyhurst: W 3-1, T 1-1 @SCSU: W 1-0, L 3-2 Last season: @SCSU: W 3-0, T 4-4 @Syracuse: W 3-0, L 5-2 @MSUM: W 2-1, T 5-5 @OSU: L 3-1, W 3-2 (this is the same problem in reverse; they thought OSU's season was over and OSU would curl up; the Saturday win was a panicked attempt to salvage their lack of late season intensity, a Friday foul-up, and their season) Last year if that team had swept two of those four series they are in the NCAAs and that's all you need: a shot. The intensity and finish to complete a sweep has to come from the coach. It just hasn't been there with Idalski. <-- There. I said it. Now what. This team got a pass from Twamley last week with the IAC. That's not an opportunity to relax; that's a signal that the expectations are high. Kennedy says he's keeping teams he expects to compete for championships. In hockey that doesn't mean some in-season "cup" or the WWCHA; it means the big one. If we're keeping hockey, I need (not wish, not hope, need) a banner ... a GREEN banner ... in the next five years. PS - I hope the women's team hears about, or even reads this. They need to. They've been coasting. It's time to toughen up.

Hey, the washing machine had a used puck bag in it. The equipment guy missed it in there the last time they washed team equipment. The fact that the puck bag had been in there long enough, wet and dark, to get all moldy is something some bleach and another wash cycle should clear up. Having said that, this is the first good, understandable off-season move by the Blues.

Wait until SV reads Schlossman's Canisius preview to see who is in town this weekend ...

Simple game plan: Come out and destroy any hope Canisius has in the first ten minutes.

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Fox Sports North is replaying the match right now.

I'll be wearing the 4-0 hat*. *Bubba's boys are 3-0 and Bub's boys are 1-0 when I wear my Fighting Hawks hat.

Probably the same folks that estimated some of those old Dakota Field crowds back in the day. These days I can believe NDSU attendance numbers.

Is she the one that it sounded like a cannon going off (even on TV)?

I dare any of you to watch one episode of "Legends of Chamberlain Heights" (Comedy Central). Season 1, episode 1, should do. It makes "South Park" feel like "Sesame Street". Run on cable; sure, not OTA, but not PPV (like HBO) either. If LoCH can fly, well, this incident is at worst, at worst, "South Park". --> Yeah, some might have been offended but it's not illegal by any stretch.

IAC is not Faison's sandbox; it belongs to University Senate, so the IAC's ineptitude isn't on Faison. I can flip a coin between incompetent and other agendas.

This goes in your mouth; this one goes in your ear; ...

That was a movie? I thought it was a documentary.

Minus Idaho State; Plus Eastern Washington.

Mayonnaise jar.

Which "anybody"? The faculty on campus? Oh, their knickers were in a twist. Heaven forbid someone actually make and act upon a decision.

The last guy to do "this" (make decision unilaterally, cut sports) was Schafer. Kennedy, doing the IAC thing, is a way to make nice-nice to the University Senate and not immediately get tagged "tyrant".

I'm with you, but the last guy did that and he was a tyrant. Can't. Win.

From The Schloss: The more I think about it the more that the IAC had to be "educated" grates on me. Here is their website: http://und.edu/university-senate/committees/intercollegiate-athletic-committee.cfm They are a standing committee. They existed back in the transition to DI days. This is their wheel-house. It what they exist for. And here's one of their primary tasks: The key word in there is ANNUAL. They should be aware of what the budget is and what it nominally looks like, they should know enough about "financial matters" of Athletics, to start this process without "education".

Oh don't get me so giddy and excited.

Do it publicly: sideshow. Do it privately: tyrant. Can't. Win. And if the IAC had to be educated about the Athletic department, what the < bleep > have they been doing? They are a standing committee of the University Senate tasked with overseeing intercollegiate athletics. They are a group that is mandated by NCAA membership (shows institutional control and oversight). Finally, as I've said all along, the IAC being involved is a nice-nice play by Kennedy because he's already said it's his decision and he's going to do it once.