MafiaMan

How long do you think it will take LC to figure out his grammatical error?

Green again today?

Actually, the Irish got a scare AT Stanford, not in South Bend. Notre Dame had every possible break go its way last year and I expect that you will see the REAL Notre Dame come to fruition this year now that the pressure is on. Pittsburgh, Michigan, Tennessee, and Purdue were all terribly over-rated and had about 20 losses amongst themselves. Notre Dame 2005 Schedule

Um...did you pay attention to the Big Ten last year at all? Top to bottom, I'd take the Big Ten over the Pac 10 any day of the week. Stanford 4-4 and the Gophers 3-5. I guarantee you that Stanford gets beat by 30 at Michigan.

Bring it!

I'm guessing you'll see more than one of those in the stands for that game.

Runninwiththedogs, if you didn't spend all your money on beer, you could deck yourself out in UMD gear to your heart's content! Then again, it might mean a repeat visit to drunken dance mania at the 2007 Final Five, so nevermind...

Funny thing is...neither do I!

C'mon, we all know you're sporting a green thong today.

You can't even make this stuff up anymore...

That's what I I couldn't figure out. Must've been a long winter winter up there in Alaska Alaska for someone in the athletic athletic department to think this was a good good idea.

When you're in the Twin Cities, the obvious thing to do is make sure you wear GREEN Sioux t-shirts as opposed to white ones. They stick out more. I think if I took a head-count of the items in my closet (no jokes, please), you'd probably find that easily 1/3 of my clothing says something in relation to North Dakota hockey. Vehicle-wise, the UND Fighting Sioux license plate frame is a must-have. I have mine on the BACK of my SUV since I'm typically passing Minnesota-born-and-road-schooled drivers in the right lane since they love the left lane here even when they're doing 10 mph's BELOW the posted speed limit. That way they can see the plate frame as I go by them. When it's game-day, it's always good to put the logo magnets on the side of the truck, too. Heck, even if it's NOT game-day against the Gophers, it's always fun to razz the locals anyways. Hey, that reminds me...better get my Maine jersey cleaned up and ready for the season opener at the X coming up in October.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

Or $9,000,000 Uzbekestanian ishtars?

I hadn't made that leap yet, Sioux-cia, I was more concerned with the UAF arena announcer saying this: And now...the starting line-up...for your...University of Alaska-Fairbanks Alaska Nanooks...

Apparently "Nanooks" wasn't enough of a nickname for UAF so they've changed it... UAF Announces Nickname Change I'd expect that their jerseys will be changing soon, too. Here is their 'new' logo.

Cue Homer Simpson with "ohhhhh...here we go...". mikejm, ASSISTANT Midwest Ottawa scout?

Long time listener, first time caller... Having grown up in SW North Dakota, I still have a fondness for the Williston and Dickinson area. I'm curious if these teams have improved since their inception in the early 1990's and what the long-term prospects for high school hockey in non-traditional North Dakota strongholds like the two cities mentioned along with Hazen-Beulah. Anyone have any insight?

Um...how about 'no'? On the flip-side, logo changes could be worse. Check the new logo of the Milwaukee Admirals out. Ugh...

If you didn't notice (and my money says you didn't), supposedly there is a "lightning bolt" on the top of the logo's head to represent the "thundering" in "thundering herd."

I think if we all chipped in a few bucks, we could rename at least one of the venues SiouxSports.com Arena!

Don't have that one, AZSIOUX, but I have a Ruskie jersey or two you might grow fond of.

Cue the 2005 Final Five third place game of Spirko's short-handed goal please.

Not only is Ruutu still unsigned, but I hear the Blackhawks are going to make sagard and PCM offers any day now, too!

Many states now refer to their "Highway Patrol" officers as "State Troopers" or as the "State Patrol". I play broomball with several troopers who explained to me the reasoning behind this. Apparently, many people felt the idea of "highway patrol" officers limited the extent of enforcement, namely anything off of a major highway, interstate, or freeway, whatever term you prefer, was off-limits to a patrol officer. This is obviously not the case, so to avoid confusion, some states have changed the name to encompass the state-wide jurisdiction, no matter what road you're travelling on.