I agree, ESPN would hate it, but that could be a final for the ages. I tend to lean towards underdogs when it comes to college sports.
Me too. For years I've been saying that the goal of the B1G is to suck all the oxygen out of western and then national college hockey. That's why I love St Cloud State, No Dakota, and Minn Duluth. The B1G already killed what was left of the old CCHA- you seldom hear much of Miami, Bowling Green, Lake Superior State, etc any more.I agree, ESPN would hate it, but that could be a final for the ages. I tend to lean towards underdogs when it comes to college sports.
I went to the hospital ER in St Cloud on a brutal hot summer day, but it still felt like it might cloud up and snow at any time.The Wild are playing the Blackhawks this afternoon in St Paul. One of my best friends is a huge Blackhawks fan and we are taking him to the game for his birthday. It was lined up months ago. Had I known the Gophs and Huskies would be playing in Fargo today I’d have told my buddy he can spend his birthday alone, or with the rest of us in Fargo.
We are planning on catching the Huskies game on TV at a favorite pub in St Paul. We will be in the belly of the beast in the Twin Cities but it should be fun. The thing is, if the Gophers win it will be all over the Twin Cities media for days. St Cloud is an easy 45 minute drive from Minneapolis and if the Huskies win it will get a 15 second mention in the Twin Cities news never to be discussed again. They act like St Cloud isn‘t part of the State of Minnesota. The level of U of M snobbery in the Twin Cities is off the charts. I really hope the Huskies can take it to them. I’d love to see those kids knock a bunch of NHL draft picks on their arses.
Advancing schools get blocks of tickets released. If you have a connection to BU contact them. Then you will be in the BU Quarter if you get tickets from them. QP is regional school and may not be able to sell all its allocated tickets - if they advance.
I was staying at the monastery in Collegeville and I got sick.The Gophers are fast. Huskies had a good 2nd period but couldn't match the Gophers speed the entire game. So I gotta pull for the Golden Gophers the rest of the way. QP is the only other team I've any interest in seeing succeed, but I don't like their chances of making it to the final.
St Cloud depressing? ER room at the St Cloud hospital? Sounds like a bad weekend at the Holiday Inn!
I don't get back there often but when I do I always have a great time. Its not at all like Worcester in that while it does have a few Universities (SCSU / St Benedicts / St Johns) its doesn't really get its identity from the colleges. St Cloud is more of a region than a city and its economy is driven by agriculture. One of the best summer activities up there is "Town-Ball" baseball. Many of the small farming communities surrounding St Cloud have baseball teams that have been butting heads for 100 years. Nothing better than a lazy summer evening enjoying a few cold beers watching a town ball game filled with trash talking and quality pitching. Some of those farm tough kids can knock the cover off the ball.
Pro tip....when in St Cloud stop at Val's for a burger and fries. It will provide a years worth of salt and grease, but its worth it.
Lets go Gophers!
They're sometimes called the Johns because of John Harvard, yes. Just as Yale are called the Eli after Elihu Yale.
Williams (currently) and Amherst (discontinued) followed similar traditions.
