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And while we're piling it on, does anyone really believe his natural hair color is jet black?
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I went to bed early in the 3rd quarter when the Packers gave the ball to Cobb 6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on 4th and 2 from midfield. 2 yards is hard enough for this team to muster, but why not make it 8?
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I’m a long time TT/MM apologist. Either TT can’t draft defense or MM/DC can’t coach defense. Which is it? The defense has been broken since Nick Collins was injured. 7 years without improvement is an organizational failure and I’d argue that even Mark Murphy should be held accountable.
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Take comfort in knowing that the Badgers are in the most stable conference in college hockey. Even though the NCHC (lame name) has been a success to date, you can bet fans from North Dakota, Denver, and Duluth are paranoid that one team will get a Big Ten affiliate invite and leave the others no longer competing at the 'highest level' of college hockey. As for this weekend's series, I'm predicting a split. It's early in the season and UND is still figuring out their line combos. They are 1-2-1 on Friday, but 4-0 on Saturday this season.
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North Dakota at the Kohl Center tonight ... I badly wanted to make the trip from Green Bay. #4 @ #7 in an old school WCHA matchup.
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I have been predicting a recession for 3 years. Thank goodness my auto contributions have saved me from myself.
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I really wish they would do another show like this. Parks and Rec followed and had great success. NBC needs to get on it. Superstore on NBC, while not a 'mockumentary,' has a similar feel as The Office and Parks and Rec - ensemble cast, subtle humor, no laugh track.
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Assuming Thomas returns to form and the Brooklyn picks winds up as a Top 5 selection, the Celtics offer is better than the one I suggested. However, I stand by my original statement. If I were GM, Giannis is the only untouchable piece on my roster. Even if Giannis plays at an MVP-level, do the Bucks have a championship roster? Probably not, right? So even if Giannis becomes the no. 1 player in the world, how are they going to get better without any lottery picks?
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32 miles for me. That’s impressive. I walked a half marathon with my wife a few years ago. I felt great for the first 10 miles and pretty good for the next 2. By that last mile, my feet were in pain. I’m considering walking a marathon in 2018, but I know i’ll need to get some longer walks in beforehand.
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If (and it’s a big if) Kyrie had been willing to re-sign with the Bucks, I would have made everyone available but Giannis. I think you have to do whatever you can to add elite players and backfill later. A realistic offer would have been Brogdon plus Thon or Wilson plus an unprotected future 1st. Truthfully, that’s a bit on the low side, but the Cavs were motivated sellers. The Brooklyn pick is a great asset, but I don’t see how Thomas (damaged goods) helps them win in a win-now year. Edit: I forgot salaries have to match ... the trade would likely have to have included Henson or Middleton.
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Brewers who didn't make it but you think could have
nodakfan17 replied to OldSchoolSnapper's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Taylor Green would be my answer, as well. He seemed to have sustained success at virtually every level of the minors until he reached MLB. He hit .207 in 140 AB across 2011 and 2012 and then missed a full season due to injury. -
What’s the farthest anyone here has walked in a day?
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I haven’t watched must baseball this season on account of being a new father, but there’s something alluring about the World Series. Growing up, my family only had network TV, so watching pro baseball on a weeknight was a huge novelty. My Dad was always pretty cool about letting me stay up late so we could enjoy the games together.
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Brew4U - I'm curious as to why you don't have the same fondness for UMD hockey as you do for the Badgers? I like UW hockey (thanks PBS) and all of the old WCHA teams, but Duluth has been a top 10 program for the last decade and I don't think they're going away anytime soon.
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I'm glad to see two NCHC teams playing for the title. I'll also be pulling for Duluth - just because I want Nodak to get to 9 before Denver gets to 8. Enjoy the game. Go Bulldogs!
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Duluth and Denver for the natty tonight.
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The decision to eliminate women's hockey at North Dakota was based on economics - plain and simple. 10 years ago, North Dakota was being praised as a model for good state governance. They were one of the few states to run budget surpluses during the most recent financial crisis. Oil prices were high and the ample supply on the Bakken plane generated significant tax revenue for the state. Predictably, government spending increased to match revenue. Now, oil prices are lower and the most accessible supplies have tapped. Government spending must be decreased to match revenue. The legislature in Bismark mandated a $1.3 million reduction in athletics spending. Baseball was already cut last Spring. Women's hockey has known they were on the chopping block for at least a year. I could see keeping women's hockey at UND if they were any of the following: 1) profitable 2) successful 3) popular. None of the above apply. There is only one North Dakota native on the team. Half of the roster is made up of foreign players and the other half Minnesotans. Anyone advocating to keep the program is basically asking students and tax payers to subsidize Olympic development for foreign countries and organized hockey for girls who weren't good enough to play at Minnesota or Duluth. It sucks, but I get it.
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The University of North Dakota cut women's hockey on Wednesday ... huge bummer. NCAA women's hockey was officially sanctioned in 2002 and UND was considered a Top 10 program out of the 30 or so DI women's programs that exist today. Unfortunately, they never enjoyed a high level of success (0 national titles, 0 conference titles, 2 playoff appearances). A large part of that was due to the highly successful programs at Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Duluth, which effectively blocked UND's program from greater exposure. The optics of the situation could not be any worse. The Title IX boo birds are out in full force. In the era of "twitter journalism," no one mentions that baseball was cut last year, or that all of the women's hockey scholarships will be re-allocated to other women's sports at UND, or that women's hockey costs (loses) $1.9 million per year.
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Or when people get rid of cable and satellite and crow about the savings, but then start stacking subscriptions like Sling TV, Netflix, Hulu, Tivo, etc - sure, there are some good alternatives out there, but when you subscribe to every alternative, I'm not sure how much you're saving vs a full cable package.
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Paul, I'm 99% with you on this. The tuition, books, housing, food, health care, travel, AND stipend all seem like a pretty good deal. Athletes also have access to networking opportunities that you or I would have envied at that age. Plus, I'm betting they don't have to try to hard to get the ladies' attention. That being said, there's still a small part of me that has to acknowledge the disparity between the pay of coaches and administrators at the top programs and the value of a full scholarship - especially in college football, where there are effectively no other routes to the NFL.
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I'm pretty sure college athletes now, in addition to free tuition free food plans free housing and free books now get stipends as well, at least in the major conferences. Unfortunately as pretty much everything is with the NCAA it's not a uniform stipend so some schools are paying more than others, which of course is becoming just another recruiting tactic. I'm pretty sure every FBS school offers FCOA stipends, because FCS North Dakota offers them for hockey, football, and basketball (plus to an equal number of female athletes). It is a significant expense for a university whose only revenue sport is men's hockey. Football and men's basketball at UND are close to being revenue neutral (but still incur losses each year, like the vast majority of NCAA programs). Baseball and men's golf were cut at UND shortly after the introduction of FCOA, presumably to help offset the cost of the stipends. Apparently, the FCOA stipends average $3000 - $6000 per year, depending on the university. I found a CBS article from 2015 that listed the top 10 stipends: $6,082 Cincinnati $6,060 Florida Atlantic $6,018 Florida State $5,491 UCLA $5,666 Tennessee $5,610 Stanford $5,586 Auburn $5,470 South Alabama $5,386 Alabama $5,364 Louisville Interesting that the cost of living is apparently about the same in Tuscaloosa as it is Los Angeles or Palo Alto.
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There are a lot of early departures in college hockey, but that's been the case for a while. It takes a deep roster to win a NCAA hockey title. Since a recruiting class in college hockey is typically 6-7 players, the loss of 1-2 players to the NHL is less impactful relative to college basketball. Good college hockey coaches craft their rosters to minimize the impact of early departures on any one class and NHL clubs will even steer their draft picks to specific NCAA programs because of their track record for developing prospects. Brock Boeser just played for North Dakota on Friday night (UND was eliminated by BU in 2OT) and the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.
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In theory, I love this idea. It might even help reduce the number of one-and-done basketball players, as I could see the shoe companies signing future lottery picks to "holding deals." As a matter of principle, I think anyone should be able to profit from their own likeness (with few exceptions ... OJ's If I Did It comes to mind). However, what's stopping a wealthy alum / business owner from hiring an entire football team to appear in a commercial and paying each player a large "talent fee?" Suppose players start choosing this school because they want to appear in the "annual commercial" - now you're basically just paying players.
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That's a very interesting solution to curb the number of one-and-done basketball players and I'd entertain it. You'd essentially be forcing Kentucky or Duke to go without a scholarship for 3 years if they recruit a NBA lottery pick. Does that mean that the blue chip programs recruit fewer one-and-done players? Maybe that helps bring lottery picks to other schools and boost parity? However, I could see someone making the argument that temporarily eliminating a scholarship only limits opportunities for other would-be student athletes - and the NCAA is all about the student athletes (sarcasm).
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Wearing Another Team's Hat
nodakfan17 replied to Warning Track Power's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
As a personal dress standard, I never mix retro and contemporary logos of the same team (shirt or hat). Nor do I wear apparel for two teams at the same time. But honestly, go with whatever gives you your jollies. It's possible to be a fan of a team and a league at the same time.