The Sicatoka

Noticed in the game program from the hockey exhibition that: "Tacks are back!" and "CCM is the official skate of North Dakota Hockey" Did a little looking: CCM (maker of Tacks) is owned by Reebok and Reebok is owned by Adidas.

From what I've read, the guy with a good chance is redshirting right now.

DU's lax and skiing programs are solid, and they're putting money into MBB.

Allowing DU would have had the advantage of allowing conference meeting minutes to be private (and not requestable under FOIA) as not all organization members would be public institutions. That's another dropping of the ball. Conference - private school Pac12 - Stanford, USC Big Ten - Northwestern SEC - Vanderbilt Big 12 - TCU They all do it.

I thought the buyouts were changed recently for the Summit and MVFC. Am I mistaken?

The snap? From the far end zone angle it looked like it was behind the holder; the holder seemed to have to "pull it out of his ear". The hold? Clearly off. The top nose of the ball was pointing at the kicker. The kick? He hit the ball high which is why it never really got off the ground. (You have to strike low for it to get up.) But wait ... there's more ... freshman snapper, freshman holder, freshman kicker ... first attempt ever by that trifecta at winning a game. If they're all going to have "learning moments" at least they all had them together at once (rather than over three different attempts).

You want church? Try Proverbs 16:18.

Day by day.

It's called progress. We haven't seen much before this season.

You're a tad behind. The prior coach would go toe-to-toe with moral victories. The current coach does not believe in them ... and he's teaching his team the same. PS - Your name is a misnomer unless you are bipolar. "Alumni" is plural; you would be an alumnus.

They must've had a good couple of days. I swear Sunday (on way to see the Bisons) was more like seven or eight. There are photos in the 2014 season thread.

But still lots and lots of work for the green hats. Day by day.

Walk out to concourse, finish beer, return to seat. Smirk at security.

Massey has Portland as a three point favorite.

I said it before here somewhere: NDSU does nothing exceptional in their offense; what NDSU does is execute the offense they run exceptionally. How do you create a defense to beat that? With the same things: Scheme. Discipline. And run it exceptionally. NDSU took the graduation hit this year on the offensive side (line and new QB). They'll be veterans next year. NDSU takes the graduation hit next year on defense. They lose both starting safeties, three key LBs, and their monster DE. Those safeties are key losses in the Tampa 2 NDSU runs. So looking way, way ahead now it looks to be: - UND's progressing and year-more-mature defense on NDSU's mature offense - NDSU's revamped defense on UND's where-will-it-be-then offense

When did you start getting picky about which defensive coordinator to kiss?

What's disheartening is that: - It took a week to identify this person - That Moorhead PD had this and the murder of Mr. Bearson to look into http://www.inforum.com/content/moorhead-police-learn-identity-dead-man-found-river-last-week It's not supposed to be like this in the Red River Valley.

Much of UND's passing game is now play action based under this offensive coordinator. You can't run play action if the defense doesn't believe you will run the ball.

One last appeal ...

Strange hearing you say that ...

After the Montana game 2013: UND just got shellacked (55-17) and is on their way to a shellacking by Montana State (63-20). I was openly calling for Coach Mussman to be moved aside mid-season (as there was a bye week). After the Montana game 2014: UND is angry because, short of a few key controllable errors, they had legitimate opportunity to beat both Montana and Montana State. The differences? Clearly the coaching staff. A realignment to the business of defense. A team that is on the field (sidelines included) focused on the task at hand. (Hey, UND FB Team, we notice and can start to be proud again.) It was pretty dark then. The clouds appear to be breaking. We could use some blue sky and sunshine (i.e. win some big games). That will come ... It'll take continued work on the details. It'll take not losing focus on what is working now. But, that will come too ... Day by day.

Yes, the Mora quote is wholly appropriate. At least we've moved past "moral victories" and going "toe to toe" and have started to remember that ...

This happened in Fargo about two weeks before Mr. Bearson's disappearance. http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/26565526/teen-arrested-in-west-acres-assault-attempted-abduction Assault, attempted abduction, by a teen, of someone who'd be overmatched. Probably unrelated, but interesting that it happened so close in time. There'd never been anything like that before at that mall.

What's this thread about? This is about who ruthlessly murdered an NDSU freshman named Tom Bearson. (Ramsey Co. coroner declared cause of death as "homicidal violence".) Fargo media, Fargo MEDIA, is hinting, running with rumors, pointing out, whatever you want to call it, the problems Fargo Police has admitted to with problems in certain neighborhoods in Fargo, and yes, gangs and drugs. Heck, they ran a story over the weekend that was horrible: nearly 600 police calls to one neighborhood in six months! Was Mr. Bearson involved in any of it? Was he in the wrong place at the wrong time? We don't know. Nature abhors a vacuum and FPD and others have created one (seemingly to the casual observer, and the media as well) by not putting out new information. So, the media is filling it. That should shock no one. What we do know, the little, is that local law enforcement is looking for a phone and a shoe. And, last week, they went from "no threat to the general community" (by Fargo PD) to "urge the community to use caution" (Moorhead PD). That's linked above. And that backtracking is stunning, and should be alarming to FM community. Oh, and we know the police and FBI (crossed state lines so they're involved) haven't said much beyond that backtracking.

Bubba's systems and Muss' recruits ... that bought in and stayed. I'm thinking the mass exodus may have been addition by subtraction.