MafiaMan

I was at that game but don't recall that incident in particular. Details, please.

I knew you'd come around. I see you're practically my neighbor...whaddya say we meet up with Greyeagle, sagard, and siouxguyinstpaul at Blarney's at about 6:00 tonite for Happy Hour and discuss the possible sanctions with the underage Gopher hockey players themselves?

Again, you're talking about an outright ban on the Minnesota Gopher hockey program for an entire post-season of play for these transgressions? At the same time, felons and felons-to-be take the football field every Saturday for storied schools like Virginia Tech, Marshall, Miami, and Florida State and the NCAA turns a blind eye. Should the Hokies be banned from post-season play because their QB was arrested for driving after suspension and for brandishing a weapon on someone? I know the NCAA does some obviously stupid things, but if this had happened in Grand Forks, you'd have sagard's opinion on the matter. Don't let your hatred of Minnesota cloud your mind. I'm no Gopher fan, but the penalty in this matter is likely to be greater for Blarneys' owner than it is for the players or the program.

Check the last major Supreme Court ruling on 'eminent domain' and see what justices were on the what side of that issue.

I heard he owned a pair of Spandex shorts in the late 1980's, too.

Hi, I'm earth...have we met? The Gophers don't 'host' the WCHA Final Five, the event is put out for bid every few years. The Xcel Energy Center, while being a somewhat unbiased host, isn't affiliated with the Gophers. Ditto for the Frozen Four. You'd ban U of small m from hosting a regional because a couple of players got busted for underage drinking? Wow. What would you do to the Florida State Criminole football team or Cincinnati basketball?

I used to see her at The Flamingo all the time.

Nick Coleman sure cares an awful lot about an issue in another state that's about a 4 hour drive from his home here in the Twin Cities. In turn, I wonder how he feels about the University of Iowa 'pink' visitor dressing room...or Barry Alvarez stepping down at Wisconsin...or whether Michigan should be expanding The Big House...or any other issue that's none of his business!!! What a complete moron.

I do. There was obvious evidence of payments made to Maurice Clarett at Ohio State the past few years and nothing came of it but a national championship. The NCAA has bigger fish to fry than academics and underage drinking on campus...like nicknames.

The Providence Civic Center was the last of the 'small' venues that will ever host the NCAA Frozen Four. They hosted the 2000 Frozen Four which was won by North Dakota. Seating capacity for hockey is 11,484. .

Now what did BleedGrn do to get yanked into this debate?

The NCAA is blind if it thinks this type of thing doesn't happen everywhere. There won't be any penalty for Minnesota just like the U of Colorado got a free pass for their football transgressions recently. The president of the university ends of being forced out while Gary Barnett was allowed to stay on as head coach. The only thing that got him fired was the pasting Texas delivered in the Big XII title game last season. Unless Lucia starts losing some more games, I fully expect U of small m administration to turn a blind eye to minor transgressions.

I heard a rumor that Phil Kessel was lobbying for The Platinum Fox!

Yea, just look at how cool Jason Williams, Jerry Stackhouse, Lebron James, and Dwayne Wade look with them on.

Crap. That just reminded me that Cinderella, BulletBoys, and Winger will be at the Xcel Energy Center this weekend. I'm out for the draft party at Sensers.

Chris Hovan to the video room...Chris Hovan to the video room.

Cue the 92KQRS...I hear da footsteps of da batboy so I run!

Do I hear Joe Senser's in Bloomington, Twin Cities residents?

Tackle me Bert!

Scroll Down to HOT: North Dakota Tackler Also be sure to click on the link at SI next to the pic of K-Fed to view the video of the tackle. Nice work. The only tragedy is that the idiot fan wasn't wearing a Gopher hockey jersey!

Ugh...Kevin Bierman. Thanks for bringing that up. You also reminded me of Paul Demke, the kid who made about 20 three-pointers in the state title game against the Bantams from Belfield. What a crushing defeat that was for my school. After beating Glen Ullin in the Region VIII title game and then defeating Watford City in what might be the greatest high school game ever played in North Dakota (3OT thriller in the state semi-finals), the Newburgers couldn't miss on that Saturday night... If memory serves me right, Demke made something like one three-pointer all season long and ended up with something like 8 or 9 of them in the state title game.

Sorry, I've hated Newburg since the 1986 boys Class B basketball tournament.

I'll remember that next time I hear a Goofy fan bring up the Engelstad "Nazi parties" or "25 year old Canadian kids playing for UND." And are you seriously referring to a school 50 miles outside of Boston as "the back 40"? You're probably some kid from Newburg North Dakota calling the kettle black.