The Sicatoka

Kennedy tried to put the issue to rest. He had to or the buzz would be an ongoing distraction. The Legislature is resurrecting it.

Seems the costs of college athletics is catching up with more than we knew. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-01-04/college-football-s-top-teams-are-built-on-crippling-debt Yes, you read that. Cal's budget deficit is roughly our entire budget. They run 30 programs. They are looking at cutting.

Duluth was dumping it toward Ausmus this weekend.

I believe UND sports not called football, mens hockey, basketball, or volleyball should be concerned. I'm not sure what to think about womens hockey. I don't believe there is any sort of "Ralph mandate" but I do know it's an easy match for mens hockey.

Charley got a sweet job that doesn't involve getting home close to midnight most nights.

How soon we forget what Stetcher, Ladue, and Thompson looked like as freshmen. Johnson, Peski, and Poolman the younger, will be fine. Poolman the younger is 21 so you can see it's slowing down for him game by game; Johnson and Peski are showing progress.

Honestly, Kennedy is playing this like a politician. He needed to not be "dictatorial" (as was accused of) Ed Schafer so he involved the IAC in the process. The IAC whiffed and Kennedy took their whiff recommendation. Plus, he said he's done. But now, if the State cuts, mandating he take action that he never planned on, well, all blame shifts to Bismarck. He had to do it because the bosses told him to and the cuts are theirs, not his. Kennedy gets the wins in every direction: the IAC (a wing of the University Senate) got to feel included and hugged by Kennedy; Kennedy got to hand the ax to someone else.

No, I think they were bionic. "We can rebuild him, ... better, faster, stronger ... "

Ausmus is a senior. You have to assume Tucker Poolman goes. Chartrand is a sophomore that has never cracked the (non-exhibition) lineup. That's a combo that seldom sees a junior season. There's three slots in my mind. And then I'd have brought up Wolanin, except for his play the last couple weeks.

Duluth was bigger, faster, stronger on the puck and stick, and more decisive. Plus they are a veteran squad at defense with a couple highly skilled forwards up front. They are built for right now. And it showed.

Kennedy was/is a politician. He knows it's important to stay connected to key parts of the constituency.

"Bubba, what is best in life?" "To crush your opposition, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the opposition QB's mother." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PQ6335puOc

Thread locked. No politics. Thank you.

Pure educated guess, but for UND I'd speculate ... Andrew Zimmerman or Brock Boltmann. In 2019 Zimmerman will be a senior and Boltmann a sophomore.

I took the same patches (WAC has ability to bestow FBS; Cal Baptist to WAC) and my own thread (thoughts) and came up with a different looking quilt. < shrug >

Sit down Nancy.

Your thoughts (the stitching) require no evidence as they are hypotheses to be proved or disproved. But, admittedly, yes, the patches (the pieces of data) should have sources and references. And understand, I'm not talking SV here, I'm talking any discussion.

There's always a choice. They could've challenged the Big Ten bylaw. Heck, they could've left the Big Ten. Sure, not practical, but possible, so choices. They chose to fall in line with the BTHC which means that was their best choice in their minds. They made the choice best for them.

Minnesota acted first and did what it believed best for it. North Dakota then did what it believed best for it. Nothing more need be said.

It's the ongoing theme in Season 20.

The funny thing about baseball analogies (I'll fully admit) is that sometimes the beaten down impossible ... well ... here (and I'm no Dodger fan):

burd can help you.