The Sicatoka

Nehama couldn't stand up using his left leg. Honestly, the way Shatzer played they'd have been better off starting him Saturday. But I do believe there were more injuries in CC jerseys than we knew about. And they got a couple new ones by stepping in front of shots and not using good technique.

Minutes?

Don't talk to me, talk to your buddy Kab and your poseur "North Dakota". They're confirming dollars, or lack there of, went into NDSU's decision to quit playing. Maybe you should've asked your student senate if they wanted another game and would cover the shorta ... Nevermind ...

My guide (Midco cable) isn't giving me great hope at this time. (I'll watch BeaverVision on Minnesota Public when there's no UND game.)

Regarding NDSU saying they'll just stay home, my first thought was "budget" also. I'd say Kab confirmed that for NDSU, but that doesn't appear to be an issue for UND. I'd be apt to believe NDSU's short bench (injuries) plays into it also.

And it looks like no BSU or Purple Cows tonight either.

I find it somewhere between depressing and appauling that I couldn't watch Q'piac or BC on television this afternoon.

All the moreso in the current State budget situation.

How'd we miss this ... < facepalm > .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_A-4AR_Fightinghawk

Who's in net for CC?

But it's no Grain Belt Premium.

See, Trainwreck knew the Grain Belt Premium would close the deal.

The next 48 hours is the window that a Jones team needs to finally far exceed expectations.

Dang. He was my lead. Now it's Kennedy. Here's more on what's going on at ASU and how it may be affecting UND: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/investigations/2016/02/25/ex-asu-officers-sue-say-they-were-forced-make-school-appear-safer/80860216/ I guess we know what they were talking about in the hall in this tweet ... Anna Burleson ‏@AnnagatorB 2h2 hours ago Meeting still hasn't started --- co-chairmen are in the hallway with the system chancellor. Don't know what's happening #UNDprez

The media hacks and fish-wrapper producers are doing their darnest to keep this resolved and closed issue alive as a "controversy" so they can continued to claim to be "enlightened" in comparison to the great unwashed here in fly-over land ... and to keep selling mouse clicks and fish-wrappers. They create the alleged controversy; we deal with it to their claimed desired outcome; they can't accept that so they keep rehashing it. And they wonder why respect of the media and the press by the American public has fallen markedly over time.

Spring break officially starts at UND today a 4 pm ... which means it's been spring break since noon Tuesday.

Hockey insider EF Hradek is reporting that Trainwreck won the free agency war by upping the Golden Goons' offer of Old Milwaukee to Grain Belt Premium.

The Herald has a tweeter at today's meeting to recommend finalists. https://twitter.com/hashtag/UNDprez?src=hash

To everyone that claimed the old nickname meant "snake" (which even the most rudimentary search of etymology will show is false) here's my thought about where your efforts will ultimately put you and where you'll end up.

#FireHak

In my opinion Shirley has no business being mentioned in the same breath as Olson or Kennedy.

Really good question. I would think the NCAA would be more worried about the overall student-athlete population and the sustainability of the department that supports them. With that mindset wouldn't the total attendance (all sports through the turnstiles) the school generates be the most important factor, not just football attendance?

That's what really gets me at times. I pay based on the job responsibilities. If I need a warehouse worker and I find a PhD who wants the job I'm paying for a warehouse worker, not a PhD. If the person still wants the job, great; if not, I keep looking. We've produced a bunch of PhDs that expect to get paid because of the degree, not because the job they want requires the degree. The rest are overproduction (see below). I must be getting old and curmudgeonly; I'm starting to sound like and agree with John Calvert (frequent writer to the Fargo Forum): Source: http://www.inforum.com/letters/3946977-letter-universities-scrape-bottom-barrel

It's a university. Are these people talking about students or talking to students. That's the same criteria I've used in business when times get tough (are you talking about customers or talking to customers). I tell people make sure you're talking to customers because if all you do is talk about customers, odds are you're not generating revenue and your role may not be necessary.

How many people does it take, and at what pay grades, does it take to run a nine-digit dollar budget organization that provides an intangible to a broad and diverse customer base where customer interaction, service, and satisfaction can make or break you? Before you answer, consider that the "question" just might be rhetorical and that I just might have a very strong and unique insights on that answer based on what all I do in life.