Big A HG

Glad to see you found your way into the party.

I put up a few thoughts on the Sioux-Jersey.com blog: http://sioux-jersey.com/#/blog/4552031202

Then why the heck are you picking North Dakota?!?

They are sharp, and could still have something like that ready for next season. Even if they did go with those, there wouldn't have been time for this year yet to make them.

Sometime today, probably this afternoon sometime, I will mock these up in color. I'm curious to see what the back font looks like on these. After a little further inspection. What really bugs me about the front is how small they had to make the "NORTH DAKOTA" because there wasn't enough room with the numbers and such wide striping. I like the style, just lessen the spacing in the stripes, maybe ditch the front number, and make the "NORTH DAKOTA" pop.

At first they didn't seem so bad. The more I look at it, the more the loosely spaced three stripes becomes awkward. I don't mind what they did on the front or shoulders at all. I'll wait to see a colored pic to pass judgment. One thing I think people will like is it seems there is a lot more green.

Wasn't trying to be off-putting, my apologies.

That game was awesome. Had a lot of similarities to the UND/UM game this past Friday. I was there and most of us were kind of down about our performance and the Badger fans were doing a lot of razzing and were quite loud the whole game. When the Sioux scored those back-to-back goals, it was a totally different atmosphere and when the Sioux scored that OT winner, it was an incredible feeling to see all those Badger fans speechless.

We actually don't have the 2nd biggest rink in the country. Both Wisconsin and UNO's are bigger.

My favorite chain Italian place is Bravo! Cucina Italiana. The food is awesome despite sometimes poor service. Everyone was friendly, but often-times not very timely. For example, one time we sat there for 20 minutes when the place was almost empty before our waiter came back to take our order. We waited because the food was awesome, and on a few occassions we've politely mentioned something and end up with a half-price meal and a gift card for a free meal the next time we went. And Hayduke, you are correct. North Dakota lacks any sort of Mexican food. It's quite humurous when I bring this up and someone excitedly tells me how great Paradiso or Fiesta Villa is. The only way to tell if you are at a good Mexican spot is if it's darn near impossible to place an order because of language barriers.

Last year they had a nice little section in Green Bay. A few of their band members and their mascot dancing was pretty funny if I remember right.

I have both the Friday and Saturday games still on DVR, but no idea how to transfer them to disc.

Correct, the only teams that UND would wear anything other than white against would be the other #1 seeds, which are higher ranked than our #1 seed...BC, Michigan, and Union.

More picks for BC to get out of the first round than UND. That must mean that there is no possible chance BC could lose. I guarantee they move on to the regional finals.

My Frozen Four is a bit out there. It's just how it worked out. Deciding if I should revise or not...

I expect WMU to play tough and with a lot of confidence. Despite losing to Denver last year, they had a strong game and will likely build off their experience then and their recent CCHA run. The guys need to come out, play smart, and limit mistakes. If Dell plays strong, the team should be able to move on for another tough matchup, but WMU will be no pushover.

Obviously any team can compete with anyone on any given night, but I would hope my team has confidence in itself. The only thing that I would consider a stretch is about the amount of fans that will supposedly take over Xcel Energy Center from Kalamazoo.

I didn't notice anything "cocky", in my opinion. What do you want them to say?

I didn't think LaPanta was that homerish at all myself. In fact, he took a few stabs at the Gophs as well, like with the Holy Cross comment. During the big comeback, his "scores" commentary was pretty energetic and wasn't as short as some of you are insisting. I don't think his voice works for play-by-play hockey, but I didn't catch much of the homerism other than a call or two that he thought was maybe missed.

To be fair to both sides, hindsight is always 20/20. Mario did have only one goal going into the game last night and a mountain of bad penalties, which is disappointing. But, like Geaux said, his skill isn't in the offensive zone...it's in the neutral zone, the d-zone, the locker room, and the practice rink. Mario came up huge last night, like a good captain should, but his offensive presence has been lackluster.

Wow, more awesome pics. That magical timeout pic is one of those frozen moments in time that only hindsight will tell you what was about to happen, but you can certainly feel the emotion. Great stuff.

I just can't get over the fact we are doing this with only 17 skaters. Lost: Frattin Gregoire Marto Genoway LaPoint Davidson Malone Trupp Hextall Grimaldi O'Donnell Rodwell Dickin Cichy Hill Bruneteau St. Clair Miller ...all since the same time last year. Hak & Co. have done an unbelievable job. Win or lose, this has been one heck of a great season for these guys. There are 18 guys on that list. That's more than the number of skaters we've had lately.

The only difference between the Gophers first period and our third period was Dell and Patterson. The 1st-Team All-WCHA goalie sieved it up and ours stood tall most of the time.

The only words I could pick out from what he really said were: "5:53" (which was the time remaining in the period) "...f*****g..." (no idea what came before or after "Let's Go" (what he finished with)

I'll refrain from posting much because I'd blow the boards up with the expletives I'm about to use.