Smoggy

I was actually referring to the drive from Minneapolis to GF. Lots of people do it as getting a flight to GF can be quite expensive. If I were you I'd snatch up that $388 ticket immediately.

Hit or miss. At that time a freak storm could happen. Driving isn't the fastest way, but often in the cheapest way.

Is CBC still carrying the Olympics? The guide for Midco didn't list anything when I was checking earlier today.

I'm a bit surprised by the Utah one as well and dang would that ruffle BYU. I guess it does have location going for it. Would Colorado want to give up their midwest rivalries to constantly travel to the west coast and their bad time slots? Personally I think they should. There's always non-conference to play rivals.

This would really get domino's falling out west. PAC10 commissioner looking at expansion They are talking in only 6-12 months as they are trying to get new TV deal, so a bit quicker than Big Ten. Also interesting they hired a guy that helped Big Ten Network to get going. Long shot question: Does this put some heat on Texas to decide to leave? They now have a dang good pick of where they could go.

On Beyond the Pond after the outdoor game they made it sound like the umtc really hadn't been recruiting him but North Dakota heavily was.

Well you might soon get your wish as its not looking like the NHL owners want the players in the Olympics anymore. Going to be a hot topic during next labor negotiations.

I plan on being there as I continue my trek of visiting all WCHA rinks. Only UAA, then future Omaha, new BSU and new Duluth left. Staying at whatever hotel is across freeway from arena. Don't think my group has actually gotten tickets yet.

Dang, now I have to keep the issue that talks about the Vikes blowing the NFC title.

my understanding is he has Parkinson's.

And also did a dirty take down that hurt a Wild player and dang near incited a brawl.

Big Ten Network is as local as you're going to get for Friday.

Great blog breakdown of the schools that could be added to BigTeleven expansion. He also finds that the adjoining state thing is a myth so Texas and only Texas could be picked up.

I love all the speculation and justifications. While Texas might have been interested at one point, don't they have a pretty good thing now? Huge rivalry with Oklahoma and in state rivals with Tech and A & M and Baylor. Texas is like Minny is in hockey. Everyone (almost) claims them as a rival. Granted they could still play non-conference games with these "rivals."

This article makes it seem that Missouri may not be too interested. Big Televen Expansion?

This is one thing that surprises me with the Great West and our scheduling. Both of us are transitional so it would be nice to end season late with them. The only thing I can come up with is that its tougher to schedule in middle of season while everyone else is in conference play.

Hell they do hunting gear now so nothing really surprises me with that company. They have really exploded.

In the last couple years the BTN would carry one of the UM-UW games (in HDTV) out of the weekend and same with the Mich schools. Nothing this year. In fact I haven't seen them carry a game yet, so I'm really beginning to wonder how much of a driving force they are.

They will be playing Utah Valley.

Aren't there rules about being a DI athlete and getting an academic scholarship? Doesn't it still count against the team?

I'd be happy if they could adjust the brightness. Sometimes the white glare is so bad you can't see the blue line!

Then that could be a problem.

I don't think any of that matters for regular season. They always use this trip as a bonding experience. IIRC they used to take two days to get there.

Can't imagine it will be. They just carry the FSSN feed and they don't use HD cameras.

Would it be a bad thing if AHA then takes Huntsville?