Thom Davis wrote:

> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > > >Is Minnesota the new "dynasty"?
> > > >
> > > >I don't want to take anything away from the Gophers--they played an
> > > >outstanding game in whipping the pussies from New Hampshire--
>
> Is this statement in reference to Mike Ayers talking to the media about
> the death of his father from cancer in 2001? Or, about Lanny Gare not
> playing in Buffalo because of his separated shoulder from his first shift
> in the Cat's regionals 3-0 win over BU 12 days earlier? Ask anyone in
> Orono whether Ayers is a "pussy" after he held the Black Bears to a 2-2
> tie with a partially servered tendon in his wrist in February 2002. Give
> us a break......

Many folks frequently refer to the Gophers as "the rodents".  I'm assuming
(hoping?) that "pussies" was an unfortunately chosen euphemism for Wildcats.

BTW, I saw the footage on Thursday of Ayers getting his tendon severed. I
audibly gulped when I later realized that we were going to go up against
this Iron Man on Saturday.

-Indy Rutks