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I hope that Lucia and Eaves are somewhere in the Joe, watching this, and asking themselves, "I gave up St. Paul, the X, and 19000 fans ... for this?"

Considering neither had any choice in the matter whatsoever I'm thinking they don't feel that way.
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Considering neither had any choice in the matter whatsoever I'm thinking they don't feel that way.

Probably not, but these rivalries are much "healthier" than the old WCHA, right?

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Considering neither had any choice in the matter whatsoever I'm thinking they don't feel that way.

Picked by or given to them, they still have to look at what they find themselves in and wonder.

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Possibly Mike Eaves' last game as UW Head Coach tonight?

 

I may be in the minority here, but, I don't think so. They were Big10 tourney champs (wait, is that a good thing? :) ) last year and if it weren't for us, were probably a Frozen Four team. I think he gets one more year.

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Picked by or given to them, they still have to look at what they find themselves in and wonder.

A WCHA Final Five Thursday afternoon game would be empty at the X as well.
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Would an Ohio state Wisconsin final do two things?

1) Still keep them as a 1 bid league?

2) Draw more fans than a Little Caesar's game?

I like that you are helping to pile on.

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I like that you are helping to pile on.

I was watching early and reading getting ready for work then belt snapped on the drive so now I get the excuse to stay in and watch games all weekend until I fix it.

But I would die laughing if that game and scenarios did play out.

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A WCHA Final Five Thursday afternoon game would be empty at the X as well.

Oh really?

2012 WCHA Thursday afternoon game:

DU and MTU - 11489

http://collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mdenmtu1.m15

2011 WCHA Thursday afternoon game:

UMD and Bemidji State - 13131

http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mbmjmnd1.m17

So there's a "two close by" and "two nowhere near" and it still popped 11000 ... each time!

Will there be 11000 in the Joe tonight?

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Oh really?

2012 WCHA Thursday afternoon game:

DU and MTU - 11489

http://collegehockeystats.net/1112/boxes/mdenmtu1.m15

2011 WCHA Thursday afternoon game:

UMD and Bemidji State - 13131

http://collegehockeystats.net/1011/boxes/mbmjmnd1.m17

So there's a "two close by" and "two nowhere near" and it still popped 11000 ... each time!

Will there be 11000 in the Joe tonight?

Those numbers are not butts in the seats. No chance. I just think its silly to try to come to any conclusion about how the expansion of college hockey the last two years will go. You guys keep ripping on the BIG even though just last season it was better than the NCHC. This season is the absolute worst the BIG Hockey will ever be. It's an outlier. You don't think there will be a year where Minnesota, Mich, UW, and Michigan State all make the NCAA's? Let's give this experiment some time and look back ten years from now. At that time I'm quite certain we'll all be happy with where college hockey is in relation to the conferences. And if you guys don't think that the BIG brand helps college hockey in numerous ways then I don't know what to tell you.

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