Having the conversation with Iowa people about how I just don't see the U of Iowa taking their club program to a D1 sport. They use the argument that Iowa just started up their women's wrestling program so why wouldn't the Iowa Board of Regents start up hockey at Iowa. Such a bad argument since the state of Iowa is a wrestling state, starting that program is such a no brainer when all of the infrastructure was just upgraded for the men's program so it is just hiring coaches and adding the scholarships. Easy sell. Besides the fact that the Iowa BoR have eliminated six varsity level sports at state universities and only have added one in the last two decades kind of says it all.
My rebuttal is that while there is a brand new arena just miles from campus it is not owned by the University so you have the expense of securing Xtream Arena as your home base and then figuring out where your off ice facilities will be and then coaches, players, and etc. Then take that times two since you will have to start a women's program as well...you know that sticky Title IX thing. Do all of that...in Iowa which is NOT a hockey state. But, but, but...USHL hockey. Yup Iowa has junior hockey which isn't D1 college hockey. USHL fans in Iowa barely know that D1 hockey exists.
Maybe someday I could see this happening but dumb donor gives Iowa around $20M to start up these programs and/or the B1G really helps out starting this up I just don't see this coming to fruition at Iowa or Iowa State. Both of those club programs have history but those are kind of self sustaining without having support from their respective athletic departments.
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It's interesting how many schools in ACHA D1 talk about the move from ACAH to NCAA. What's even more interesting is how many current NCAA schools folded other programs to keep hockey afloat. Omaha cut football and wrestling. SCSU cut football. Hockey is not cheap and these schools trying to jump in gets interesting. Schools like Iowa and Illinois have better chances than a school like UNLV.
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I’m chilled, laidback and calloused when it comes to medical procedures for myself and even loved ones. Now my stress level is risen… lol!!!
My wife was suppose to have surgery on Monday, April 21st. Now they bumped it up to Friday, April 18th. Don’t know why, and there’s several reason why and not to be concerned about. Good thing I have valtex and lexapro… lol!!!
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M Health hospitals are just as bad as Allina Health hospitals. All the coke (Pepsi products) selections are diet or zero. Though they carry Rock Star & Celsius…
🤔 😕 😵💫 😵💫 😕 🤔
Outside of that… Nothing but praises and thank you’s here at the hospital. From the surgeons to the doctors to the nurses and to all the support staff. For the last 3 days not even 1% of 1% of a complaint. I just hope my patient care is just same.
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125 seasons…
I saw a stat with the Wild losing its been 125 combined seasons between the Wild, Wolves, Twins, Vikings and North Stars (last 2 seasons) without a championship appearance.
#loservilleusa
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The chicken little crap going on with Gopher fandom today here and on the Tweeter machine is just ridiculous. It's making Whioux fans seem level headed...FFS
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Driving around the outskirts of Chicago during rush hour and my gps was on and off. What read 15 minutes turned into 45. I rented a 2025 Nissan Rogue and it doesn’t have navigation on the dashboard screen. So I had to use my phone in one hand and steering wheel in the other.
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Driving around the outskirts of Chicago during rush hour and my gps was on and off. What read 15 minutes turned into 45. I rented a 2025 Nissan Rogue and it doesn’t have navigation on the dashboard screen. So I had to use my phone in one hand and steering wheel in the other.
Even base level S trims of that thing should have Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Some can be tricky to connect to, see if there’s a manual or google might be able to help.
Driving around the outskirts of Chicago during rush hour and my gps was on and off. What read 15 minutes turned into 45. I rented a 2025 Nissan Rogue and it doesn’t have navigation on the dashboard screen. So I had to use my phone in one hand and steering wheel in the other.
Even base level S trims of that thing should have Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Some can be tricky to connect to, see if there’s a manual or google might be able to help.
The Google knows all. All hail The Google. 😉
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
That's also why if I'm getting a rental, I bring a suction cup mount for my phone, just in case.
Plus, of course, the loop around Chicago is always a nightmare for traffic. I just automatically add 30 minutes to any trip length Google Maps/Waze gives me around there (assuming it's not rush-hour or bad weather, if so, add closer to an hour or two)
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
I always add time, just in case. Traffic, construction, events, extra pit stop, etc. Heading to MI next week, and it's Grandma's Marathon. We're going up Thu morning, stopping in Superior for lunch. Should be no issue, it's early enough, BUT...
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
My phone’s blue tooth links no problem. I could make calls. Just had no option on the dashboard screen for navigation.
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Our CR-V is like this. We can connect to bluetooth, but it won't let you use Apple car play unless you use the USB port. No idea why. We were able to find a wireless USB plug in to get around that issue but most of the time we just plug in to project Apple Carplay which charges the phone anyway.My phone’s blue tooth links no problem. I could make calls. Just had no option on the dashboard screen for navigation.
What sticks in my craw is my phone auto connect to any handsfree link car I am in. Even if I am a passenger and change the audio to phone or Airpods, my car or phone will override that and play the audio through the car speakers.
A) I don't need everyone in the car hearing my conversations
B) My passengers don't want to stop listening to music to hear my conversation.
3) The microphone for Handsfree link is on the driver's side and I am on the passenger side.
Driving around the outskirts of Chicago during rush hour and my gps was on and off. What read 15 minutes turned into 45. I rented a 2025 Nissan Rogue and it doesn’t have navigation on the dashboard screen. So I had to use my phone in one hand and steering wheel in the other.
Driving around the Chicago area today was much better. I had a better idea of where I was at. I was in the far-left lane driving crazy with the rest of them.
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I watched Miracle tonight and was reminded that although the US beat Finland in the final game, Finland didn’t medal. They took 4th place while USSR took silver and Sweden took the bronze.
How did this make sense to anyone? What a goofy system.
They did things weirdly back then. Top 2 teams from both of the pools made the Medal Round, and only played the two teams from the other pool, with their points from the game against the team from their own pool counting in the final standings. So, it wasn't a "Gold Medal Game" against Finland, it was closer to game 3 of a round-robin to decide the medals.I watched Miracle tonight and was reminded that although the US beat Finland in the final game, Finland didn’t medal. They took 4th place while USSR took silver and Sweden took the bronze.
How did this make sense to anyone? What a goofy system.
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
In a pool play round robin format, there really isn't a final gameI watched Miracle tonight and was reminded that although the US beat Finland in the final game, Finland didn’t medal. They took 4th place while USSR took silver and Sweden took the bronze.
How did this make sense to anyone? What a goofy system.
So the points for the US tie vs Sweden in pool play factored in?They did things weirdly back then. Top 2 teams from both of the pools made the Medal Round, and only played the two teams from the other pool, with their points from the game against the team from their own pool counting in the final standings. So, it wasn't a "Gold Medal Game" against Finland, it was closer to game 3 of a round-robin to decide the medals.I watched Miracle tonight and was reminded that although the US beat Finland in the final game, Finland didn’t medal. They took 4th place while USSR took silver and Sweden took the bronze.
How did this make sense to anyone? What a goofy system.
Are you serious, Clark?
Remember, they had total goals in college hockey, which was such a crock.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Correct. As did the points for USSR regulation win over Finland in that pool.So the points for the US tie vs Sweden in pool play factored in?They did things weirdly back then. Top 2 teams from both of the pools made the Medal Round, and only played the two teams from the other pool, with their points from the game against the team from their own pool counting in the final standings. So, it wasn't a "Gold Medal Game" against Finland, it was closer to game 3 of a round-robin to decide the medals.I watched Miracle tonight and was reminded that although the US beat Finland in the final game, Finland didn’t medal. They took 4th place while USSR took silver and Sweden took the bronze.
How did this make sense to anyone? What a goofy system.
Are you serious, Clark?
So, the results were:
USA 2-0-1 (Wins v USSR/Finland, Tied Sweden)
USSR 2-1-0 (Wins v Sweden/Finland, Lost to USA)
Sweden 0-1-2 (Lost to USSR, Tied USA/Finland)
Finland 0-2-1 (Lost to USA/USSR, Tied Sweden)
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
Hitting the "prove you're not a bot" when opening GPL, only to have it go through 8 different pictures before it finally let me in.
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?