MafiaMan

Wow. Did Blake accidentally punch himself in the head while practicing doing a jersey-pop and knock some brain cells loose?

While we had our share of partyers, most of the guys in my house were there for the right reasons: To get a college degree. I agree with your assessment and if there wasn't a demand for this type of housing, it probably wouldn't have gotten off the ground.

I hope the bolded text I highlighted above wasn't a shot at Greek life. As Social Chairman for my fraternity during the early 1990's, I helped organize and promote "dry" events and our middle-of-winter hot cocoa and pictionary event with a sorority was one of the best-attended events of the early era of non-alcoholic parties. I've been away from Grand Forks and the fraternity scene for a long time now, so perhaps things have changed, but it's funny how one movie from the 1970's continues to generate stereotypes regarding fraternity and sorority life.

Red Wings fans should know better than anyone, right redwing77? Seriously, can you name 170 players in the 1998 NHL entry draft better than Pavel Datsyuk? Rico Fata #6? Jeff Heerema #11? That Lecavalier guy selected #1 has had a pretty decent career, I suppose.

Gee, didn't the naysayers say the same thing about unproven freshmen like Oshie, Toews, and others three years ago?

Not a fan? Go watch the National Basketball Free Throw Shooting Association and let me know how long it takes you after tip-off to doze off.

I guess I didn't realize that Native Americans own the use of the word 'warrior.' My apologies.

From what I've heard, the only 'jag' you take is promptly followed up by the word 'bomb'.

Hmnnnnnnn...but students and alumni of Notre Dame are salt-of-the-earth people who don't look down at anyone else?

The sky is falling, the sky is falling! The Sioux haven't won a national title since, what, 2000? Oh my! When's the last time Miami won? Notre Dame? Providence? Western Michigan? UMD? Colorado College? I could keep going...but I think you get the point. I've personally attended one national championship and watched a second one on TV. I could die tomorrow a happy Sioux fan and have that be enough.

Depending on the size (I prefer a 48) and price (I prefer anything under $150), I may be willing to purchase one of these jerseys. As a collector of jerseys and owner of about 30 different authentic and replica jerseys, this would make a nice addition to my collection.

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Someday, people will look upon that song as this generation's "what the hell?" along with the 1970's-1980's and that "John 3.16" guy and the 1990's "The Macarena." I'm watching the Canadiens/Flyers game tonight and the crowd spontaneously bursts out with the "Ole...Ole Ole Ole" song. In Montreal? The apocalypse is upon us.

Didn't I say that too?

#1) Stop letting people run around while the puck is in play! There is nothing more aggravating to me than having to stand up and sit down 100 times a period because some numbskulls want to see how many beers they can down in 20 minutes! Check out the X next year during the Final Five. The ONLY people you see sprinting around the aisles while the puck is in play are Sioux fans. Everyone else waits for a stoppage in play, then darts either to or from their seat.

And way better history of choking in the clutch! Thanks, Moises, for finally admitting that you wouldn't have caught that ball anyways. Now maybe poor Bartman can crawl out of the hole he's been living in for the past 5-6 years.

You didn't answer the question at all. So you're saying it's OK for Italians to refer to themselves as 'dagos' or 'guidos' but if someone else DARE says that to an Italian, it calls for an a**-kicking of great proportions. I didn't know that Native people owned exclusive rights to saying words like Indian, Warriors, or Sioux. Interesting concept.

And for years, Sioux fans would taunt Gopher fans with "1979" chants or yell out things like "7 titles," "7 is greater than 3," or, more recently, obviously, "7 is greater than 5." For the record, I think that comments like that are silly. A title is a title and that equals one thing: Immortality. But if the Sioux go another 40 years and win 1 NCAA hockey title, how much will that "8 titles" thing mean in 2048?

I'll try a third time, hermit. Here's my question.

A great feat, for sure, but I can hear the laughter of SI readers when they open up their newest issue to see Grand Forks North Dakota christened as "titletown, USA" on the basis of high school tennis championships!

No comment, hermit? I re-posted it again for your opinion. Do Italians who are OK with the word "dago" somehow have power over that word so they can use it if they want? By the same token, if Compton High were to re-name itself a slang version of the infamous "N-word," would it be acceptable because a large portion of the young African-American community feels its a term of endearment? When Standing Rock/Fort Yates and other native schools in North Dakota start changing their nicknames from Warriors, Chiefs, Indians, and Sioux, I'll be the first in line to tell UND its time to change the nickname. Until then, if Sioux is acceptable for someone to call him or herself but its racist for me to call him or her that, well, you and the rest of your outer-space left wing-nuts can call me what you want.

I don't want to start any rumors, but what's her name and when is she due?

Nope, missed it!

I'm curious how Bison football and my statement come into play.

Ooh...a shot at my heritage. Nice touch! Honestly, changing the Wahpeton Wops nickname to whatever it is now hasn't affected my life one bit. If anyone in Wahpeton hated Italians before, they probably still do now. If Venice, Milan, or Genoa chose to call their local sports teams "Dagos," how could city leaders possibly turn around and scold the University of North Dakota as being racist should it choose the same nickname?