MafiaMan

LOL! Re-wound the DVR thanks to your post. Seriously laughed out loud. Ow!

http://www.si.com/nhl/home-ice/2011/02/02/nhls-curbed-enthusiasm-for-heritage-classic Article on the NHL essentially ignoring the 2011 Heritage Classic game...while we're bombarded with Winter Classic hype year after year...

Didn't they win a title just a few years ago? I think all of Auburn's prayers were used up last year against Alabama.

Hold the phone on Baylor vs Michigan State...41-35 now, but Baylor is driving...

I'm not a Wild fan at all...in fact, I'm a Red Wings fan. The NHL ripped this idea off from the original Heritage Classic game between Montreal and Edmonton and has now made a circus out of it. Toronto was the 1st Canadian team to play one of these games and they had to absolutely beg to be chosen as a participant. Now it's morphed into Stadium Series games to appease others who want to do this. In 2011, Calgary hosted Montreal in a second Heritage Classic game and the NHL couldn't be bothered to try to hype it. The 2014 Heritage Classic had Vancouver hosting Ottawa...did you hear anything in the media at all about it? Nope.

That's assuming most casual fans want to watch Chicago on New Year's Day almost every year...I don't like the exclusion of Canadian teams and hate seeing this event limited to the Detroits, Chicagos, Pittsburghs, and Washington DCs of the NHL.

I created a new thread over in non-collegiate sports for the Winter Classic chatter. See ya over there. Go USA! Beat Russia!

Totally get what you're saying about marketing the game, but, unfortunately, it pretty much only means those of you in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Washington DC. Everyone else? Get in line. And if you live in Canada, the NHL apparently doesn't care.

I started this so as to avoid clogging up the World Jr thread over in Hockey...

That's the joke I was going for! All hail Barry!

Auburn doinks a field goal off the right upright in OT. 34-31 Wisconsin over Auburn. LSU...Ole Miss...Mississippi State...Auburn... Barry Alvarez announced in on-field chat with ESPN that he has fired Mike Riley and will coach the Badgers himself next season.

34-21...and then Baylor promptly scores again. 41-21 with 4:00 left in the 3rd and the entire 4th left yet. Bears marching for 50!

Wisconsin ties it at 31 thanks to a last-second field goal. Looks like the Outback Bowl is headed to overtime.

Melvin Gordon...same thing. 30 seconds left but struggling with tacklers fighting for an extra foot when he could have stepped out of bounds easily. Wisconsin forced to use a time-out.

34-14 Baylor Bears leading Michigan State with lots of game left. Unless Art Broyles calls the dogs off, Baylor should easily hang 40+ on the Spartans.

How do Dickinson and Williston look this year?

http://www.si.com/nhl/home-ice/2011/02/02/nhls-curbed-enthusiasm-for-heritage-classic Fetch, the above link talks about the NHL and its "meh" attitude toward the 2011 Heritage Classic game (Montreal at Calgary). I'll bet you didn't even know that Ottawa and Vancouver played a Heritage Classic in 2014 as well. The NHL couldn't care less about it, that's why.

I'm sick of it as well - primarily because the idea stemmed from the Heritage Classic game played between Montreal and Edmonton several years ago. The NHL jumped in and saw $$$$ almost immediately and had to practically be dragged kicking and screaming to include a Canadian team in the Winter Classic (Toronto last season). There was a second Heritage Classic game played a couple of seasons ago - of course, the NHL didn't bother covering it at all. Despicable. Plus, they hype this game more than the Stanley Cup Finals!

The tournament itself is being held in St Louis Park. The opponent involved in this donnybrook was Prior Lake, however. Sounds like a real broo-ha-ha.

I will add this...can't recall another team forced to watch not one but two teammates (in different games) carted off the field with obviously serious leg injuries. Ole Miss looked pretty disinterested in continuing play last night after their lineman was put in the air-cast, limped to the cart, and driven off the field.

Another smart play, this time by Michigan State...why do guys always want to fight for that extra foot as opposed to get out of bounds at the end of a half or game?

So TCU only looked good because Ole Miss didn't show up? Looked to me that the Rebels did show up...and then waved the white flag before halftime. You could see the demoralization in the players' eyes. But I give credit to TCU for beating Ole Miss into submission. BTW, Mizzou may be close, but there is no better nickname for a school than Ole Miss.

GT got the opening kickoff of the second half and a couple of plays later, ran off about a 50 yard TD run. I believe MSU turned the ball over on downs on their first possession of the half and GT promptly did the same thing they did to open the half - run right down the field and score. From 21-20 at the half to 35-20 a couple of minutes into the 3rd. MSU looked done at that point, even though they did eventually put 14 more points on the board.

NHL Network should be showing the game...

Love that game. Used to make my own Red Wings lineup based on phony Russian names like Boris Badinov, Chuck Checkov, and Sergei Slapshotov...just killed the league leader board in goals and assists. Back on topic, yes, the US gave up 41 shots, but that's an absolute huge goal that should not have counted. It's not like folks are complaining of a slash or nasty cross-check that happened away from the play.