This is an abbreviated primer (of sorts) for those uninitiated in some of the finer points that contribute to SCSU being the most enjoyable target on the college hockey landscape. There are just too many things about St. Cloud State University that have become embedded in the psyche of college hockey fans around the country and I'd be remiss if I didn't cover some of the basics first:
St. Nicknames:
JBSU - Jan Brady State UniversitySt. Somewhat Lesser St. Nicknames:
(A constant jealous refrain of "Marsha Marsha Marsha" over the years from the rural Minnesota college town regarding it's big sister in Mariucciville earned them this most beloved moniker.)
St. Cloud Bluffskies
SCCC - St. Cloud Community College
St. Aretha "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" Franklin University
St. Clown
and of course ... St. Bob
St. Double BobbleNever won an NCAA playoff game:
St. OferEver
St. OneandDone
St. NEFSIAEEEDUFWSAIL
(Never Ending Futility Stuck In An Ever Expanding Ever Darkening Universe Filled With Sadness And InfiniteLament)
In 5 trips to the NCAA's the Huskies have never managed a win. 4 of those years came from 1999-2003 with their only other playoff appearance coming in 1989. You'd never know it listening to the way their fan base talks about them. Their fans have already characterized this years edition as "the greatest Huskies team ever" (um ... don't you have to be great at least once before to be called "greatest" ... is it just me or is that like a kid saying "you're my favorite mommy")? I'll look at the reality of the 06-07 Huskies II in my "Preview a St. Bob Fan Can Understand" post later in the week. Part of the JBSU syndrome is something not unlike the now famous "inferior in the interior" and "you can't spell failure without UAF" sayings. The folks in St. Cloud just don't seem comfortable in their own jeans and almost certainly conciously repress their all too true longing for the big city life. God bless the poor buggers. Their fans are pretty hopeful they'll get another chance this year to pick up their first NCAA win. Mebbe they will ... I'll save that for later.
UAA Athletic Director Dr. Steve Cobb when asked about the timing of the Dave Shyiak's job notice:Other St. Cloud Fun Factoids:"If you gotta eat a frog you should do it in the mornin' so it doesn't ruin your whole day."
There is one snowmobile dealership for every 5400 people in the city of St. Cloud. If you include the nearby outlying area the proportion goes down to 1:3300 or so.
The Stearns County History Museum is the only county Museum in the the state to be accredited by the American Association of Museums. I have to ask ... Why do the rest of Minnesota's counties hate the American Association of Museums? Their mission statement says "... is to enhance the value of museums to their communities through leadership, advocacy and service". St. Clouderiteians should be proud and the rest of the counties in Minnesota should be taken to Mankato and hung on the Guiness world-record gallows they have over there.
St. Cloud was named after a suburb of Paris by some Mainuh with a Napoleon fetish. No wonder there are so many swelled chests in central Minnesota. Phew.
26 comments:
Hey... don't talk about my chest that way. I can't help it...
HAHAHAHA. That's just too much man... no wait please continue. BTW nice job working the Failure reference in there.
*patiently waits for St. Cloud reaction...*
You missed my personal favorite...."skank cloud" That one popped out of my mouth (by accident..or Freaudian slip?) when we played them earlier this year.
You forgot the famous "Stearns County Syndrome", the result of too much inter-family marraige among the early German Catholic settlers. This has produced whole families of retarded citizens. Hey, not that there's anything wrong with that. Retards are people, too. It still is true that the best place to picke up chicks for the locals is at a family reunion.
See that's just it ...
There's really an endless supply ...
Everyone has there own favorite reference ...
I know I forgot "Swoonskies" ...
DTP, why can't you talk about the positive things at SCSU.....like how we are 3 time November National Champs...... ;)
This is rich, a UAA fan ripping SCSU for not doing well in the National tournament. St. Cloud has finish last in the NCCA tournament less time than UAA has finished last in the WCHA regular season. I'd bet SCSU gets to a final 4 before UAA finishes higher than 4th in the WCHA.
Um ... Positive stuff.
Giraffe is long gone!
The Bathrooms at the Minneapolis airport are now "Finger" proof!
When nodls get wet they can go limp and really aren't suitable for lasching anyone!
The SCSU Athletic Department knows how to use Photoshop as evidenced by their deletion of the UND logo from an action shot they used following SCSU's series with UND!
Anon @7:44
You won't bet anything. You use term's like "bet" to show your confidence but if you had any intention of betting anything then you'd pluck yourself down here and establish some sort of identity and propose the bet you'd like to make.
Your self-engorging masturbatory exclamations about how great SCSU is are otherwise moot.
Funny, I didn't say a thing about SCSU being great. I was simply reminding you of how pathetic your squad has been for, oh....ever.
Did you know on USCHO they are now saying St Cloud will get the #1 overall seed?
But don't worry, it's not like a 1 seed has ever lost to a 4 seed...
(Wow, I zinged Jan AND Marsha!)
I would to point out to anonymous at 7:44am that unlike SCSU, UAA has actually won an NCAA game, not only that, 2 wins. And you better hope to God, Allah, and Buddha that UAA doesn't win the Final Five or you'll have nothing left. And I'll take your bet.
Anon @ 744:
UAA has finished last in the WCHA 4 times.
St. Bob has finished last in the NCAA's 5 times.
UAA is 2-3 in the NCAA's. Two of UAA's three losses came to teams that went on to win the National Championship.
St. Bob finished in the lower half of the WCHA 9 times since joining the league.
You like to pump up your pud with fantasies about your team being far superior to UAA. They've been better overall historically in the league.
But a reasoned overall historic comparison gives the nod to UAA. That's what you can't deal with and I'll keep reminding everyone possible at every chance because I love seeing SCSU fans jumping up and down screaming like little girls.
Crowder received the WCHA rookie of the week award. Bourne and Anderson were finalists for the Offensive Player of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week awards, respectively
*jumps up and down screaming like a little girl*
:P
UAA- when was the last time you finished in the top 7 of the WCHA, Christ, none of you guys even use proper English in your statements. You have been the joke of the WCHA for how many years now that the other leagues won't even play you, because it makes them look worse in the RPI and national rankings. It is only going to get worse for the rest of the year, oh did your coach from two years ago, leave a head coaching job to be an assistant, usually it is the other way around, but he saw the writing on the wall. this weekend series, you will get a reality check Huskies sweep 5-1 and 4-2. Out!
1 win two years ago, has that ever been done?
Anon @ 2:54
Two years ago the team won 12 games. The 1 win season was the 02-03. Look stuff up before you post.
To address the point as to whether that's ever happened. Yes. Lots of times in D1 history. Go look it up.
Using John Hill's tenure as any sort of indication about the quality of UAA's program is foolish. You better hope Motzko didn't learn his ethics at the same place Hill did when they were both shining Donnie's shoes and waxing their dolphins. If he did then at some point he'll screw over your program.
(tomorrow Anon comes back and takes me to task for bashing Donnie because inside every St. Bob fan is a repressed Gopher fan.)
Anon @ 0200
You said ..
UAA- when was the last time you finished in the top 7 of the WCHA, Christ, none of you guys even use proper English in your statements.
The irony of criticizing other peoples "proper" English with a comma-spliced poorly contextualized sentence like that is marvelous.
Then you said ...
You have been the joke of the WCHA for how many years now that the other leagues won't even play you, because it makes them look worse in the RPI and national rankings.
Too funny ...
UAA isn't even worth my time to look up the failure in your program. Congrats on a twelve win season, I guess..... YOu still lost 19 games, but be proud! 1 win two years ago has happened, not SCSU! oh yeah, you were the last team to do it. And inside evrey Seawolves fan is a Nanooks dolphin
If you're going to use something someone else has recently said in a different venue then you could either ...
#1 ... try to honor the original by actually improving or adding to it in some way or
#2 ... ineptly co-opt it like the stupid kid on the playground in 2nd grade.
... You should have at least tried #1.
Hey Donald, how is the dolphin taste, Go Huskies! Even the USCHO thinks you guys will be swept this weekend and falter the rest of the year.. hahahahahahaha
Oh you mean a Wisconsin fan writing an internet column says UAA will finish 8th? LOL. Big surprise.
Oh are you talking about the guy who also predicted UND to sweep UAA? Yea that guy doesnt really have his shit together. He's lucky to get 60% of his predictions right, so yea...you'll need a better resource than that.
You guys played tough this weekend, they hit hard and chase the puck well, should have at least tied on Friday. SWEEP!
I guess the site wasn''t all that wrong. pretty quiet about the SCSU Huskie SWEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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