I seem to recall SiouxVolley predicting a women's volleyball a$$-kicking of NDSU earlier this year. Imagine my shock at seeing not only a loss to NDSU, but a total beatdown. Would love to see a UND win, but that doubt just keeps creeping in...
Lots of politics with this stuff...had it not been for Ann Richards and other Baylor alum politicians back in the day, the Bears would have never gotten into the Big XII.
The 1996 WCOH final between the US and Canada was right up there with the Miracle on Ice in terms of hockey game excitement. I also attended a couple of 2004 WCOH games in St Paul and had a great time. The problem isn't the tournament...it's the exclusion of some countries and "all-star" and "young-star" teams that make this latest version of the WCOH a total farce.
Now, now, darell, we can't be wasting taxpayer money and it's much easier to get around in GF as opposed to Fargo...
...so only $70K will be allocated for a driver.
How about we make sure some ethnic Czechs from Beach and Ukrainians from Dickinson have a fair voice in this process as well?
Maybe President Kelley can just hire a new vice-president of nickname selection and pay them $100K a year?
...except that Rick Reilly's father-in-law was either "mis-quoted" or had a change of heart about his comments after this article was published... http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/10/rick-reilly-bob-burns-father-in-law
I doubt it. Rebuilding takes some time. I'm not sure what the pollsters were thinking ranking Maine that high.
Update on Tim Whitehead: http://bangordailynews.com/2013/06/20/sports/former-umaine-hockey-coach-whitehead-takes-position-at-new-hampshire-prep-school/