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Betting lines don't show the odds of a team winning. They are chosen to get 50/50 betting on each side of the line. Yeah, UND is the favorite, but teams with large fan bases skew betting lines because of their blind faith when they bet.

Maybe Dan was putting a little too much on the ol' Midco credit card with his pre-game dining at the concession stands. No matter where I've seen the guy, looked like he was carrying more food than he could handle, haha.

Unbelievable. ^^^Literally.

You need to practice your PC skills. I think it's offensive that you segregate women based on their size as "normal" or not. See how this game works? Nobody wins and nobody ends up happy. Nobody is truly going to get hurt from a silly chant. If your mental capacity can't handle hearing a chant as PG as "Husky women", there are much bigger issues at play.

Until fans cheer for all teams equally, this will always be an issue. In fact, that's incorrect. Cheering won't be allowed either. It may make other players not doing as good feel bad. Wait, that's also incorrect. Fans won't be allowed to attend games since from a financial standpoint, it may offend those who can't go. Still something is missing...ah yes. Sports itself will no longer be tolerated as it singles out those with greater skillsets than others. There...everybody wins.

Does this offend female SCSU fans, or does it offend you? Also, I'm offended that you believe that SCSU women can't stand up for themselves. I believe that all people are created equal and SCSU women are equally able to defend themselves in this matter. You need to stop being anti-women's rights.

Not sure if drunk or if this is actually as funny as I think it is! LOL!

They have a new site.

For the entire month? I am truly impressed!

Yep, Thatcher for Hobey. A great idea would be for everyone to start proclaiming this, making signs, etc, and watch him turn into a sieve, hehe. Definitely a little early, but yes, at this point, no doubt about it.

UND played with it on the back in 2009-10 and 2010-11. For 2011-12, UND's last with the Sioux name/logo on it, it was moved to the front. Also, when the patch moved, the colors used in the patches changed on two of the jerseys. The green jersey went from black WCHA w/ white outline to white w/ silver outline when it moved. The black jersey was white w/ black outline and when it moved went to white w/ silver outline. The white jersey's patch did not change other than the move.

I didn't mention a specific year...?

The patch was moved per the request of the WCHA.

Either way it was just a correction to the comment about UND not having played BC since 2008.

UND played BC just a few years ago at The Ralph in the Icebreaker. UND lost 6-2.

It's not even a question in my mind that Hrynkiw has passed Cam on the depth charts. Matt definitely seems more in control than Cam had looked in his time in net.

Do you have any authentic Nike dazzle jerseys? PM me.

I would say it's much harder to quantify college's numbers in the last ten years (or ever really). In the NHL, the best-of-seven game series' make a huge difference in terms of identifying the truly better team, unlike in the NCAA. Win four games, on usually neutral ice, against teams you likely haven't played against all year, and you win an NCAA Championship. In the regular season, having a sample size cut in half, against only a fraction of all the opponents across the country is going to skew the numbers greatly. Throw in the tournament parity, and I'd guess you'd have an interesting mix of results.

" Nick Schmaltz (forward, 19, 1st round in 2014) had a mixed week. He had moments where he shined and displayed his quick hands and immense offensive skill. There were other moments where he disappeared. He didn’t create many offensive opportunities in the scrimmages. Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman and others from the organization spoke highly of Schmaltz’s play throughout the week, but Schmaltz was also described as “having a long ways to go.” He will be a sophomore at North Dakota next year." --Scott Powers, ESPN Chicago blog Despite it being an ESPN affiliation, the Blackhawks blog on there is top notch. From the same article.... "Luke Johnson (forward, 20, 5th round in 2013) just never stops working and was active throughout the camp."

I'll preface my answer to the question by saying the Big Ten will never offer any ND school without very significant change. The B1G is trying to expand its footprint into areas that generate more media revenue for the conference, particularly out east. North Dakota, despite having UND and NDSU, largely follows the Big Ten from a power conference standpoint already, so has little to gain by expanding conference membership here, especially without a large population base. With that said, if UND was ever offered the opportunity, take it. No doubt about it. The revenue that the Big Ten creates would easily help pay for a lot of that money over the years. IIRC, the Big Ten has the most revenue of any P5 conference despite other conferences being typically a bit stronger in most sports these days.

I have a couple questions about the surveys: 1) How many surveys are handed out, and to whom are they given to? 2a & 2b) How many students who responded "Varsity" as their preferred level of competition would it take to require NDSU's Athletic Department to support that sport at the varsity level? If eight female students responded to the survey wishing they offered varsity tennis (which would be enough to field a team), at this point wouldn't NDSU be required to add the sport, even if the overall percentage of students who responded the same was quite low?

Toews (& kane) to be on nhl 16 cover again [together]

#00 is just a placeholder, I'm sure of it. I was thinking the feathers could also be a nod to one of the potential nickname options with a backup explanation of it being tied to the Sioux name.

Last new idea....and a last ditch effort to keep the Sioux logo alive. First step is to choose "NoDaks" as our nickname. As much as I don't care for the name, it plays into my way of keeping the logo. But, what is a NoDak? We all know the answer, but it's generic. It's such a broad stroke for a very diverse state of people. My idea would expand on this nickname. Here's how... Each athletic team would choose one of a number of major groups of people in the state, but modern and historic, and from men to women. The baseball team could be a soldier from a cavalry, the track team construction workers (male and female versions), the football team a [bison] hunter (thanks Tim!), etc.....Vikings, nationalities, construction workers, fishermen and hunters, etc, could all be represented. The possibilities are endless. We're all NoDaks! And our hockey team would represent the Spirit Lake Sioux, by using the Sioux logo (any non-participating tribes would not be represented). Each team would get to choose each year whom they'd like to represent with no regard to gender, race, etc... Call me desperate!