NoiseInsideMyHead

Now THAT is a socially distanced tournament.

The weight of expectation. Duluth, despite a hell of a run, still enjoys a little bit of anonymity (dwarfed by older cousin Goldie and next door superpower UND) and gets to be the perennial, ‘small school’ underdog.

Will there be a seventh period stretch?

Hopefully in an autoclave.

NOW we can start sharpening our asterisk pencils, right? The legitimacy of the title with a bye or two out of a field of 68 is one thing, but 16?

Plenty of room for a Pepperjax.

Can't spell mAx distANCing without NCAA.

That's some delay.

This is going to sound petty, but the Midco pre-game hosts are wearing masks, while there are at least two pairs of the KVLY pre-game crew (field and booth) who aren't. And the Midco guys just look plain silly. And their muffled voices are ridiculous. Advantage: NDSU

Well, technically, that game was at the bottom of the region, not the top. So...

As the saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impression.

Other than a single Tweet that obviously was planned, composed, and required some thought, and reflection by the author, and served as his official introduction to the UND hockey community and a significant milestone in his life...what else would I have to go on? Can we not assess or judge people on their own acts and words? Or is play on the ice the sole determinant?

Kelley, De Forrest

* self-abusive

Women's semi-pro volleyball has the night off.

If nothing else tonight, I learned that there is such a thing as semi-pro women’s volleyball. On TV. Live. And that’s a win in my book.

For the record, 1:13 of game time missed for...semi-pro women’s volleyball??? How much did CBS pay for the FF broadcast rights?

Damnit. Now I'll spend way too much time watching this guy's channel.

Maturity. Character. Critical reasoning. Ability to deal with adverse or unpleasant facts.

So I just now happened upon the home page of the Omaha newspaper... Top story, main page. Obit for mayor’s husband. That’s some home town trolling right there. Article has full size photo with caption (and Sioux logo).

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31007034/greg-mcdermott-suspended-creighton-racially-insensitive-comments The more I think about the Creighton situation, it dawns on me that a 56-year-old WHITE man who has been around the sport of basketball for the vast majority of his life, doesn't just become a racist, or even racially or culturally insensitive, overnight. If there is any sport out there that is uniquely situated to weed out racism and intolerance, it has to be basketball, given its endemic diversity. As opposed to, say, NASCAR or any of the country-club sports. If McDermott has a clean record, and a legacy of proud, supportive players, coaches, and colleagues, how do you not give him a pass? Hell, I once at at a Souplantation...never once gave it a thought.

Yeah, yeah, we get all that. But what we really want to know is...are they wearing masks?

It's 2021, so I suppose that all language, culture, history, idioms, expressions, phrases, analogies, figures of speech, etc., including without limitation the brazenly callous works of one Dr. Seuss, MUST BE WHITEWASHED immediately. fake MODERATOR NOTE: This account has been permanently banned for the use of unacceptable language (shown above in red). Irony is dead. Acceptable alternative phrasing is WASHED, MINDWASHED, or WISHYWASHED. There will be no warnings issued.

Sad to hear of the passing of Irv Cross, but damn...seeing some of those old 'NFL Today' promotional cast photos takes me right back to my childhood. I was endlessly fascinated by, and will never forget, Jimmy "The Greek." What a personality he was. And Irv was the perfect, smooth and mellow antidote to Brent Musburger, who has to be the most universally unloved, "why's he always pulling for the other team?" CFB sportscaster of all time. Sports on TV without much in the way of gimmick or hype. Seems so quaint and pure in retrospect. I also dearly miss halftime highlights on Monday Night Football, when there was no other way to see what happened around the league the day before. Now get off my lawn!