MafiaMan

Dude, my softball and broomball teams have been partially sponsored by the Hoggsbreath for at least 12 years. I've never experienced anything like what you are referring to above. We are usually in there on Tuesday or Thursday evenings after our games. Obviously, the "crowd" might be a little different on your typical Saturday night. Drug raids? I've never heard that one...

Thanks to Siouxman (and Mrs Siouxman), Keikla, Siouxmama, Sioux-cia, and YaneA for joining me for breakfast at the Hoggsbreath. An allergic reaction to almonds wasn't needed...thanks to some unusally slow service, our meals were free. Siouxman, Mrs. Siouxman, Keikla...nice meeting all of you. Sioux-cia and YaneA...nice seeing you again. Siouxmama...nice meeting you...and thank you for assisting me with the Mike Commodore bobblehead purchase. GO SIOUX!

Yee haw! I'll be sporting the Maine blues tonight! See ya at the X!

While I'm assuming at some point this weekend that Drinkinwiththedogs will have her head in the Liffey biffy, let's stick with the Hoggsbreath for breakfast on Saturday. The offer still stands for those out-of-towners who would prefer that I pick them up en-route to the Hoggsbreath...as long as it's somewhere in the path from Bloomington to Little Canada.

Just a follow-up on this...my mapquest directions tell me that Champps on W 7th is 5.66 miles from my parking lot (3 blocks east of the X) while the Hoggsbreath is 5.99 miles from my parking lot.

My Suzuki XL-7 can seat 5 comfortably.

Trust me...any bar in downtown St Paul will be a zoo.

Hoggsbreath has way better breakfast food. Tell ya what...I'll meet you in front of the X at 10:45 am and will give you a ride to the Hogger. Can't beat that deal!

I'm pretty sure you mean 'unlucky'.

And yet we still have to endure comments from Gopher fans about "25 year old Canadians."

The Hoggsbreath is located in Little Canada off of Highway 36 and Rice Street, miles away from the downtown parade and hustle and bustle of St Patricks Day in St Paul. People who left the Hogger last year at 12:30-1:00 pm had plenty of time to get to St Paul and get to Xcel for the Gophers-don't-care (AKA third place) game. I don't anticipate any problems.

I organized a small get-together last year at the Hoggsbreath for SiouxSports.com fans. I think about 8-10 people came out for a Saturday pre-game breakfast and some NCAA basketball watching prior to the 3rd place game. Is there any interest in getting together again this year? I think we may have been a bit early with a 10 am slot last year so I was thinking around 11:00 am this time around. Anyone interested? We had a great time last year and it was fun meeting some of the monikers on the board in person. Head count, please! If I get enough takers, I'll book a table or two at the Hoggsbreath.

Who wants to be responsible for picking up and returning my jerseys if deemed necessary? I can bring them to the Final Five without a problem. 16 - royal blue IceHoggs 16 - yellow Sweden 13 - green Pizza Factory

Giggity! That's hot!

PLYMOUTH? Why don't we meet in Fergus Falls while we're at it? Who's gonna be in Bloomington?

Are they collecting dust like your 'mom jeans'?

Carnac the Magnificent says: Gophers over AA in two. St. Cloud over UMD in three. UND over MSU in two. Denver over Wisconsin in two. Michigan Tech over Colorado College in three.

HEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!

Now you're TOO GOOD to wear Pizza Factory jerseys?

That joke is older than my grandma's buckskin bra!

I didn't get it back, but I'm pretty convinced it wasn't worn by the SiouxSports.com hockey team. Problem is, the broomball player who wears that number swears he gave it back to me at the end of last season. I haven't the foggiest where it could be. Oh well, in 6 or 7 years of having the greenie jerseys, 3 of the original 16 are now wandering around aimlessly. I guess that's not too bad. That leaves me with 13 green Pizza Factory jerseys but I would have 16 yellow Sweden jerseys that could be available for the players.

The green jerseys may be tough when paired with maroon. Think Gopher away vs Sioux green. I'm thinkin' the Swedens will look better, at least for this particular game. You're welcome, AZSIOUX. I thought you'd like it.