MadScout03

1:58 to go. SOG even. Icing on ND.

4:07 to go. 2-2. SOG 32-31 UND. SAB still playing great. The Sioux need to sustain some pressure.

6:03 to go. 2-2.

Furia picks off a pass in the MN zone and takes a shot but it gets blocked. Down in the other end a bit of scrum ensues following a SAB save. No penalties.

9:33 to go. 2-2.

13:43 to go. Still 2-2. ND having troubles clearing the zone. Gotta fix that as the game wears on or it will end up costing them.

Sioux kill off the short MN powerplay.

To me it seems like Brewster is building for the future, otherwise I'm not sure why Smart isn't playing more on the point. She seems to have more control. And maybe it's because Wall is hurt, but Evers is getting the kind of playing time you'd give to the better center, which I really don't see as being the case. Either way it's been tough to see them having such a down year.

Exactly! The football team is becoming as bad about it as the men's basketball team during the Rich Glas era.

SDSU hit a 3 at the buzzer to win 71-70.

Story of the season. Awful. Just awful play calling. I don't get it.

For one, there was no inside game. Two, their big gal would be left alone near the perimeter and she would drain it over and over again. Three, Harvard played an unusual zone defense and our girls looked pretty uncomfortable with it. Part of it was the guard play, but in my opinion, part of it was the old idea that we must get the ball into the post at all cost. I'm not sure how many turnovers were a result of ill advised passes down low, simply to get it down low. Five, Harvard played physical and tight defense. They were the better team today.

No, not at all. Special teams hasn't been going well at all this week either. Beside the blown onside kick try, UW ran a fake punt with great success. And after PSU finally moved the ball a bit, they had a 4th and 3, brought out their kicker and had the kick blocked. Oh, and UW returned it for a TD.

From the Ralph's website..."Tours of Ralph Engelstad Arena are given at 1:30 PM Monday - Friday. Tour Goers should meet in the Sioux Shop for the start of the tour. To schedule a tour, contact the Sioux Shop at 701.777.6636. The cost per person is $3. No tours are given on event days."

I was sitting on the student side around the 20 yard line, and unfortunately I could say the same about the home side crowd. It was maybe half the size it was at the beginning of the game. It's not just the students who are leaving early.

Jazz on Tap will be playing from 4:30-6:30.

That's the key right there. Things have changed over the past 2 seasons. The caliber of players has changed drastically, starting with the Lamoureux twins. I'm not comparing it to the men's game because you won't see the big hits or that kind of speed, but there is plenty of physical play on the ice, again starting with the twins.

The Drunken Noodle, which is in the old Applebee's on the East side, is also a good choice. I know the service was a bit on the slow side the first time I ate there, but that was also not too long after it opened. My guess is that, given a little time, they should've worked out the kinks.

I had tickets to a LA Kings game at the Staples Center sometime in March 2010. Being my seat was 16 rows from the ice in one end, I figured I'd show some Sioux pride, especially since Matt Greene would be on the ice. The Kings were in my end during warm-ups, so I stood tall with my Sioux jersey on. I didn't get any recognition from Greene, but I was pretty sure he saw it. Regardless, within the first 5 minutes of walking through Staples Center, I heard 4 people give a shout out to me and the logo. Got a "Go Sioux!" as well as a "Nice jersey!" It was a pretty cool feeling! There was another time when I wore my throwback jersey with the Blackhawk logo on it, but all that did was cause confusion and lead to lengthy explanations. I was working on cruise ships and wore my jersey to the crew bar. Several of the Canadian folk approached me and said, "I didn't know you were a Blackhawks fan?!" I was like, well, yeah, I guess I kind of am because of Toews, but this isn't a Blackhawks jersey." All I got was confused looks, which lead to the long explanations. That certainly didn't stop me from wearing the jersey!

I just got the webcast to work. Had to download the Octosetup ONE vision plug-in. Sioux down 11-2. 14 min remaining. TO UND.

Yeah, they won state in 95-96.

I believe Chicago St. can't play in the tournament because of academics. I don't remember the details surrounding it, but they weren't in compliance with certain rules or regulations. After searching for more information, I found this... "If after all that, you're still interested in seeing the Great West Conference Tournament, great news! It's being held in Chicago! Sadly, the hometown team, Chicago State, won't be playing, as they were banned from postseason play by the NCAA for having an Academic Progress Rate below standards." Source

If you don't like the new band jersey, you can chalk that one up to the athletic department. Prior to the beginning of the school year, the band was told they'd be allowed to wear the Sioux jerseys for the remainder of the year, regardless of what happened with the nickname and logo, which is why the band wore those jerseys in Winnipeg for the game against Clarkson, and which is why there was no plan in place to order new jerseys. Some of the big wigs at the game at MTS saw the band in the jerseys and informed them in the middle of the next week that they wouldn't be allowed to wear them anymore. And although there are some people in the band who don't like the jerseys, I know the gal who was in charge of ordering them and I think she did a great job with the amount of time and money involved. And from what I understand, these won't be the jerseys the band wears from here on out. They were ordered to get the band through the rest of this season. So yeah, cut the band some slack.

Exactly. I'm not sure how the name is "wide open". Although, the basketball band was named the Sioux Crew Basketball Band before the Sioux Crew (now NoDak Nation) ever existed, so you never know.

There's a nice tribute video dedicated to Jimmy on vikings.com. Definitely worth a look. Here's his presser...first one ever http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/Kleinsasser-Presser---11/b225794e-8ca3-4b18-9266-20d132833cd8