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Credit where credit is due: Brock Boeser late in the third actually chased down, from end to end in the rink, and broke up a SCSU centering pass that probably would've otherwise been a GWG. Actually, Boeser's skating looked about as good as it has all season. (I believe there's more than a wrist with him this year.)

I kind of wondered if the NCHC didn't schedule Omaha's last regular season series at UND this year for a reason.

Between the sack and the hold ... From the 21, ATL could've run three dives, eaten clock, kicked the FG to go up 11, ... and won.

The home team had better be ready for a full throttle first 10 minutes of this game. SCSU will still have a bitter taste in its mouth after what happened there earlier this season and will come out flying and firing. The best thing the home team can do is keep it simple. Short passes; support the puck; battle hard; go to the net.* *Insert other favorite coach-speaks here as you choose.

Tomek is not 20 and has three years of eligibility left. (He didn't "participate" in a real game last year; effectively he redshirted like football guys do.) Thome is ... wait a minute. Are you serious? EliteProspects.com says Tomek and Thome have the same DOB! No way. So we lose Rinks and Cam after this year (you have to assume Cam is gone). That would be Tomek, Anderson (the practice puck eater) and Thome next season. So, they go and find someone else for the spot in the pipeline that Karki had.

Are you sure I can't reverse that? Please? How about just reverse Ausmus and Jost on that list? Pretty please?

A big write-up in the Denver Post, with a big picture, of UND's three Colorado recruits in this class, and nothing in this thread? Do I have to do everything around here? http://www.denverpost.com/2017/02/01/university-of-north-dakota-football-signees/

Like I said earlier somewhere around here: Sacred cows are best on the grill with a nice South American sauce marinade.

You could make that case; however, you also need to look at tertiary effects. I am unaware of any significant donors or donations to UND because of M/W Tennis players. However, I do know of significant donors due to football and basketball. That tertiary effect must be calculated into the ROI.

UND Womens Hockey IS losing $1,500,000.00 annually. And that's not a real number because they are paying $0.00 for use of REA. (The mens team covers 100% of that expense.) Put half the cost of REA ($2.23M) on the women and that number pushes their number up $1,100,000.00 to over $2,600,000.00. <-- OOPS! That's more than the average FCS FB team. Now, the average FCS team loses $2,500,000.00. The average. Please tell me the number for UND's FCS team so as to make a direct comparison.

Uh, the all bold font? There's no need to shout.

"80 some doctors" ... until you need one.

The "pick your slot" approach would lead to nothing but bulletin board material. "Well, #13 Whasawmattah U, you're up. Which of the remaining slots do you want to play?" "Oh, we're going to take out #1 overall Schreuw U."

The '15 team was a bunch of guys who'd gelled into a team. This group is a bunch of guys still. Bring on the gelatin!

I've said before and stand by it: If there must be college athletics* it should be team sports only. Real team sports. Want to go for a swim or a run** or bowling? Knock yourself out. Have at it. Ask your roommate to play tennis with you.*** A team sport is one where you need multiple players working in conjunction to participate. If you can do what you do as a single competitor, that's not a team sport. Examples of team sports in my narrow-minded**** view? Basketball, volleyball, football, hockey, soccer, baseball, softball, lacrosse. Wrestling is not. Participants act individually. Tennis is not. You say "doubles". I say "singles". Swimming? No. And don't say relays. See "tennis". Same for T&F. That's my opinion. Rip away. *I'm still the curmudgeon that would like all sports out of educational institutions, but that's not the world we live in. **I just PO'd siouxrunner. ***That was for you Brad. I know you're reading. ****Yup. I admit that.

We've heard about Illinois state budget issues and normally WIU is brought up. Well, there's this place called Southern Illinois ... Southern Illinois University announces cost-cutting measures in Athletics

It's the NCAA.

Cut both sets. Go to 16 total sports. Fund those at championship levels. Next question.

UND women's hockey started in the 2002-03 season. Mr. Engelstad died in November of 2002. No point; just throwing out random facts.

So you have to reach back to 2001 to prove your point?

Great ambassador for hockey. Terrible form of cancer. That one is unforgivingly evil. RIP Jeff.

#1 seeds (in order of PWR): UMD, DU, WMU, BU #4 seeds (random order): blah, blah, blah, UND UND as host must be in Fargo. They can easily avoid a first-round all-NCHC match-up by sending BU to Fargo.

It's the NCAA.