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This thread is turning siouxpr gay.

Who is Mac? The only defenseman known to be initiated by the Greene Giant himself only goes by his new God-errr-Greene given name....and that is Animal.

If you're going by draft status...the Badgers would be hard to beat.

The top 25 RPI teams are the 25 Teams Under Consideration. Then, head-to-head RPI matchup of each team in the top 25 garners a point. There are 4 total criteria for points (RPI, Common Opponent Record, Record Against Teams Under Consideration (minimum 10 games), and head-to-head record). For example: Team A: RPI: .5831 Record Against Teams Under Consideration: 12-3-5 Record Against Common Opponents (Common Opponents being record against the same teams Team B has Played): 3-4-2 Head-to-Head Record against Team B: 1-2-1 Team B: RPI: .5683 Record against TUC: 10-6-2 Record Against Common Opponents: 5-1-3 Head-to-Head Record against Team A: 2-1-1 -Team A gets a point for RPI, better record against TUC, and 1 point for 1 win against Team B -Team B gets a point for better Record against Common Opponents, and 2 points for 2 wins against Team A -Both teams have 3 points against each other -If teams have an equal amount of points, the first tie-breaker is head-to-head record -Team B gets the Pairwise point -If both teams share the same head-to-head record, then the tie-breaker is RPI...which would then give it to team A So, each team gets matched up this way against the other 24 teams under consideration, and the Pairwise then ranks those 25 teams by whoever has the most head-to-head wins. Therefore, RPI is much more essential than just a tie-breaker. It determines which teams are considered (meaning that those bubble teams at the bottom of the list in RPI are essential...like the Gophers...because one week they could be a TUC, and the next week not...shaking up everyone's point totals against each other). RPI also is big because of that point factor for each head-to-head matchup. Sorry for the lenghty post, but I hope it clears that up on how important RPI can be...besides just being a tie-breaker. From USCHO.com on how RPI is determined: "The Ratings Percentage Index is one tool used to select teams for the national collegiate ice hockey tournament. Only results from games between two teams that each play 20 or more games against Division 1 opponents are used. Factors involved are 1) the team's winning percentage; 2) the average winning percentage of the team's opponents; and 3) the average winning percentage of the team's opponents' opponents. These factors are multiplied by 25%, 21%, and 54% respectively."

Let's not forget Toews, who had another multi-point night tonight. Since coming back from the Olympics: March 2: 0 goals, 2 assists March 3: 1 goal, 1 assist March 5: 0 goals, 2 assists 1 goal and 5 assists in 3 games back.

To take over the #4 spot in the PWR (which gets us a #1 seed), this needs to happen tomorrow: -UND win (of course) -BC loss to New Hampshire -Make up the .0002 difference in RPI that Bemidji has over us right now It is very possible to get a 1 seed ("FIRE HAK, CUT EIDSNESS, BENCH LAPOINT, FINISH FINISH FINISH, GET SOME SCORERS, etc") but still lots of time for things to change with conference tournaments in action next week.

OK, I'm getting really nervous. I have Time Warner Cable and have the FCS channels, but for whatever reason, none of them are working. This is EXACTLY what it says on my screen: "Fox Sport Cen is currently unavailable Please try again later" WTF? Anyone else having issues?

Fienhage didn't get the memo that it was an away game and missed the team bus yesterday.

You should be thankful for oil companies right now. I'd explain more at the moment, but gotta work. And trust me, oil companies aren't crooks.

I gotta say I told you so about Dell. I think you predicted 6-9 starts and I said 4-6, so it sounds like you owe me a beer.

How about snapping turtles, or something turtle related...

Well, it's showing me the Denver/CC games, but no Sioux games. Never had a problem before. I have Time Warner Cable What specific FCS channels are the games on both nights, I can just set it to record on those times then... Thanks.

I would make Cougars a hostile and abusive nickname...because I am, without a doubt, a cougar hunter.

I think it's safe to assume that it's not a game-worn Cindy Crosby jersey, just any ol' jersey that he signed. They would get $8,000-$10,000 for it from big time collectors ($10-$15k if it wasn't signed) if it was game-worn, which you'd never fetch at the Betty. You might as well burn a Canadian flag though if you burn a Cindy Crosby jersey...

How come the games aren't showing up on FCS when I go through my guide? (I have digital cable, not satellite, and receive all 3 FCS channels)

SiouxForce is right, REA won't release it. Someone brought this up recently and contacted REA about it, and they said the reason they don't is because it's part of the live experience that comes with buying a ticket. Some people have tried recording it in the past few years, but the quality is almost always poor.

I guess you didn't read the Forum Rules before posting, because our forums have academic requirements that you wouldn't be able to meet if you couldn't at least get into SCSU.

It makes as much sense as the poop he spews out around here.

Human beings exhale approximately 3 pounds of CO2 daily. Why don't you lower your carbon footprint by putting a bag over your head and recycling your co2 waste?

The forums went from "Fire Hak", "this is the worst Sioux team ever", and "this team plays nothing like Sioux teams of old" to "we're going to Detroit this year!"? It's funny how things work out if you're patient.

I'm guessing because he went to the UM, has had decent success while sparking some life into the program, and for celebrating goals more excitedly than one would expect would be my guess. I don't think he's a punk...but he scares me because he's not too shabby of a player.

"Fire Hak"

Boy, that sounded too close for comfort..

Been awhile since I've been able to partake in a game day thread...can't wait...Go Sioux!