MafiaMan

Two words: Bring earplugs.

Fixed your post.

I've often joked with my Gopher friends on weekends at the Bloomington Ice Gardens that it would be amusing if one of the mite teams was sponsored by something affiliated with the Fighting Sioux. Well, here's my chance - I received an e-mail today from our association asking for sponsors. This one caught my eye, especially due to the sponsor name on the back of a mite team set of hockey jerseys. I'd be more than happy to kick in a chunk of money myself to see "SIOUXSPORTS.COM" written on the back of a team set of jerseys right smack dab in the heart of the land of maroon and gold and thought I'd throw it out there to people on this message board. If you're interested in participating in such a venture, PM me and I'll add up what we might be able to contribute and if it's anywhere near $500, we'll go from there. Go Sioux! Team Sponsor - $500

This from a fan who went out of his way to locate me at the Final Five and chat hockey. Proof that good fans do sometimes to try differentiate themselves from the 'bad apples' in their bunch. At the Final Five two years ago, I got in the face of a drunken Sioux fan who needed help from his mommy just to stand up and talk back to me. After three games of hearing this loudmouth spout off about "Holy Cross" and "F*** the Gophers," I just couldn't take anymore. Bad fans exist everywhere, nothing more, nothing less. Mix in plenty of beer into the evening and it's a powder keg no matter what arena you are in. Good points, Gopherguy33, good luck to your team this season.

I'm gonna pimp along with NorthDakotaHockey's attempt to find two tickets for the Sioux/Gopher weekend in GF. It's been years since I've been to REA for UND/Um game and it's time for a return trip. I'd happily pay you $1 more than anything NDH will offer.

I heard stories from UND and NDSU regarding the special status of football players when I was in school. If you think this is only happening at big-time D1 programs, you have your head in the sand.

I'm not getting my hopes up.

You'd probably find a trip to Mankato much cheaper than your trip to Mariucci!

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...