Snake

No chance they'd let us have "sioux" as part of the nickname. I've had thoughts of "Lakers" or "Spirit Lakers" if one wants to honor those at Spirit Lake. Nothing measures up to Fighting Sioux, but I'd certainly be willing to live with some of the alternatives presented in this thread.

Quick question... Are the two arenas in Columbus publicly owned, thus making a cooperation more feasible than in GF with a publicly owned Alerus and a privately owned Ralph?

Smart kids (i.e. those of us who chose UND) don't need to study as much.

"Free to Air"

Yeah, if you read the rule as it is written in the article, it sounds like that could be the case; but does "spot of the infraction" actually refer to where the offending player who commits the infraction is on the field, or where the ball is when the offense is committed? I would assume the latter, but who knows?

One must also consider the fact that there will now be new non-conference bus trips to UM, UW, SCSU, MSU-M, BSU, Tech... Instead of flying to Orono, ME, just drive to Minneapolis, MN!

I find it odd that more people aren't giving the "other" ND more flak for this. After all, they were the first ones who began flirting with another conference (HEA) after the B1G teams announced they were leaving. They essentially dealt the death-blow to the remaining CCHA by likely forcing Miami's hand.

If UNO gets the on-campus arena, the Qwest Center becomes a very viable neutral site, too.

Talk about a power conference (at least as of now)! All the proposed teams made the NCAA tourney last year, three went to the Frozen Four. The Big 10 only had one team in the tourney...at least their one team made the title game, unfortunately at UND's expense.

IIRC, he seemed to hold his own quite well when he played against UND in Dec.

Is it the NCAA who requested a rep from REA there, or is it the ND delegation? I should think any ND delegation that wants to try to save the nickname and expose the NCAA for their hypocrisy would request the meetings be "open." Inviting a private entity into the discussion would close that opportunity. Maybe the open meeting laws don't apply anyway since it's outside of ND and the point it moot...not sure.

Is the REA not specifically named in the settlement?

What stings is they had the same opportunity at the Frozen Four...a building full of thousands and thousands of Sioux fans. Unfortunately it didn't happen. I'm sure if you ask the Duluth players and Fans they probably wouldn't want to trade places with us! I don't know if they could've won a NC in a better venue for their team and fans than the X. Nevertheless, a great season and one I'll remember for a long time.

I had problems all last year, too, but was able to get a decent signal by bumping west for one of the games. The Satellite Gods smiled on me that day, because it was the ONLY game that wasn't on DirecTV's FCS channels this past year (I think it was one of the UNO games), and after that night I was never able to get a reliable FTA signal for the rest of the season.

Wait...wait...wait... Was the puck in play, therefore placing the act within the "context" of the game? It's OK if it's between the whistles, right? I thought only the guys who drop the gloves after the whistle were hacks.

Not sure if you were implying that Boogaard was addicted to said painkiller, but I didn't read anything indicating that in the above article. He was battling concussion problems and may have been taking oxycodone for the headaches for all we know. The Star Tribune is reporting it as an accidental mixture of the painkiller and alcohol. It's an unfortunate deal, that's for sure.

I don't know, but could this be because the NHL owns the Phoenix Coyotes, who may have retained the rights to the Jets name when they moved from Winnipeg?

FYP

Could it be because it's the only Big 10 conference sport where you have a chance at finishing in the top 6?

I guess I would assume the team numbers would be designated based on the placing of the top four seeds in the regionals. Therefore: 1 = Yale Regional 2 = UND Regional 3 = BC Regional 4 = Miami Regional That's also how the original bracket is structured: 1 plays 4, 2 plays 3.

I highly recommend pizza at Red Savoy Inn.

Not to forget Kristo since his return, too! Awesome.

I feel the Sioux are much better defensively with Marto on the blue line. A lot of things were hosed up last weekend because of Gregoire's absence. Get Gregoire healthy & Marto back on D and not much else needs to be tweaked in my opinion.

Although MN and WI weren't at the Final Five, this wasn't exactly a true "dry run" of future tournaments since the fans of those programs still bought ticket packages. We won't see the full effect on attendance until Minny and Wisco fans stop buying ticket packages.