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Rodgers had a 400+ yard passing game if not for those drops. You're not going to make every completion in a football game, but if you actually look at the throws he makes, there's no denying he will be one of the great one's when it's all said and done. So many of those throws he makes look easy that other QB's simply cannot do, like that first TD to Greg Jennings. He throws accurate lasers. He didn't have the best second half, but he was playing the league's #1 defense (#1 scoring defense and #1 defense when it comes to QB ratings). Keep in mind that he did all this without Driver for half the game AND with no running game. The Steelers knew the Packers offense would be one dimensional via the passing game, so they had two weeks to gameplan on how to stop Rodgers, but couldn't. Like I said, he didn't have the best second half, but played great when he needed to, and that's what really counts. On a side note, he made Troy Polamalu (the DPOY) look silly the entire game, and that was ALL Rodgers. (Side note: Troy Aikman was grinding his teeth every time he had to even try to complement during the Packers playoff run, even during Aaron's game against Atlanta...that guy doesn't care for Rodgers/Packers at all, so take his comments with a grain of salt...especially when virtually every other current/former NFL QB gives Rodgers his credit when/where it's due) I agree that Rodgers' performance wasn't the best QB performance in a Super Bowl, but it was still a great game by him and will go down as such. Also, to be fair, no Packer-related individual made these claims about Rodgers having the best Super Bowl performance ever...but it was Steve Young (who?) and Trent Dilfer (what a hack). To say anything else is purely being a homer. The only people that think he's overrated are Viking fans, so go figure. Maybe one day you'll be able to see your team play in another Super Bowl and if you're lucky enough, you might see 'em win it. But, until then, spare your criticisms. It's very comical to see Sioux fans who are also Vikings fans comment about Gophers fans, because every Sioux fan I know that likes the Vikings acts EXACTLY like a homer Gopher fan when he/she is talking football. Packers: 4 time Super Bowl champions; 5 time NFC champions; 13 time World Champions Vikings: 0 time Super Bowl champions; 4 time NFC champions; 1 time World Champions [Lions: 0 time Super Bowl champions; 0 time NFC champions; 4 time World Champions] Vikings Super Bowl rings:

Two of my three still have tags, and the other I've only worn once, so no, I haven't washed it. If I ever did wash them, I'd probably do it on a cold cycle and air dry it, or just have it dry-cleaned. I'm too lazy to look at the tag on the jersey, but I'd see what it says on that first.

No, unless it was undocumented and worn for a special game, but considering it isn't much different than the jerseys worn during that time period, I don't have any reason to believe it would have been a special one-game type jersey or an alternate. It was just a replica style jersey that was sold at the time that they decided to use for the occasion I do believe.

Time to set the alarm to drive to the airport tomorrow...followed by parade on Tuesday.

That one was worn 74-78. It is an identical jersey style to the one preceding it, the only difference being the crest logo (71-74 was a Blackhawk-esque logo, 74-78 being the ND logo). There was also a home version of the same style jersey worn during the same time period. I could never find any pics or records that better showed the logo, but what I have shown is pretty darn close. It says University above the ND logo and North Dakota below, but I could never see if there was the word "of" anywhere, so left it out since I never saw it included. That particular jersey is one of the hardest to find evidence of. Another strange fact about the "ND" logo jersey is that they used a Blackhawk-esque logo on their jerseys before and after the time period when they wore these ND ones, so I'm guessing there was some sort of logo dispute going on at the time. I never did any research on that particular subject, but it might be worth digging up. Lastly, on the home white version, I've only come across a couple different black and white photos of it, one being a team photo, the other showing a player wearing it in a game from behind (no front logo shot). Being that the photo quality was poor and that they were in black and white, I've had to do a bit of deciphering in the sleeve stripe colors. It appeared to me that the middle of the three sleeve stripes was always darker, so I'm pretty sure (almost 100%, but not quite) that it was black. Any help on that is appreciated.

I made it from scratch. Wasn't too difficult. Just did a rounded square and set the transparency to whatever looks best, then add the numbers, lines, etc. The reason that I haven't done it more is because I get lazy and it gets a bit time consuming.

I'm lucky I can read these forums, much less use a library. 'Nuff said.

I'm just glad I never got the option to root for the Vikings being from Wisconsin. That statement should tell you where my heart is for Sunday's game. My feelings of late have been wanting to: puke, pass out, dizziness, exuberance, fear...pretty much all of the above. Sunday will be a big relief, win or lose.

I have catologued nearly all Sioux jerseys, the only ones I'm missing time periods from are the football jersey era for the most part. In terms of everything since roughly 1950, I have high-res logos from each (including arm-patches and primary crest logos or script), documented time periods for each logo, graphical representations of each, materials used, etc... In my avatar to the left, it shows every green Sioux jersey worn from 1958-2009, in chronological order (made each one by hand, including some of the logos). It gets confusing in some of the 50s era jerseys because, for example, they'd use "x" home jersey for 6-8 years or so, but change the away jersey during that same time period. So, when they changed a home or away sweater style, they didn't necessarily change both home and road. The information AZSioux has for his current retros I spent hours documenting to confirm as much as possible...but, the best part is, there's still more to know...which continues to make it fun and interesting.

The inspiration from this one came from Reebokhockey.com. I had to improvise due to the limited photos I have for use, so it's similar but not identical in style to those. All-in-all, it turned out pretty decent I think. Thanks for all the support from everyone. Widescreen with Calendar: http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/60/febwallwscal.jpg Widescreen without Calendar: http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/3028/febwallwsno.jpg Standard screen versions coming soon... Enjoy

Finally got a chance to work on it today. Yesterday's storms put a damper on doing on work. Give me another hour or two and it should be done.

That makes sense, to a degree. However, if it wasn't incredibly serious, there's not much reason to wanting to be near home and around your family either.

The DOT Line nickname spread nationally and was even used during the airing of the Regional and Frozen Four that year.

It's pretty much a snow day for me tomorrow, so you can expect the new February edition as soon as I wake up and get to work.

I'm gonna be a day or two late with this one. Had a super busy weekend. My apologies.

Gregoire Trupp

At what point does Steven Stamkos start gaining household notoriety. He is incredible at putting the puck in the net.

No, the NCAA will determine that the name will hurt the feelings of too many people who have lost their own lives or friends/family's lives in a Tsunami.

We can only hope they listened to every word those great people said. Keep fighting.

That's pretty good...if he's golfing.

Born and raised a Sconnie, my heart, soul, body, and mind are infatuated with the Green Bay Packers. I am very nervous.

You also have to remember college hockey is very different from the Blais/Gasparini days. 1) Neither won a title in a 16 team NCAA Tournament format. 2) Parity is MUCH greater in college hockey today. Anyone can beat anybody on any given day in today's college hockey world...especially in a one-and-done tournament. 3) Recruiting is much different today than it was under Blais/Gasparini. With our immaculate facilities, we've garnered some great recruits. But, great recruits are typically much younger, opposed to the more seasoned kids that won us many titles. Also, these younger, yet more skilled, kids tend to leave early, disrupting the roster frequently. Notice how Blais never won a title in the NEW Ralph, only in the old one, with a much different style of roster? Blais even had Parise/Bochenski/Murray. Hak has done incredible in his time here, and has won everything but a National Championship. If you give him some time, he will do it. You have to remember, our cold streak of no titles is 10 (going on 11) years...however, this streak started with four years of Blais not winning a title after the 2000 championship.

I thought they were the same guys...they did, in fact, both wear #26 while at UND, right?

Well, as long as Yale is #1 overall, that will lockup one of those two eastern regionals. I'd say chances are pretty good UND doesn't go farther than Green Bay or St. Louis. If Duluth stays ahead of us in the PWR, they'll get Green Bay for sure, though, which is disappointing.

Listening to Eids during the Fighting Sioux hockey show (whatever it's called) that Hennessy hosts, Brad didn't admit to saying he's going to leave early, but it sure sounded like it's probable. He definitely didn't rule it out...