The Sicatoka

In this region, the fall is preparation of winter time. Most folks do that on Saturday (because they're working the rest of the week). A 1 pm Saturday game blows the whole Saturday. If they'd run games later in the day you could get some things done and still go to the game.

I think a weekend with UND playing the Hawkeyes, Skyhawks, and RedHawks opened the eyes of many at the Herald.

My biggest knock (and it's monstrous in my mind): The inability of an academic to follow the process he himself defined. Case Study 1: The committee recommendations, then he adds to them, then backtracks. Case Study 2: The Vote on 5 where 2 3 will advance. Changing on the fly reeks of academic arrogance. If the man hadn't declared himself gone in January, I'd be seeing to it.

And now a word from future politician Trevor Olson: http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/3881916-ice-time-get-know-und-forward-trevor-olson

I'm pretty sure someone could stare at this web page for ten minutes and come up with a pretty nice Roughriders logo.

- See more at: http://undhockey.areavoices.com/#sthash.3HxwtBoI.dpuf

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".