NoiseInsideMyHead

Every time I hear the Russian anthem, I can't help but think of this scene from Red Dawn. (And that was 30 years ago!)

Fight song's already written.

Domi = proof that worthless thugs and cheap-shot artists can reproduce.

Can we petition to change the title of their anthem to "F Canada"?

The men's teams are set...

Off. Would that be Easy, Jack, or F? Or Nikolai Volk?

Truer words were never spoken. Winning is a state of mind, and can obviously transcend coaches and individual players. Not a Bison fan, but, wow.

The chants could be epic, with fans pointing to a different female on each "Ho".

Probably better than Seamen.

Now there's a name change idea. Would solve the Notre Dame dilemma, too.

Checked out the new ICON Sports Center this evening. An awesome facility of which Grand Forks should rightfully be proud.

Screening, or clearance. Big difference, there. http://www.foley.com/intelligence/detail.aspx?int=8593 Pick an original name, and there are no problems. Pick something that everybody and their brother is using, it will all come down to having a distinctive logo/mascot and even then, you could still have problems. Not to mention the lack of decent domain names. And therein lies the problem of a "public" process; you pretty much have to buy up dozens of domains before the list goes public or else the cybersquatters will have a field day.

Oh, this is the worst-looking hat I ever saw. What, when you buy a hat like this I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh?

I figured as much. I'm just wondering who shortens it.

Interesting they chose not to capitalize/emphasize the UND in AhundyP. Where does that even come from? Who says "a hundy p"? (Auto-correct changed mine to "a handy p", but that must be based on my search history.)

Creepy stuff. More than enough DNA in there to clone the dude. Of course, that would solve any goaltender recruiting issues.

Yeah, we can get that clip from Superman II into the pre-game video and chant "Kneel before Sod!"

Y'all better hope the girl dancing at 0:15-0:19 is of age, or they will be Slapping…the cops are gonna slap the handcuffs on most of you. Cuffs start slapping…if you're real lucky you will only do a year or two.

At some point, the discussion I hoped to have about quantity inexplicably devolved into one of quality. This isn't about whether Mark is a good singer or whether he should be replaced altogether; this is about variety. Personally, I'd rather hear Dudley Dawson belch the anthem than listen to the same voice every single night. Do you eat the same thing for breakfast every day, too? Some people ascribe a ridiculous level of reverence to the anthem; I bet F.S. Key couldn't sing it for crap.

When it was announced that UND was going with a full-time national anthem singer at REA this year, I didn't think much of it. However, a few weeks in, and with all due respect to the talented Mark J. Lindquist, the lack of variety is starting to grate. Sometimes you just need a bunch of little kids screaming off-key into the mike, or the lead singer of some forgotten 80's-90's metal band, or the Pride of the North, or Roseanne, or a world-renowned kazooist, or a pretty co-ed, or several pretty co-eds. Am I crazy for even caring?

If you're looking for bulletin board material, put a cork in it.

Is it too late to enact a 'No Cowbell' ordinance at REA?

Comedy is but a hobby; debunking widespread paranoia about mythical NCAA sanctions certainly pays the bills.

If the requirement to be on the list is that the institution must be using a hostile and abusive name/logo, and an institution is not using such a name/logo, simple logic dictates that the institution cannot be on said list. Period. End of story. An association has to follow its own rules, or it will get sued and lose. Period. End of story. The only legal remedy for not following through on a contractual promise is an action for breach of contract, in which the aggrieved party must prove the contract, the breach, and the harm. Period. End of story. Love or loathe the NCAA, there is not a phantom punishment or mythical sanction here. The NCAA could sue, sure, but the contract is ambiguous on its face, the facts and timeline are convoluted and murky, and the NCAA would be hard pressed to articulate how it has been harmed. That, and lawyers cost money, and even the big bad NCAA has its hands full at the moment. Now, if you'll excuse me, check-out time at the Holiday Inn Express is 11:30.

In each of the cases you reference, there was (arguably) a violation of NCAA rules. Whether it was eligibility or academic or whatever. I don't recall the basis for PSU - was it some kind of lack of institutional control or FB program oversight? And IIRC, PSU rolled over and took it in the shorts for PR reasons...not so much as a peep in its own defense AND it consented to the ridiculous monetary sanction. At any rate, there was an established rule that was perceived to have been broken. The hammer hath not yet fallen on UNC...that could be devastating. SMU/death penalty kind of stuff, based on what I've read. The missing piece with UND is that - at best (worst?) - there is a perceived slight. No rules violation whatsoever. A garden variety breach of contract (even proving that would be an uphill fight). And don't get me started on my villain-victim analogy. Victims and villains aplenty in some of the listed cases, especially at PSU (* understatement of the century). Hero NCAA will need a new shirt when it's done patting itself on the back.