Jon, could you be any more disapproving of Black Friday shopping?
Those videos are the best. Unnecessary, but something to laugh at.
Fortunately, I only took in the late game for my niece. Looked like the girls team was slowed a little by the brunch.
I guess Jon doesn't read my comments. I commented on the drinking segment.
Not sorry I missed this series. I think my frustration level is lower. Though, I did watch from the road.
Omaha seems to start quickly. Good pressure to open the games, but not sustained.
Stupid plays up the boards? Stupid plays up the middle in our own end. We were playing with fire with passes from behind our own goal.
Say it, Jason. It was a twizzlers call. There was no hook. If it's a penalty in the first minute of the game, it's a penalty in overtime. It wasn't a penalty. And I have a hard time selling a hook on a player with one hand on his stick.
Wrong on the hand pass rule. No hand passes in any zone in the college game. Would've been a hand pass at all levels -- puck starts in the neutral zone.
As for the faceoff rule -- the face off is over once any non-center touches the puck. So I'll have to look at that faceoff again. (Just looked at it: two points: 1. the linesman is off balance, and may not have seen it. 2. I think Ward gets a touch on it both before and after the center gloved it.) If Ward touched if before the center does, it's not longer part of the faceoff.
We all need to stop picking at the refs. Honestly do not want to see UNO fans go down that rabbit hole into constantly bitching about the refs. Do what the players did with 3 minutes to go. Call went against us -- move on, keep fighting. THAT's how you overcome and conquer the scenario.
Parents weekend can be filed with non-traditional starts. Athletes are creatures of habit. If you're off your routine, it effects your play.
We do need to give the parents some respect, honor their commitment. So, you have to allow the intermission ceremony. As for everything else with parents weekend -- most are here every weekend -- but you also have to respect the travel plans. They still work.
I'm not doing your dirty work. You brought it to the podcast, you should have the numbers on parents' weekend.
The conference is wide open. Miami may have caught a break with Larkin out, Larkin is awful. The Redhawks may have been a bit inspired by having less-trusted goalies play. Omaha may have been disadvantaged by having no video or scouting report on Valentine and Kraws. Or maybe Miami will finally see that Larkin costs them more games than their backups will.
I love the pairwise. I think D-1A (FBS) can make it work with only 110 or so teams. With basketball is gets less likely -- but they play more games, so it could still work. Somewhere someone has the time and computer to run a simulator.
The linesmen -- who are 'local' guys -- are pissed that Omaha misses out on home ice in the playoffs. There is a belief that if they work a playoff series, they stay in the rotation for Frozen Faceoff. Not sure I believe it, but it has been said to me.
Can't discount conference, or regular season play. You have to be above .500 to get it. You also need to avoid tough match-ups in the playoffs. Just win. Play the game in front of you.
Buetow shout out!
Win "the right way"? WTF. Win. Grow stronger throughout the season. But most of all win. Winning is within our control. Don't expect help from anyone else. Put YOURSELF in the position to succeed.
I disagree, Jason. I think the NCHC battle tests teams. The success of the conference speaks to it. OK. The end of this segment sounds more like the reality.
We still have yet to win an NCHC tournament series.
Good question on where to set the bar. How about: aim high, but respect the effort, take pride in the successes.
WAIT WAIT WAIT -- we can still set this comparison right with Miami. We still go to Oxford. It's not the house of horrors that Goggin was. And I know Gabinet will have this team ready for that series, and we will have a chip on our shoulders.
The team has a weekend off. They might have looked ahead, they might have lost focus with the parents' weekend festivities. Let's take the week off, reset, refocus, take it to Duluth.
...and now for the sappy portion of this podcast.
Jason, let the winners of your seats know they can reach out to me for advice on how to annoy Jon and Bridget.
Here we are trying to mind read other teams....
We've been talking about discipline all year.
I think Duluth has an advantage in goal. We know what Shepard is. I'm concerned that Saville is a 3 GA per game goalie, right now. Isaiah is consistent, but not great, right now.
My my my how the feelings around this team have changed in the predictions.
I think Duluth -- having their 'turkey skate' against Mankato -- comes out stronger in the Friday game at Baxter. Omaha will still have heavy legs, having only practiced.
Deep fried turkey. Every year someone does it. Just like Black Friday fights at Walmart. Remember: landscape view on your cell phones, please!
