The Sicatoka

Such a nice photo montage the Forum created: http://www.inforum.com/event/image/id/321062/headline/Among%20those%20charged%20with%20violating%20North%20Dakota%20election%20law/ I suppose it's too soon for a game of "Caption the Photo".

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/373568/

I wasn't sure what you were talking about until I saw this: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/373600/

Not sure if I missed this on the first reading or if it's an update, but it doesn't leave much wiggle room: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/373568/group/homepage/ So they were told not to engage in illegal activity and given a statement saying that and they signed it. Now how they signed it is left to Answer Guy to speculate upon.

Ojuri and Williams, based on Forum reporting of what is in the documents, have admitted what they are accused of, namely faking names on a petition. Bohl said he'll wait to do something until after his players get their day in court. How many days are they going to get in court? The possible answers are from 0 to 365*. *In North Dakota, Class A misdemeanors carry a potential sentence of up to 1 year in jail and $2,000 in fines.

Yes, male genitalia is not something to be displayed. (I'm struggling to not make a comment involving the name "Jemison" here.) Thank you for the report.

Part of the problem for the Griz in Missoula is the allegations that UM coaches took players with legal issues to "friendly" local attorneys and then the coaches offered the lawyers a quid-pro-quo benefit from the team later if the lawyer took the case "pro bono" now. A coach can offer a player advice like "I use ScottM as sheister and consigliere" but that's as far as they can go under NCAA rules.

Now I know what Bohl meant when he said his players were being "very cooperative" with investigators.

Will that cover their legal expenses?

Darell: If the NCAA answers those two questions in a bad way for NDSU, they've already used those players in a game this season.

IF (<-- note the big IF) it came to the point of "wins get erased" I don't believe it'd be from LOIC but more likely from the eligibility status of those players based on this: The NCAA's version (the only version that matters) of the answers to those two questions could go either way. And all it takes is using one ineligible player to void a game.

Ah, ... work release.

So do Cavalier and Oakes pool together and buy in bulk?

I think Stevie Ray Vaughn (RIP) should get credit for this idea as his tune gave me the idea. The North Dakota Crossfire

Rob Port and Al Carlson (and their mission to lay waste to the ND SBoHE and the concept of local control) will latch onto this issue in ... three, two, uh, too late.

Yup.

I saw an actual television commercial for it on Midco last night.

Sounds to me like a potential new remedial class at NDSU.

More twists and turns: http://www.inforum.c...icle/id/373553/ Seems the basis on which the company paid is coming into question. However, just because someone offers what may turn out to be illegal incentive payments doesn't mean you get a pass on filing a false affidavit. Taking the notion to the (admittedly) monstrous extreme to make the point: Someone may put a million dollar "hit" out there on whomever (a quota system; but both actions are still illegal, meaning the pay offer and the "hit"). If you perform the "hit", claiming you did it for the incentive (the money) doesn't clear you of the murder. Just because your boss may have offered to pay "per signature" (illegal in ND) doesn't allow you to fake names on a petition or sign a false affidavit when you turn the petition in. (However, it may "mitigate" what the court system does to you.)

Reading through the updated bios of the current UND mens hockey roster I noticed that Colton St. Clair graduated from Fargo South HS. I guess I can't think of any other South graduate to play mens hockey for UND. Yeah, yeah, he never wore a South jersey; he just graduated from FSHS while playing for the USHL's Fargo Force. I know. I know. I know there've been Fargo North graduates (Williams, Kaiser, O'Leary), but I can't come up with any Fargo South graduates. Anyone?

If you want to play the UND thing in the middle I've already tossed in the idea of ... SCOUNDRELS

Yes, I believe it was part of Freud's weltanschauung.

Yes. http://publicsearch.ndcourts.gov/CaseDetail.aspx?CaseID=2442059

Earlier this summer NDSU LB Brendan Jemison was dismissed from the NDSU team when the reports came out he was about to be charged with a class A misdemeanor. He was gone before the charges were filed. These guys: A misdemeanor, not yet charged, but still on team. That discrepancy is what is being questioned. I know many are saying "there's more that Bohl knew when he decided on Jemison" but that, honestly, is a whisper campaign and no one should be in favor of those. If there's more Bohl should've been clear as to why the Jemison situation is different. Yes, he gave a "not drugs, not sexual" answer about why the current eight are still on the team. It sounds nice, but is unsatisfying to the media because "it is NOT ..." isn't an answer. The media wants the "it IS ..." answer. If you don't give the media an "it IS ... " answer they'll go and dig to find one* (and may not be pleasant to people they believe to be withholding in the mean time). *No guarantees what they find is really the right "it IS ..." answer either.