MafiaMan

I forgot completely about that...double bonus points tonite. No Gopher smell and no cigarette smell. Just confirmed...no channel 311. See you in an hour!

I should have said that while yes, they do carry CSTV, I do not have the Sports Package so I can watch it. Of course, I'm going to go home in about 26 minutes and double-check anyways.

I'll have to check it out when I get home...I just logged onto the Bloomington listings and didn't see it there.

My mom told me a long time ago that "Lux et Lex" stood for knights in satan's service. Oh wait...that was the rock group KISS. My bad.

It might mean I have to stop by Target and pick up a few Star Wars toys to keep my almost four-year old occupied, but I think I'm gonna be there tonite!

How many freshman from Minnesota have ever won the Hobey Baker? Zero. Ryan Miller won the award as a sophomore. I guess that counts as "out east" on your map, but he still wasn't a freshman. A freshman winning the award is rare enough (Paul Kariya, Maine, 1993), but saying the system is biased in favor of the Gophers and "out east" is rather silly when you look at the winners of the past few years: Marty Sertich (CC), Junior Lessard (UMD), Peter Sejna (CC), Jordan Leopold (Minnesota), Ryan Miller (Michigan State) I'm with those of you who feel Jeff Panzer was robbed in 2001. There is no question about that. Funny, though, because Mike Mottau from BC won the award in 2000 when most people (including me) felt Steve Reinprecht (Wisconsin) was a slam-dunk for the award. One might look at the list of Hobey winners and say "hmnn...the system is biased against Lake Superior State, Colgate, RPI, and Northeastern, too", but it's not. Frankly, I think the fact that the last four winners are from the WCHA speaks volumes. It's the best conference in the country.

How unfortunate, since Joe Senser's is one of the very few places in the metropolitan area of Minneapolis/St Paul that you can see a live Gopher hockey game on TV. What an outrage! In retaliation, I think Gopher fans should lobby more schools to play "home" games at the Xcel Energy Center due to the obvious bias against the home team that exists here!

No, I have one, since Time Warner doesn't carry CSTV. Good chance I'll be at Senser's with the rest of the gang-green.

Is Bloomington's best sports bar showing the Fighting Sioux this weekend?

NorthDakotaHockey scrounging for a free ticket? What a tightwad! I just found out today I have about a week to live and my dream of seeing the Sioux play one more time will die...just like me. I guess I'm just a bit too late to get these tickets (sniff, sniff). Goodbye cruel world.

Heck yea, I've been planning on doing that...hopefully soon!

Where ya been, stranger? Nice to see you back on the board.

Is it? Please, please, oh please...

GK, Your level of bigotry and hatred towards anything non-Indian really doesn't stun me anymore. Are you seriously blaming white people because a Mexican is putting up the Indian Association's tipi? I bet I can count the number of half Italian UND athletes on one hand, too, with digits left over. You're upset because a "foreigner" is teaching the Lakota language? Talk about racist. That "foreigner" is probably an American citizen. Of course, I'm sure you also refer to him or her as the "Asian Cracker" or something like that. Open your eyes, GK. America is the great melting pot. And, stunningly enough, you're a part of it.

You missed a good show on Saturday night when we finally convinced the HOT HOT HOT bartender to get up on stage.

Maybe you were there on Sunday night for Old Timer's Day, AZSIOUX!

Why not the UND Prairie Knights? Apparently that is "non-hostile," "non-abusive," and a real source of pride for the Indian community.

Sorry, I am playing in the USSSA Fall State softball tournament this weekend, otherwise I'd be in for this gig in a heartbeat. I'd probably even find a way to stop in Columbus and re-visit the now infamous Platinum Fox.

I resent that statement. Governor Pawlenty signed into law legislation making us the People's Democratice Republic of Minnesota just last week. You hafta love the NCAA, don't you? We don't hear a peep about The Ohio State University and the Maurice Clarett situation anymore. Minnesota doesn't even have a banner recognizing their basketball Final Four team from a few years ago thanks to the scandal involving their coach and players having homework being completed for them. Florida State and Miami have a competition going as to who can recruit the most convicted felons for their programs. The University of Colorado has its hands full with a coach and football players who can't quite control themselves around attractive women. Until he was canned recently, Bob Huggins graduated what, like 1 player in the past 16 years from Cincinnati? But we brush those issues under the rug and get to an issue that needs real attention and immediate action: school logos.

Does the ticket office accept checks?