Speez

#16 - Duncan

I think fans forgot how quiet the Old Ralph would get. I'm watching the Wisco series on tape from the Old Ralph from the '00-'01 season on the Wisco MSC feed. Comments from the Wisco announcers about how quiet the crowd is both nights & the proverbial pindrop come up quite often. Their comments are true & it wasn't a blow-out by Wisco. First night was a tied game & I'm in the middle of watching the second game. The crowd is very quiet, even the student section. They're all standing but that sure isn't helping the noise levels as some people claim is part of the New Ralph's quiet crowds.

After the Illinois smoking ban went into effect all you had to do was be a "Hooka" (sp) Bar. The owner was able to have limited entertainment & refreshments. It was part of the culture & was given an exemption. Before there was a statewide ban, certain towns bannned smoking. The outcry of unfair advantage was always being brought up. I actually expected bars to become private clubs with nominal dues ($1.00) with one of the main rules to allow smoking. Don't know why it wasn't tried, but all buildings are non-smoking now. Even though I used the smoking ban to help me quit smoking, I can see the other side of the argument. If I owned a company or a business I would have a hard time not smoking in the building. To have all the responsibility to make the business sucessful & paying all the bills, I would have a tough time abiding by the ban. Looking back I would probably not abide by it. I would let it be known this is a smoking establishment or company & if your not inclined to smoke or tolerate it, Please Do Not Enter or apply for a job here. I know I couldn't get away with it, but I would give it a shot. Matter of fact the owner of our company just started smoking in his office again. Not sure if it's because the windows are open & he thinks no one can tell or if he feels the same way I would.

Quit smoking on Jan. 1 after almost 40 yrs. & haven't had one yet. Probably the toughest thing I ever did. Still have a way to go before I consider myself off them for good. Still love the smell of a burning cigarette but the old stale odor is now nauseating. Illinois had a state wide smoking ban start then & that along with other reasons convinced me to quit. The part I thought I would cause me the most trouble with quitting was smoking at work. The owners & 90% of the people smoked, so I was able to smoke in my office. When the ILL smoking ban started to my suprise the owners said no more smoking in the offices. That definately made it a lot easier for me to quit. So far I made all the goals I set for myself. The big one is making it to the one year mark. When I make that one, it will be time to celebrate.

Bingo!! Give that man a cigar, or a beer & a cigarette.

anyboby listening on the internet. can't get the Sioux feed of TH.

Hated to see the Sioux lose to Denver, but can't say I was too suprised. They can't score goals & haven't for a while. With the leading scorer having 17 goals for the year, the playoffs are going to be a tough challenge. Previous teams had multiple 20+ scorers with scoring lines that would dominate the action. Role players would score 15-20 goals per season & would get flack on these boards for not scoring more. Now we have guys making 1st. & 2nd team WCHA honors & can't get 20 goals. I know scoring is down with great goaltending all around the leagues but a final push to get the offense flying is the only way this team is going to get to the FF. Sioux teams have the reputation of wearing the opponent down & dominating the 3rd period. I'm still waiting to see that this year. The Sioux may have dominated the action in the 3rd. today,but they haven't dominated the scoring.

NDH, member #559, joined in March '03. I would think you've been around long enough to know Jim is providing a great service to the fighting Sioux community without asking for anything from us. This site has come along way since I first found it on the starting of the message board phenom. To just find any info on the Sioux was a major pain, but Jim was at the forefront of getting this started. This site has provided me with insights & info I never would have know. It also provided me with a sounding board for things I wanted to say about the team & things I probably shouldn't have said. I don't post much anymore, but I am an avid fan that gets a great amount of entertainment from this site. Too many posters here take for granted the great site that Jim has provided to us. Thanks Jim for the many years of service you have provided to the Fighting Sioux community & for my own personal enjoyment. Speez

Dagies, Once a Sioux player, always a gopher hater.

As my favorite Sioux player once told me, " I hate the Gophers, & their coach & their penalty box guy & their cheerleaders." "I even hate the Zamboni driver." Give em' hell tonight & kick their arses. Don't be playing games with them, just go out & bury them from the drop of the opening face-off.

That guy sure gets around. I've seen him on a lot of teams.

The Blackhawks could always use more scoring help. Oh yeah, they already had him & blew it.

Don't forget the Hale Bros.

You think you're getting gouged, try Chicago area prices. $3.37/ gal was the cheapest I saw on way to work this morning. That's in the suburbs, Chicago is even more. At least they came down about .10 in the last week, but we're still getting robbed

can't get video or audio.

The real question is, how many cool ones he expects to score. Tip one one for me dagies. Go Sioux

and Father-in-law to former Fighting Sioux forward Ryan Hale. Former color commentator sidekick to Tim Hennessey on the radio broadcasts, who still occassionally fills in with his wit & knowledge of Sioux hockey. I'm surprised the petition ever saw the light of day if it was only sent to Tim.

Dagies, Your current one is a spitting image of you. Speez

Great for Bo & I'm sure he 'll get plenty of ice there. Unfortunately for him the Hawks will still suck until Wirtz & Pulford are gone & sell the team to somebody that wants to be a winner.

I guess hostile & abusive to some may not mean the same thing to other people.

Interesting article about a few American Indians that have a different take on things. http://www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_3317763

Congrats to Jason. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. He definetely deserves a shot. Now this guy, HKNTSMN, I'm not so sure about. j/k John

"Lundblom"

How about the current jersey? It's seems to me you guys give up too easy.