The Sicatoka

On that last third down I was confused until I realized the situation. When I realized they'd lined the ball up where they wanted it between the hashes on second down and that they were out of TOs and just burning the clock down I relaxed. (It didn't hurt that Garmin was in the backfield calming guys down.) So, spike on third, win on fourth made sense. The only thing that gets me now is that they didn't take the clock down further. Oh well, more learning. When you have limited numbers of WRs and those aren't getting open, passing is not a good plan.

Yup. Nailed it. Purpur applied for the UC Davis job (didn't get it). Why? Davis and Palo Alto (Stanford) are 100 miles apart (basically from the south SF Bay to the north SF Bay). That's the climate his family is looking for. If someone can pull strings to get that climate and topography to the northern Red River Valley I'm sure they'll be able to leave the San Andreas Fault behind too.

Yeah, you want a lot of things. However, if the %gobc was as "well connected" as claimed you'd know getting Purpur to UND is a pipedream as his wife does has no interest in moving to the midwest.

Maybe something positive came out of the botched FG against Montana: this time a freshman kicking unit executed like fifth-year seniors to win. Jer Garmin looked like a leader out there with under 20 seconds on the clock. He calmed Studsrud down. I hope Keaton had his mental notebook out. This is the game Mollberg talked about earlier this year: a game where a team that knows it's right there, so close, comes back and wins. Remember this game, the comeback, the win. This could be the first toehold on the climb up. This game reaffirmed some things I guess I knew but ... - some more linemen (O and D) would be good - the secondary needs help - the WR corps needs help - this offensive scheme needs more than one healthy, reliable back

So the %gobc likes ... not that there's anything wrong with that ... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mY711HJK7pg

The NY Times article about the latest FSU Criminoles. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/15/sports/ncaafootball/for-an-fsu-football-player-a-hit-and-run-becomes-two-traffic-tickets.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=3 I love how in the first article the FSU President calls the NYT story "speculative". Haven't his boys suffered enough?

OK, so they solved the "slow start to season" issue and replaced it with "slow start to games". I'm interested in how they respond to the cold lesson received last night, namely: "You need to play with intensity for more than the last 8 minutes of the game."

Unless the UND Defense/Special Teams provides 17 points (either directly or off turnovers), I predict a loss.

T-birds didn't do so well at K-State. http://deadspin.com/things-went-very-badly-for-this-southern-utah-player-1659084997

Haven't tried their ribs, but I'm yet to have a bad meal here:http://www.wildhogsmokehouse.com/

Noise: You're being rational/logical, not emotion driven; hence, you are clearly wrong.

Neuron? Drink? No ... not possible. Idea? Identity?

The State of North Dakota has reached a binding, legal agreement. North Dakotans don't renege.

The black balloons are on their way.

And there are folks who believe Stanford and Dartmouth will be restoring their "Indians" team names too.

I'll say it again: Sooner or later the NCAA will see through that thinly-veiled ruse and fire up their arbitrary and capricious rule making machine and deliver the next blow.

OK ... it's trivia time: 1. Wahpeton HS's nickname before Huskies? 2. Devils Lake HS's nickname before Firebirds? 3. Grand Forks Central HS's nickname before Knights? Bonus: University of North Dakota's nickname before the one banned by the NCAA? If you are over 30 you probably went 3 for 3; if you're over 40 you probably got the bonus too. If you are under 30 you probably said, "Before Huskies, Firebirds, and Knights? What are you talking about?" If we'd have dealt with this when it was clear the old nickname was no longer sustainable we'd be going on a decade of the new nickname.

http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=209765223

Although he says "not related to this" (and I do believe him), Fargo Ass't Chief Pat Claus has announced his resignation effective Nov 26.

Seriously? Hasn't everyone had the MMR vaccine?

Barry Williams?

FYP.

The NCAA thinks it's a branch of government. Heck, there are people out there that believe the NCAA is a branch of government. Reality: The NCAA can not create law. Reality: The NCAA has no law enforcement authority. Heck, the NCAA runs more like ... well ... organized crime: intimidation, blackmail, claiming authority where they have none, knee-capping some (Alaska), ignoring others (North Carolina). It's over a decade old, but I think the NCAA would still make this list if it was created today: http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2002-12-08/the-best-little-monopoly-in-america

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/its-not-that-the-ncaa-doesnt-know-what-its-doing-its-that-the-ncaa-doesnt-know-what-its-supposed-to-be-doing/2014/11/10/ec1aa64e-6905-11e4-b053-65cea7903f2e_story.html My favorite line in that article?

I wonder what set off the plagiarism detector ... in each paper.