The Sicatoka

When'd you move to Colorado? Or is it Washington?

Is the B1G aligned by common sports interests, or by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation. BIG sports make them money; CIC is where the real money is.

It exists (too lazy to find it but there are links on this board to it in threads). Basically, when the join date (July 2014) arrived for Idaho to come back to the BSC, if UM, MSU, and UND were not in the BSC Idaho could leave *and* get their deposit to join back.

Precisely. It didn't matter enough so they let it go. As far as SL, the NCAA wanted an updated affirmation from the tribal council (not their past statements). They never got that from SL.

It's a McRib but without the meat. No. Wait. That's called ... a McRib.

The B1G has set an unexpected precedent by adding Johns Hopkins for B1G Lacrosse only. Should Notre Dame make serious noise about leaving HEA for the NCHC I'd expect the B1G to make a move. Would it be "hockey only" or would they stick with "all or nothing" with the Domers is the question.

That seems out of character for a power run team.

Put the second official upstairs. http://boardsroom.blogspot.com/2015/02/what-nchc-needs-to-change.html

Didn't the last Legislature somehow open up the university foundations to public audit? EDIT: Found it. It wasn't the legislature. Public entities are open to state audit.

That's been known for a while.

Bologna. That tribal majority could vote in a tribal council that would enact what the majority wants. What's that you say? They'll vote other tribal issues before worrying about a nickname at a university? That must mean those other issues are more important to them. If it's important you do what it takes. The majority at SR (and SL?) have let this one go and left UND out to dry.

I don't like to count eggs as chickens.

Frank missed the (tribal) majority's deafening silence; the majority have spoken by saying and doing nothing.

4 of 82 --> 5% of regular season games. In a 40 game season that's two games. If the league had any "gusto" they'd suspend him for one game this weekend and keep the other game as "yet to be enforced". The league would then "choose to enforce it" if UND and DU were to meet again this season. But that would make sense and make the punishment fit the offense. It'll never happen.

I see six conference games and conference playoffs long before any game is played in the West Regional. I guess I only see one game: Friday at Western Michigan.

If "I intended to blow the whistle" is a legitimate excuse for a referee to waive off a goal, why isn't it an excuse to call a retroactive penalty? "I intended to blow the whistle and call that hook on the Caggiula goal, so I'm calling it now as we go into OT." I probably shouldn't be giving them ideas.

Probably a safe assessment. What if ... http://siouxsports.com/hockey/whatif/

"We're bringing in that top-rated freshman recruit at center* because we're sure they'll be able to improve the quality of scholarly research in the physics department." *BB, hockey, or FB

http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/3679289-after-life-changing-accident-und-hockeys-lisa-marvin-takes-her-days-one

And this is why the NCHC needs to become a development resource for officials. The USHL does it with USA Hockey. Officials are rated and graded, developed, and the best are advanced to the next levels. The best of the best rise up the ranks and appear in the NHL and international competitions. There's no reason the NCHC and college hockey in general shouldn't be a development platform for officials. College officials seems to have lifetime tenure with no fear of repercussion or worry of replacement.

I've already given my suggestion for a solution: http://boardsroom.blogspot.com I was at the game and texting with a couple people who were watching on TV and telling me how they could see all the mugging going on in front of the DU net that wasn't being called. Maybe if the officials had to see how their product was being viewed by the world they'd start to make the calls. Caggiula was hooked and hit in the head/neck with a stick when he scored. How do you not call that? Then again, what's wrong with a three, four, or five goal lead? When you go up by two goals you: a) Assume it's enough and go defensive shell mode b) Play to get the next goal, and the next, and the next, and the next. So what if you make the other team/coach look bad.

UND got all $10 million alloted to it. And it all went to academic endeavours. That's how the bill was written. I'm happy UND was able to do that.

To your point: Based on how that's written, Spear probably said "NMSU and high-end Big Sky schools" and the local writer filled in the names of local schools his readers would recognize. Side note: You need 8 full conference members to be an FBS conference. (UI, NMSU, UM, MSU, EWU isn't enough.)

1. Rob Port is somewhere between useful idiot and willing accomplice in Sen. Al Carlson's campaign to have the Legislature dismantle the State Board of Higher Ed and make the universities purely political pawns. 2. I don't care who you are: If you see someone about to leave money on the table and you can legitimately scoop up the money left behind ... YOU DO. To claim otherwise is intellectually dishonest. 2a. NDSU's fundraising arm was a dumpster fire, and I suspect it's still smoldering as it takes a while to clean up a mess like they had. They probably weren't well prepared for that State program. But unprepared or not, those "rules" are codefied as State Law. I'm not sure Lt. Gov. Wrigley can make that judgement call; I'm not sure that it's within his power, committee chair or not. State Law opinion and review normally happens through the AG's office or the courts.

Would Chris VandeVelde, Chris Porter, and Brad Malone be in the show today if they'd have played for Lucia.