Shawn-O

"Courageous attempt to do the right thing?". That's devil's advocate talking. You don't believe an ounce of that drivel, and you know it.

Arrogance - Brand, Harrison, and Co's refusal to acknowledge Kupchella's repeated overtures to visit the campus, come out to a game, and decide for themselves whether the surroundings were "hostile and abusive". Poor judgement - The hasty exemptions for Florida State, Utah, and Central Michigan.

Exactly. Common sense says that the policy wouldn't stand a chance. But these are college presidents we're talking about here.

Agree 100% here. Ironically, I also think that the nickname ban would have breezed through a membership vote with about a three-quarters majority.

Sometimes cheap is expensive...as the NCAA is finding out.

How about the banning of bottled water at it's events? Plastic bottles are very hostile and abusive to the enviornment, you know....wait, Coca-Cola and Pepsi are multi-billion dollar enterprises, so scratch that.

The Pop Can, second weekend in April. Be there or be square.

Agreed. The minimum expectations for this program, annually, should be top-half of the WCHA, Final Five appearance, and field of 16 selection. Anything short of that ain't Fighting Sioux hockey. Would falling short of this for one season be grounds for Hak being in trouble? Probably not.

There were more factors involved than just the "grass looking greener" on the NHL side.

Sweet mother of God WHAT IS THE HOLDUP??

Mark Taylor, Phil Sykes, and Jeff Panzer at the forwards; Curtis Murphy, Russ Parent D, Goehring between the pipes.

Potty training at the John?

SOLD! You had me at "Chowan University". University of Texas of the Permian Basin?

The four players have been dismissed by Coach Brewster. Linky A job well done by the Coach, I'd say.

Let's hold off on breaking the hockey player's halos out of the shrinkwrap.

With regard to Davidson, Prpich was a late recruit as well during the summer of '02. That turned out okay. Not saying that the same will be true for Davidson, but I'll error on the optimistic side.

Agreed. Judging from the fan reaction and the autograph session, he won't hurt them at the box office, either...which I'm sure didn't go unnoticed. I hope he comes back, but all the best to him if he changes his mind. It would cost the Sioux one or two spots in the WCHA standings, that how important he is to the puzzle.

I'm sure glad the Blues respect his decision to return to UND.

I really like the sound of that. Wow, these kids are on a mission...it's gonna be awfully fun starting in October.

Great news! It's about time!

There were the Adams Atoms way back when.

That thing looks fun as hell!

It's wishful thinking. Frazee and Kangas will be seeing a lot of rubber from the sticks of Oshie and Duncan very soon. I'm looking forward to being there.

Lucia doesn't seem to have any success recruiting those kind of kids.

Gee, sure hope we get it!!