MafiaMan

My job, coaching baseball, and playing softball have all taken their toll on the amount of time I've been able to spend on the board these days. I'm stunned to read the news of THETRIOUXPER passing away. I met Troy several times and spoke with him maybe a year or two ago when we ran into each other at The Italian Moon after a Sioux game. My thoughts are prayers go out to Troy's family during this time. May God bless all of you and may God bless Troy.

Unfortunately, Siouxman, I don't agree with this. The deadline means nothing to Ron His Horse is Thunder and I would bet Standing Rock has no intention of doing ANYTHING before October 1st. You can count on me making a trip from Minneapolis/St Paul to Fargo and Grand Forks SOON in order to scoop up some Sioux gear before it is all gone.

Yes, please, on the green helmets and breezers at home! I actually like the green jerseys in this set and the traditional striping of the black jersey here as well. The whites are a little busy.

Well, they've blocked the porn sites so I actually do get some stuff done once in a while...

Dude, you just killed any chance I had of having a productive day at work!

They've swept Notre Dame and Michigan this season (granted, it was early in the season), so anything's possible.

Back in 2000, I went to Mariucci and found many Gopher fans standing outside hoping to re-coup anything close to face value for their tickets. Back then, two teams went to the Frozen Four. I remember UND defeating Niagara and Boston College defeating New Hampshire.

No problem, Ice Arena Man. Glad I could save you a few bucks.

Drop the puck!

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Hoggsbreath for brunch. It was nice to see repeat-fans again and nice to meet Ice Arena Man and our guest siouxsports.com "lurker" who came out as well. I hope you all enjoyed the meal and conversation and come back next year. Tom was disappointed that he confused Sioux hockey with Bison basketball and thought we were going home on Saturday. He PROMISES to have something up on the marquee outside of the restaurant next year.

Gloom and doom over on GPL for the Gophers. Hilarious that most fans I ran into this weekend STILL felt that they were a shoo-in for the NCAA tournament.

Siouxmama and Sioux-cia...I'm two minutes away from the IHOP...if you want to ride with me, let me know. I'm leaving at about 10:00 am and picking up YaneA in Inver Grove Heights at 10:30 am.

It's funny you mention that...I almost did bring along the Maine jersey for tonight. Alas, I think I'm goin' Russian Red Army jersey. Tell ya what, when UMD takes the ice against the Sioux on Friday night, stop by section 102 and I'll flag down a beer-man for ya so you can drown your sorrows courtesy of me.

A friend of mine once asked me how bad I hate the Gophers. I thought for a second and told him "if they reunited the Soviet 1980 Olympic team and sent them to Mariucci Arena to play Minnesota, I'd be there at center ice wearing my red CCCP jersey screaming 'Let's go Commies.'" As I recall, BC also beat Minnesota in last year's tournament.

Section 102 row 9. Watch for various jerseys this weekend during non-Sioux games. Go Bulldogs!

One can only hope!

Anyone...anyone...Bueller...anyone...Hoggsbreath...the answer is Hoggsbreath...

Great seat...one ticket...buddy of mine's wife is having appendectomy surgery tomorrow AM and he may not be available to attend tomorrow night's game. He's 50/50 at this point. Ticket would be face value (I believe $20) and a GREAT seat (9 rows up on the blue line). It's not a 100% done deal, but it's more than likely available. If you're interested, PM me and I'll let you know the scoop as soon as I do.

Nice man-crush.

I can clean up my Suzuki XL-7 and seat 5 comfortably, so, yes, if you want a ride, let me know. YaneA will be the first pick-up, so she'll probably call 'shotgun,' though. Just an FYI to rider-requests...I'll be going from the Hoggsbreath straight to the 2:00 pm UMD/Denver 3rd place game on Saturday. I park about 1.5 blocks from the X. I posted my cell number on an earlier thread so I may as well do it now. Unlimited texting too, and that's a good way to get ahold of me. 612-386-8207.

I'm probably picking up YaneA by the airport in Bloomington and will drive thru St Paul as opposed to deal with the Highway 62/35W mess going on north of me. I could swing by and pick you up if necessary.

1. MafiaMan 2. Siouxman 3. Mrs. Siouxman 4. YaneA 5. Siouxmama 6. Bob in Wisconsin 7. Sioux-cia I have some friends who will probably come out (not SiouxSports.com members, but they're the guys I go to the Final Five with every year) so that'd around 10 people. There was a pretty good crowd last year, I want to say 15-20?

Don't tell ultra-pinko council member David Thune that. As far as he's concerned, Norm Coleman and hockey have KILLED downtown.

Assuming I'm in the mood to drive you to the Hoggsbreath!

OK, that's three: Siouxman, Mrs. Siouxman, MafiaMan. I'll need more than that!