Big A HG

Ryan Duncan was named captain today. Joe Finley, Zach Jones, and Matt Watkins were all named Assistant Captains as well. I looked for this already on here and didn't see it on here, so delete if already posted.

I'm good at BAP. Team stuff I suck at right now.

If I used classic controls I could. With these new ones with the R and L sticks I suck at haha. I was unbeatable before hand. Now I'm average at best.

To answer some of the questions: -Yes I just customized uni's. They give you a bunch of blank ones to choose from and can color them however you want. You get very detailed with what color everything should be. You can change every color accent on the goalie pads to changing the colors of every logo, straps, gloves, etc, including the NHL logos. Only the uniform choices and logos will limit your options. Also, they have a list of names you can choose from, so that's not always accurate either. However, you can change the abbreviation for the score to say UND or whatever. -Oshie is not in the game technically. If you have a PS3, 360, or PC you can download roster updates which happen periodically. PS2 you can't, so you'd have to create him (which is an option). There is also a website where a person constantly updates every player, team, etc. and you can download that for PS3...not sure about a 360 or PC, and a definite no for PS2. I know he has added Oshie for sure and Chorney for sure. I haven't downloaded it yet so I can't verify its accuracy, but I think it gets a lot of downloads. He has a list of all the players added/changed and I saw Oshie and Chorney. I can't verify Kaip though. Guys like Porter and Lee are already included on the AHL squads which is nice. -I'm not sure on the PS2 custom options. They might be the same or similar. You should be able to do the same thing to some degree. Assuming there is the AHL on PS2 as well, you should be able to have enough Sioux/Gopher players to make teams. Also, this is for PS3. You can upload videos straight from your PS3 to the internet.

I don't game a lot, but as always, there's no college hockey video game, so that may have something to do with it. Last night, mulling over my Brewers loss, I made a couple teams for NHL 09. UND and Minnesota. I took all present players each team has in the pros and put them on their respective teams. In game they have the NHL, AHL, about 6 or 7 Euro leagues plus world teams and whatnot. So, finding players wasn't too bad. Here's a video I uploaded you can check out. Sioux have on retro 1987 uni's with the Blackhawks logo. UND's first line is: Toews centering Stafford and Parise Commodore and Green Jordan Parise in goal. UM's first line is: Vanek-Okposo-Kessel Johnson-Ballard Adam Hauser in goal CLICK HERE I plan on making all WCHA teams since it doesn't take too long. Not everyone has many players playing pros, so I am using AHL rosters for the other teams since the abilities fit in nicely.

Although I'm not 100% positive, I think students were camping out during the week and missing too much class. I hate the current process myself, but not much I can do about it.

56-44 ND! Keep it up

It's 53-47 now...keep the votes coming!

Alright, let's beat Montreal. We're down but not out! I voted once and it went up a whole percentage point. Not saying it will do that every time...but if we can get some votes in, you never know what'll happen!

Didn't know where else to put this. But, I think NDSU is officially better than us now. Thundar, NDSU's mascot, is one of the finalists for Capitol One's Mascot Challenge this year, with the likes of the mascots from schools such as UCLA, NCSU, Tennessee and others. I haven't been around much lately, so this may have come up already, but for those that didn't know, I figured you might be interested.

Cool. The Ralph is in mine.

The Packers have sold out every home game since like 1967. The Packers also didn't make it back to the Super Bowl for 29 years in that time span. That's dedication to a team.

I didn't take the time to read much of this thread, but the little I did read seems ridiculous. This is what I know. Joe Finley is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. He takes the time to talk to anyone who cares to say hello and is very polite around people who don't even know who he is. Mistakes or not, he is more than deserving of a Sioux uniform and has developed big time the last couple seasons. He will be a feared player this upcoming year in the WCHA, and whoever has to play him and his team in the NHL. Joe is a hard worker and tries as hard as he can to live up to the Sioux name and to some of your all-too-high standards.

I'm going to guess Tim Skarperud joined a pro tour

I don't believe so either. Question is too vague.

I hope you are making your job decision based on the Sioux fan support in Cedar Rapids!

That's horrible.... From one Sconnie to another, I hope he fights this with all his might and one day we'll all hopefully be talking about this with a smile.

My guess is whichever way the wind blows that big oak. Hopefully the constant wind around here doesn't blow him away.

I hung out with him about 4 hours last week and I don't think he honestly knows himself, hockey wasn't the main topic most of the time, but he really didn't have a true answer. Joe is a very valuable part of our defense and I would really hate to see him go. Anyone that says they heard something from a "reliable" source has no idea what they are talking about. We know as much as he does for the most part.

Here's the easiest way to put it. Pretty much all of ND sucks with the exception of a few acres where REA resides.

Ok then, that answers that. I always wanted to see him at his best, too bad it won't happen with a Sioux uni.

I saw him about a week ago still wearing his Sioux hockey gear. I wouldn't be surprised to see him back with UND after Green Bay. I think he's a great talent that just needs to regain that confidence after some substantial injuries. He will dominate the USHL.

I didn't say/imply Walski would get even one start this year. I just said that Eidsness might not be the dominant goalie that people are expecting him to be in his freshman year. I'm also not saying he'll be bad...I just don't have any preconceived expectations of him before I see him play any games in the NCAA. I do think Walski will get a few more starts this year with Brad being our main guy. Brad will need time to adjust, but I'm sure glad that we have him.

The situation Eidsness is coming into is very different from Kangas or Bachmann. Kangas came in knowing he was the backup. CC didn't start the season with realistic expectations of winning the WCHA regular season title. Essentially, both had nothing to lose once given full time jobs. Eidsness is coming in with a lot of pressure. Basically he knows he's the starter. He's joining a team that has reached the previous 4 Frozen Fours and is a contending team every year. Is it too much pressure for a freshman? I'm not saying it is, but it might be a tougher road than expected.

Straight from the horses mouth is that he's in talks rights now. Talk don't mean much, but the way it sounded, I would guess he is 60-40 leaving.