Frozen Four Buzzer Beater: Minnesota Scores With Less A Second

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Union gets their first-ever finals appearance in the Frozen Four after a surprising win over Boston College in one semi-final.

The other went to the bitter end and it looked like their match with North Dakota was heading to overtime.

But, then this happened...

Justin Holl scored a short-handed goal with 0.6 seconds left to give Minnesota a 2-1 win. All three goals in the match were scored with less than ten minutes left in regulation. The Golden Gophers advance to their 11th championship game and first in 11 years- the time it won the last of its five titles.

Here's the buzzer beater

BUZZER BEATER: Put Back By Troy Huff Wins It For North Dakota

With time running out and North Dakota and Eastern Washington tied at 67 Jamel Webb launched a three and missed but Troy Huff hit the put back right before the buzzer to win the game for the UND.

Thanks North Dakota Athletics:


"He (Huff) finds ways to make plays out of nothing." North Dakota head coach Brian Jones told the Grand Forks Herald.

Huff found the winning play Saturday.

Whoops!!! NCAA Sends North Dakota State's Championship Banner To U. Of North Dakota, Fighting Sioux Still Retiring Nickname Anyway...

Somebody at the NCAA really screwed up.

The NCAA send a package that included North Dakota State’s FCS Championship Banner and a letter only it was delivered to the University of North Dakota.

The package was addressed to Mr. Brian Faison, Athletics Director, North Dakota State University, Hyslop Sports Center, Grand Forks, N.D.

The University of North Dakota is located in Grand Forks, N.D.  North Dakota State University is located in Fargo, N.D.

Brian Faison is the athletic director at UND not NDSU.  Gene Taylor is the athletic director at NDSU.

Somebody at the NCAA has some explaining to do.

Faison and the athletic department have had other matters to address.  Tuesday North Dakota citizens voted to dump the “Fighting Sioux” nickname.  The NCAA had deemed that nickname “hostile and abusive” to Native Americans.

Now the NCAA sends a championship banner intended for their in-state rival.

“I’m sure they don’t mess up Alabama and Auburn or Arizona/Arizona State.” North Dakota State athletic director Gene Taylor said in a telephone interview with WDAY in Fargo, N.D.  “We just need to have them to get it figured out that we are two different schools.”

Of course the NCAA does not have banners for the BCS national championship saving them the embarrassment of sending Alabama’s national title banner to Auburn.  Wouldn’t that create a stir.

Elsewhere on campus, the state voters have taken care of the idea of the Fighting Sioux nickname once and for all...

The referendum, known as "Measure Four", assures now that one of the best nicknames in the business is out the door. The NCAA had considered the "Fighting Sioux" moniker to be "threatening" and made a point to tell UND that they would lose all host and playoff privileges if they kept it.

Now, they're not... again...
For real...
((HT: Valleynewslive.com/KXJB-TV Fargo))


The larger question now will be around the Engelstadt family trust that marks the hockey arena on campus. It was long rumored that if the "Fighting Sioux" name was removed, all trust funding would disappear from campus and athletics.

Interesting... get your deals now...

Are The Fighting Sioux Becoming The Fighting Sioux...??? 2/8 Update

 UPDATE 2/8/12--

It appears the University of North Dakota is planning on challenging the NCAA. They decided Wednesday morning that they are going to keep the "Fighting Sioux" nickname in part because of the 17,000 plus signatures gathered to repeal a law passed in November that required the school to change their name and make the NCAA happy.

An explanation from Inforum.com is RIGHT HERE

And our friends at Valleynewslive decided to spend a lot of time on the issue- naturally, so that discussion starts hyah...

The original story from Tuesday--below
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All over again...

In the on-again, off-again quest to see whether or not the University of North Dakota is going to stay the Fighting Sioux or something else altogether seems to be reverting to the old nickname.

Again...

Here's the latest in the Siouxing game...


The next move happens when the signatures on the petition are verified. If they are, then it's game on all over again with the NCAA, the Big Sky, and anyone else who wants to hold the school and its athletics hostage.

Is It A Good Thing For A Fighting Sioux To Throw A Nutty...??? ((UPDATE: Even After The Game...?))

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Minnesota and North Dakota have been known to go at it a few times in college hockey. Last night at Engelstad Arena was no exception, but when Sioux Danny Kristo runs someone and he throws a nutty like he's been robbed of everything- including his manhood- the HQ feels like we have to show it...

Here's the nutty in question...


Nah, dude...
You done wrong...
But we imagine it was a good game, anyway...

UPDATE: It was more a Gophers blowout than anything else, but get this...
They had another nutty in the handshake line...
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The End Of The Fighting Sioux

North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple signed a law allowing the University of North Dakota to dump the Fighting Sioux nickname.

The University of North Dakota, officially, satisfies the NCAA edict that it drop the name or risk sanctions. Lawmakers had passed a law back in March requiring the school to keep the name.

In 2005, the NCAA listed UND among a group of schools with "objectionable American Indian nicknames, logos and mascots." UND was the only school still fighting the NCAA over the issue.

The new law says UND cannot adopt a new nickname or logo until January 2015.

Here's the latest action of the Fighting Sioux on the ice- a 3-2 loss to Minnesota
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