The Sicatoka

Are you saying it's for the birds?

Folks, you're seeing the problem with being "just another NCAA beak".

Third person? I thought the master of that was Bob Dole.

Sweet. Be "The U". How original. Not only copy Miami, ... but South Dakota. https://www.northeast.edu/Admissions/Transfer-Guide/images/University-South-Dakota-Logo.gif

This alleged 11 second video, how come it hasn't made the (forums, social media) rounds?

I learned it the hard way.

If Earl Strinden was willing to say this to a reporter, it's real. Think about this: If we'd have followed Ralph's "late 1990s" idea, we'd have had a new nickname that Ralph would've been on-board with before 2005 ... and not had to deal with any of this NCAA policy mess that we've had for a decade. Ralph was a visionary.

Didn't someone say Ralph was a businessman and a pragmatist that would adapt to the business climate and world around him? Who was that guy ...

Never, never, never, never take a course where the instructor uses a textbook that they themself wrote. Never.

Don't we all?

The state flag is based on the flag flown by Col. Roosevelt's "Rough Riders". (You know Col. Roosevelt. He ranched out by Medora, ND.) The state flag would become a de facto UND insignia ... flying everywhere in North Dakota every day.

Oh yeah, the world of college athletics needs more hawks ... Brad E. Schlossman @SchlossmanGFUND's weekend: wbb vs. HAWKeyes on Friday, wbb vs. SkyHAWKS on Saturday, hockey vs. RedHAWKS on Fri/Sat.

The ND SBoHE just changed some of the logistics on selecting a new president. http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/3880160-state-board-higher-education-changes-president-search-policy

Whew ... I'd heard some radio sports show speculate on AJ Pierzynski 2.0: The Return.

Did someone say "cliche"? https://media.giphy.com/media/3o85xoXPXOLoFIgd4Q/giphy.gif

Coach's former teammate. Too bad I have yzer's wrist shot.

What happened to the "no animals" sentiment* that was out there for a while? Was that just a couple select members of KG's committee? *Birds are animals, yes?

I agree with "Dicta Yzer". As far as looking like there is no opening, I had a shooting coach who had us line up dot to dot in front of the net. He put a goalie in net. He told us to shut our eyes. He had the goalie move (went down butterfly with glove very low and blocker moderately high). He told us to open our eyes for just a one-count (open, close). We all had to then turn around and go to the locker room. He'd set a pencil and paper in each stall. He told us to draw what we saw. We all started by drawing a net and then put a goalie in front of it. He went to the white board and started drawing: first a weird shape with two straight sides and then an odd shaped curvy line; then another odd shape, kind of mirroring the first; then a triangular shaped area between and below them. He drew what HE saw. He drew the open spaces around that thing with pads and inside the pipes. He'd made his point: We all saw "goalie in front of net"; he saw "open spaces".

He recognizes you. It's intentional. He's not worried. He's seen your wrister.

It was snark, but good natured snark. We're good at that around here. Considering the schools these two facilities are at, UND and SDSU should be very proud of what they have. Even moreso when you realize you don't need a tire pump to keep the roof up.

Yeah, but Drew created some serious baggage for himself.

The Hope Hustlers and Page Panthers are now photos, as are the Finley-Sharon Raiders. When Hope-Page/Finley-Sharon is on the court tomorrow playing for a Region II volleyball title and a trip to state it'll be all about the Spartans to those girls. And they aren't disrespecting the Hustlers, Panthers, or Raiders in any way.

The only sad thing: http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/3879849-shafer-serve-interim-president-und

So DMX is the big performing artist of the 1890s? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThlhSnRk21E There's your old/new tie together.

Problem with HAWKS? Five years from now ask an incoming freshman what it meant, and who the Sioux mentioned in it are for that matter, and you'll get a dumbfounded stare. They'll just know a beaked logo.