The Sicatoka

There are no easy NCAA playoff games.

You're off by a year, friend. Mr. George's issue was in 2015. And they didn't hide it too well considering it took me all of 20 seconds to find a public record of the incident.

I have to agree: SME did a solid job for Northern Arizona. The NAU "axe logo / letters mark" is simple, clean, easily identified, and works on many different things. http://www.smebranding.com/nau.html

God made some perfect heads, the rest he covered with hair. Happy now?

You're bragging about winning "best hair" at the bald man's convention?

"Conspiracy Theory" ... Nicely played. But no conspiracy, just a built in mascot!

OK, I know what's worst for Michigan in the PWR (a loss to a bad OSU squad). What's the worst outcome for the rest of the B1G from this game, ... say ... for example ... Minnesota.

So, Michigan didn't really score.

Only because it was uncovered internally, before the outsiders attorneys showed up.

The pink feather boa ... Too late to be the "fighting Jesse Venturas"?

The problem is that the NCAA makes up "facts" as it needs them. Yes, that's crazy, but they get away with it. Better to cut them a wide berth at this point. Again, bird with feathers is nature imagery; bird in a Native head dress ... Kind of the definition of Native imagery, eh?

I'd rather not need a punter.

Truth.

Yeah, it was DII, but no school without a television network deal should be sponsoring 23 sports. And yes, somehow SCSU can cut athletics programs and somehow still meet Title IX.

I've always considered diversity a naturally occurring phenomena, kind of like the diversity of flora and fauna found on Earth. Once you try to "create" it you're following a formula made by man and not letting things play out naturally.

The conference payout used to be $1 million per conference member. The new CFP deal made it a flat $10 million per G5 conference. Pretty easy math for the SBC: - dump Idaho and NMSU to go to 10 members ($1 million per instead of 1/12 of $10 million) - stay at 10 to be able to hold a conference championship game (TV money) under the new rules It's a fiscal win-win.

So he was either on the wrong board, ... Or forgot which account he was logged on to.

Why ask a question already answered?

Mike Prater's (Idaho Statesman reporter) take (via Twitter) on how well U of Idaho made their case to the Sun Belt recently: Not good when the local beat reporter says the presentation was without substance. Like Volley said: it's like Idaho isn't even trying.

And the correct answer (unsurprisingly) is ...

Correction: The Big Sky wants them. And yes, the west is short a "MAC of the West" conference and when it comes it'll include UND because the Big Sky will be the driver behind it. (No predictions on when at this time.)

University of Idaho Athletics Director Rob Spear: That's Rob Spear, UI AD, in January 2016, and it sounds more than a little like a poster from this site. Spear's claims about the NCAA rules: - you can form an FBS football league with six members - doesn’t allow you to form a brand new league - possibility exists to form an FBS league under the umbrella of the Big Sky

The quotes above are from this article below. In that same article you'll also find:

Today's word of the day is ... poseur.

For those of you unsure or who haven't read it for yourself, that's a quote from the "caveat" placed under the NDSU Participation tab on the ope.ed.gov site by NDSU. The full quote says: "NDSU offers a wide variety of athletic opportunities for its students at the varsity, club, intramural and recreational levels. NDSU diligently monitors its students' interests so its athletic offerings can continue to meet its students' needs." What was that phrase someone used here recently? Oh. Yes. ... "Weasel words."