MafiaMan

Whoa, whoa, whoa, PCM, now I'm totally confused. Are you saying that the NHL should consider playing hockey games at 10:00 am on Sunday mornings?

Oh, so now it's all about the SIZE of the dog?

Yes...I keep hearing about this 'doggy style' but when I pay girl and she show up to my hotel room, she bring no dog. Why is this?

Truer words have never been spoken. The man has more POSTS than most people have written words!

"Cmon, THETRIOUXPER...gimme a hug." "OK, Dikaia880...big hug!"

Going to the woods with dagies, you mean? Um...not that there's anything wrong with that.

dagies, you make a good point here. I think with sports teams and the cheering/jeering that goes along with it, some witty college student cheers/chants/t-shirts make you chuckle and others make you cringe. Notre Dame students came up with the Catholics vs Creminoles and Catholics vs Convicts t-shirts back in the day, yet you never saw Florida State or Miami whip up Seminoles/Canes vs Drunken Irishmen t-shirts in return. In the past year, Gonzaga fans (primarily students) were ripped for chanting "brokeback mountain" at an opposing player and a different venue where fans had signs poking fun at West Virginia by calling them "Brokeback Mountaineers." Frankly, when I hear Mankato fans chanting "Sioux suck" or "f*** the Sioux" as I heard this past weekend, I think it's more of a poor reflection on THEM than it is on the University of North Dakota.

I won't be available Friday night as I'll be busy with mites hockey practice, but who's headed to Joe Senser's on Saturday night for the Sioux/St. Cloud game? Anyone...anyone...Bueller? 01grad, I owe you a keychain!

Seriously?

So, DaveK, to illustrate your point...Michigan State will no doubt wind up 3-7 or 4-6 or something terrible and John L. Smith will get canned. Does that mean that Notre Dame beat a terrible opponent when they played earlier this year? Hardly. At the time, Michigan State was 2-0 and steamrolling. The choke against the Irish has obviously caused a downward spiral to their season. So regardless of what you think, I DO think that the rankings and record come into play when playing an opponent. The end-of-season ranking is hindsight thinking.

If Notre Dame somehow ended up in the NCAA title game and one-loss Michigan was left outside looking in, it would be the biggest travesty in college football since Michigan became the only team EVER to be ranked #1 going into its bowl game, WIN its bowl game, then get dumped as the national champion (1997 when the coaches turned around and voted Nebraska #1). The college football playoff is alive and well every single weekend. And Notre Dame getting trounced at home eliminated the Irish. You can't use the rankings to benefit your point on one hand, then turn around and say its subjective and total nonsense. Last time I checked, the "experts" said Notre Dame was the #2 team in the country when they played Michigan. Obviously, they were wrong. Again, the point is, what's Charlie crying about? Where's this supposed anti-Irish bias?

It's NOW the 2nd ranked team in the nation, DaveK. Where were these two schools ranked when they played? The fact is NO TEAM that loses a game 47-21 in its own building should whine about rankings. So Tennessee spanks the Pac 10's supposed big-shot Cal and the SEC is somehow over-rated? Yea, yea, yea, USC smoked Arkansas, so that practically evens out. I guess my point is that Charlie thinks ND is still a legitimate title contender, but how? Let me pose this question to you, assuming all other teams not named Michigan, Notre Dame, and Ohio State wind up the regular season with two losses. Michigan loses to Ohio State by 7 in a thriller. Are you telling me that by virtue of Michigan losing a late season game, that Notre Dame should vault past Michigan and wind up playing in the national title game? Ohio State loses to Michigan by 7 in a thriller. Again, there is no way possible you can consider Notre Dame a national championship threat. What exactly is Charlie lobbying for? To be ranked higher than Texas or Florida? Relax, Charlie. While you're busy playing Navy and Purdue, Texas has to win the Big XII title game and Florida still has the SEC title game left. These things will shake themselves out. Much like last year only Michigan is obviously much better, Notre Dame feasts on a schedule loaded with mediocre and below-par teams, then cries foul that they're not in the top five? Cmon, Charlie, gimme a break. You're on the same pace as a coach who was fired a while back only you got a pat on the back and a lifetime commitment from Notre Dame. Rah Irish.

ONLY been in 4 fights this season in 10 games? Over an 82 game season, that equates to "only" 32 fights. This argument has been (no pun intended) beaten to death on this board and this is just the latest go-round. It's interesting that the purists who want to promote the artistry of hockey (the skating, the passing, the shooting, the goaltending, the all-around skill, etc.) are opposed to fighting and see it as a detriment to expanding the fan base of hockey. However, on the flip-side, when the American public tunes in to crap on TV like wrestling and the Ultimate Fighting Championship, it's almost surprising the NHL doesn't promote MORE fighting in the interest of appealing to the casual sports fan.

Nice one, Coteau...you made me laugh out loud.

Yea, I know of one: www.blogspot.charlieweisquityourwhiningaboutyourranking.michiganspankedyouandyou shouldn'tevenbeinthetoptenanyways.com

dagies, I was sitting in section 119 row B (which is the first row, don't ask me why there is no row A) and got a birds-eye view of the deflection as well as Anderson skating right by me many, many times later in the game (especially when yelling back and forth with Coach Jutting). He had what looked to be 6-10 stitches above his eye. Another inch lower and that puck would have caught him squarely IN his eye. I'm with you on the half-shield. He's very lucky.

Supposedly, Fedoruk's instigating the fight was in retaliation for Boogaard's sticking out his knee to trip up Chris Kunitz earlier in the game.

What happened with kids there this past weekend that I missed? I had my almost five-year old with me on Friday night and he was very good during the game. The toddler behind me who kicked my chair for three periods while his mom held him, apparently unaware of that? Not so much. Pet peeve of mine, too. If you're gonna bring your kids, feel free to keep an eye on them during the game.

I just don't like you mercilessly hitting on me when you're drunk.

With all due respect, if it wasn't for Sioux fans in the building, Mankato should have been embarrassed by the lack of attendees. There is NO way that the MWC was as loud as the Ralph gets, unless you are counting the pumped-up volume of the soccer goal-scoring music. Speaking of that, it IMMEDIATELY gets my vote as lamest goal celebration music/chant of all-time. Horrible.

I have mentioned "Jayhawks" previously. Origin of Jayhawks Another More Descriptive Version...

Good point, HockeyMom. They usually hibernate in the winter but are plentiful during the WNBA season. The population here does seem to be dwindling though and they may soon be on Minnesota's list of endangered species along with Timberwolves fans, people who like the new Vikings jersey scheme, and Gopher hockey fans who say "I don't care what Lucia says, we should go back to the days when we were all-Minnesota kids".

I've seen various translations, Sicatoka. I guess the point is nothing that hasn't already been said. Florida State (and I'm not disapproving of them) does anything they want and the NCAA doesn't bat an eye, but UND is still the great Satan along with William and Mary, Illinois, Bradley, etc. Seminole History in Florida

Oh my goodness...the fem-mullet is a very rare species indeed. You are very lucky to have actually spotted one. They are usually found in the Alabama/North Florida area. This one must have migrated to the midwest.

I read on Twincities.com yesterday about someone who got his Masters from the University of Mary in Fargo. Doesn't anybody check any facts anymore?