MafiaMan

Hopefully Lou handles this news better than he handled Zach Parise announcing his commitment to UND...

Great! For those of you who haven't paid yet (and there are quite a few of you) and you are intending to pay me via Paypal, either DON'T select "for goods or services" or DO send a check or money order instead. I wasn't counting on losing a dollar or two on every transaction, LOL.

I think you're one of the payments that I'm trying to match up because I don't know your first or last name...I just know you as 'sprig.' I have 5-7 others like that that I'm trying to identify as well.

OK, I'm not the brightest guy at Paypal but can someone explain why some of my payments are the exact dollar amount I gave folks in the TOTAL DUE e-mail and why some payment have fees of $1.07 to $2.00 per transaction taken out? I'm assuming that the payments in full are via e-check or paid directly from a bank account vs those paid by credit card which are shorting me a buck or two per transaction...

How about game programs, championship hats, Final Four or Bowl Game t-shirts, etc.? It's sold by the NCAA at these events...I see the stands at tournaments North Dakota plays in...this stuff flies off the shelves.

We'll just accept Heisman Trophy returns, erase records from the books later, and pretend the games never happened. That'll fix everything.

http://nfl.si.com/2013/09/11/roger-goodell-dan-snyder-redskins/?sct=hp_t2_a3&eref=sihp So according to Roger Goodell now, we're back to the standard of 'if something offends ONE person, it must be examined...'. Great.

I don't know what you're talking about.

I can recall pretty much every hockey game I attended in my four years, does that count? Oh, and faking a broken leg to get out of a UND Staff Lot Only parking ticket...

Czech your PM's. (pun intended)

http://www.sanmar.com/sanmar-servlets/CatalogBrowser?swatchsearch=yes&id=53812&prodimage=imglib/catl/c900ry03.jpg&swatch=Royal&top=Y Here's a link showing all of the hat color options for this particular style of hat...

Royal blue and yellow were also options but I'm not sure why anyone would want those... One other thing to note: minimum order is 12 hats (of any color), however, the thread color minimum is six. On the green hats, the 'Sioux,' '.com,' and logo are in white and 'Sports' is in black. That means I need 5 more hats with that particular thread design for an order. There are no color changes with the grey or pink hats, so any combination of those two color hats that adds up to six would be acceptable. Unfortunately for black and green, it's six of each or nothing.

White is not one of the hat colors available, unfortunately. See the next post for artwork...

This team went from 4-12 two years ago to 10-6 and the playoffs last season, right?

The Score app still uses the Minnesota Vikings old logo...it's not uncommon given the ever-changing world of sports these days to miss a few things. Heck, the Vikings players wore last year's white pants in training camp...

I've received many Paypal payments and a few checks by mail...thanks to those of you who have paid. One favor, though...a couple of payments weren't attached with a moniker so I am not sure who to mark off as "paid." If you could reply to your PM 'invoice' (and many of you have, so you can disregard this), that would be great. 2nd order has two hats for siouxczech w/moniker...I need ten more to even consider putting an order in - and it would have to get in soon in order to be here by Christmas, given the shipping logistics. Ho Ho Ho.

You would think that they would...

2/13/11 Whalers Hockey Fest @ Renschler Field in East Hartford: UConn women vs Providence attendance: 153 1/10/12 Frozen Fenway @ Fenway Park in Boston: Providence women vs Dartmouth attendance: 641 Looks like the Gopher women vs Mankato will be SHATTERING women's attendance records at TCF Bank Stadium!

I don't know of any Gopher fans in my neck of the woods who are 'bragging' up the B10 conference or happy about the move. This was all about money and everyone knows it. I agree with you 100% on the cannibalization of the WCHA as we knew it and will miss the yearly trips to the X. It won't be the same...

My math may be fuzzy but I think 1995 is after 1992... ...I know the term has been used for a long time, I'm just saying I don't recall ever hearing any Sioux sports being referred to as 'Green and White' during '88-'92.

Contrary to what 82SiouxGuy says, I don't recall ever hearing anyone refer to UND as anything other than 'Fighting Sioux' in 1988 and 1992 (my four-year stint in Grand Forks). And what happened in 1993? That's right...the start of the 'NORTH DAKOTA' logo-less hockey jerseys...coincidence? Me thinks not...

Advertising their network on a rival sports network? I'd call that 'marketing'. The commercial is actually pretty good.

Also posted in non-college sports but since I have my own personal thread, why not here too? Outdoor games...have these things totally jumped the shark or what? I can't even keep track of how many college and NHL outdoor games there are coming up this season and next season. BTW, nice comment by Lou Nanne at the announcement of the Minnesota vs Ohio State game...something to the effect of how he could not believe that Minnesota hasn't hosted an outdoor game yet since this fad started. Gee, Lou, where were they going to hold an outdoor game in Minneapolis/St Paul in the past few years prior to the opening of Target Field and TCF Bank Stadium? One NHL game on New Year's Day is plenty...heck, make it two and play one in Canada. But Minnesota women vs Minnesota State Mankato? Really?

Have these things totally jumped the shark or what? I can't even keep track of how many college and NHL outdoor games there are coming up this season and next season. BTW, nice comment by Lou Nanne at the announcement of the Minnesota vs Ohio State game...something to the effect of how he could not believe that Minnesota hasn't hosted an outdoor game yet since this fad started. Gee, Lou, where were they going to hold an outdoor game in Minneapolis/St Paul in the past few years prior to the opening of Target Field and TCF Bank Stadium? One NHL game on New Year's Day is plenty...heck, make it two and play one in Canada. But Minnesota women vs Minnesota State Mankato? Really?

sprig said i was crazy...he's probably right! All for a good cause though...