MafiaMan

Um...isn't tomorrow's game at Mariucci? So now the reward for not playing in the North Star is to play at Mariucci twice? Gee, what next, does the one team that doesn't get to play Minnesota in the North Star earn the privilege of washing the Gopher players' jocks once the tournament is over?

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2015/11/24_big_ten_legislation_raises.php I loved this paragraph from the College Hockey News article. What CHN failed to mention is that Union's opponent that night also had two 24-year olds on its roster. In fact, they were the two oldest players on the ice (Jake Parenteau and Tom Serratore, both of whom turned 25 a couple of months after the championship game).

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Well, to be fair, all of their "experts" are busy working on the North Carolina football and basketball cheating case...sanctions coming any day now, I hear.

A different poster wanted a mulligan for UND for the Idaho State and Weber State losses. Good teams seem to overcome key injuries. I think if UND wins one of those two games, EIU is sitting at home for the playoffs.

I already pointed out that EIU's argument for being included is not as good as 6-5 WIU's.

Nothing wrong with a 7-4 season in year two of the Bubba regime. Playoffs would have been a bonus. Disappointed, sure, but hardly a total screw-job. I think WIU had a better argument than EIU.

LOL. How'd Alabama do with a 3rd string QB last season? How about Baylor yesterday? NDSU since Wentz went out? 7-4 is better than 6-5. Yea, Houston has only 1 loss this season too. Are they better than 2 loss Michigan or TCU? No way.

Beating Wyoming means you should be punching your ticket to the FCS playoffs? UND lost to the last place team in its own conference. Ballgame.

As opposed to "Here's your University of North Dakota Roughrider penalty kill sponsored by Roughrider Condoms. You can shoot, but you won't slip one past our defense!"

Well get to work, jimdahl. I have a new batch of fleece winter hats to order!

Minnesota fans: "Lamest nickname ever!" (then chant: "Let's Go Gophers!")

FightingHawkSports.com? HawkSports.com? FightingHawkSportsProudlyPresentedbyJimDahl.com?

Comrade Kelley and the Politburo met this morning. He is pleased to announce that "sUNDogs" is the new nickname choice - with 79,998 write-in votes. Roughriders and Fighting Hawks finished in a tie for 2nd - each with 1 vote. Press conference at noon.

The 1991 me wants to stay up and toast the new era at UND that will begin at midnight. The 2015 me realizes that I have lots of things on my plate tomorrow - most of which are more important than a college team's nickname. That being said, goodnight Fighting Sioux. It sure was a glorious run. Tomorrow morning, the sun will come up. Here's to a new beginning. Cheers.

My prediction is that it will be...you know what? I don't care. Just put Old Yeller out of his misery already. I just want this over with.

Just imagine the uproar if this involved color-blind female fans... ...who need private breastfeeding rooms too.

But isn't the Roughrider brigade convinced that the student body is straight-ticket Fighting Hawks?

The cry-bullies will probably whine about the "fighting" in Fighting Hawks too. Best hope for perfect nickname is to have Kelley invoke executive powers and declare sUNDogs the winner.

http://nepr.net/news/2015/11/12/umass-amherst-protesters-want-new-seal-and-mascot/ For those of you thinking Roughriders couldn't possibly offend anyone...I give RHHiT about 3-4 years before he starts singing a different tune about that "honor"...

Again, how does the SEC do it with Tigers and Bulldogs seemingly playing each other every weekend? Redhawks vs Fighting Hawks four times a year in hockey? Heaven forbid Tim H have to deal with that. It's only a matter of time before GW, TR, TJ, and AL are scrubbed from the face of Mount Rushmore...let's just be ahead of the curve and pick a nickname the cry-bullies can't be offended by. http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/13/missouri-students-thomas-jefferson-a-racist-rapist-campus-statue-needs-to-go/

Let's not rush to judgement, Oxbow6. MSNBC is reporting that what happened in Paris was caused by Confederate flags and Donald Trump.

Home of the "U," LOL? No way Miami let's that fly without a fight.

Hmnnn...I thought they were in Mrs. Goon's purse...