Big A HG

It's a totally different situation. There are no legal issues with what many others have sold on here as "custom" Sioux jerseys. You can look at what the University of North Dakota deems their own property, and none of it infringes upon it. I once created a thread about having some custom vintage t-shirts made with some logos that didn't infringe upon any of UND's rights, but they immediately expressed their concerns about the thread with Jim and were keeping a close eye on what happened. Obviously they would do the same for the others selling the custom jerseys, if they were, in fact, "counterfeit". Also, they aren't stitching Reebok/Nike/CCM logos on them illegally, nor are the jerseys available through any other manufacturer, which is a factor as well.

The one thing that makes me slightly "ok" with buying the green Toews Hawks jersey is the fact that Reebok never actually made that jersey so it'd be impossible to get without getting a counterfeit. However, it's still an illegal fake, and yes, I also have heard that counterfeit products can, and will, support terrorist groups. I heard the same thing when I was in my shoe collection days (Air Jordans, etc..). Just PLEASE DO NOT buy those things. Even if it was fine to buy fakes, those fonts and whatnot are so off it's borderline hilarious.

We could use his mouth as well... Instead, we could just wire up a cattle prod into Fienhage's stick with C-Batteries lining the entire stick, and everytime Marvin gets near someone give him a jolt.

My idea from the beginning (other than keeping Sioux) is to sell the rights to our name. North Dakota Coca-Cola's North Dakota Dodge Rams North Dakota Waste Managements North Dakota Jim Beams Just think, instead of us paying to keep a nickname, we'd get paid to wear one.

I don't think we'd ever change the colors. If you look at anyone else who has had similar nickname issues, all have retained their former colors to my knowledge...that is something that will likely be forever bound to the university (until colorblind people have an uproar about school colors being discriminative towards them and we all have to be black or white, which will then lead to African-Americans calling the schools racist, so then every school will be gray, no one will know who is who, and everyone is a winner). How bout for the sundogs logo, we modify it so that Spuds McKenzie is crossed with a Pink Floyd emblem?

As a jersey collector myself, DO NOT BUY THESE! These are counterfeits. To my knowledge, Reebok never even made an authentic version of the St. Patty's Day jersey. There are a number of legitimate reasons not to buy counterfeit/fake products, and I've been vocal about this before, so just DO NOT waste your money. Save up some cash and get a product from the original company.

Hambone, I can't say I agree with you on Sundogs...all I can think of is a Spuds McKenzie commercial. And your comment on "dispatching" Flickertails is a big reason against the nickname (those ain't no "Fightin" Flickertails). And for those who are wondering who Spuds McKenzie is, here's a picture of the "Party Animal":

Yeah...I have enough to wear a different one every day of the month (literally), so I'm set to go as well. I really want to wear them in front of Fighting Sioux teams, though, and not the Cavalry, Rough Riders, Sundogs, Flickertails, etc... For whatever reason, Flickertails is growing on me. It's a former nickname of the university, and it's unique to only us. No, it's not fierce, and yes, a flickertail is too similar to a Gopher for even my liking, but for the stated reasons, it's worth considering in my book. I'm not saying we SHOULD be the Flickertails, only that it isn't as disgusting sounding now as it originally did.

I'd say if Hak and Larry Bird had a baby...

I don't care who wins the Super Bowl unless it's the Packers, Vikings (hoping not), or Bears (hoping not again, 1 is enough). All I cared about this year was worrying how much I have to hear "WHO DAT"....when is someone going to teach people of the south some grammar (along with their southern etiquette)? You'd think a whole state was made up of people named "Lil Jon".

I think another name that would be on a short list that Minnesota would try to acquire is Enrico Blasi of Miami. Blasi has taken Miami's team to prominence and they are destined to win something sooner rather than later thanks to him. Add to that the fact that Joel Maturi (Minnesota's Athletic Director) is a former AD at Miami. Blasi might come at a cheaper price than Blais, as well, and would be nearly as good as Blais (in my opinion). Also, Blais is older and could retire again just as soon as he got back into the swing of things at a big time program. Does Minnesota want that risk? I'm not sure Enrico Blasi is ready to jump ship from Miami, though. "Rico" is a Miami hockey alum with a nice, new arena (despite the smallish capacity) and already has a good foundation built and a pretty decent salary to boot. Only time will tell I guess...but let's not write off Lucia just yet. Don is a very good coach who has had a little hard luck with recruits/defections/injuries/health. He has made every team he's been at better, but is in swoon right now. Minnesota is too big of a name to not get the traction back in their wheels and ride a wave back to the top sometime in the next few years, even with Lucia. We can say that Lucia only won titles because of Woog's recruits (which is actually highly debatable), but even Woog couldn't win a title with his own recruits, so maybe there is something to Lucia some Sioux fans won't admit.

When it rains, he pours...

This is one thing I CAN agree with. I'm not a daily ref-basher around here, and as inconsistent as the WCHA refs are, throughout the course of a season everyone gets their breaks and their bad luck. However, the fact that they continually allow what you describe, Goon, is the problem. Even if they call it very fairly in terms of what they call a penalty and what they don't, it still makes things tougher for the guys with a lot more skill. However, with that said, you still don't see Mankato's, and UAA's winning the conference title. You still see the best teams regularly fighting for that position. About the goals beind down...yes, the goals are down. But, how much of that is the way teams recruit in the WCHA now-days thanks to the reffing issues? I'm not saying no one recruits top-tier players, but many teams, including the bottom-halfers of the league recruit the grinders that will wear down the better teams in hopes of keeping it close and having a better chance at winning. Look at the way UND recruits, it's a mix of offensive and defensive-minded forwards, not just all skill guys. I think if the league reffing changed for the better, you'd see goals go up again. Also, I probably should have stated that teams score 5-6 goals regularly instead of 6-7, but that's my mistake. With Saturday and Sunday's games left, there were already 5 teams to score 6 or more goals in the country, and 13 teams to score 5 or more goals. Those guys can score with the same pads that we can't score on. The term "reguarly" can be interpreted differently between each individual who reads what I wrote, but what I mean is that many teams can score a decent amount of goals enough to not consider them a rarity. If a team plays 5 games, and they score 1 goal one game, 3 goals in two of those games, 4 goals one, and 5 goals another, that's a good amount of goals that averages out to be 3.2 goals/game, which would only be 5th best in conference (all games considered). If UND averaged 3.2 goals/game, we'd have a very different standing in the WCHA and the NCAA (PWR). The pads aren't the problem, it's the skill level...whether it's bad offensive skill for us, or great defensive and goaltending skill from our opponents, or a combination of both.

How many goals do people want scored? Other teams have no problems scoring 6-7 goals regularly. The only reason this is being brought up is because we have a team who isn't scoring goals, so y'all are blaming the system. The system works, the team isn't. How 'bout this...when you score a goal you get 6 points. Then, the goal scorer gets the opportunity for a shootout-style goal for an extra point. The, scores can be in the 30s-40s and everyone is happy because there's "tons of points" just like the NFL (face it, the NFL doesn't score much more than hockey if you make TD's count as 1 pt and take away FG's which are dumb anyways). If it isn't Brian Lee, it's Joe Finley. If it isn't Joe Finley, it's Coach Hakstol. If it isn't Hak it's the goalie's pads. When does the whining end around here?

Why not just remove the roof at the Ralph and make the team play in the elements year round? Talk about home ice advantage....

I was really hoping the Blackhawks would try and take advantage of a deal for him to give them that little extra edge for the rest of the season. Didn't happen though... Also, Stafford potted two tonight in a Sabres victory.

The problem is with reducing goalie pad sizes is that it also includes our goalies. So, in the end, I don't think it makes a ton of difference other than the total amount of goals scored.

Not sure where you live, but if you live in/around the Twin Cities, you should be calling your local radio and tv stations and thanking them for buying up many tickets over the past few seasons. This year was a little different with Favre coming in, but last year the Vikes had a division winning team and barely sold out their first home playoff game in what seemed like forever...not to mention all the regular season games where the TV and radio stations came in and scooped up remaining tickets many times. It's not like the Packers were an amazing team their whole history. They went 29 years between championships, many of those years being losing seasons, yet the Packer faithful showed up week in and week out throughout those years and have sold out each game since the 60s, even braving the cold weather. Of course I was having a little fun with what I said, and there are die-hards and bandwagoners for each and every team out there no matter the sport, but the Vikes have a pretty bandwagon-based franchise. Not that it will get any better once they move to LA...

Vikings fans = Bandwagon fans Sioux fans = Well, depends on if you're a Vikings fan or not... I'm a Packers fan so I'm always dumb enough to stay on a moving wagon long after I should have jumped, so count me in.

As of a couple years ago, Ray already had an offer from Bemidji State (more than like a partial at best), as well as a handful of D3's. That BSU offer looks quite a bit better after what happened last year with the conference switch taking place this upcoming fall.

More hilarity on the SiouxSports forums with more and more idiots who want Hak fired after his first less-than-stellar season...which isn't even over yet. Without knowing for sure, I'd guess that the elementary school kids in GF must have typing lessons in computer class on the Sioux Sports forums.... Having Blais here would REALLY fire up the ol' whiners here with his inconsistency as a head coach...overachieve with crap teams, underachieve with great ones...

The Shepherd/Hunt crew hasn't been all that bad over the last couple years. There are a few guys who really wanted that most-hated spot in the WCHA that Derek once held, but Anderson, Thul, Adam, among a couple others have really "stepped up" their "games"....especially Anderson. The guy has the face of a woman and is the biggest cock I've ever had the pleasure of talking to.

I'm not "wowing" the fact that you enjoy BSU hockey, that's understandable. It's the use of the word "resemble" in that statement. You resemble BSU hockey?

Wow

Some of you are goint a little overboard about speculation. People speculate that Chay is guaranteed to be healthy for next year when in reality he may never be healthy enough to play again. Until Knight and Hexy are seen skating on my tv, I anticipate them being out.