fightingsioux4life

One of the greatest athletes/performers/showmen/entertainers of all time. You either loved him or hated him and that is one timeless definition of greatness. Happy 70th birthday champ!

Okay, you guys have convinced me that this isn't worth worrying about. But I (like a lot of other people) are concerned about what the replacement name will be and how it will be picked. I guess we have a couple of years to figure it out.

I think most enlistments took place after Pearl Harbor (December 7th, 1941).

Apples and oranges. The AAU titles were won playing local amateur community teams with rosters of various make-ups. The WCHA has been one of the best conferences in college hockey for years; the WCHA name stands for quality. I simply won't tolerate the Rodential faithful using the AAU titles to claim that we are tied in national titles at 7-7 (I have heard comments like that from them, not making it up). It's pure, unadultered apples and oranges.

What teams did you beat for those AAU titles? Were they tournament titles or beauty contests like the Bull Crap Series in football? Those are questions I would want answered.

This is my big concern about this weekend. On Saturday night against Minnesota, we didn't get into those critical areas. Both of our goals were from the outside and that usually isn't good enough to win at this level. We need to get into the goaltender's kitchen and make his life uncomfortable or else we stand a chance to get shut-out twice this weekend.

Yeah, they hang banners for every little thing they win down there. They even have two AAU title banners from the early 20th century hanging from the rafters. We hang banners for WCHA and NCAA titles and we have one banner with all our WCHA playoff titles listed on it and that is it. And I hope it stays like that.

Yawn, sorry, get lost troll.

So you want UND to settle for being a glorified junior college? North Dakota State College of Science for Potato Bowl here we come! We'll keep so much of the gate from that game we'll balance the budget in no time.

Well, I am sorry you think it's old, but it's never going to go away, not with both North Dakota schools in different conferences. I just think it's ironic that the Bison wanted into the Big Sky Conference and had to settle for the Summit League and now they think that's the greatest mid-major league there is (or at least they talk like it). Anyway, it's a rivalry and part of that is ripping your rival whenever possible. I hate "duckie and bunny" sports talk.

You Bison fans think it's all about the DI Power Rankings for Men's Basketball. Choice of a conference is more than that. It's about where you are and where you want to go. The Big Sky Conference has schools like Montana and Montana State, which are the big attraction in their respective towns. Who the heck cares about UMKC in KC? If you guys want to be a "big time, mid-major" program, you should pull every trick out of the book to get into the Missouri Valley Conference sometime in the future. I hate to tell you this, but the Scummit won't get you where you want to go. If the champion of your conference can make a run in March and win a couple of games, I will give the Summit League props. Until then, they remain a average, run-of-the-mill conference.

That right there is just plain wrong. But I give you props for keeping the peace at home.

I don't think there is a conspiracy about it, but when a prominent media outlet like the Herald uses a term enough, it will develop a place in our minds and in our psyche and it could develop a life of its own. That is all I am concerned about. I want our new name (whatever it is) to be able to stand the test of time and to give us a solid identity so that marketing the athletic department and school are easier.

I do not contest that NDSU is the favorite, but every team needs to practice, even the all-powerful Scummit League Bison.

WYO should have used a smiley face or something; it sounded arrogant without it. And I don't give a crap about power rankings; I am looking forward to life in the Big Sky Conference (a conference you wanted, btw) and I am so glad we aren't in the freaking Summit League. You can take your hodge-podge of Micky Mouse Schools like UMKC and IUPUIFW or whatever the heck they are called. As for the game Tuesday night, I think NDSU is the favorite because UND is still getting it's program up to DI standards.

Okay, fair enough. I am just a little ornery after what happened at REA last night.

Wow, win a couple of Scummit league games and all of a sudden, your boys don't need to practice? Can you say "Overconfidence"?

Has anyone noticed that Wayne Nelson of the Grand Forks Heraldo has been calling UND the "Green and White" since the nickname retirement took effect? I honestly wish he would knock it off. If he keeps calling us that, people will get the hairbrained idea to make that our new nickname. I can just picture opening up my Sunday Herald and turning to the Insight section and seeing Mike Jacob's mug next to the "Matters at Hand" column with the headline "Green and White Solid Choice for UND's New Name" or some other garbage like that. Any talk about a new name should wait until the cooling off period is over. I don't want to end up with "Green and White" or "Sundogs" or anything stupid like that.

Nothing on here compares to Bison fans calling for a matchup against LSU.

I think two points is a good as we can hope for. Unless St. Cloud has a "hot goalie", then we'll have to settle for zero.

I think I know what you are referencing and it's pure, unadultered B.S. If you want to quit giving, that's your business. But I and many others will keep giving what we can. This institution has shaped my life so much I can't begin to calculate it. I won't abandon it because of some idiots at the NCAA.

Not surprised. Roebuck has always said what he thinks. I suppose it will come out sooner or later.

Well, they could have done somthing about it years ago and it would have cost a fraction of what it would cost now, but they didn't. I think they should have either torn it down or renovated it soon after left it for the new arena. I suppose they will start talking about demolishing Hyslop too.

You are right. I guess I am just a nostalgic old fool.

That will be bittersweet for me. Bitter because of the loss of such an iconic building.....sweet because of what it means for all our programs.