Fargo Flood
That’s what it looks along the banks of the Red River; the Hokie Guru is glad that his sister, brother-in-law, and their children evacuated the city of Fargo. As you might know, the Red River (which is along the Minnesota and North Dakota border), was orginally expected to crest to on Saturday, but those estimates were revised. The river should hit 42 feet, but could be as high as 43 on Sunday. United States Department of Homeland Secretary (DHS), Janet Napolitano, has already promised help to Fargo, ND/Moorhead, MN residents. Several DHS agencies are already on the ground in North Dakota, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Customs and Border Protection, and the United States Coast Guard. The Department of Defense, the National Guard, and the United States Arny Corps of Engineers are also helping with flood protection efforts. This is how Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, feels about the situation in Fargo, ND:
And she’s right… these volunteers are amazing.
President Obama delcared the entire state of North Dakota a disaster area, which should expediate disaster assistance to the state. The residents, though, are in good spirits. “Any time you see Bison football T-shirts and Sioux hockey T-shirts working side-by-side and smiling, we’ve really come together,” Grubb said, referring to students from North Dakota State and its rival, the University of North Dakota. Which gives us a good transition into sports…
NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament – Elite Eight
Welcome to the NCAA Big East Tournament!!
Seriously, the Hokie Guru raved about the Big East Conference for several weeks on GovLoop. For example, the Hokie Guru was on point during the pre-season. In January 2009, the Hokie Guru told you about the Big East and it’s nine ranked teams in the Associated Press top 25. The Hokie Guru praised the University of South Florida for its upset of the Marquette Golden Eagles.
And what now? Four Big East teams in the Elite Eight, including, Pittsburgh, Villanova, Louisville, and Connecticut… this is a record… let’s think about this for a minute… we could have three Big East teams in the Final Four (and if the ‘Cuse would have upset Oklahoma, there would have been an outside chance at four)… that’s incredible… hasn’t happened since 1985 when stars like Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, and Ed Pinckney were at Georgetown, St. John’s, and Villanova respectively.
If you did not read the Hokie Guru’s blog on govloop this year, your bracket suffered some major damage because he told you about the Big East 🙂
Side Note: Very impressive wins by North Carolina, Oklahoma, Michigan State, and Missouri (who’s victory probably messed up a lot of brackets), as well.
Most people are still hanging around in Govloop’s Bracket Challenge… you can see the results here. Password = govloop
The Hokie Guru is tired, Govloopers… he’ll do another post tomorrow morning on the Men’s NCAA Ice Hockey Tournament. Here’s the bracket… picks to come tomorrow for the Frozen Four in Washington, DC… and some more commentary on the Fargo Flood.
Good night!!
New standings:
1 Bronco 24 28 28 – – Memphis 80 120
2 Andrew Wright 25 26 24 – – Pittsburgh 75 163
2 Terps Going Deep 25 26 24 – – Louisville 75 163
2 mstoddard 23 28 24 – – Pittsburgh 75 147
5 Hokie Guru Six-Peat 24 26 24 – – Louisville 74 162
6 Midwest Massacres 25 24 24 – – Memphis 73 113
7 NASA-Coog 22 26 24 – – Memphis 72 104
8 Steve Radick 23 20 28 – – Pittsburgh 71 167
9 Accurate like a Shaq freethrow 24 26 20 – – North Carolina 70 126
10 govloop 21 28 20 – – Connecticut 69 141
11 President Obama 19 28 20 – – North Carolina 67 155
11 Noel’s Snowballs chance in… 21 26 20 – – North Carolina 67 155
11 GovLoop * 25 22 20 – – Louisville 67 147
14 H-Town 20 26 20 – – Louisville 66 154
14 Gatorlicious NIT 20 26 20 – – Pittsburgh 66 130
16 BJC 23 22 20 – – Oklahoma 65 161
17 Olivia 22 22 20 – – North Carolina 64 152
17 Kalki Plays 22 22 20 – – Pittsburgh 64 136
17 SirTrev 22 26 16 – – North Carolina 64 128
20 Kirkland’s Pride and Joy 21 22 20 – – North Carolina 63 151
20 Double D Ranch 23 20 20 – – Pittsburgh 63 135
20 municibid 21 26 16 – – Duke 63 103
23 Oski 22 20 16 – – Oklahoma 58 146
24 ACC#1 19 22 16 – – North Carolina 57 121
25 badnachos 19 20 16 – – Connecticut 55 143
26 Kit’s Killer Koyote – – – – – No Pick 0 –
26 Texas – – – – – No Pick 0 –