The Sicatoka

After last night I'd say Michal Rozsival is done probably into next season. He didn't have good knees before that ugly spill. This is where Chicago the acquisition of Timonen may turn out to have been the right move. So does Rundblad take Rozsival's spot? Then again, if CHI can find a way to get Duncan Keith onto the ice for 68 minutes in a regulation game. I mean, he's close to that already ...

C'mon Cratter, don't resurrect this thread. It makes certain people in small towns around North Dakota crabby when we talk about real problems in real North Dakota cities like Fargo. Everything is fine in Fargo. The police are telling the citizens and people who live there everything to be wary of. FPD would never hold off on briefing the city much less the city's leaders. Fargo police probed gangs for nearly a year before briefing city leaders Meanwhile, up in Grand Forks, there's a problem with synthetic drugs that haven't been "cut" and lead to overdoses. And out west (the Bakken) is, well, the Wild West 2.0.

Investigation will find that Ray77's team deflated the pucks.

Morning of May 8, 2015 (please verify): 65 - Ray77 53 - UND-RedSox fan 50 - The Sicatoka 47 - fight on sioux 45 - MafiaMan 42 - andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! 39 - jimdahl Minnesota going out gets rid of Dubnyk for RedSox, Home, and me; FightOn loses Parise.

Playoff teams? Short-term? UND needs transfers to fill some gaps left by the pre-Bubba regime. Long-term? It's better to recruit and develop talent within your systems.

Minnesota Wild: too many Gophers

Blackheart: Why didn't you submit your avatar? Wait, wait wait ... you did, and it passed initial muster! Shepherds: German Shepherd logo; Intelligent, confident, courageous, and steady; strong, agile, well muscled, alert and full of life. Sounds like UND. You sly dog ...

I know how to solve all this. Eliminate the air from the ball, then shrink it say down to a disk about three inches in diameter and about an inch thick. Maybe vulcanize it to toughen it.

"Black Stripes" didn't make the cut; I'm guessing you'll get the same fate.

Well ... yes.

Dead weasel. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tanned-White-Ermine-Hides-Fur-Coats-Trapping-Furs-1-Skins-12-to-15-Slights-/151650957972

Sometimes I think we have to go back to "English Language 101" so, ... A nickname is "a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity." * Proper name: University of North Dakota Nickname: Maybe that's the solution: All that's in the "nickname" space right now is white space. University of North Dakota White Space No, wait, clearly racist. * "nickname", Oxford English Dictionary (online ed.), retrieved September 26, 2011

Any thoughts about how "UNDErmines" can also be written as "under-mines"? Freudian slip?

Omaha gets away with it. Heck, Iowa gets away with it.

HOLY COW! We can't have "North Dakota" as a nickname. It's the same as the retired name Fighting S-word --> an adjective followed by the name of ... a tribe. That violates the settlement agreement.

That he likes to gloat?

... and they tossed out "Black Stripes"! dagies! What happened?

Uh ... there's a Native American on the selection committee. Toast.

I just realized "Mafia" is on the "not considered" list. Who's going to break the news to MafiaMan?

All the computer memory is filled up with the Box 1 number from his W-2.

You do realize that "Nordy" is designed to look like the Wild logo, yes?

We already are North Dakota, the University of North Dakota. I swear some people think that team that plays in the NCHC in Engelstad Arena is a sovereign entity and not the University of North Dakota's entrant into NCAA Division I ice hockey. Hint to those blinded by a nickname and logo: It is the University of North Dakota's entrant into NCAA Division I ice hockey. They already are "North Dakota". Nicknaming the team "North Dakota" is straight out of the Department of Redundancy Department.

Wait a minute ... you just said the %gobc is on the committee. You can still ermine, I mean weasel it in that way.

Touche. But someone does, and I support the business of UND Athletics.

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