MafiaMan

TOTAL FLOP OSTERBERG!

I chatted with Barry at the 2011 Frozen Four - he is a big fan of North Dakota hockey.

Well, outside of having you as a fan...

I heard his wife and kids thought he was being a bully on that play.

Great. Two more athletes who couldn't come to UND because of sports cuts.

Go eat your hotdish, you Lutheran heretic!

Yawn.

Well played.

Great news indeed...although I was hoping @bigskyvikes would sign off for a lot longer than that!

A Michigan State man? Hmnnnn...

Why, did the L twins send a letter to Trump too?

Why? Do you think they have a better candidate in mind?

VERY nice collection, @UNDSioux23!

In most years, we don't even know the World Championships are even going on - womens OR mens. This year, apparently the womens tournament is drawing Super-Bowl like ratings and is the biggest tournament since the 1980 Olympics.

Hak better figure it out next season or his head will roll.

Meh. Those all look like Chinese knock-offs. I'll give ya $20 for the whole collection.

@petey23 My post was meant in jest - I picked ATO at random. How is that house doing in Grand Forks these days?

How was UND going to "produce a national championship...at the highest championship level" with "walk-ons who would have never had that opportunity to play at that level?" Or were North Dakota's walk-ons going to wind up as "Miracle Part II" and defeat Minnesota's All-Americans in an NCAA title game down the road? I'm disappointed the program was cut, too, but what's the solution? Reinstate it effective immediately and figure out the budget later? Good plan.

As "straw man" as suggesting that young girls/women would have absolutely no place else to go without a UND women's hockey program?

Well-said, @ringneck28, but you're quoting Rule 6, not Rule 7. Rule 7 pertains to the "Traditional Circle of Sticks." Easy to confuse with that, ahem, "other" circle.

It sure didn't take long for you to add to the piling on and name calling, did it? I hate to break the news to you, but college hockey still IS available to young women. It's just not available at the University of North Dakota.

"Grampa, what IS this place? The old buildings are so cool...why is it a ghost town now?" "Well, young granddaughter, this is what's left of Dickinson State University. Some folks thought that if they closed this place down, they could help young girls from Finland come to America and play hockey at UND in Grand Forks." "Whoa...UND has a WOMENS hockey team?" "I know, young granddaughter, I know..."

Lemme guess...another former North Dakotan who grew up in Grand Forks, Fargo, or Bismarck, who feels that anything west of New Salem Sue may as well be gifted to Montana. Not all of us dumb country folk who grew up in the SW corner of the state were or would be thrilled with the idea of going to college more than 100+ miles away from home. The idea of closing entire universities and colleges so we can fund a floundering athletics program for roughly 30 athletes at the flagship school is so preposterous, it doesn't even merit discussion.

This is an outrage! It's 2017...hasn't anyone heard of Title IX?