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Heard something like that about SD once. Not sure if it's (still) true. Somewhere in the SEC (Mississippi?) state law limits public employees to 4-year contracts.

To this palate that sounds like punishment.

It's a standard underlayer shirt with a Kevlar "turtleneck" added. I suspect some of the lads wore them in youth hockey. I wish they had them in ancient times* when I got hooked high and it rode off my shoulder to my Adam's apple. * @burd, before you ask, no onion on the belt. Neither belts nor onions had been invented yet.

Dickey? Did you wear yours with an onion on your belt?

I understand what you're saying, but he doesn't control the personnel group put on the field and the play call (other than a check-down). Hard to run the ball from a 00 personnel package so the QB is left to (a) face a blitz (no RB) and find an open WR, or (b) scramble. The OC is the all-time career completion percentage leader (page 89). There's a mindset there.

Does that come with a big poster check?

Should be above the door to the ice.

Per Massey (an objective source), UND is the number 8 FCS offense (fourth in MVFC) and the 23rd best FCS (seventh best MVFC) defense. The defense needs base foundational work. Why the offense turns invisible at times is frustratingly curious.

In 2022, total athletics expenditures by the combined Dak4 (USD, SDSU, NDSU, UND) of $105M were less than half of those of The Ohio State University ($228M). https://knightnewhousedata.org/reports/fd9e850f

2022: UND plays Nebraska. Nebraska goes on to in-season fire the HC (Scott Frost). 2023: UND plays Boise State. Boise State goes on to in-season fire the HC. ... and now Frost's name comes up for the Boise job. Oh, if the trend holds, 2024, the Iowa State coach should be anxious.

I wasn't sold on Joel being ready as DC; when they announced the Dosch hire I saw the hire of a mentor to help Joel should he need it. But I miss Tom's insights and how he sees the game on the radio.

Berg can speak his mind. He was done doing color to spend more time with family; Tom Dosch was doing color. Dosch gets hired as assistant (to mentor the new DC); they ask Berg back and he accepts. Berg is now the definition of dangerous: Power was thrust back to him and he knows he can walk away any time. He'll wield it as he sees fit. Sweet gig if you can swing it.

I'll ponder again if it's a "practice speed" versus "game speed" (faster opponents) problem when learning edges and angles. Then again, when they do get there the words "wrap up" seem foreign at times.

@Blackheart wants to know how many 3.5" floppy disks to make a copy.

Pretty sure it's a four-letter word like nerd, or geek, or wonk. It might be in here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytics_(ice_hockey)

Closing week of MVFC 2023: NDSU @ UNI -- NDSU going eighth win and a possible bye; UNI needing a seventh win after a stumble last week USD @ WIU -- should be a Coyote walk to ninth overall win MoiSt @ SDSU -- bunnies playing for perfect record (and to not get hurt) ISUblue @ SIU -- should be an Egyptian dog walk to a critical seventh win YSU @ Murray -- YSU needs a seventh ISUred @ UND -- each needs a seventh ... badly ...

You forgot ... " ... now get off my lawn!"

Blake is Blake. Perron is coming along as expected for a high-end freshman. James has figured it out as has OMac. Toss in a couple "old guys" smart with pucks (Schmaltz and Berg) and a ton of puck possession load that had been on Gaber is spread out. Ponder this: Saturday night's starting card had last season's 2C playing 3RW (LouieJam) until Schmaltz left the game. More pondering: We're very close to a 9-3 forwards team instead of a 6-6.

So versus UMn, UMD, and MSUM, UND is 4-1-1. Have some work to do against SCSU and Bemidji and UMD but that Minnesota Cup is in sight.

Grey numbers on white? Tim Hennessy's eyeballs would not be happy.

Restraining order time out?

Jimbo gets his own SEC Shorts episode. https://youtu.be/PxBNbWFyEE8 PS - If you don't understand Peyton, try this. https://www.tamu.edu/traditions/gameday/midnight-yell/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZEXusN8LF0 PPS - If @SIOUXFAN97 says UND should do "midnight yell" he's excommunicado. Period.

I'd rather ride comfortably under the radar in that 4-5-6 area, good but could be better.

Buy two get ten free? Seriously? Ouch.

Michigan would not leave the B1G. Too. Much. Money.