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  1. The Sicatoka
    I'm pretty sure there's a long list of things you'd do for 40 bucks.
  2. The Sicatoka
    I wouldn't even call it xenophobic. I'd say that most consultants only know the "coast" mindset and don't know much at all about us out here in "fly over territory". They bring what they know with them and it doesn't align to us. Not xenophobic, just different bases of experience that we work from (that sometimes clash).
  3. The Sicatoka
    FYP.
  4. The Sicatoka
    (Not aimed at you yzer ... but) .... And there it it. Long ago, when it was clear the old name had been lost, I said (ad infinitum, ad nauseum) that those of us who do care need to "control what is ours to control". The sentiment in yzer's post is exactly what I feared. The powers that be (see: Kelley) beat us into process-committee-process submission so they could feed us pablum (see: inoffensive "adjective birds" or not-a-word, no real meaning, postal abbreviations) and prove their "superiority" by not even following their own processes. And that's why I say Roughriders. It's not academic-approved pablum.
  5. The Sicatoka
    So what you're kinda saying is ... Q: Why not? A: Minot
  6. The Sicatoka
    Allow, indulge, me one more: I am NOT going to adjust my expectation that the fumbles must stop (recovered or given away). It takes a down away from an already questionable offense.
  7. The Sicatoka
    KnightRiders. It's what the shared girls hockey team is called. < cue the music >
  8. The Sicatoka
    My problem with "Nodaks" is this: it's an obsolete postal abbreviation. It's neither imaginative nor creative.
  9. The Sicatoka
    OK, so I'm not the only one wondering ...
  10. The Sicatoka
    I know how I voted. (Anyone can do a quick search and figure it out here.) But right now my biggest issue is not which name comes out of it but how it comes out of it; specifically, ... The process for voting was announced before the round of five. To change it after that is at best arbitrary and capricious, and at worst manipulative and conspiratorial.
  11. The Sicatoka
    Why not take the Minot solution - they have grades 9 and 10 downtown and grades 11 and 12 at "Magic City". Just be "Grand Forks" with 9th and 10th grade at Central Campus (downtown) and 11th and 12th grades at Red River Campus. Based on the GFH story, there are 2087 (937 GFC, 1150 GFRR) between the two schools. That's about the same number (2100) that is listed for Minot High. The theory follows in that Minot also has (private, Catholic) Minot Ryan where GF has (yes, East Grand Forks, private, Cathlic) Sacred Heart. The difference is that there is EGF public there also.
  12. The Sicatoka
    You mention Badger you get the obligatory ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7txPU6efos
  13. The Sicatoka
    Quite honestly, do we have an FCS QB in the stable today? Studsrud has an average release at best (not fast, not slow) and is consistently throwing a step behind receivers. What makes him passable is his mobility. Bartles? I think he got his windup from Hideo Nomo. It's way to long from decision to release. Add in lack of mobility, that spring in the first step to allow escape, and it's a problem. Mollberg hasn't seen the field since his Achilles injury. To me that is telling in itself. Heidelbaugh, the kid from Rugby, has the current generation QB size (6'5") and good mobility for ND HS FB, but do we know if he has the arm, release, 'head' and ability for FCS?
  14. The Sicatoka
    We knew (probably didn't want to admit it to ourselves) that we were one deep at many positions. Many positions. And of course, those are the spots we took injuries. More importantly, there is first line talent there. What is missing is that next tier, the ability to not see a significant drop off when the injuries happen. 4-1, lose the starting QB and both starting safeties, plus a bunch of other important guys (primarily LBs and OLs), 4-4.
  15. The Sicatoka
    What's longer: the two-deep or the injury report.
  16. The Sicatoka
    These two three finalist hi-jinx leaves Kelley and his minions (co-conspirators?) open to such theories and acusations.
  17. The Sicatoka
    That almost sounds naughty.
  18. The Sicatoka
    I recently chatted with someone who is reasonably familiar with Twamley. Their take: There's no point in defining a process if you're simply going to ignore it. Kelley's just doing what he always does: Manipulating the situation in an attempt to get the outcome he desires. Anyone who thinks otherwise hasn't been paying attention.
  19. The Sicatoka
    An original plains Roughrider ... with feathers.
  20. The Sicatoka
    What happens when in this farcical three-way race the top two are within 126 votes of each other and none has a majority. They've dug themselves quite a hole. Top two. Vote. Done.
  21. The Sicatoka
    They've dug themselves quite a hole, haven't they. Imagine the top two (of three) within 126 votes ... and no majority.
  22. The Sicatoka
    That defines arbitrary and capricious. You don't trust organizations that behave in that manner (cough - NCAA - cough). And that is why Twamley must go back to the voting process as originally defined.
  23. The Sicatoka
    I'd say he's clear to do that until the next "here's your link to vote" email goes out.
  24. The Sicatoka
    Just over half of eligible US voters show up for a Presidential election. For state and local elections (no Presidential ballot) it drops markedly, like into the territory of this turnout.
  25. The Sicatoka
    And a bird in a head dress is better.
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