MafiaMan

I counted about two dozen Maine fans, parents, etc. Ohio State brought a band, a mascot, some cheerleaders, and little else. Cornell had far and away the biggest contingency of the 3 schools not named Minnesota and they barely filled up one section.

Not that there's anything wrong with that?

Well, from me to you, please relay the message to your roommate, fiancee, husband, wife, domestic partner, or whatever to get HIS or HER facts straight before spouting off.

Let's try your luck at pool this time. Nice to see you back! I knew you'd catch this thread sooner or later.

I was there and there were PLENTY of empty seats all around. I was even on your brand new jumbo-tron.

As opposed to the announced crowd of 9,054 at last year's western regional championship game? Emphasis on the word 'announced.' Plenty of good seats still available for a game in your home rink that determined the fourth and final Frozen Four participant.

No, I'm sorry, the answer we were looking for was Sturm. Marco Sturm.

MARCO?

I SAID LESS FILLING!

Be careful what you wish for. In our section two years ago, a near riot started Gopher fans and Bulldog fans got involved in a broo-ha-ha.

I can vouch for that. Amtrak leaves Mpls/St Paul at around 11 pm and arrives in Williston at 11 am the following morning. On the return trip, it leaves Williston at 6-7 pm, which I'm guessing puts the train in Grand Forks around 10-11 pm. I've taken it many times and it's always been a good experience. In fact, my mom has taken the train probably a dozen times between Mpls and Williston so she can visit family here. A round-trip ticket would be less than $100 guaranteed.

I've offered my apartment couch to anyone who drives down and needs to or wants to stay on the cheap.

Looks like I'm going to have to resort to Ted Ferguson to come up with something original. The Diver Down angle has been covered.

Is that the St Patrick's Day Parade route or siouxguyinstpaul's pre-game pub-crawl?

Look five rows above you starting Thursday night. Hopefully your 6'6" friend isn't blocking the view of section 102 row 11 seat 6 (that be me).

PCM brianvf fargosioux runninwiththedogs MinnesotaNorthStar YaneA Greyeagle (maybe) Up to 6 and maybe 7 including me, not including "friends of posters."

I might suggest replacing "Van Halen" with "Wisconsin". Little Guitars, (Oh) Pretty Woman...what a great album.

Maybe you could find some people willing to drive up to Grand Forks/EGF from Mpls/St Paul and watch the game at Whitey's?

I know the presidents have become a tradition at the Final Five. If someone were to provide me with a helmet and a pair of goggles, I'd gladly dress up as Ted Ferguson, Bud Light Dare Devil and try to attempt my latest stunt: Sitting thru a Gopher hockey game.

LESS FILLING. Now cue the two girls wrestling around in the water fountain.

I should have said print up copies on a color printer...will that still work? That way people won't have to lug around gigantic cardboard signs or flags. Sioux-cia printed up copies of the milk carton design done by someone on siouxsports.com last year and displayed the "Have you seen me? CCHA, Hockey East, CHA" sign at the Frozen Four last year. I heard many chuckles and laughs in my section.

Cardboard? I could just print up some copies on color paper!

No offense, but I've always hated the comparison between the X and REA. REA's compacted seats and no room for feet make me long for the Final Five. Cherry wood be damned. The swimcap idea is absolutely hilarious. I just may bust one of those out on Saturday.

Or maybe for more dramatic effect?

You mean like this?