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I really thought that here, in North Dakota, there were more than enough

"Whiskey Joe - drunk on his own power." And that pales in comparison to what 'SU supporters called Dr. Kupchella.

On the aisle up high in (or near) the corner at the end your team shoots twice.

Or if you want to call him or send him a letter, just go the link below and do a search on "McLeod". DU directory Should I be surprised that his first name is really "Maurice"? I think not.

Total and complete steaming BS.

...and that's exactly the point.

I don't think that goalie leg pads are really about protection. The chest protector is much thinner and is protecting far more important parts of the body. The size of leg pads is all about reducing holes for the puck to go into the net. Today's materials offer far more protection than those of the past and can do it with far less material. In my opinion that is what needs to change: Make leg pads much, much smaller in width and drastically reduce the size of the trapper and blocker too. Goalies are going to scream and pitch a fit (and maybe some "purists" too), but it absolutely needs to be done and someone needs to step to the fore and make it happen. Maybe it will take something like Gretzky, Lemieux, Howe, etc. all putting pressure on IIHF and/or the NHL to make the change. If these guys speak it will resonate because it will be their records that will be jeopardized. Phase it in gradually if you must, but do it!

I agree - the Sioux outplayed DU for most of the weekend (all but the first 3 minutes on Friday and after DU scored their first goal on Saturday). Just can't finish.

Has anyone ever met this guy? Is he as much of a total jackass as his posts and blog would indicate?

Skippy, if you think that I wouldn't say to your face what I've posted on this forum, you are sadly mistaken (as per usual).

Right, and we know this to be true because of the immensely bad image and monetary costs UND has caused the NCC, WCHA and Great West. I'm sure in your addled mind you think the NCC disbanded due solely to UND's moniker. With the extraordinarily poor judgment you incessantly display, I'm really amazed that you've apparently survived to adulthood.

I love these guys, and I always will. Just not sure they have "it" this year. This is a team that had to rely on depth instead of a few really high profile players and, unfortunately, their depth has been pretty much wiped out by key players missing time. The effort has been there for the most part, but like most young teams, they have problems finishing both plays and games. Right now it's going to take a minor miracle to get home ice for the first round of the WCHA tourney, and another one to avoid the play-in game so that they have a realistic shot at the tourney title. I think making the NCAAs will also take a minor miracle. That said, I'll be there watching them for as long as they are still playing - hoping for the best, but at least trying to maintain some semblance of an even keel (always hard to do where the fates and fortunes of the boys are concerned). On the long haul there will always be stretches with bumps in the road - this is something real fans know and understand.

Just because you say it, it doesn't make it true - and certainly saying it more doesn't make it any more true.

Hear, hear, Chewey, hear, hear! Well done!

Your willful ignorance continues to be wearisome - but that's the point isn't it - after all, it's your principal form of entertainment - trying to irritate by pretending someone's arguing "A" when you know they're really arguing "B". You know full well I'm talking about the reasonableness of the Summit's position, but you know there's nowhere to go there, so you try to change the argument. Grow up.

An astute observer would point out that the real reason for the SCSU protests was to draw attention away from SCSU's record of racial and religious intolerance on their campus. Have you ever seen any of those protests? The best way to describe them is "underwhelming". They couldn't be bothered enough to educate themselves on the issue so that they could get their chant right ("people not mascots" - although UND does not have a mascot). When talking about the average person, we are obviously talking about the average person after having the facts laid out before them. Do you honestly believe that the average person, when informed of the Summit's position and of the existing agreement with the NCAA on the issue would think the Summit is being reasonable? Really?!? Knowing, of course, that all the statistically relevant polling on the issue of schools with indian monikers has shown that a very strong majority has no problem with them. You are foolish not to yield the point. The reference to Chamberlain is relevant - both of you hope that by giving in to an unreasonable bully, that bully will then ask no more from you. I find your apologist defense of Douple to be nothing short of viscerally repugnant. Be careful of what you wish for - without emotion, there would be very little donation to UND period. I've got news for you, you are never going to convince me that the Summit's position is reasonable - relevant historical evidence shows that it is not. You obviously do not agree. We are just going to have to accept that neither of us will be moved on that point. You should know by now, however, that anyone that has "MplsBison" on their side is treading on very thin ice indeed.

Small talk from someone who has nothing to back it up. You should be demanding of your AD, your president and the Summit league office that an invitation be extended to UND regardless of the nickname "issue". That is unless you are nothing but a UND hating troll with an ulterior motive.

Self inflicted.

I'm not "demanding" the Summit do anything - I am simply pointing out that their demands are unreasonable because there is no basis in rationality. The SCSU protests were organized by to what is tantamount to being SCSU. UMN has not been forced to deal with anything because of the UND moniker - if they've done something, it's because they've interjected themselves officiously and gratuitously (as they are so wont to do). The Summit looks foolish to the average person now, and it didn't stop them from making their moronic stance. You should be quoting a British PM in your sig line, but it shouldn't be Churchill.

Since the moniker became an "issue", UND has been a member of several athletic conferences. There has never been any evidence to show that it was something with which any of those league offices or league member schools (including the current ones) have had to deal in even the slightest way imaginable. This is why the Summit's position is unreasonable - it has no basis in reality. Say UND does knuckle under to the bully and agrees to the only solution available by shortening the time line (agreeing to drop the name). Why does anyone think it unlikely that they will then say, "hold it - you haven't picked a new name, so it still isn't resolved - can't accept your application until you have a new name"? Will we then knuckle under again and rush to pick a new sure to be completely inane name? Probably. And once having done so, why would anyone think it unlikely that they will then say. "hold it - we don't like that name, so it still isn't resolved - can't accept your application until we've picked a name for you"? You don't stop a bully by giving in to him - instead, you only end up further empowering him. UND is a flagship state university with excellent facilities. It has important historical ties with the best of the Summit's current membership. That - by any reasonable and objective standard - should be more than enough. Fans from NDSU and SDSU should demanding of their AD, their president and the Summit league office that an invitation be extended to UND regardless of the nickname "issue". That is for more reasonable than demanding of UND and its fans that they "resolve" (whatever the hell that is supposed to mean) the name "issue" so that their application will be accepted.

Don't fool yourself - Whiskey Joe has never had any room in his heart for anything other than Whiskey Joe.

You know, it wasn't all that long ago that UND was in the same conference as SDSU (NCC). I certainly don't remember any issues that the NCC league office had to deal with because of the nickname squabble. I don't remember any Brookings incident because of it either. So why the hell does anyone think it would be such a big damned deal now?

The vast majority of people think the other way - that there is nothing wrong with "Fighting Sioux" and those that agree with trying to force it being changed are a very tiny minority (ultra PC wackos) - therefore, there has been no net negative publicity, nor shall there be in the future.

Yeah, like Gene Roebuck.

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."