MafiaMan

Your brain's a thin candy shell...

Nevermind the 3rd place game from last year's Final Five, mygarske. The Gophers tonite looked a lot like the team that got beat by North Dakota several weeks ago...and then St Cloud even more recently! Cue the music from the movie "Titanic" 'cuz there's an iceberg dead ahead!

Nothin' to worry about, Smoggy, Don knew they had the MacNaughton Cup in the bag so the team has coasted the last couple of games anyways. It works out...they'll just turn it on once the games matter.

I heard that too. I guess he's onto something since the Sioux were missing several key players during that tournament, too. Oh, wait a minute, they've lost how many times since Christmas? Uh...sorry, Doug, nevermind...

Northern Michigan and Lake Superior State both stave off elimination, as does Princeton. LSSU and Princeton both lost game #1 of their respective series' at home.

0-0 in OT. I'll give you a word: BORING!

Wasn't Ryan Cape on a line with Rusty Sparko last year?

Gee, Myles, what do you need sealed? Or is it in the nation's best interest that your tactics aren't revealed to the public? Inquiring minds want to know! Perhaps it's a "clear and present danger" and should not be revealed!

Funny you should mention the X...true story...a couple of years ago, I'm waiting in line between periods to use the urinal. A guy in another row in front of me gets up to the urinal, cell phone in one hand and hot dog in another. Too busy to hang up, apparently, he puts his hot dog ON TOP OF THE URINAL, does his business while talking on the phone, then grabs the hot dog, takes a bite, and without washing his hands, leaves the restroom. I swear, about 30 guys just about puked.

There's a new thing out called "capital letters". Proper punctuation is helpful too. My point is, it's a hockey arena, not a ballroom. If I had a nickel for everytime I saw someone put their grungy muddy shoes on one of those cherry armrests to step around people or even step on a leather seat with their work boots while finding their seat, I'd be a rich man. I'm there to watch hockey. If I need something outside of the game to keep me entertained, I'll revert back to watching the National Hip-Hop Association, formerly known as the NBA.

Do they play hockey in REA too? You win. It's the 8th wonder of the world. Now rush along to your pre-school because the other kids have already started story time. Today's book is "Clifford Learns to Spell."

Have you ever been to the X, proudsioux? No leather seats, but a lot more leg room IN the seat that you sit in, no laser light show (whoop dee doo), and, stunningly enough for a professional hockey arena these days, big scoreboard and expensive organ. I know, I know, it's hard to believe, but, yes, the X has been called the finest venue in the National Hockey League. Go figure.

Yep!

Goon, you and I have had our disagreements recently on another thread, but I'm with you on this one. If the Wolverines are the only school in the state of Michigan that makes the NCAA tournament, rest assured, they will be in Grand Rapids.

Cherry arm rests and marble floors don't improve the quality of the actual game, in my eyes. Not to mention that you're packed in a row with about 40 other people since the aisles at REA are few and far between. If I had to choose between 5 games at the X vs 5 at REA (think WCHA Final Five), I'd rather sit at the X.

What's the obsession with the Xcel Energy Center? Every time I hear those three words, it's immediately followed by someone from Grand Forks piping up with "REA is nicer."

I wasn't correcting you, Goon, my comments were directed at Sioux_7.

I'll correct him for being wrong. LSSU has won the national title 3 times (1988, 1992, and 1994) and was an OT goal away from having the most-recent three peat (they lost to Maine in 1993). I'm also not sure of the logic of moving two of the more remote teams in terms of location (Marquette and Sault Ste Marie) into conferences which would require them to travel more than they do now.

Seriously, did the Sioux hockey bus run over Nick's dog several years ago after a road-trip to Mariucci? The guy writes a column every week it seems opposing the Sioux nickname. If Nick is so concerned with social activism in Minneapolis/St Paul, perhaps he can ask casinos why they have no problem picking up the elderly and the poor and giving them bus rides to casinos so they can spend their very last dimes.

It's a joke that Phil Jackson is considered one of the top coaches of all-time. Forrest Gump could have coached Scottie & Michael and then Kobe & Shaq to 9 titles combined.

I'm not defending the 1972 Gopher basketball team and I even agree with your points. The NCAA and the schools themselves jumped in and took down references to championships and Final Four appearances for UMass (Marcus Camby era) and Michigan (Fab Five era) but it seems Minnesota has no problem with 1972. Sadly, the NCAA doesn't seem to care either. Oooh...Clarett lost his scholarship while the University and the NCAA both profited IMMENSELY from the Buckeyes' 2002-2003 run. How seriously did they want that black eye and how serious was that investigation? I don't think there's any question that Clarett didn't take much more than a token class at THE Ohio State University yet no one gives a damn as long as Tressel and company were rolling to the title that season.

So, GaryP, I have a question for you? Maurice Clarett and OSU seem to have broken plenty of NCAA rules during his one-year tenure in Columbus (2002-2003), but I don't hear you screaming bloody murder that the Buckeyes should turn in their football national champship from that season. How do you feel about that issue? At least when caught cheating (MN Gopher 1997 Final Four basketball team), Minnesota stepped up and struck that from the record books. OSU simply swept the Clarett tenure under the carpet.

I'd like to stay at a somewhat-in-shape 34/30, thanks!

Yea...I never seem to find the "In-Play" Sioux wind pants in any size other than about 48 inch waist and 34 inch length. What's up with that?

Is that net regulation size or what?