The Sicatoka

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.

Sweet. Free labor (and even then they're overpaid).

Honestly, when I saw the box score I saw how UND had been winning games earlier this year, except it was SUU doing it: - lose time of possession - win field position game - lose offensive stats comparison

One team worked on a short field far too often. (The other team got spooked by the breeze.)

So we're damaged at QB. With our high-power pass... The ground and pound rush... It's time for the hogs to overpow... Nevermind. Pass the aspirin ... away. Send the Jack over here instead. And the Smirnoff too.

Sioux Football Insider just Tweeted: "Will probably get an update at presser later today but hearing QB Ryan Bartels may have also gotten dinged up on Saturday."

Put the order for the sign in now. We'll worry about installation later.

He wouldn't have to "apply". You have five academic years to complete four seasons of competition. He never redshirted so his "academic years" clock is on four. A season "counts" if you play in more than 30% of scheduled games or if you play in any game in the second half of the season. (Mark's used three "seasons of competition".) Given that MarkMac played in six games (5 plus exhibition) so far, and that there are more than 30 games on the schedule this isn't a "season of competition" for him yet. Would he want to come back? Would he need to (would Habs want him to) to make sure he's healed? But we are way ahead of ourselves on this. Let's see where he's at when he's cleared by his doctors. Given that they did surgery right away, I suspect he has some significant OT/PT to get through.

My best guess given that timeline: He might be able to do walk throughs in spring ball. (Face it, it's November.) Given the state of PT/OT and rehab and technology, I'd rather have to deal with a knee than an Achilles.

Alan Page won't find favorably toward the appeal of this thread.