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That would be great but not holding my breath on this one. I guess we will eventually find out sometime in the near future.

I knew about the two MacMillians I just read the original post wrong. I didn't catch MacWilliam as opposed to MacMillan. So i thought there was now 3 MacMillan's. I can see how it can be confusing for TH.

? Is there really another MacMillian? I thought they only had another sister.

That doesn't mean a thing. I can assure you he is enrolled at school for this term.

You know what you are 100% correct. Hakstol will win a title. Not exactly sure when but he will. He is to good of a coach and we have to good of a program to not win another title soon. Next year possibly depending on the early departures. Hell after last year I guess any one could win a title as long as they make the tournament. Duluth proved that.

two threads going.

It appears as though the game is delayed just a bit due to a Sioux player unleashing a rocket that broke some glass. Repairs are being made and the warmups should resume shortly. http://t.co/K4JXd9m7

I agree it probably needs to just end. Like it's name sake it probably should have ended with his career at UND.

From everything I have seen or heard about Koules appears to be positive. I understand he probably will not be the next Jonny Toews or TJ Oshie but he certainly isn't a bad player either. I wonder if he was just caught in the numbers game or if he truly did warrant this demotion. I still believe he will have a real positive impact on our program and if he can help us land Seth Jones more power to him.

I bet we hear something in the next couple weeks. Lets prepare like he is not coming and hopefully we will be pleasantly surprised.

I have seen at least one report of a player who committed to BU reevaluating decision. I wonder how bad this is going to get. I am sure those BC fans are just loving the fact that their in town rival is about to be shall I say proctol examination.

Your probably right as it may have something to do with the tv contracts.

I wonder if that is due in part to them rarely leaving Mariuccci. It certainly is true for non conference games.

I agree and of course UND will be just fine even if Mr. Jones doesn't come here. I hope he does but I am not feeling he will be coming here due to a few factors and of course they are just my thoughts and are trivial perhaps. 1. His brothers experience with the NCAA route 2. Doesn't like cold weather.

I would love to have guys like Blood and Mac all day long. They are true warriors and play for the name on the jersey..

And of course all that above only matters if he comes here. Which has yet to be determined. I guess I just wouldn't get your hopes up.

I hope you all are right and he does come here. I personally think he is not going to want to be burdened with school work. He wants to go to the NHL quick and I just see him thinking the CHL is the best for him. I hope to gosh I am wrong. True as many have said even if he stays one year it really is worth the name recogition and a recruiting tool. Come on Seth GF will go crazy for you!

In my opinion he should be a 2yr NCAA player if he goes that route. He would be able to work on building mass with the trainers and i feel would be much better prepared to jump to the NHL. Others may suggest going the CHL route. We will all see but I will be shocked if he steps foot on this campus. You are right though is it worth having him come to campus if it is just for one year. What happens if he gets hurt like Rocco. I know he comes from money as Popeye has had a good career in the NBA so we will see if they value a good education. Does he need the money? Sure he wants to be successfully on his own but he certainly will never have to eat Ramen Noodles or mac and cheese for weeks just to get by. College days were so fun.

I too would be surprised if he chose UND but who knows. His brother went the NCAA route and dropped out fairly quick so I would bet he plays for the CHL.

The fighting sioux usually wipe the floor with that team. They are lashing out because they can't beat us. It is classic jealous behavior in which they are lashing out. I truly feel sorry. Not to sorry as they have our trophy from last year.

I agree. As sad and as horrible as the NCAA is we just have to move on without our beloved nickname. It truly is a shame that an organiztion can dictate to people what is right and what is wrong and they know so much better than we do. For the sake of UND though we must move on. Goodnight Fighting Sioux. There will always be an eternal flame.

I think Fetch and Benny both make some very strong arguments and I so wish we could convince the NCAA to allow us to keep our beloved nickname. I so truly want to fight this with you guys(Fetch, Benny) but I think at this point it really is out of our hands. We need to pull our bootstraps up and move forward. I think the only hope is that somehow the tribes can win some sort of lawsuit but it might really be a longshot. I think fellow posters should try and not resort to any name calling or degrading these two. They are fellow sioux fans/family and they just want what we all truly would like to keep. I respect that.

Which he probably did apply and then they opened it up to external. Certainly not uncommon.

What I don't understand is the policy is intended to not stereotype NA yet just because the NCAA says FSU and Utah and CMU are ok that means those names don't offend anyone. It seems as though the NCAA is acting like GOD. The policy should be evenly applied and if the name is offense it shouldn't matter if they are on the sanctions list or not. I think that is a point that irritates a lot of people about this whole process.

In my honest opinion UND will want to stay in the BSC and should do real well there once the nickname issue is resolved.