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In the last 14 opening round games for #1 vs #4 seeds (so since 2009), the games have split 7-7. If that trend continues, only one of BC and UND will move on, and I don't like our chances as much as BC. Air Force is always a tough out though too.

Michigan game is a huge penalty fest...PP's favoring Michigan quite a bit.

Your best bet is to go to the individual team's websites and find a radio link there.

Should be a great day of ESPN3.com at work and ESPNU when I get home!

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.