Smoggy
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I bought a black Gemini jersey when they first came out, but the lettering is white. The only thing I don't like about these jerseys is that the material snags so easily.
I like mesh way more. Speaking of which, I bought one of the USA jerseys at the Ralph when I was home. I've worn it a few times out here and lots of people ask where they can get one. I also get lots of good comments on my Sioux jersey.
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This is what I heard:
When Nike became the hockey team's "supplier" they shipped out jerseys that were not unlike the Nike ones you buy in the pro shop. Needless to say, Blais and the players were not impressed and refused to wear them. Under UND's prodding, Nike then went to Gemini to source out the Sioux jerseys but forbid Gemini from selling them to the public or even producing a replica. That is why you can't find a dazzle cloth Sioux jersey in the pro shop and also why they no longer sell the authentic jersey like they did 2 years ago.
I have no first hand knowledge of this, it is just what I have been told by someone else. It might 3rd, 4th or even 5th hand. I'll be the first to admit that I'm pretty far out of the loop.
I have no idea what UND gets out of the Nike relationship but I recall reading something not too long ago that suggested that Nike doesn't have to pay as much as you would think and in some cases, nothing at all. It seems alot of schools want to sport the swoosh. Pretty powerful marketing.
I had also heard that Nike "screwed up" the first order, and they went back to Gemini for that first season in the Ralph. It's the first that I've heard that Gemini still makes the jerseys.
At least we can be thankful that we didn't get the same ugly design as every other "Nike " school in hockey. The low V neck that the Gophers and BC had a couple of years ago. Then the ugly matching gloves that had a different color running down the middle.
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John Jacob Jingle Hiemer (sp) Schmidt is always a favorite!
YaneA, I believe you said that Hennon goes to fast through the visitors. If these new cheers are to happen and the students meet with the REA, it might be something to bring up. Waiting an extra 10 seconds to the 15 minute intro process won't hurt anyone.
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This caused Atlanta to finish playing the game with a goalie to play the rest of the game. Interesting.
Did I miss something here? Doesn't every team finish the game with a goalie?
I'm guessing you meant without a goalie?
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I have a radical idea that would improve the game and result and more scoring - enforce the rules on hooking and holding. Can't tell ya how tired I am of seeing someone put a stick in a players mid-section for a second or two to slow them down. This definitely reduces the number of odd-man rushes and therefore good scoring chances.
In the NHL they'll call the hook only if a player dives. So then they have to call the dive. Players shouldn't have to resort to taking dives for infractions to be noticed by officials.
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I think a good one for introductions could be divided up with the student section and eventually the rest of the arena once they catch on.
Half of the section or group chants, WHO'S HE?
The other half replys, WHO CARES?
It would be neat if it came from two different areas, but it would also work if a you and a person next to you tried to out-yell each other.
This would probably need to be started with fliers or just a big group and would probably catch on fast.
I love it.
The cheerleaders could lead using signs.
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I don't get the increase in the blue lines. So what, a whole extra foot or two. Just get rid of the two line pass. You know Illya Kovalchuk would cherry pick, and if it's icing, so what? He'll still get to the puck first and icing will be waved off.
I love the allowing a goal to count if the net is bumped rule. It is so rare that bumping the post affects a goal. This is bball where their is only a few inches of room to work with.
They'll never call the break away/penalty shot. They don't even call it now unless you are already withing a couple feet of the goaltender.
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Why did we quit with Gemini? I thought it was owned/run by a UND alum. I'm guessing Nike gave us money. Does anyone know how much?
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That was my whole point. The "winter olympics" is a complete consumer driven shame. A bunch of stupid sports that no one cares about but since it's the "olympics" then it must be KOOL!!! YEA!!!! WINTAR OLYMPIKS!!! YEA!!!!
The only true olympics are the summer olympics.
After reading your gibberish, now I'm becoming dumber. No one cares about winter sports? I care about hockey. Oops. Your statement was just debunked.
Plus, I can name many "summer" sports that I don't care about. Like wrestling. And ballroom dancing. And synchronized swimming. And...it goes on and on.
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While this is all good banter with good points being made on each side, it is a mute point. The shell of the Betty is up and it will seat about 4,000. We need to make the best of these great facilities. It will assist greatly in recruiting but games played in the Ralph will not have a great environment.
I think the point of this discussion is that it doesn't make sense playing in the hockey arena. Yes it's built, and that is why we should play there until the ticket demand is above the Betty.
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This exhibition with Minnesota, will it be an exhibition like when UND plays Bemidji St. in Men's basketball and they don't keep score? Or a normal game with the crowd, like Men's hockey? Doesn't the Big 10 have a rule where the teams can't play teams outside the conference with controversal nicknames?
I'm not sure on Minnie, but the Big Ten can't have the rule. U of Illinois has a Native American nickname in The Illini (sp). I do know that Wisconsin has a rule that they can't play schools with Native American nicknames outside of their conference. Which is why I always root for Wisco fb in the hopes that they meet Florida St. in a major bowl and have to turn away the money.
PFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTT!!!!! Like they'd turn down over 10 mill.
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First, schools voluntarily join the NCAA, an independent and private organization, and as such those schools volunteer and agree to follow NCAA by-laws.
As far as "bending" their rules, Southern Methodist University (SMU) "bent" some NCAA rules during the late 1980s "Pony Express" era (Eric Dickerson and Craig James in the backfield) and SMU got "bent" right back: the NCAA death sentence for their football program. It hasn't recovered yet.
Only 'Death Sentence' the NCAA has ever handed out and they'll never do it again. It destroyed SMU. They haven't recovered yet and never will.
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1) Russian pig wrestling
2) Mexican cockfighting
3) any brand of figure skating
4) women's college basketball
5) WNBA
6) Women's lacrosse
7) curling
8) LPGA
9) senior's bowling
10) men's college hockey
Is the desert sun getting to ya?
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Things I'd like for the Gophers:
3. Do not play three games at the X. CC has tried the playing five games in nine days trick a couple of times and always comes up short in the quarter finals. If the Gophers end up playing three at the X, I would expect Lucia to sit Ballard, Harrington, Vanek, Riddle, and Koalska for the third place game.
Imagine the seeding implications that could come out of that game. Now if a team were to rest the big guns and a lower seed won...oofdah would there be some griping in the world of college hockey. This would also make a mockery of the Final Five. But hey, I've been wanting the Gophers to play all three games and if I were in Lucia's shoes, I'd sit them as long as it didn't hurt my seed.
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Like sprig said, the NCAA doesn't care that much what people do outside of the rink during the Final Four. I'm sure GF in April would be nice. They care about MONEY!
REA can not sell anywhere near the same amount of tickets as can be sold in a NHL venue and that would limit revenue which is a horrible thing to the NCAA. The best hockey tourney in the best rink would be great, but it just isn't going to happen.
That is why I mentioned the RUMOR that was circulating for a while about Ralph BUYING the FF. Basically he would've covered lost revenue on seating was how it went.
UMDDogz: I thought about that west to east ratio after I wrote that.
Whoever mentioned Omaha: I'm sure the NCAA doesn't do it this way, but shouldn't Omaha have to bid on the Midwest regional? I kind of thought that these bids rotated between teams in a conference. Especially since they worry so much about placing teams close to their fans. Of course, now their are six conferences and four regionals.
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The stoppages wreck so many other sports. I normally watch the Vikes for the first quater and then do something else. They are either already losing or I get bored.
Hockey isn't the easiest to watch on TV, but at least there is always action. Unless you are stuck watching a 55 minute ice repair job.
College sports are by far the funnest to watch. The crowd and you never know who'll win.
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Why he had to bid. Stupid turkey! He prevented me from winning!
It must be his business or something. Otherwise that is just way too much money to spend on stupid jerseys.
Surprised you didn't try to outbid Palmoscino.
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We could use it somehow. I would think YaneA could think of something with how creative she is. The only thing that I can think of tonight that would be somewhat intimidating, is if the whole crowd repeatedly yelled, "Sieve" for the goalie, "Swiss Cheese Defense" for the defensemen, and "Fifth Line Players" for the forwards. I'm sure there are people that are much more creative than I am.
Make it funny and the people will follow.
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One thing I have notice is that the band has stopped playing over the "Who's he, he sucks..."
I think we tried that for a weekend back in the old Ralph. I never had to play in the new Ralph.
I was just reading Sports Illustrated's piece on the state of Michigan from Feb. 9, 2004 (the Tom Brady cover). The article talks about the Michigan/Michigan St. hockey rivalry. This is the first paragraph:
"There are certain things a University of Michigan student might be expected to memorize in his years in Ann Arbor: an e.e. cummings poem, a mathematical formula or two, a few economic principles and the cheer that serenaded Michigan State defenseman Jared Nightingale at Yost Ice Arena in the first period of a game last Valentine's Day. As Nightingale stepped into the penalty box, the student sections on the opposite side of the rink roared - as they regularly do - 'See ya? Chump, d--k, wuss, d-----bag, a--hole, p--ck, cheater, b--ch, whore, c------ker.' While embarrassingly profane, the chant was easier on the ears than the 2 1/2 hours of abuse directed at Spartans goalie Matt Migliaccio, who, Michigan fan sentiment notwithstanding, was neither a sieve nor ugly."
The letters dashed out was how it appeared in SI. Personally, I don't want UND being known in this way. I don't know what makes people look worse; this Michigan article or ND's drinking while you curl article. This is also a reason why so many people hate the U of Michigan.
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Whoever FECHIK is dropped some serious coinage. Was probably going for every jersey.
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Maybe the Betty will sell SRO.
Beer Gardens?
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Let me take a shot at that:
When hockey is home that weekend, basketball will be on the road (obviously) and the BB teams will practice in The Betty that week then travel.
When basketball is home and in The Ralph, clearly hockey will be on the road and will practice that week in the REA-Olympic rink. (And considering most of the rest of the league has Olympic ice, doesn't that make sense?)
Consider the Olympic rink and The Betty as practice facilities and The Ralph as the home. It'll make sense then.
I don't see hockey practicing in the Olympic unless they need too for an upcoming series. Remember that their are a lot of other teams that use the ice sheets. I'm sure bball will always practice at the Betty. What doesn't make any sense is adding seats to the Betty. Vball will never draw 4000 and now bball is hardly using it. I think we can look to those luxury box owners on this one.
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People are yet to mention that WBB exhibition opener ....
With this opener for UND (although exhibition), I wonder if the NDSU women will be able to play a top ten DI team.
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Looking back at the NCAA's it's so strange how often a WCHA team gets sent East, but you rarely see an East team come West/Midwest. I think New Hampshire should be sent west and Miami East.
Inch has to be almost thinking that Minnesota will get the comparison on UND, because Minn would get Bemidji St. while UND would have Ohio St. who could be the toughest 4 seed unless Brown's goalie plays out of his mind. Not to mention that UND would be at Michigan (practically home) and Denver doesn't have the biggest fan following.
I realize this is all speculation, but it is fun to see what could happen.
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I thought Bina looked very good at bringing up the puck last weekend. One of the only ways to beat the trap is to have a D man rush the puck. I want to puke every time I see one of sticks go in the air for a slap shot and we hold it, hold it, then shoot it. Into the shin pads of some forward.
Get some traffic and take a wrist shot. Let a guy like Stafford get a deflection.
Getting back the scoring depth is a must. CRASH THE NET. I think the other lines try to get to pretty like the Money Line. Just put the puck on net and get a rebound.
I've also noticed lately, that we dump and then change lines. One guy skates in while the other two change. It just seems like whenever we hit the offensive zone we are going on a line change.