The Ciskie Blog

Random thoughts on the NFL Draft, followed by a few other things... Jake Long was a safe pick for Miami. With how bad they were last year, B...

Is he the answer? I wish I knew. I've had trouble making up my mind about the potential of the Vikings acquiring defensive end Jared Al...

Did you pay your taxes? Wait, I already did this bit two years ago . Sorry. Kiszla strikes again. I wrote about this here . In summary, Ma...

The new building is coming! Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty Monday signed the controversial bonding bill into law. He used his line-item v...

So, yeah. I'm here. I'm alive. Every month, I think I'm going to update this thing more. Then I slack. I suck. Right now, I...

So how does this work? I get up at 2:40am today, because my wife woke me, having realized (correctly) that there were some items I had to t...

Disallowed goal revisited. I have received many a response via e-mail and otherwise to my post about the WCHA and their Friday controversy...

Favre returning. Maybe. "I am trying to enjoy [the hot streak the Packers are on] because this could be my last game in Green Bay. For...

What did we miss? The two-week hiatus (was planned to be one, but you know how that goes) allowed us to miss a bunch of stuff here. The NFL...

Christmas schedule. Posting will be practically non-existent from Friday through Tuesday, as we go into full Christmas mode around here. In...

Clemens finally called out. Obviously, George Mitchell did his homework. Well, actually there are some who don't think he did . "R...

Petrino to Arkansas. There is no defending the snake-like behavior of former Atlanta Falcons coach Bobby Petrino. The guy has a history of ...

Two weeks away. Are you ready? Didn't think so. My advice is to start getting ready. It will be here before you know it. By the way, th...

Posting will light over the weekend, as we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday by eating entirely too much and watching some football, most o...

If you can follow along, I should throw in a prize at the end. I should, but I won't. UMD sweeps Michigan Tech? I hope so, but a split o...

A bit later in the day than usual, but oh, well. I have a few quick-hit thoughts. Bye weeks suck. Best wishes to UMD freshman D Evan Oberg,...

Niskanen update. He played about 15 minutes in last night's season-opening loss to Colorado. Outside of a blocked shot, he didn't d...