The Sicatoka

I'd like to beat NDSU ... in January 2016.

Why not throw an O'D goal in there while you two are at it.

Pitchers' duel.

So when does the NCAA"s five-year clock start? Is the clock running for that "ineligible freshman" so effectively everyone redshirts? Better yet, if this is such a wonderful idea, why just football and mens basketball? Why not all sports? Is there something different about the "student-athlete" being recruited in those sports that potentially makes them need to "get more academic advising" than other recruits? <-- That is rhetorical, meaning it does not expect or want anyone to directly answer it, because it is a grenade without a pin. But it would be interesting to hear the B1G explain their singling out those two sports. If the schools are worried about how their freshman recruits are doing academically, why aren't they recruiting better students who are athletes (instead of athletes who might be students)?

Good question. I'm hoping it appears as an option now that the womens game is done. EDIT: And with that, it appears.

Cheech. Chong.

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