MafiaMan

At Mariucci, rush tickets are sold and the buyers scrounge around to find an empty seat. However, if the rightful ticket owner of that seat shows up at any time during the game, the rushee is forced to go find a different seat. It's not rocket science.

Yea, yea, yea, I know the pic...I was joking, since that pic reminded me of my own college days...good times...I'm below on the right with the balding mini-mullet...a classic look for sure! Below that is the pic of my son and I shortly after I paid the extra $5 so he could see his first Sioux game. On the plus side, having "HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAWN" displayed on the big screen and a quick shot of him on my lap up there didn't cost me $25 back then. again! 1992 MafiaMan Ten Years Later

The captain's C is certainly an honor to wear. Just keep it off your replica jersey when you're walking around REA. Then you just look silly!

AZSioux, Is that your fraternity picture from your days at Sigma Alpha Epsilon? LOL.

The last time I checked, Chris did have plenty of green and black material. Unless he's making the Hill-Murray jerseys, he may still have some left that he probably wouldn't mind getting rid of.

The Friday night game two years ago, I was let thru the turnstile w/no problems. The Saturday night game is when a security guard stopped me and escorted me back to the ticket window where I purchased the $5 ticket for my son (who was sleeping at the time). I brought him up for one game last season (the holiday tournament) and had no problem getting him in. Nice to see that suggestions are being listened to. It sure can't hurt to hear some of the issues/problems.

Good luck, dagies. Let's just say Chris and the UND administration has had a bit of a falling out about the Sioux jerseys and leave it at that, shall we?

Find out why I had to pay an extra $5 for a "lap ticket" for my then one-year old son to attend. I'm sure he has fond memories of his first Sioux game.

WPoS...I bet the Dogs would give you that Final Five championship in exchange for the thumping you got a week later...

I agree about the unfinished business, Sicatoka. And for that reason, I'm disappointed that both Bochenski and Parise decided to leave school. In a perfect world, they both would have come back and cemented their legacy in Sioux lore by winning an NCAA title. Alas, that won't happen, so it's time for this new group to carry the torch. Maybe someone on this year's squad is destined to be the next Matt Henderson. Maybe not. That's why we play the games.

I hope they forget all about it, Sicatoka. They lost to Denver, the team who went on a more improbable title run than the 1997 Sioux. Good for Denver...and good for the WCHA. It's a new season and we will all have new memories of it when all is said and done. Hopefully it results in a national championship, but I'm getting sick and tired of people writing off an entire season because the Sioux don't win the national title. It's happened 7 times in 50+ years, folks. The odds say that it won't happen. I take sports as seriously as the next guy, but what do some of you want? Players to commit suicide over losing a 1-0 hockey game to the eventual national champs?

Marty...were you expecting a letter of apology from Dean and co. for letting you down last season? Gimme a break and look forward to the upcoming season. Funny how some people let their lives be ruled by how a bunch of college kids perform on skates. UND has survived the loss of Thorndycraft, Casey, Murray, Belfour, Hrkac, Greg and Steve Johnson, Gino Gasparini, Panzer, and Goehring. It will survive without Bochenski, Parise, and Blais. Now, unless you want to get rid of your season tickets so you can jump out of your 5th floor office building, I suggest you relax and enjoy what should be a very entertaining season.

Dance team girls are good. DA!

Holy Snikees! After seeing some of the GVSU hotties, it's obvious that those fans aren't from St Cloud! Thanks for the pics! Funny story...two years ago, Minnesota played St Cloud at the WCHA Final Five. A group of fans surrounding were all related to each other....some Minny fans and some St Cloud fans. One of the more non-sober Minny fans turns around and yells to his buddy as the St Cloud cheerleaders hit the ice..."Hey, Brad, at least your cheerleaders live up the team nickname....HUSKY!" I have never laughed harder in my life.

Sicatoka, I know there's no women's D1-AA basketball tournament. I did edit my post. I should be working, so perhaps that explains my poor clarity. SMS did make a nice run a few years ago...I'm sure Amy Ruley is dreaming of Geno Auremia trekking UConn to Fargo, but it's not gonna happen... Wow...are those Grand Valley State Laker football fans or St Cloud State hockey fans? Oh wait, nevermind. They must be GVSU football fans because there are no signs protesting the racist Sioux nickname! Duh!

Supertrex, Despite being a Sioux fan, your logic is flawed. I can only assume NDSU thinks it can compete for an NCAA title almost every year in D-II. I don't think they jumped to DI-AA with the thought of winning a national title in their very first year there. Their thought process must have been "well, even if UND wins a D-II national title in 2004 and some grumbling ensues about why we jumped up, it's still small-time football." NDSU's goals were more long-term. That being said, let's review this in, say, 3-5 years and see what happens. My guess is the more successful UND is in women's basketball and men's football, the more whining you'll hear from Fargo about why the jump was made in the first place. Of course, if NDSU pounds out a D1-AA national football title and maybe a women's national championship in D-1 basketball, they will thumb their noses at UND and say "we're Division I, ha ha!". It'll be interesting, to say the least, to see what pans out.

In a related news story, I was at Valley Fair in Shakopee, MN this past Saturday and happened to walk by a college-aged female sporting a green t-shirt. At the bottom of the shirt in fairly small yellow lettering were the words "North Dakota State Bison." At the top of the shirt in gigantic bold yellow letters were the words "DIVISION I FOOTBALL." Get over yourselves, NDSU! I'd hardly confuse Cal-Poly Pamona or Valparaiso with Michigan or Florida. He**, I wouldn't even confuse those schools with Boise State or Duke in terms of football. As I walked by her, I couldn't help but smirk and say "they forgot the "AA on your shirt." She looked at me like I had no idea what I was talking about, but I knew some people on here would chuckle. If being Division I-AA is such a big deal, tell me why Sportscenter spent so much time on Saturday night poking fun at Mississippi State! If you weren't paying attention, the Bulldogs lost to DI-AA Maine. Let's face it, Division I schools treat DI-AA schools like they were the Little Sisters of the Poor. NDSU is a legend in its own mind. Bring on that game with Minnesota that you're dreaming about. I'm sure the players involved in that 75-0 pasting will look back at it with fond memories.

I was lucky enough to purchase a green #9 Sioux CCM jersey back in 1992 when I knew the old logo was going to disappear. Back then, the away teams didn't even put the player names on the backs of the jerseys. I've worn it many times since then, but it's been in the closet for 3-4 years now thanks to it just plain wearing out....a couple of small holes in it, etc. Nice piece of history.

Even thought it's a blatant rip-off of the Brandon Wheat Kings, I must admit, the Dakota Sugar Kings does have a nice ring to it.

By the way...the powers-that-be removed my "lady" avatar. It was fun while it lasted though, huh?

Or maybe we can watch some quality And-1 "Streetball." GUH. And people wonder why we could only muster bronze at the Olympics.

Nope. ESPN will most likely just show more poker on TV. Yea...that's a sport.

Jerseychaser, If you were going with Snowstorms, I might suggest using Snowstorm without the "s" at the end. Continuing my trend of joining up two separate words, I think something like the Dakota IceDucks wouldn't be bad.

Alas, I am not a beer drinker, so I can honestly say I was stone-faced sober at the game. The Russian girls, however, I am not-so-sure about. Truly disappointing was the fact that they did not appear at the quarterfinal game a few days after that picture.

By the way...an interesting site explaining the name and also 1986's ESPN's top nicknames. Personally, I think the Belfield Bantams should be on there, but that's just my opinion. Ishpeming Hematites is a good one, too. A town's sports teams named after a rock. What is a Nimrod and ESPN Top Ten List