The Sicatoka

He did sign with them. What if the guy wants to stay close to home?

What's the old adage? It's tough to beat a team three four five six times in a season.

Me? I'd like to see Caggiula get out of the slump. And then something like ... Knight centering Kristo and (O'Donnell / Caggiula) Rowney centering Grimaldi and Parks MarkMac centering MitchMac and (Caggiula / O'Donnell) Pattyn centering Rodwell and (Gaarder, St. Clair, or "Jim" in that order) If Caggiula came alive, put him with Rowney and Parks and put Rocco with the Macs (that group would fly).

There are only two possible scenarios: Scenario 1. UND plays and wins three games. Scenario 2. Scenario 1 does not happen.

Do tell. My guess: Kevin Gorg. (He has to have some claim to fame because he's got a face for radio and a voice for print media.)

Cooperstown (NY) High School Redskins? Gone. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_COOPERSTOWN_SCHOOL_NICKNAME?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-07-10-22-11

Rule 1. Get out in front of good news. Rule 1a. Get way out in front of bad news. Summary of Rules 1 and 1a: Control the message.

My copy of the plan has the monorail terminal stopping at the Schleussner gate entrance to Fennell Field. They worried about congestion (extra foot traffic) if they'd have put the monorail at Kleinsasser gate.

The NFL's Redskins back in the news. http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/03/07/fight-on-battle-over-redskins-name-heads-to-court/

A reappearance of the convenient excuse of the Big Ten's by-law that says if "six play the sport you play as the Big Ten". Ah yes. That old saw. Keep selling, but no sale here. Dare I ask: 1. Who created that by-law? 2. Who can change that by-law? The answer to each is: The Big Ten. The "we were forced" is disingenuous at best. Yes, you were "forced", by the existing Big Ten by-law, that the Big Ten wrote, that the Big Ten could change. The Big Ten acted in self-interest. Don't be silly enough to say others can't follow suit. Final thought: There are whispers that the B1G is looking to play lacrosse, and that they'd add Johns Hopkins. What's that? Hopkins? A non-full B1G member playing in B1G play? That's against the B1G by-laws! Yet, it's a persistent rumor out in the lax and conference aligment forums on the internet. (Full disclosure: Yes, until it happens it's not real.)

With the departure of Buckie and Goldie courtesy Jim Delany and the BTN, the balance of power had shifted in the WCHA. With UM and UW the teams looking to stay at max scholarships had the majority voting bloc; without them the schools that would favor scaling back expenditures would be in the majority. For schools that depend on hockey to be a fiscal driver, not being top tier nationally (due to scaled back spending, especially on scholarships) is not an option. Rather than face a conference looking to downgrade from 18 scholarships, the schools that have made the big investments in hockey decided to band together and ensure that scale-backs would not happen. The only way to ensure that would be to go on their own. So what you see is this: UND - hockey is the fiscal engine for Athletics DU - hockey is the fiscal engine for Athletics CC - hockey is the fiscal engine for Athletics UNO - dropped FB and wrestling to commit to hockey WMU - just look at their coach, a former pro coach, they've committed Miami - they're committed to top-level hockey based on their performance record UMD and SCSU have rinks (new or improved) and say they are committed (and if not, they'd be in a minority) The teams in the WCHA (and CCHA for that matter) that have been "riding along" (not improving but benefitting when UND or UM came to town) got a rude awakening. However, that awakening is also opportunity if used correctly.

You can't win a game that's ten against six. (Kristo and Rocco were wearing Bemidji jerseys all night Saturday and the officials did nothing about it.)

Is that good, or just a continuation of the distraction.

Can I call you "Jeff" now.

Seems that's a good guess. Follow the link and watch the upper right, watch Spirit campaign tracker move up. Is it good when the indicator goes above the top line?

What I'd like to see is Knight, Kristo, and Grimaldi only playing about 10 minutes per night because the other lines have come out and thrown a crooked number on the home side of the scoreboard. That would be a good omen going forward.

Oh yes, stable conference, no one would ever leave, ... cough ... ACC ... Maryland ... B1G ... Strange things happen. Unique opportunities arise. To believe they won't is to be naive. What we should be expecting is that Fullerton (on a conference level) and Faison (on a UND level) are staying up to date on the landscape changing around them and what the effects (and opportunities) could be.

It it a requirement to have "look like a toupee" (and maybe it is!) hair to be the Gopher play-by-play guy?

I was pretty stunned when I saw the ND Senate passed the most expensive option for upgrading UND Med's facilities. Then again, the ND House gets the bill next. Oy.

Yo, shortbus, see if you can figure out which two names go in that blank long before the "UND, DU, CC" you tried putting in there. Your hints are "Goldie" and "Buckie".

It sounds better if you say "all 100" fans.

He gets full marks for that play. Can't take a night off.

We can't take a shift off. There are no easy games in this league. On any given night any team can jump up and beat you if you aren't ready to play.

Play with a high compete level.