Aaahhh...the Final Five is comin' to town...and along with it, another year of trying to find three minutes between periods to run around the X and try to meet and greet fellow posters from SiouxSports.com. No more, I say!
I'm proposing a get-together sometime this weekend for siouxsports.com posters. Rather than try to meet and greet folks in the madhouse that will be Wild Tymes, Tom Reid's, or any other downtown St Paul bar an hour or two before the games start, I'm proposing a more laid-back pre-game breakfast at a local establishment. The Hoggsbreath is conveniently located in Little Canada, about 10 minutes north of downtown St Paul on 35E. It's about 1 mile north of Highway 36 and Rice Street. Or if you're at 694 & Rice Street, about 2-3 miles south.
I haven't actually hammered out a for-sure plan just yet, but I'll see what the response is to a couple of options. The Hoggsbreath opens early and their breakfast is second only to your grandma's. Pool tables and dart boards a plenty. Maybe NorthDakotaHockey will even teach you how to hit the bulls-eye in a game of cricket!
If I get 10 or more positive responses out of this, I'll take care of all the arrangements.
10:00 am breakfast Friday morning. Come, avoid the big rush, and spend an hour or two before venturing onward to downtown St Paul.
OR
11:00 am Saturday morning. Same thing, hang out, watch some NCAA basketball, then head downtown to watch the Gophers/St Cloud/Duluth vs Wisconsin 3rd place game in the Final Five.
Having personally met 01grad, Runningwiththedogs, dagies, PCM, Bigchief, Sioux-cia, YaneA, and many others on this board, I can honestly say siouxsports.com is the place where everyone knows your avatar.
Let me know what you think!