soohockey15
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But it was a failure. The city tried to keep the water back, but couldn't. They failed in their efforts. It was a heroic failure. It was a Charge of the Light Brigade/Last Stand of the 300/Remember the Alamo failure, but still a failure. Noting that takes nothing away from the efforts of those who tried to save the city back in '97. I was on the lines in Fargo in '97, and it's frustrating that we're facing the same thing now, while Grand Forks and Wahpeton are sitting safely behind their flood walls. (and I grew up in Wahp and parents and friends still live there) What Walaker says is true, if mainly being said out of the same sort of frustration. Fargo waited patiently for our turn because city leaders realized that the state couldn't fund more than one major flood control project at a time. These projects are so expensive that funding must come from the city, state, AND the feds. Without the state's share, Fargo can't afford it. (Neither could GF or Wahp.) Most of the frustration is of the "nothing could be done/railing against the fates" type, but some of it comes from the thought that the state could have funded the three projects more quickly than they did. If that had happened, Fargo might have had flood control in place a year or two ago instead of two or three years in the future with a potential massive flood looming on the horizon.
Just like how New Orleanes failed during Hurricane Katrina, and Southeast Asia failed during the tsunami, right?
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It's pretty simple folks: you either support the state of North Dakota and therefore want those who represent the state to do well in front of a national audience....or you don't care.
A couple here have made up their mind that they don't care about the state of ND. Fine, thanks for your honesty.
I'd love for the state of ND to do well, I just can't stand the Bison. I can appreciate the fact that they made it, and its gonna be pretty cool watching them play. But I really, really, really dislike NDSU.
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By no means does that justify it, but it goes to show that this particular incident in no way shape or form represents what Fargo hockey is all about (which some people with an anti-Fargo agenda want so desperately to believe that it does). Hockey players (and athletes in general) tend to take their frustrations out on inanimate objects when they're disappointed in their performance, this is nothing new. Yes, it is immature to trash a locker room. I would tend to speculate that this isn't the first time a hockey team has trashed a locker room. I'm sure there have been other trashed locker rooms that we never heard about. It is very likely that some of them involved Fargo teams as well as (GASP) Grand Forks teams. Kids are kids and they're all capable of stupidity regardless what town they reside in. Anybody who thinks that this one particular incident makes Fargo hockey classless and refuses to believe that a team from their own town would ever be capable of pulling something similar is ignorant and naive. Now, again, if the kids made a mess of the locker room and the coach made them clean it up... good for the coach and I don't see why this is an issue. If there's more to it than that, then maybe it should be an issue. But, unless you were there and have some inside information, please refrain from assuming there is more to it for the sole purpose of pushing your anti-Fargo agenda.
Ok, so you're justifying it. It wasn't just peanut butter, they broke numerous chairs and hand dryers. Sounds like the Herald could've pumped more of an 'anti-Fargo' agenda if they wanted to, but instead kept it under wraps.
Sure was a nice stand-up job of their coach to completely dismiss the incident. Stay classy, coach.
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More likely, it's a tradition among hockey players. Anybody remember Team USA at the Nagano olympics?
So that justifies it? Or just gets Fargo off the hook?
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If the coach made the kids clean up the mess, I don't see why this is an issue.
Is it typical anti-Fargo propaganda, or is the coach not telling the truth? I doubt any of us will ever know the truth.
Again, I'd like to see your response if the same exact thing happened with RR kids at the UP Center. Highly doubtful it would be anything like this.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzc482nSRVM...feature=related
Go to 0:35 and tell me who that guy is?
Frank Mazzocco, according to the bottom of the screen.
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Need some cheese to go along with that whine?
The reactions of Red River's fans are tame compared to how you would've reacted had the same thing happened to your beloved Fargo South.
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The farther away the better. Reilly is an overpaid hack who churns out 800 word columns every week or so.
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Regular students?
What is a regular student?
The regular students. You know, the kids who live in Indiana who are obsessed with a hockey team playing 1000 miles away in North Dakota. The regular students.
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Wait, what? Thanks for the new topic, this is the first any of us had heard of it.
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What kid from Redwood Valley? What kids from WI? I live in Fargo and have no idea who you're talking about, which just goes to show how far below the radar NDSU basketball is. I'm 38 years old and know a lot of people in Fargo who are around my age, give or take a few years. NOBODY that I know pays any attention to NDSU basketball. I hear plenty about their football team, but nothing at all about their basketball team. It's almost as if they don't even exist. I'm sure they have a strong following on campus, but citywide there just is not a lot of interest at this point in time.
If you say they have some up and coming talent I will take your word for it because you obviously follow them closer than I do. All I'm saying is that it will take many years of consistently qualifying for the tournament on a fairly regular basis and actually winning a couple of 1st round games at some point in time before NDSU basketball can even enter the discussion of most popular winter sports teams in the state of North Dakota. A single trip to the tournament is not going to make the entire city immediately stand up and take notice, especially if they're quickly eliminated on day one. I'm not saying it'll never happen, I'm only saying these things take a lot of time.
Haha, is someone feeling a little threatened?
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Webcast info anyone?
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If BWW were to move into the Suite 49 building, they would close the restaurant on Columbia.
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I'm just going to assume all you guys don't have any other choice other than DirecTV. Because choosing that over a digital cable package would be insane.
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You are right and wrong, but without question you are making this more complicated than it needs to be. NFL has a cap, MLB doesn't. Revenue sharing a completely different. Bottom line is money buys talent. If the Twins wanted to spend more, they would have more talent, but I realize they don't have the money like the Yankees.
There are many NFL teams below the cap and are unwilling to spend. The Twins have less money than most MLB teams, but still have spent less than what they could have in a effort to save money over the years, thus getting less talent than they possibly could have.
Owners willing to spend in either league provide a better talent pool for their teams and thus a better opportunity to win...period.
I agreed with you up until your last point. Spending money doesn't always give teams a better opportunity to win. An example is the San Francisco Giants. They signed a bunch of free agents and were terrible. Same with the Dodgers. They went out and got Andruw Jones and Juan Pierre, but by the end of the season both those guys were on the bench the young guys were plalying, and they ended up winning the division and losing in the NLCS.
Its one thing to go out and spend on players just because you want a big name. This is what seemingly every Twins fan wants, without realizing how much more value a replacement player can have (again, Blake vs Buscher/Harris).
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In Goon's defense I'll say this:
If Pohlad was in charge of the Vikings, there's NO F-ING WAY the Vikes would have signed Berrian nor would they have ever been able to land Allen.
They aren't used up has beens.
If anything, the Pohlads would have had all of the 36+ year old WRs and DEs come line up and give their lowest salary offers. Signed the best of the two cheapest and there ya go.
Again, baseball and football are two completely, completely different things when it comes to free agency. Your example is so wrong I don't know where to begin.
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No there really is no difference if you picking up top free agents as opposed to picking players that are way past their prime or going cheap and that is what the twins have done lately. This doesn't devoid the fact that the Vikes suck at the QB position and the that twins are a bargin basement team. Lastly don't tell me I don't know what I am talking about because I have probably followed baseball longer than you have been alive. Not everything if an F'N contestt.
Here's the difference. In baseball, a team controls a player's first six years in the bigs. Generally, players don't reach the majors until they are 23-26, so by the time they hit free agency they are past their prime (except for the top-enders). Not to mention the fact that there are prospects in the minors readily available for much less. This is kind of the Casey Blake and Buscher/Harris situation. The Twins will get the same production from the platoon at less than $1m this year, when they would've had to pay about $6-7m for Blake.
In football, quarterbacks aren't readily available and by the time they reach free agency they probably have some good years left ahead of them. However, teams usually resign them before they hit it (at least the good ones). Not to mention the salary cap has a huge impact on free agency as well. Huge, huge differences between the two.
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No its not and I will compare the two if I want to the fact remains that Ziggy has proven he will get players that can make a big impact the Twins owner
will pick used, old beat up, washed up players that aren't worth a damn.
You really have no idea what you're talking about here. Comparing baseball free agency to NFL free agency is like comparing an apple to a chicken. The only similarity they have is that players are switching teams. Everything else from there is different.
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Childress is aware that they need a new Quarterback, expect the Vikes to sign another experienced QB in the off season.
The Wilfs unlike the Pohlads will spend the money necessary to put a winning product on the field.
Signing free arents in baseball and football are two completely different things. Do not compare the two.
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Any clue as to why S49 closed - I really thought their food was great?
Ehh, the food was far from great in my experience. Being closed 3 out of the 7 days of the week doesn't help business, either.
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Famous Daves
Gross. Next?
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It's my awesome poll! be sure to give me your feedback!
Not that awesome.
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Go to the school counselor or the principal or at least a trusted teacher. This teacher does need to be talked to if he is making kids in his class feel uncomfortable. It is possible that he does not realize that he is making people uncomfortable with his comments. And realize that not all teachers are like that, it will get better, I promise!
Do this^^.
And if it doesn't work, make up a story about the teacher 'touching' you so said teacher gets fired. Works like a charm.
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Vanek and Kessel certainly come to mind. A cancer in the long run, no pun intended
Yeah that would be horrible having those two on my team. Obviously they suck and contribute nothing whatsoever. Tool.
Gregoire vs Wilson - Funny how things work
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Fortunately (and what rational people realize), nothing we say or do has any effect whatsoever on the outcomes this weekend. I would love for OSU to beat BU, so if the Sioux win they would play a weaker team. However, I don't think that BU will get beat so the Sioux are going to have to get by two pretty good teams in order to advance.