The Sicatoka

Nominated for "Quote of the Month" for June. Masterfully done. <applause>

I was told the took it down to the foundation pilings and then built back up.

I'd love to see the Big Sky work out a "scheduling alliance" with the Pac-12 similar to that between the Big 10 and the MAC. Let's see, ... LA, Palo Alto, Seattle, Boulder, and Tempe ... or State College, Newark, Bloomington, East Lansing, and West Lafayette.

That new UW stadium is supposed to be pretty good.

Sounds like Danny O'Brien is transferring ... again. From Maryland --> Wisconsin --> He has one season of eligibility remaining.

Beck has nothing to prove. To the NDSU fans reading this: Don't you wish he just walked away.

Yes, they'd like that whole list; but, they didn't come out and ask for those because they knew they had little to no chance (or had casual Fridays already). What they have done is start the discussions on something they think they can get. That is noteworthy. Upon further review, by asking for their own subdivisions they are asking for their own pot of gold.

The mistake concerns me; what comes after is what I am interested in. Seems Mister Beck has learned nothing from his prior indiscretions.

The PAC-12 could be part of a new division by then too ... strange days ...

Not surprised. To those who said I was too far out on this subject, what say you now?

So it's not "... with a blue pill here and half ounce there, here a pill, there a pill, ... Old MacDonald had a pharm ... " (I left off the last part because I'm pretty sure the NDSU folks can't spell "E-I-E-I-O". )

Yes. (First NDSU DI game versus Valpo,)

Stop-n-go: a 7-11 with $5 NDSU football tickets. Next question.

As I've said on other occassions, the mistate concerns me but what comes after is what I'm interested in. Clearly Gothberg et al learned nothing. I'm bitterly disappointed in that group. And clearly these former NDSU footballers don't understand what a sweet deal they had from the court system ... key word being 'had'. Now I suspect a judge will 'offer' them an opportunity for a deeper understanding of what court imposed sentence means. And somewhere the ND Sec of State and ND AG (the two who had to deal with petition-gate) just shake their heads and say ...

I guess I'd be more worried about being in a conference that's perilously close to losing its key post-season autobids than worrying about an ex-conference rival's first season in a different conference.

Wisconsin fans: From the Kohl Center to the side of a milk carton.

This is also worthy of a read (Tom Miller with BSC Commish Fullterton from May 4, 2013) as it talks about: - future of the BSC - future of FCS - possibility of three-tier Division I football

Obligatory posting of quote: "Um, he's sick. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious." -- Simone Thank you. That is all.

... any port in a storm.

Uh, yeah, ... but which is which? Or is it a reiterative loop?

I wouldn't even go "hotel route" for home weekends. Let them sleep in their lockers Friday night (with Brad Berry in a bad mood standing outside the door). When they start to figure out that they feel better Saturday waking up without a hangover, even after sleeping in their locker in REA, maybe they'll figure out that alcohol is the exact opposite of a performance enhancer and its physical effects are far longer than what you consciously feel. When they learn that, maybe they'll get to sleep in a real bed on Friday of a home weekend. Thus endith thy lesson of why thoust should never want to play for a team at that level coached by me.

Regarding GFPD: Teachers don't 'give' grades, you earn them. Cops don't 'give' citations, you earn them. Regarding this latest incident: Normally I'd shrug this off, but context matters. This team is eight months removed from a situation where some of these same guys had issues. So I'm forced to point out my view at times like these: "The problem concerns me, what you learn from it, how you respond is what I'm interested in." Well, clearly, these guys learned nothing from last fall. Hak is right in taking action. This incident keeps the questions about alcohol affecting the team's performance (on Saturdays, and in general) well in play. I wonder what a Hakstol team could do if they were actually sober for an entire season, ... heck, for a home weekend*. *No home sweeps this year ...

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and a dog is just a dog.

I do rather enjoy Fargo backers promoting the alleged greatness of their town, a town where the dump is in city limits and on two major streets no less (and their refuse burial site is in city limits too).

Marilyn Haggerty would say Oliv ... never mind.