PCM

Clap! Clap! Clap! PC Hammer decides that there's no reason to come out of retirement.

Those scouts were quoting me. They're always stealing my material.

Probably not until after forecheck graduates.

Great! Now I can bring PC Hammer out of retirement.

Nah, he's too young and immature.

If this WCHA story doesn't make you want to barf, nothing will.

Because of this thread, I just slipped in my Best of Three Dog Night CD. Joy to the World!

You don't have to exaggerate, Mory00. Back in the early 1800s, Napoleon and I used to sing that song whenever he'd start thinking about taking a trip to Spain to kick Wellington and the British Army off the Iberian Peninsula. Why do you think I quote Old Nappy in my sig? We were close personal friends.

Because Maine rhymes with Spain?

Have you priced gold spray paint recently? It's not that cheap!

It sure beats shopping for puzzles with that whiney little girl and her dottering old biddy of a grandma.

With Weird Al Yankovic coming to town, I got inspired. Never Cheer for Maine (Sung to the tune of Never Been To Spain by Three Dog Night) Well I never cheer for Maine But I kinda like the lobster Say the Black Bears are insane there But they sure know how to treat us They don

gobig6, you haven't told me anything I didn't already know about the Minnesota rule. But just because the rule was voted in by the WCHA schools doesn't mean that I have to like it. I understand this is the last year it will be in effect. Apparently it isn't all that popular with everyone. So what's going to happen next year if the Gophers get the Friday afternoon game? Are you going to tell me that FSN won't broadcast it? Yeah, sure.

Agreed. It should be a package deal.

I'll be pulling for the Bulldogs from afar. If the Sioux don't win it all this year, I hope UMD does.

For the record, I never thought it was a conspiracy. I thought it was a stupid decision.

By a wag of her tail, the dog indicates that she's willing to share her water dish with you.

So come to Grand Forks and watch it on my TV.

Bruce has negotiated a league TV deal with UND? That was mighty nice of him.

You're just not getting it, are you?

I was one heck of a shot back when I was a wee lad.

You're talking apples and oranges. Negotiating a "league deal" isn't even close to being the same thing as negotiating a contract to broadcast a single game. I'm certainly no expert, but I do know enough to understand that there's a vast difference between the two. I'm not going to pretend to know what has to happen for this game to be broadcast. I do know that before MSC became FSN, the Friday afternoon tournament game was broadcast. Obviously, FSN is in the driver's seat. They have the people, facilities and equipment in St. Paul and in the Xcel Center to do the game. Why won't they? I really don't know.

Stop being so lazy and get this contract negotiated. I don't care if you are on spring break. And while you're at it, stop using my trademark.

And you're some kind of expert on negotiating TV contracts?

How does "Blame UND" translate into blaming a Grand Forks TV station for not carrying the Friday afternoon Final Five game? It's not UND's decision to make.