MafiaMan

As stated a while back in another thread...I enjoy fans who think of Hakstol as a "failure" because UND hasn't won the NCAA championship under his reign... Jack Parker: 37 years as a head coach - 3 NCAA titles (1978, 1995, 2009) Jerry York: 39 years as a head coach - 4 NCAA titles (1984 [bowling Green], 2001, 2008, 2010) Red Berenson: 26 years as a head coach - 2 NCAA titles (1996, 1998) Using your logic, I can only assume that you think all three of those coaches should have been canned during their dry-spell years between NCAA titles, correct? Jack Parker, a 14 year stretch with no NCAA titles, a failure? Jerry York, 1984 to 2001 and nothing in between? Red, with all that talent at Michigan and just two titles? Winning a national championship apparently isn't as easy as you think.

Don't think for one millisecond that Wisconsin would have taken a forfeit in the 2008 Champs Sports Bowl against Florida State REGARDLESS of their university policy. They would have pulled out the old "it's a bowl game, not an officially-sanctioned NCAA event" card and played anyways. For all of you hockey fans who think Minnesota and Wisconsin will play UND home-and-away EVERY single season, let me remind you that Michigan was once a member of the WCHA. When is the last time you saw a regular season match-up with the Wolverines in Grand Forks OR Ann Arbor? Everyone forgets that the NCAA policy initially included schools such as Utah and the big elephant, Florida State. When FSU's politicans, alumni, and money talked, the NCAA policy was quicky revised as the NCAA had egg all over its face. I'm convinced that if Standing Rock took a vote tomorrow and 100% of the population turned out and not a single vote was cast in favor of ditching the Fighting Sioux nickname, the NCAA would STILL find a way to punish UND for questioning its authoritarian rule.

Wichita is about 3 1/2 hours away from Kansas City...a bit like saying Dany Heatley plays in Fargo.

Nope and nope. Casey spent a season with the Springfield Indians (85-86) and Maxwell spent a year with the Colorado Rockies, though (81-82).

I sent you a PM, NDH. I'll have to ask Shawn why I didn't get a DVD last year...or with this year's ticket.

The NY Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins both flirted with moving to Kansas City. I think it would be a great NHL market...it certainly couldn't be any worse than Columbus, Ohio, could it? Plus, it would be a chance to resurrect one of the great lost logos and nickname of the NHL... http://www.nhluniforms.com/DefunctTeams/Scouts1.html

10-11 record 19-13-10 09-10 record 8-20-8 08-09 record 14-20-7 07-08 record 8-27-3 06-07 record 18-18-1 That's 67 wins, 98 losses, and 29 ties in the past five seasons. I'd consider that "below average" or at best, "average."

Minnesota already tried that nickname in 1996 with it's one-and-done Arena Football League team...count me in the 'not a fan' group.

The "premier" hockey conference in the country already contains legendary programs like St Cloud State and Western Michigan...is an expansion program REALLY the answer?

Did they actually distribute those DVD's this year? I thought they did three years in a row, then skpped last season.

...and here we go...

And how long do you envision Minnesota being willing to continue to schedule "patsies" like the NDSU Bison? NDSU has embarrassed Minnesota more than once now. "D1" teams playing "D1-AA" teams is a lose/lose venture: Just ask Michigan about Appalachian State.

To UND faculty who oppose nickname - "Speak out, be heard, be the voice for change! Stop racism and oppression!" To UND hockey coach who favors nickname - "Keep your mouth shut and remember who signs your paychecks."

People simply refuse to believe that Native Americans can actually have their own opinion on this nickname issue. First, we want you on our side to keep the nickname...now we want the nickname to go, so please follow along and retire it? Tim O'Keefe has his opinion...and so does Frank Black Cloud. I respect the rights of both to voice theirs.

Kind of like they made examples of Ohio State and Auburn BEFORE they played the national championship football game two years ago? Oh, wait, there were millions to be made (or potentially lost), so we'll fix things after the fact. If Congress can waste time investigating steroids in baseball, why aren't senators and representatives screaming for an investigation into the NCAA and its tactics?

Lots of AHL coaches have gotten the call-up and done quite well in the NHL...John Stevens, Peter Laviolette, Kevin Dineen, Bruce Boudreau, Claude Noel...and that's just off the top of my head. Saying a move to a coaching position in the AHL would be a downgrade compared to coaching in college isn't necessarily a fact. It depends on what the coach's ultimate goal is.

Boston U? Holy Cross (a must-win game if ever there was one!)? Northern Michigan? Nice!

Thanks for the plug. This year, I'm presenting Tom and Jossie with an 8X10 of the group photo we took last March. Good stuff!

NorthDakotaHockey already provided directions...conveniently located about 3 minutes north of the Hoggsbreath, too.

If it wasn't for the fact that it's a total Minnesota Wild rip-off, this is actually a pretty sweet jersey.

And maybe games with Michigan, Michigan State, Boston University, Boston College, Maine, New Hampshire, and Notre Dame instead.

You and I had quite the back-and-forth on that thread...I'll take your comment here as a compliment. Rodgers is a great QB...and I personally think Favre will jump off a cliff if Aaron wins one more Super Bowl.

During my time at UND, I rarely missed a football, hockey, men's basketball, OR women's basketball game. Just an FYI for you since you think I'm a hockey nut. Do you Sioux hockey players get up for a game against Michigan Tech because they're an in-conference rival or might be more excited about a non-conference game against BC or Maine?

I'm a broken record...change the nickname tomorrow and they won't be coming back to Grand Forks any more than once every 5-10 years anyways.

And that'll be true REGARDLESS of whether it's Sioux or Glittery Unicorns as the nickname. Ummm...88-89 NMU games were unbelievable...and the crowds were pretty good in the following years as NMU was solid in '88-'92 and won the national title in '91. Best UND home game I ever saw was the Sioux coming back from a 5-0 third period deficit against the Wildcats to earn a 5-5 OT tie.