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FIRE HAK

The defending champion is back. I never did it before last year, but I was anxiously waiting for this to get posted again this year. Game on! PS...I didn't get no fame, fortune, nor riches last year.

1) 4 shots 2) 4 feet 3) 9 strokes (you missed your 4 footer)

#3 overall is still in the mix for UND. My calculation, when in the #3 spot, doesn't help us much. We still end up out east somewhere, and BC ultimately ended up at #6 in the calculation, which would still end up likely putting us with them...unless we get sent to Albany and they stay in Worcester after the committee does their changes. Any insight Jimmy?

I missed the game because I was watching NDSU in the NCAA tournament....what happened. Oh wait..

How can you be at Hoggsbreath and on Siouxsports at the same time?

OK, next time I run into you somewhere, you better not flip-flop like (like goon) when I tell you I'm ready to kiss your a$$.

And you will bow to your master, peasant.

I speak the truth. And who else have I jumped on lately?

You flip flop faster than John Kerry. You were roasting Eidsness all year.

He was a senior, so not an early departure. Tony, despite often-times cheap, and as hated as almost anyone from our side of the fence, he's still a decent player. I doubt he'll see the NHL anytime soon, but could develop nicely in the AHL if he works hard.

With the Gophers out, how are they going to decide who plays the night games?

Grab a case of beer, invite the neighbors over, and call it your new pool.

Time to wish Mr. Kangas good luck. If you would like to send him a quick text message (nice messages only!), here's the phone number that was at The Ralph last year: 507-884-9723

Give us Denver, Wisconsin, and Miami. I'll take the Sioux against anyone this year. This team isn't as skillful as year's past, but there's something about them that seems a little different, and I like it.

Going to a Sioux game is a social status thing for most people. They aren't there to cheer loudly.

I recently ate at one of these up-scale restaurants near me for Valentine's Day. The restaurant is called Cucina and it's part of the American Club in Kohler, WI which is the only 5 Diamond resort in the Midwest. They host many famous people all year round, and know how to charge a lot for something. Me and my fiancee had a 5 course meal each, mine consisting of steak as the main course, hers being some fish thing, and each meal costed $58 each total, without drinks. To me, this restaurant will fail. It has nothing to support it (like a resort or high-end business class), and it's prices seem too high, even for what you get. I wish it the best, and hope it suceeds, but to me it takes 2 + 2 to = 4, and it's missing one of the 2's.

Are you gay for hockey? I sure am! GO SIOUX!!! I'll be the GAYEST one watching it on TV if the Sioux win. A victory would just be, like, oh my gosh, exciting! Playoff time is the gayest time of the year for me....everyone is so gay because our team always in the mix to win another title. If UND wins it all, Grand Forks will be the gayest city in all the colorful land.

I'm glad a Gopher fan found it humorous.

GAY: And I quote [dictionary.com]: "

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."