MafiaMan

watchmaker49, your SiouxSports.com account has been hacked!

If I'm Gwoz, why not take less money to get back in the game ASAP and stick it to Denver? The timing of Whitehead's firing certainly raises some questions...

Ring ring... Hello? This is George. George? Hi, it's the University of Maine calling...

Would you care if he wore a Snuggie?

Hmnnn...and all this time, I thought south Minneapolis was a 20 minute drive to Little Canada! Hope to see you there next year!

So you were being facetious because he only played like a dozen games there, right?

Are they still paying Maurice Clarett for the 2001 football title or was that account closed?

FIX IT!

I have yet to meet a Gopher fan who thinks leaving the WCHA is a good thing...or one who thinks ditching the Fighting Sioux nickname is the right thing to do...I still won't cheer for them. Maybe if St Cloud does win the title, we can re-visit the SCSU thread from a while back where fans were outraged over a loss to a second-rate hockey school...

It's a good time. I will be passing out Ohio State Buckeye helmet stickers as door prizes next year LOL!

Sacred Heart is an inside joke (see Hoggsbreath thread)... I'm familiar with hockeydb too...just didn't get the Siembida reference by Wilbur...

I predict a good turn-out next March at the inaugural NCHC Final Four Hoggsbreath Brunch!

Forgive me...what's the joke here? And didn't Josh play at Sacred Heart after he left UND?

...and Minnesota was in the WCHA with 'us' in 2002 too...I didn't cheer for them then either. Having been at at several games in St Cloud with nickname protesters in my face, I can give you lots of reasons why I hate St Cloud State.

Really? Because I can already hear the 'fire Hak' crowd... 'IT TOOK MOTZKO LESS THAN FIVE YEARS TO WIN A NATTY AT ST EFFIN' CLOUD!!!!!'

I heard Hakstol had red wine with fish last night for dinner...seriously, this is getting ridiculous! He needs to be canned STAT!

Did I type in SUITsports.com by accident?

Nebraska deserves everything it gets for the way it used to run up the score on oppenents in the 1990's not to mention the fact that Michigan is the only team EVER to be ranked #1 in the coaches poll prior to its bowl game to FALL in the poll after a bowl WIN. Here's your Lifetime Achievement Award, Coach Osborne! Great article...fan expectations are beyond insane these days.

We've discussed this one before...I'm actually stunned that a move hasn't been made there yet.

I wasn't saying it was MY opinion. I have a buddy of mine who grew up in Marquette who CAN'T WAIT to go to Grand Forks next year. I'm just saying it's an option to eliminate one non-conference weekend.

I think the auto-bid for the conference playoff champion needs to stay. If it goes away, there's no need for a conference tournament, right? Michigan and Boston U had everyone on the edge of their hockey seat right up until Sunday before the 16-team announcement was made this year - great drama.

So you're saying the #1 team in the country, with less than 10 losses on the season, with 2 losses in the post-season to the 10th place team in the conference, suddenly falls to #13? An upset, yes, but Jamie Ram led that Tech team to TWO MORE WCHA Final Five wins before losing to Minnesota in the championship. An upset, yes, but no question the Tigers were still among the 12 best teams in the country.

"Not what I was expecting for a good non-conference schedule..." "Boring opponent..." "Who are they?" "Couldn't we find anyone better?" First comment was similar to ones posted here on siouxsports...the others are fans I talked to at the Final Five...

Ditch one weekend of non-conference games during the regular season. Problem solved. There are plenty of complaints about Northern Michigan at North Dakota next year anyways. With any luck at all, folks would be trading that series in for a home playoff series where the winner will go to the Frozen Four -- and that sounds INFINITELY more exciting, doesn't it?

I agree with you on that. A Thursday-Sunday trip works well for most fans. Having a Monday or Tuesday thru Sunday would make a trip rather difficult for most. Good suggestions though...almost ANYTHING would be better than what fans and players are forced to currently endure.