The Sicatoka

Inside of all of this speculation about "fall 2015" is a belief that Mollberg will be medically cleared for contact then.

Full credit should go to 'choyt3' who gave it to me (the video link that is, not a '%').

GOBC -- The mythical "good ol' boys club" claimed by "gfhockey". Only slightly less powerful than OPEC and ISIS and slightly more powerful than Ebola. Well, as far a %gobc ... this'll help ...

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If the rolls were reversed they'd be dough. Sorry for filling the role of English monitor.

I wondered the same thing.

Exactly. If Jake Hanson isn't player you'd put on a game field at QB why is he listed at QB? When I see a "G" on a hockey roster I expect to see a guy in big pads come out and stop a puck, be it "Z-Mc", Cam, or "Scrabble*". If I see "QB" I expect a guy who'd come in to a game. *Hrynkiw == "Scrabble"; overheard at a hockey game, liked it.

If "He regularly makes mistakes" is the criteria, we need to look for an entire suite of quarterbacks.

Joe "The Rifleman" Wilson 2.0 ?

Not wishing ill upon anyone, but an Achilles injury is tough to come back from.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/content/und-football-quarterback-bartels-sits-out-practice-undisclosed-injury

This has all been fun, but I'm going to turn in my claim form and paperwork for what I'm owed based on the documented process and criteria. I think that's the issue here: the Hardship Waiver paperwork is it "apply" or "claim"? When you "apply" you're making a request, you're coming from a position of nothing or weakness and asking for something. When you "claim" you're demanding what's due you, coming from a position of strength and looking to validate the claim. (Yes, either can be denied.)

Wow, all this over the word "apply". Where I live is a "shall issue" conceiled carry state. When I filled out the paperwork for mine, did I "apply" (ask for something I didn't have, as in apply for a job) or merely complete the paperwork for what I was already qualified for? Beyond that it's haggling over that word because the rest of the specs I mentioned are correct (<30%, none in second half of season). And yeah, the 2014-15 DI manual rearranged the section numbering, but not the criteria. The point remains in this case MarkMac would be granted the fifth year. If he wouldn't no one ever could be under the rules and process as written and defined. But most importantly, I'd rather have him recover quickly than have to mess around with process and committees.

Tyler Palmiscno.

In NCAA (no)think you're probably right.

The red t-shirt is cool; but, I'm enjoying reading 14.2.4 of my NCAA Division I manual. That says the conferences administer the hardship waivers (14.2.4.2). They'll go by what the book says is my guess. More importantly, this conversation is too much of a downer. How about we talk about how MarkMac is going to heal wonderfully and be back on the ice in four weeks instead.

Folks, the NCAA give priority to "off campus" sites. Nobody in the Midwest Region bid except Notre Dame and they bid using their "on campus" site -- the NCAA had no option. In the West, UND bid using REA as a site and UND bid using Scheel's as a site -- the NCAA took the "off campus" site, and, in the process I'd argue, left about 6000 tickets times three games on the table. For an organization of academic institutions, the NCAA ain't too smart.

I'm somebody! I'm somebody! I got an email too! I now know how Navin R. Johnson felt:

We're playing semantics with the word "apply" I suspect. As things stand now, Mark qualifies for the medical provision (this season not counting as a "season of competition") if he doesn't play another game. It'd be allowed per NCAA rules as written. To me that's not "apply" (meaning ask for); it's a notification to the NCAA that we're enacting and following this rule as written. One would "apply" (ask for) a sixth season for some athletes under unique circumstances (and that's why those are rare).

You can't be serious. The food market is controlled by conglomerates just as ruthless and nasty as "big oil". Some of the key players in "Big Food"? PepsiCo, Dole, General Mills, Nestle, Kraft Foods, Tyson Foods, Coke, and on and on. But they're not profit-seeking evil capitalists like "big oil" ... are they. (Yeah right.) See the list: http://www.foodprocessing.com/top100/top-100-2013/ If the suppliers to the retailers are conglomerate, under your theory about gas prices, there is no free market. ExxonMobil == Tyson Foods (local gas station) == (local grocery store)

That would contradict what the Insiders bloggers put out (however, upon further review they are hedging talking about "dinged" and wanting to see how practice goes Tuesday).

Left handed shot, left wrist*, so the bottom hand. Someone should be working on re-enforcing a glove (and extending the cuff) right now. *Which hand is out there in the national media already so I'll break my normal rule about not talking specifically about an injury.

Seems the speculation about an injury to Bartles was just that: speculation. From SiouxFB.AreaVoices.com: http://siouxfb.areavoices.com/2014/10/27/und-vs-suu-game-thoughts/#comments

When did we decide on the smaller version?

Trap game? No way. This is an opportunity game for the guys looking to solidify roster spots now that Mark MacMillan is out indefinitely. If those guys don't show up and perform they deserve to get beat. Harsh. Yes. True. Yes.